The host Houston Hurricanes beat Lyle/Pacelli 5-4 Monday to take a share of the Southeast Conference softball title.

Tuesday, May 16, 2000

The host Houston Hurricanes beat Lyle/Pacelli 5-4 Monday to take a share of the Southeast Conference softball title.

Both teams ended with 12-2 conference records. L/P’s overall mark was 14-5.

Last Monday, L/P beat Houston 4-3 in eight innings. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader then was postponed due to poor weather.

In the make-up game, L/P had some major clouts with triples from Kari Leif and Erin Evans and a double by Melissa Ehret, but those hits were not enought to overcome the hosts. Houston scored five runs on five hits and three L/P errors. Buffy Judd and Amy Bickler also got hits for L/P, which had a total of five.

L/P earned the No. 2 seed in the seven-team Section 1A West Division. Kenyon-Wanamingo (14-3, 9-1 in the Hiawatha Vally League) gained the top seed.

West Division play begins Thursday at the higher seeds home park. L/P plays Chatfield (2-16) at Todd Park at 4:30 p.m. No. 3 Goodhue (9-9) hosts Southland (4-14) and No. 4 LOGM (9-10) plays Randolph (10-10) at Ostrander at 4:30 p.m. St. Charles is the No. 1 seed in the eight-team East Division. Dover-Eyota is No. 2 and Houston No. 3.

Golf

Lyle/Pacelli nabs third win

The Lyle/Pacelli boys golf team picked up their third SEC dual meet win of the year in Houston.

L/P beat the Hurricanes 178-199. L/P’s Matt Row was the medalist with a nine-hole total of 42. Mike Davis and Brandon Johnson each shot 45s and Brian Anderson shot a 46 for L/P.

L/P finishes the year with a dual meet record of 3-5 in the SEC and 3-6 overall. Beginning Friday, L/P competes in the SEC tournament. Friday’s play is in Caledonia, Saturday’s in Stewartville.

Hayfield wins at Cedar River

Southland/Grand Meadow hosted Hayfield and Triton in a boys’ triangular at Cedar River Country Club. The S/GM girls hosted just Triton in a meet.

The boys’ team scores were Hayfield 165, Triton 167, and S/GM 169. Triton won the girls’ meet by four strokes shooting a 218.

The S/GM boys finish the year with an 8-7 dual meet record. They were 5-3 in the SEC. The S/GM girls were 2-8 overall and 2-5 in the Conference.

S/GM’s Jeff Thalberg was the medalist for the boys. He shot a 35. Other team scores were Dustin Wiste shooting a 43, Gary Kiefer a 45, and Reed Hansen and Caleb Stroup 46s. Hayfield was led by Matt Gulbranson who shot a 37. Dan Christianson shot a 41, Ryan Kuster a 43, and Tony Kramer a 44.

Trton’s Laura Drinkall was the medalist for the girls. She shot a 45. Laura Retterath had the top score for S/GM. She shot a 46. Teammates Nicole Blake and Ashley Krebsbach each shot 57, and Lindsay Viker a 60.