Coming into the season, two of the important cogs of the Kasson-Mantorville softball team were the arm of senior pitcher Chante Thome and the bat of senior second baseman McKenzie Hemann. During their game with Pine Island on April 7, both were on display as the KoMets came from behind to earn a 4-2 victory over Pine Island.

Triton football coach Don Henderson sat in his office during a blustery day last week. Since he also serves as the school’s athletic director, he was in the middle of rescheduling several contests that were derailed due to rain and snow in the area.
“If this were earlier in my career, I’d kick you out of here,” Henderson laughed. “It’s a lot easier now that I have a system in place.”

The Kasson-Mantorville softball team opened up their season with a 7-1 victory over Northfield on Monday afternoon as they look to defend their back-to-back state championships. To pick up the victory, the KoMets used the familiar formula of strong pitching and a balanced attack throughout the lineup.

The Triton track and field team was able to get away from the mid-week snow and get their first meet of the season in last Thursday as part of the Early Bird Indoor at St. Mary’s University in Winona. The competition was a great chance for the Cobras to set the tone for the year and they did so by setting the bar high in several events.

For the Triton track team, their status toward the bottom of the HVL has been more of a numbers game. Their roster, which consists of 60 athletes, is roughly half of some of the other schools in the conference. That doesn’t mean that the Cobras lack talent as they head into the 2016 season.

When the Triton baseball team takes the field to open the 2016 season, the one thing that they won’t have is experience. The Cobras return just one starter from a season ago and will likely have an uphill climb in the strong HVL conference.
However, for what the Cobras lack in experience, they make up for with a youthful energy that could have them wreak havoc for teams competing for a conference title.