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Huskies Softball Uses Long Ball & Great Pitching to Beat Panthers Owatonna's Parris Hovden threw a one-hitter and the Huskies hit three homeruns to get a 4-0 win at Rochester Century Tuesday afternoon. Hovden fanned seven and walked two. Coach Jeremy Moran said, "Parris had good control of her pitches tonight and did a really good job attacking the Century hitters." The Huskies were limited to six hits, but made each one count, "three of those six hits were big hits. Samantha Bogen started off our scoring with a solo home run in the fourth inning. Then in the fifth, (Katelyn) Bentz and (Ana) ...

Shakopee Defense Stymies Huskies Shakopee beat Owatonna 62-49 in the state Class AAAA basketball quarterfinals Wednesday at Hastings High School. Owatonna's point total matched their season low. But was very consistent with the type of defense played by the Sabers, who held teams to an average of 50 points in the ultra-competitive South Suburban Conference. Only twice all season did teams score 60 or more against Shakopee. The Huskies shots weren't falling on Wednesday. OHS did not make a three pointer in the first half and had just three for the game. Despite that, the Huskies played close m...

Owatonna Sweeps Winona on Court, Rink Owatonna High School girls basketball coach Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa figured Tuesday's game with Winona would be closer than the 31-point OHS victory on the road earlier this season. She felt Winona would make some adjustments. The Winhawks, playing for the first time since February 19, came through with an inspired performance, but Owatonna still won 57-50. Trailing 8-4 Owatonna went on a 12-1 run but any thoughts of a blowout were dashed by the three-point shooting of the Winhawks who hit a staggering nine treys and hardly missed from outside the arc. The Hu...

Owatonna High School held a National Signing Day celebration to recognize 18 student-athletes that have committed to play sports while attending college. It is a cross-section of sports, educational interests and levels of college. Signings represent NCAA Divisions I, II and III, plus NAIA Division II and National Junior College level. Wednesday was a day for smiles and congratulatory messages. The work of balancing college life, college courses and college athletics will come later. Several other OHS student-athletes are expected to join their classmates but hadn't made a final decision yet....

Huskies Sweep Falcons [Prep Roundup, Monday Feb. 1] The Owatonna High School girls and boys basketball teams had to battle through lineup limitations but earned a sweep over Faribault in Big Nine basketball Monday, February 1. Sarah Kingland fouled out with five minutes remaining in a 61-51 victory at Nomeland Gymnasium in Faribault. The boys had a couple of starters limited due to injury but still beat the Falcons at OHS 69-43. The Owatonna girls went on a 12-0 run in the first half after a hot start by Faribault from three-point range staked the Falcons to an 18-13 lead. After hitting five ...