Sports

St. James Area competed against fellow Big South Conference teams at Fairmont’s Cedar Creek Park on Tuesday, October 18th. Katelyn Friesen and America Trejo led the girls with new personal records and Levi Miest placed 3rd overall to accent the efforts from the boys squad. The teams will race in the Section meet Thursday, October 27th, at Baylor Regional Park as hosted by Norwood-Young American High School.

St. James youth football squads for 3rd-6th grades compete in the South Central Youth Football League with championship games held on October 15th in Wells, MN. Each level for the Saints earned a spot in the championships to make for one of the most successful years since joining the SCYFL.

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Knotted at 3-3 with SJA on Tuesday October 25th, defending Class A State Champ Breck posted the decisive point needed to advance in the championship bracket. The Saints would go on to post a 5-2 victory over Staples-Motley, advancing to the consolation championship against Pine City at noon on Wednesday, October 26th.

On Saturday night the VFW was full of former and current Saints athletes, coaches, contributors and their families for the 2022 Hall of Fame induction ceremony. This year’s inductees were Jared Schwanz, Jerry Spitzner, Roger Nelson, Gary Rettke, Phil Tangen, Anne Branstad, Natalie Runge Oldenburg, Tyler Kaus, as well as Contributor Connie Edgerton and Coach Les Zellmann.

The five teams competing were Blue Earth Area, Fairmont, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial-Nicollet, SJA, and Mt. Lake Area - Comfrey.

Allison Bluedorn and Keyana Haler made good on their #1 seed, claiming the 2022 Section 2A Doubles Championship at Gustavus Adolphus College. In the Singles competition a pair of Saints, Eva Romsdahl and Maya Kulseth, met up in the 3rd place match.

Waseca left St. James with a 3-1 victory on October 17th, Senior Night for the Saints, but every set was a hard-fought battle in front of the home crowd. Taylor Sodeman’s penchant for multi-layered excellence keyed the effort.