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Another cross country season has come and gone for the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs team which means it is time to honor those who have had a successful season on and off the course.
JANESVILLE — On Tuesday night the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton football team played in the opening round of their section tournament where they hosted New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva.
WATERVILLE — Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton’s football team traveled to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown this past Friday where they were defeated 20-8.
JANESVILLE — It will be a spring training trip like no other as the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls softball team will head to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida in 2020 to participate in spring training camp.
It was an offensive struggle all evening long for the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton boys football team as they were defeated by United South Central 26-6.
JANESVILLE — The Bulldog girls volleyball team was defeated on Monday by Mountain Lake Area Comfrey and lost in three sets.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls volleyball team scooped a win over Mankato Loyola after defeating them in four sets.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls volleyball team picked up their second conference win after defeating Martin County West. The girls won the the first and third match by scores 25-12 and 25-15. They lost the second and fourth match in close games of 22-25 and 23-25 but were able to pul…
The Bulldogs hosted the St. Clair football team on Friday night where they lost 30-12.
The Bulldog girls volleyball team fell to Alden Conger on Thursday after losing in three sets. The girls kept things close in the first match but lost 25-27 and then lost 14-25, 13-25 in the final two.
NEW RICHLAND — It was a tough week one for the New-Richland-Hartdale-Ellendale-Geneva football team as they suffered a 46-0 loss against a strong Jackson County Central team.
STEWARTVILLE — The New-Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva cross country team headed to Stewartville to compete in its first meet of the year where the boys team took 13th and the girls did not place after not fielding a full team.
JANESVILLE — The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls volleyball hosted Triton on Tuesday evening where they fell short and lost in three sets.
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HENDERSON — It was a heartbreaking end to the season for the Janesville Jays baseball squad as it lost a two run-lead late in the game and fell to the hands of the Henderson Tigers losing 5-4.
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LE SUEUR — The Janesville Jays hit the road to play in the first game of their losers bracket run on Saturday afternoon where they went up against Le Sueur-Henderson and defeated the Braves 8-5.
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There is a month left of summer, but things are starting to heat up for the Janesville Jays and the Waseca Braves as the playoffs begin this weekend.
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The Janesville Jays offense struggled and left multiple runners on base during their home loss against Waterville on Sunday.
Tuesday was the second road game of the week for the Janesville Jays as they headed to Minnesota Lake where they came away with a 3-2 victory against the Minnesota Lake Royals after 13 innings.
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Town team baseball memories remain abundant among the Melius clan, despite having folded up the Winthrop Eagles some seven years ago. Life, unfortunately, moves on. But baseball never dies.
The Bluejay boys sixth-grade basketball team won the Pacesetter Minnesota state tournament after defeating Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 44-38 in the championship game on Sunday at Maple Grove Middle School.
Although the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls golf team did not place the way they wanted to at the girls A state championship this week, it was still able to become an important piece of the school’s history.
It was tough keeping up with the top team in the state on day one of the girls golf Class A state finals for the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs at the Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker Tuesday, but the golfers are taking nothing but positives from their first experience at the competition.
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Three members of the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton track team represented the Bulldogs during the state finals this past weekend at Hamline University in St. Paul.
The road to state continues for the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls golf team as it became the Section 2A champions on Monday at the North Links golf course.
Things heated up on Saturday at Mankato West, where a multitude of teams and athletes attempted to qualify for state in different events.
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Bulldog golfers Kirsten Thell, Dani Gerdts, Taylor Rinehart and Kiya Erler advanced through the play-in round Fridat to reach the final round of their section tournament, scheduled for Monday.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls track team finished in second on Wednesday afternoon with 177.50 points, behind Lake Crystal Wellcome-Memorial who took home first place with 188.50 points.
The Waterville-Elysian-Morristown softball team’s dream season continued with a Subsection 1A West championship.
Monday night was a battle between two teams, the Waseca and Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton baseball squads, who wanted a win, and the game went down to the wire. Waseca ultimately held on to an early lead for a 6-4 win.
What a difference 10 degrees makes.
Thursday afternoon was a nail-biter for the Bulldogs baseball team, as it lost 10-9 in the last inning against Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial.
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Janesville-Waldorf-Pembertons girls track team accomplished something it had never before in program history, winning the Valley Conference championship on Tuesday afternoon.
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The Waseca girls golf team took home first place on Monday in its invite against Blooming Prairie, Hayfield, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, New Richland-Hartdale-Ellendale-Geneva, St. Clair, St. Peter and United South Central.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton baseball team was defeated by Martin County West on Tuesday by a score of 9-6. It played well offensively but was not able to recover from MCW’s burst of seven runs in the second inning. JWP also was not able to run-in batters consistently enough and left 12 …
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton boys golf team brought home a sixth-place finish on Friday at its home invite. The Bulldogs finished with 409 points.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls track team finished in third at the Bethlehem Academy Invitational on Thursday with 113.5 points.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs suffered a home loss on Thursday against Cleveland 9-1.
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Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton softball has generally been dominating its opponents this season, but Thursday night, April 25, the Bulldogs showed their grit and what they are really made of, squeezing out a big win at home against the Nicollet Raiders 7-6.
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton baseball struggled on Tuesday as it was routed by Nicollet 14-4.
The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Bulldogs softball team has been dominating, and it showcased that today with an impressive shutout against Madelia.
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton girls golf team took first place at their meet Thursday at the Prairie Ridge Golf Course. The Bulldogs faced Madelia, who took second place, and Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, finished with an incomplete score, rounding out the top three.
Bulldogs softball continued the strong start to its season, advancing to a 4-1 record with a win over United South Central on Tuesday.
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Fishermen were lined up and ready to fish around St. Peter trout ponds before the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources stocked the three ponds at noon Tuesday.
JWP Boys baseball continues to struggle
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Le Sueur, Nicollet and Waseca county area golf course managers and golfers are happy that they had an early start this season, but with variable spring weather in Minnesota, courses can close and reopen.
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It’s been tough sledding for the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton baseball team at the start of the 2019 season, but coach Matt Collins is hoping things can take a quick turn.
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I wrote a piece a while back about how the winds of change are always blowing and the importance of embracing them and trusting that wherever we end up, it’ll be okay.