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St. James Area was able to get the bats going in a 14-11 loss against BEA after being shut out through a doubleheader the previous day in Luverne. The Saints pulled ahead 8-3 in the top of the 3rd inning but the home team notched seven runs in the bottom of the frame on the way to victory. Hunter Stevens and Sonny Heil led the offensive charge, each pushing three runs across and collecting two hits.

On May 6th the St. James track teams couple ideal weather with strong competition to chalk up outstanding efforts. It was the 67th Annual Sentinel Relays at Bob Bonk Track, named after the Fairmont coach who has dedicated nearly a half century to the Cardinal track and cross country programs. “The Sentinel Relays gave us the toughest competition we have had to date,” said Head Coach Scott Allen. “Our kids stepped up and performed well with many personal records.”

With a split double header against Pipestone was the start of a busy week for the Saints softball team. They had five games within last week and the beginning of this week, two of which were a part of a double header against Redwood Valley.

St. James tennis is sitting at 4-3 for the season after splitting their matches the previous week. Their first match up of the week against New Ulm on Monday April, 25 was postponed because of weather left them with only their meets on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to bring up their win column.

The Blue Corduroy Sea made its comeback this year at the University of Minnesota with the return of the Minnesota State FFA Convention. This year’s convention was the first that was held since the pandemic started and the St James Area FFA made a great showing.

After postponements or cancellations and a few indoor meets, some of them the Saints took home high team placements, they officially had their second outdoor meet with some good weather to accompany it.

Saints Tennis had a busy week of matches, it started with St. Peter visiting on Tuesday, followed by Redwood Valley visiting on Thursday.