Dave Newman
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Dave Newman has been the sports editor at the New Richmond News since 1988. He has covered the action in the Middle Border Conference, Dunn-St. Croix Conference and Big Rivers Conference for nearly 30 years.
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The five-team Junior American Legion tournament held at New Richmond's Citizens Field showed there is excellent young talent involved in all five organizations playing in the weekend event. New Richmond was joined in the tournament by Junior Legion teams from Somerset, Ellsworth, River Falls and Altoona. Ellsworth won the tournament by sweeping its four games. Somerset, River Falls and Altoona all went 2-2 and New Richmond was defeated in all four games. New Richmond was competitive in all four of its contests.
The newest addition to the renovations at New Richmond's Citizens Field is a flagpole that is located just beyond the outfield fence near the scoreboard. The addition of the flagpole is a joint effort between the New Richmond American Legion Butler-Harmon Post 80 and the New Richmond Parks Department. Legion members took the lead after being told about the need for a flagpole at Citizens Field.
Nobody can question the quality of sports in this area after the success earned this spring. WIAA state championship trophies were hoisted by the Prescott baseball team and the Baldwin-Woodville softball team. Ellsworth brings home a silver ball for its second place finish at the baseball state tournament. Osceola's Charlie Danielson was again a WIAA state individual golf champion. There were a number of track athletes who made their mark this season. The New Richmond, Somerset and St. Croix Central athletic programs all had stellar spring seasons.
Tessa Cichy conquered the Minnesota High School basketball scene and this week she begins her next challenge. Cichy left Sunday to begin work with the University of Wisconsin-Madison women's basketball team. Practices and summer classes were scheduled to begin on Monday. Cichy, of Somerset, was one of the top high school players in Minnesota last season, leading Hill-Murray to the Minnesota Class AAA state tournament.
The Somerset baseball team finished one game short of the WIAA state tournament for the second straight year, losing to Ellsworth 5-1 in Division 2 sectional championship game in Barron on June 5. Ellsworth is one of two Middle Border Conference baseball teams that will be playing in the state tournament. Prescott advanced to state by winning the Division 3 sectional championship in Cumberland. Last year Somerset lost to Spooner in the sectional title game. The Spartans avenged that loss by beating Spooner 6-2 in the morning's sectional semifinal game.
Putting some distance between themselves and the .500 mark was the goal of the New Richmond Millers the past two weekends, but splits both weekends leave the Millers needing a strong second half of the St. Croix Valley League season. The Millers are 5-3 in the SCVL after splitting games with Elmwood and Hudson over the weekend. The Millers overpowered Elmwood Friday night by a 7-1 score.
Kat Keller completed one of the most successful girls track careers in New Richmond High School history by winning three medals in Division 1 sprint races at the 2012 WIAA State Track Championships at La Crosse on Saturday. Keller started the day by taking second in the 100 meter dash. She finished second to Elexis Fuller-Stewart of Milwaukee Bradley Tech, who won three individual championships on Saturday. Next up for Keller was the 400 meter dash.
The Somerset track teams went to the 2012 WIAA State Track and Field Championships intent on getting noticed. By earning medals in five state events, the Spartans achieved that goal at the 2012 meet held Friday and Saturday at UW-La Crosse. Somerset's girls earned medals in the 400 meter relay, the high jump and the 200 meter dash. The Spartan boys reached the awards podium in the 110 high hurdles and the 400 meter relay. Somerset's girls did so well at state that they earned 15 points, which placed them 16th among the 67 Division 2 schools with athletes competing at state.
The New Richmond baseball team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the WIAA Division 1 playoffs last Tuesday when the Tigers upended Wisconsin Rapids. The Tigers put up a hearty effort in last Thursday's regional finals, but they weren't able to get a second upset. They lost to Chippewa Falls 5-1, ending New Richmond's 2012 season. The Tigers finished with a 9-12 record. The Tigers, seeded 12th, went to Wisconsin Rapids last Tuesday and shocked the fifth-seeded Red Raiders in 10 innings, 4-3.
The Somerset baseball team will be playing in the WIAA Division 2 sectional tournament for the third time in four years after winning the regional championship on Wednesday. The Spartans rallied from a 5-4 deficit in the sixth inning to defeat Osceola 8-5 in Wednesday's regional title game at Larry Forrest Park in Somerset. The previous day the Spartans fought off a persistent Amery team to win 2-1. Somerset was scheduled face Spooner in a rematch of last year's sectional championship game in the opening round of Tuesday's Division 2 sectional tournament.