Sports - Jackson County Pilot (2024)

Huskies keep season alive by thumping Arrows

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By Dan Condon | on May 25, 2024

The Jackson County Central softball team bounced back from a loss to Dassel-co*kato Saturday in the Section 3AA tournament to keep its season alive with a 15-1 win over Pipestone. JCC, seeded third in the south half of the section, led North No. 1 DC 6-2 going to the bottom of the seventh inning in the winner’s bracket before the […]

Handful of Huskies headed to sections

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By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

The Jackson County Central track and field team will be well represented at the Section 2A meet June 1 at Mankato West High School. A handful of Huskies have qualified from Thursday’s sub-section meet in Wells. The top eight individuals in each event and top four relay teams all move on. The JCC girls had two winners, have 20 individual […]

Huskies open sections with two wins

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By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

The Jackson County Central softball team opened the Section 3AA tournament with a pair of wins Thursday, scoring late in a 10-4 win over No. 6 Redwood Valley and early in a 2-0 win over No. 2 Windom. The Huskies, seeded third in the south half of the section, now play North No. 1 Dassel-co*kato at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in […]

Three Huskies advance to Day 2 of section golf tourney

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By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

Two Jackson County Central boys and one girl have advanced to Day 2 of the Section 3AA golf tournament. Rachel Mohr shot 100 on Wednesday to sit 24th midway through the girls’ tournament. On Thursday, Sam Brinkman shot 80 and Luke Anderson used back-to-back birdies to shoot 82 to sit 17th and 24th, respectively. All three will play in the […]

At Jackson Motorplex, ‘less is more’ in 2024

By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

The schedule for the summer at the Jackson Motorplex is more quality than quantity. There are just six nights of racing planned for the track this season, with half of them coming as part of the 46thannual FENDT Jackson Nationals in August. “Less is more,” Jackson Motorplex General Manager Doug Johnson said. “The way things are right now and the […]

Huskies hoping to ‘put it all together’ when baseball playoffs start Tuesday

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By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

The Jackson County Central baseball team has lostseven straight games heading into today’s regular-season finale against Fairmont. But two of those games have been by a single run and two more were decided by three runs or fewer. Head coach Mike Wierson said the Huskies need to play well in all facets to turn things around in the postseason. “We […]

Postseason starts today for track and field team

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By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

The Jackson County Central track and field team opens its postseason today (Thursday) with the Section 2A south sub-section meet in Wells. The top eight individuals and top four relay teams from the meet advance to the Section 2A meet, which is June 1 at Mankato West High School. The same number of qualifiers come from the north sub-section meet. […]

Big sixth helps Bulls rally past Frogs

By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

The Jackson Bulls used a four-run sixth inning to win a back-and-forth game against Lakefield 9-5 Sunday afternoon at Stan King Field. The win came in the opener for the Bulls, while the Frogs fell to 0-2 on the season. Jackson led 3-0 after a half inning, but Lakefield took a 4-3 lead into the fifth inning. Chris Gumto scored […]

Wishing everyone a happy Memorial Day!

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By Jackson County Pilot Staff | on May 23, 2024

Happy Memorial Day! While many are camping for the first weekend this year, many more are reliving the memories of those who lost their lives or at least put their lives on the line — or even on hold — protecting our country and its freedoms we all enjoy. When I was in an upper-elementary grade, I checked a book […]

Sether, Dahlin win at Trojan Relays

By Dan Condon | on May 23, 2024

Paylin Sether and Ben Dahlin were both winners at the Trojan Relays in Worthington last Tuesday as the Jackson County Central girls finished fifth in the Class AA team standings and the boys were seventh. The meet was the last of the regular season for the Huskies, who compete in the sub-section meet today (Thursday) in Wells (see preview on […]