Sports

No. 1 seed secured

Make it two straight shutouts for the Waseca High School football team. The latest came against a supposedly strong opponent. The Bluejay offense, strong all season, established itself early and the defense did the job as Waseca won 35-0 at Luverne in the final game of the regular season...

EASY PLAYS — With great catches and walk-in touchdowns aplenty, Waseca and Kasson-Mantorville had successful days, with the Komets’ fourth-graders and the Jays’ fifth- graders taking first place in their divisions.

45 teams and a football jamboree

Saturday, October 15 was filled with the sounds of cheering and the clash of shoulder pads at the Waseca Football Jamboree from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A total of 45 teams from grades 3-6 faced each other on the high school football fields; schools as small as Randolph to as large as Faribault battled...

Jays whip Worthington

How did the Waseca High School football team respond to allowing an improbable 36 points a week earlier at New Ulm? With a shutout. The Bluejays continued their impressive offensive outpouring while stepping up the defense in a 47-0 whitewashing of winless Worthington on Waseca's Senior Night...

DOUBLE TROUBLE — The Waseca High School girls’ soccer team saw its season end with a 3-2 double-overtime loss to Red Wing at Waseca Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Oh so close

It took two games, three overtimes, and nine goals for the Red Wing and Waseca girls soccer teams to find out which them was better. The Bluejays’ season came to an end Tuesday night, 3-2 in the second overtime, at home against the fifth-seeded Wingers. “Overall it was a fantastic season,”...

A LOT OF OFFENSE — That’s what fans were treated to at New Ulm Thursday, Oct. 6 as the Bluejays and Eagles combined for a state record for points in one game in an 81-36 Waseca victory. Above, Oliver O’Brien (7) and Max Neaves (4) team to tackle Ty Frederick (36).

Bluejays total 81 at New Ulm

The New Ulm Eagles definitely gave the Waseca Bluejays a scare. By the end, though, the only thing scary was the final score. The Bluejays possessed the football 11 times and scored 11 touchdowns, blowing out the Eagles 81-36 while spoiling New Ulm's senior night Thursday, Oct. 6. The final...

SENIORS — From left: head coach Kyle Collins, Miranda Breck, Cece Huttemeier, Sarah Robbins and assistant coach Tim Anderson. Pioneer photo by Eli Lutgens

Stellar season ends for WHS tennis girls

“We were a little worried when we drew Red Wing after losing to them earlier in the season,” Waseca head tennis coach Kyle Collins said after the girls’ team season came to an end 4-3 to Red Wing at home Tuesday, Oct. 2. “We had one of our better seasons in many years.” In a rematch of an...

LEARNING EXPERIENCE — That’s what coach Brad Wendland hopes the Bluejays’ 22-21 win over Jordan will be. Above, Christian Rodriguez (38) applies pressure to Jordan quarterback Gavin Lloyd (9).

Jays hold off Hubmen

Waseca’s homecoming was almost spoiled as the Bluejay football team, ranked 9th in state, escaped with a 22-21 win over Jordan Friday, September 30. A back-and-forth game saw three lead changes, with the Hubmen scoring first, the Bluejays scoring last, and the game coming down to the final...

Oliver O’ Brien puts the football on the pylon for a touchdown

Jays finally best Fairmont

After losing four straight games to Fairmont including last year’s section final, the Waseca High School football team finally tasted revenge, coming from behind in the second half to win 32-14 at Waseca Friday, Sept, 23. Things started slowly for both squads, with neither team scoring in the...

RUNNING WILD — Waseca’s Damarius Russell (3) shreds the TCU defense on his way to 255 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns in the Bluejays’ 49-7 victory Friday, Sept. 16.

A walk in the park at TCU

Waseca High School football coach Brad Wendland said after last week’s difficult 8-7 loss to Marshall that he believed the Bluejays would respond well. They did. From the opening kickoff, which Damarius Russell returned 78 yards for a touchdown, the Jays dominated in every facet of the game...

Waseca’s Christian Rodriguez (38), Brendan Brown (71), Max Neaves (4) Kyle Ahlschlager (5) and Shane Engel-Mueller (75) lead the team on the field at the start of the game — before the rains came.

Marshall nips Bluejays, 8-7

It was a typical football game between perennial powerhouses. In the end, predictably, only one point separated the two. In a driving rain, the Waseca Bluejays were edged in their home opener 8-7 by Class 4A Marshall Friday, Sept. 9. The winning score came in the fourth quarter, and the Tigers...