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The St. Mary’s Hawk Baseball team was presented with awards for their participation in the 2018 State Baseball Tournament during the Girls’ High School Basketball Half-time at the January 4, 2019 game in Remsen. The Hawks are back-to-back-to-back state participants. The RSM team sustained only three regular season losses in the 2018 season, winning the district championship against Kingsley-Pierson and a sub-state win over Gehlen. The Hawks suffered a loss to the third seed North Linn in the quarter final game.

By Allen Hamil, Sports Editor Le Mars Daily Sentinel MARCUS — Unity Christian came away with a pair of wins over MMCRU in War Eagle Conference action on Friday, January 4, 2019. The Unity boys left town with a 74-37 win in the first game of 2019 for both schools. The Knights had 11 players score points with Micah Goslinga coming off the bench to lead Unity with 13 points and five rebounds. Joel Johnson led all scorers as he put in 18 points for the Royals which included a 4-of-6 night from 3-point range. Cade Pepper, Robert Russell and Jordan Marks added five points apiece for MMCRU. Marks led the team with five rebounds while Russell led the way with three assists. The MMCRU girls led 19-17 after a quarter but fell 80-65 despite scoring above their season average. The 80 points was a season-best amount for the Knights who picked up their seventh consecutive victory with the performance. Four Unity players reached double digits with Janie Schoonhoven leading the team with a double-double where she scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds. The MMCRU girls shot 43 percent for the game, but the Knights were even better with a 64 percent success rate including a 57 percent mark from 3-point range. Individual statistics were unavailable for the Royals at press time. MMCRU returns to action at home against Trinity Christian on Tuesday. The girls (8-3) won the first meeting 55-31. The boys (2-8) lost their first meeting with the Tigers 56-42, but will look to exploit a Trinity team which has lost four consecutive.

War Eagle Conference Meet Results Girls Individual- Out of 48 runners Kaitlyn Goth, 2nd, 21:20.3 Boys- Team 6th of 7 Individual- Out of 80 runners Brett Staab, 26th, 19:48.8 Gunnar Grage, 29th, 20:16.3 Robert Russell, 33rd, 20:23.6 Zach Schmid, 40th, 20:55.7 Colin Pick, 47th, 21:16.5 Preston Astidias, 49th, 21:26.1 Brayden Dirks, 61st, 22:58.8 Hendrik Garmann, 68th, 23:59.6 Class 1A Districts at West Sioux Results Girls Individual- Out of 121 runners Kaitlyn Goth, 10th, 22:02.05 Paige Gergen, 111th, 31:01.63 Boys- Team 14th of 19 Individual- Out of 150 runners Robert Russell, 56th, 20:07.42 Brett Staab, 61st, 20:15.47 Gunnar Grage, 69th, 20:36.41 Zach Schmid, 73rd, 20:42.57 Colin Pick, 88th, 21:17.62 Lucas Sanchez, 90th, 21:19.88 Preston Astidias, 93rd, 21:29.43 Class 1A State Cross Country Meet Girls Individual- Out of 140 runners Kaitlyn Goth, 37th, 21:15.6