SPORTS NEWS NOVEMBER 19 2012
THE WALDORF MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM SPLIT A PAIR OF GAMES AT THE VITERBO UNIVERSITY CLASSIC. FRIDAY, THE WARRIORS LET A HALFTIME LEAD SLIP AWAY, AS JAMESTOWN COLLEGE DEFEATED THE WARRIORS 70-63. MITCH BARRETT-BURRELL HAD 12 POINTS, WHILE JORDAN NELSON HAD 11 POINTS AND 7 REBOUNDS. SATURDAY, THE WARRIORS DEFEATED MARTIN LUTHER COLLEGE 92-79. JORDAN NELSON HAD 21 POINTS AND 9 REBOUNDS, WHILE GUNSBY DEJOHNETT, ROBERT BURNS, AND TEDDY GIBSON ALSO WERE IN DOUBLE FIGURES. WALDORF IS NOW 1-5, AND TRAVELS TO SIOUX FALLS TO TAKE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS IN AN EXHIBITION GAME TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE WALDORF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED GRACELAND UNIVERSITY 77-71 IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION. BREEANN HAGEMAN HAD 19 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS, WHILE ELLIE MARKWARDT, LANE GEHL, AND MIA CHIARO ALSO REACHED DOUBLE FIGURES. THE WARRIORS TAKE ON BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE IN MANKATO TOMORROW NIGHT. THE WARRIORS ARE 4-3.
A RECORD BREAKING SEASON FOR THE WALDORF WARRIOR FOOTBALL TEAM LED THE ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS FOR SEVERAL ATHLETES. JAMES LOYDD WAS NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-MSFA AS A RETURN SPECIALIST. LOYDD RAN BACK 3 KICKS FOR TOUCHDOWNS. LOYDD WAS ALSO NAMED AS A SECOND TEAM RECEIVER. TEVIN PADGETT WAS NAMED A 2ND TEAM RETURNER, WHILE BRYAN SMITH WAS NAMED HONORABLE MENTION QUARTERBACK, MARC BALLATORI HONORABLE MENTION RECEIVER, EBBEN MIGNOTT HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSIVE LIINE, AND KENNY BROWN HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSIVE BACK. THE WARRIORS ENDED THEIR SEASON AT 4-7, THEIR BEST RECORD EVER AS A 4 YEAR SCHOOL.
FRESHMAN ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ BECAME THE FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITOR FOR THE WALDORF CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. SANCHEZ FINISHED THE COURSE IN 28:23, GOOD FOR 276TH PLACE.