Boys track takes section, state True Team this Friday

“I could not have asked for a better team performance than what we got.”

Comments like that will happen when a coach sees his squad win the true team competition, which is precisely what Paul Kendrick observed Tuesday, May 6, with the Forest Lake boys track and field team.
 

NIELSEN RATINGS: A key addition to this year’s track team has been Josh Nielsen, who helped Forest Lake win its section’s true team competition by taking first in the 400 meters and was also part of the winning 800-meter relay team. 

On Monday night the Forest Lake softball team made it four straight, as the girls defeated Mounds View 6-0.

HOT CORNER: After the Rangers lost to White Bear Lake, Kelly Kent and the Forest Lake softball team picked up its defense, offense and pitching en route to four consecutive victories heading into the final week of the regular season. 

There was little time for rest last week for the Forest Lake boys golf team, as the Rangers were on the course every day but Wednesday.

73 AND SUNNY: At last Thursday’s tournament at Forest Hills Golf Club, Jeremy Tetrault paced the boys golf team to a victory, with a medalist performance of 73.

After going 2-1 over the last three games, Kyle Young (left) and the Forest Lake baseball team are looking ahead to their final four matchups of the regular season.

Despite falling to Hastings 5-4 last Thursday night at Schumacher Field, the Rangers have made steady improvements at the plate and in the field, helping them win four of their last six.

The most recent victory came on Monday evening, when the boys took care of White Bear Lake, 9-6. Prior to the Hastings loss, Forest Lake defeated Stillwater, 4-1.

The boys are now 7-9 overall and 5-9 in the Suburban East Conference. Roseville is at Schumacher Field on Saturday, May 17 (Fan Appreciation Night) for a 7 p.m. game.

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Although he’s only won once by more than a half-length, Only Choice won for the fifth consecutive start since moving to Running Aces Harness Park from Chicago in early April.  

Girls team hopes to ‘click’ soon

While the Rangers may be climbing into the top ten rankings, that doesn’t necessarily mean the Forest Lake girls golf team is playing the way head coach Joel Hall would like.
 

GAINING GROUND: The Forest Lake girls golf team continued its quest to get ahead of Woodbury last week, and with the play of Katie Nowicki the Rangers are now ranked sixth in the state, with Woodbury at No. 3 

Rangers close to taking 3rd place

The Forest Lake girls track and field team kept it simple last week, with only the Section 5AAA True Team competition to worry about on Tuesday, May 6, where the Rangers took fourth place.
 

SPRINT COVERAGE: At the Class 3, Section 5 True Team Meet at White Bear Lake, Rae Moen was a major factor in Forest Lake’s 715.5 points. The sprinter was part of the winning 400-meter relay team, and also took fourth in the open 200 and fifth in the open 100 meters.  

The regular season wrapped up for the boys tennis team with a series of lopsided scores.

Forest Lake lost to Stillwater, 6-1, on May 7, but came right back to dominate Park, 7-0 last Thursday (Paul Hill, foreground, with Randy Schroeder), then Anoka (5-2) and Hibbing (5-2).

The Rangers completed their conference schedule with a difficult assignment on Monday, where they were defeated 7-0 by No. 1 Mounds View. Forest Lake (9-7, 4-4) begins sections on Tuesday, May 20.