By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Junior Dustin Herold shot a 43 in Tuesday’s meet at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (HLWW) to secure a second-place season finish and spot on the All-Central Minnesota Conference team. Senior Kyle Fuhrman followed one stroke back of Herold at 44 as the Pioneers finished fourth at the meet and on the Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com The Holdingford girls track and field team seized six event titles to earn a second-place finish at Tuesday’s Central Minnesota Conference (CMC) Championship. Sophomore Tyler Millner was a CMC champion in two events to lead the Pierz boys team to third. Girls results Senior Chelsea Gerads and eighth Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Pierz dropped its final two regular season games 5-1 and 12-2 at home versus Rockford Area, Tuesday. Juniors Micheala Rocheleau and Miranda Woitalla doubled for Pierz in the opener. Junior Elizabeth Tomala and Woitalla scored the Pioneers’ two runs in the finale, with juniors Megan Boser and Sara Schlegel Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Freshman Jessica Hawks tied for second individually with a 44 to help Pierz break 200 and place fourth as a team in Monday’s Central Minnesota Conference (CMC) meet at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (BBE). Senior Anna Poster trailed three strokes behind Hawks with a 47, followed by senior Beth Woitalla and junior Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Holdingford scored five runs in the first inning and junior Alyssa Ohman didn’t allow Pierz to get any closer, Monday. Ohman tossed a one-hit shutout and struck out nine to lead the Huskers to an 8-0 victory. Senior Katelyn Butkowski and junior Haley Huls each doubled for Holdingford. Sophomore Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Junior Katie Kowalzek shot a 50 to lead Pierz to fourth place at Friday’s Kimball Area/Eden Valley-Watkins (KEVW) Central Minnesota Conference (CMC) meet. Following right behind her for the Pioneers were freshman Jessica Hawks with a 51 and seniors Beth Woitalla (53) and Anna Poster (54). Eighth graders Kayla Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Junior Megan Boser tripled, homered and drove in four runs to power Pierz to an 8-6 home win over Foley, Friday. Sophomore Tiara Hopkins added a double at the plate and earned a complete-game win on the mound. Foley 6 9 0 Pierz 8 7 4 Pierz—Megan Boser: Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com After spotting Howard Lake-Waverly Winsted (HLWW) a 9-0 lead early in the first game of a doubleheader, Pierz outscored the visiting Lakers 17-2 the rest of the night to sweep a pair, Thursday. Pierz battled back in the opener with a seven-run outburst in the third, followed by runs Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com After falling 9-2 in the opener, Pierz used a strong pitching performance from sophomore Tiara Hopkins to top Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (HLWW) 4-2 in the finale of a doubleheader, May 10, earning a split. Juniors Michaela Rocheleau and Miranda Woitalla each had a pair of hits and junior Elizabeth Tomala Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com The Pierz girls track and field team earned second place at Tuesday’s Section 7A true team meet at home, trailing only defending state champion Esko. Sophomore Bridget Bednar led the Pioneers, capturing first place in the high jump with a height of 4-feet, 10-inches and placing second in the Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com To view more photos from Tuesday’s action, check out The Record’s online gallery Junior Megan Boser homered three times to set the Pierz softball program record for home runs in a season and career, Tuesday, as well as power the Pioneers to a doubleheader sweep over Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. Pierz fell Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Four players had multi-hit games and junior Cody Weiss worked out of several tight spots to lift the Pierz baseball team to a 7-3 win at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (BBE), Tuesday. Junior Brady Dorn led the Pioneers with three hits, including a double, RBI and run. Juniors Nick Lochner, Ben Boser Read more »
The Pierz boys finished third and the girls squad took fourth at Thursday’s Ogilvie meet. The Pioneers boys were led by two sprint relays, with the 4×100 team of seniors Preston Weber, Ben Huffman, Dustin Waytashek and Michael Marshik (46.86) and the 4×200 team of seniors Tyler Kieffer, Caleb Janson, Waytashek and Marshik (1:37.9) taking Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Senior Kyle Fuhrman and junior Dustin Herold each shot rounds of 94 to lead Pierz to 13th place at Monday’s Annandale Invite. Sophomore Evan Woitalla (101) and senior Michael Meyer (102) also scored for the Pioneers, followed by sophomore Matt Athman (103) and freshman Ethan Lochner (123). Pierz returns Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Freshman Jessica Hawks fired a 94 to post the top score for Pierz at Monday’s pre-section meet in Sartell. Junior Katie Kowalzek (110) and senior Beth Woitalla (114) also competed for the Pioneers, who were incomplete in the team standings. Pierz plays at Mora, Wednesday.
