Athlete Highlights

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Raymond is career scoring leader for St. Peter High School boys basketball. He shattered the record Saturday in scoring 40 points against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton. That put Raymond at 1,165, breaking the former record of 1,134 by Aaron Loken in 1993-96.

Starting young helped Raymond reach the record. But he has put in a lifetime of work in perfecting his game.

Raymond became more of an athlete and versatile scorer by working out at the Sports Institute in Mankato for six weeks as a junior and senior. “After getting hurt in football his junior year, he went there and they really trimmed him up and made him faster,” Raymond said.

“I cut 20 pounds before the basketball season before my junior year and that got me bigger, stronger, faster where I could do more things,” Brodie said. “This year I worked with them again, played AAU over the summer getting stronger, faster playing against better opponents, so that was a big factor, too.
To read more about Raymond visit: http://stpeterherald.com/news.php?viewStory=2498



  There’s a new team in town and they’re mixing up a storm! 

In their inaugural season, Southern MN Mix bested teams from the Twin Cities & southeastern Minnesota by taking 1^st place in the New Ulm Hockey Inferno 14U B Tournament January 30-31^st at the New Ulm Civic Center.  The Mix opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over Tartan.  In the 2^nd round, the girls defeated Minneapolis Storm 6-1.  The Mix went on to triumph over Rochester 4-0 for the championship. 

Southern MN Mix is a brand new “Rainbow Team” of girls 14 & Under playing hockey in the region!  The team is comprised of 7 girls from Mankato and 6 girls from New Ulm.  The Mix is a young team-7 of the players are age eligible to play 12 & Under; the remaining players are in their 1^st year of eligibility in the 14 & Under age group. 

The formation of the Southern MN Mix team was spearheaded by John Sanford & Scott Lennander, New Ulm residents.  The Mix is sponsored by the New Ulm Hockey Association in cooperation with the Mankato Area Hockey Association. 

Recipe for Success: 13 dedicated players—Andrea Broman, Mariah Lennander, Kylie Paulson, Amanda Broman, Brooke Schugel, Katie Braun, Morgan Schaefer, Bella Davis, Becca Gretz, Maddy Munce, Elizabeth Sanford, Julia Schaefer & Katie Paulson + 2 experienced coaches—Scott Lennander & Bob Braun.  Add hard work, some sweat, a few tears and a lot of laughs.  “Mix” & savor the outcome!

Geno Glynn, Princeton Rays (Tampa Bay Rays) currently training at the Sports Institute to develop strength and power as he prepares for his upcoming season.  "The Sports Institute is great not only for working on my swing but the training that I get from their pro baseball program is nothing you get from any other training facility.  I am training for specific positions for next year and Craig prepares me for the speed, quickness, and power needed in those positions.  I would recommend any baseball player to train in the programs offered at the Sports Institute." 

Geno is also helping Dean Bowyer and the Sports Institute with the baseball hitting leagues and clinic this winter for all youth and high school athletes.  "Geno became a great hitter by the work and dedication he put in with us at MSU and we hope that his knowledge and success will rub off on the kids coming into our leagues and clinics this winter."  Dean Bowyer





Trevor Bruess, forward for MSU signed with the Washington Capitals of the NHL.  Bruess, a 6-foot-0, 200-pound forward had 12 goals and five assists this season and led the Mavericks with 117 penalty minutes. Bruess has trained on the hockey treadmill his whole high school and college career.  For the last 2 years Trevor has trained at the Sports Institute on the Blade treadmill to improve his speed and strength.  “The Blade treadmill at the Sports Institute is great training for youth, high school, and college players to improve their skating skills.”  “I would definitely recommend the Sports Institute and the blade treadmill for hockey training.”

 

Congratulations to the Mankato Royals 10 year old team in winning the state championship. 

The Royals trained as a team this past winter and summer at the Sports Institute with Dean Bowyer and staff in developing their baseball skills.

Congratulations to the players, coaches, and parents.

Brandon Smith (Mankato, Minn.) has signed a letter of intent to continue his football career at Northwestern College next fall.

Smith is a 5’11”, 200-pound running back and safety who lettered three years for Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School. He earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior and was voted the team’s best running back. Smith helped lead his team to a 5-5 record and a berth in the Minnesota state playoffs. A member of the National Honor Society, Smith plans to major in business administration at Northwestern. He is the son of Mark and Vivian.

“Brandon is a very good athlete,” commented head coach Kyle Achterhoff. “He will add depth in the backfield and he is a very physical runner with good speed."

Brandon has trained for 2 years at the Sports Institute and is currently training to get ready for his upcoming season at Northwestern. 

Brittney Hallahan

Glencoe-Silver Lake High School: 2008 graduate of Glencoe-Silver Lake HS ... five-year letterwinner ... coached by Steve Davis ... three-time first team All-Wright County Conference ... two-time honorable mention all-conference ... second team all-state ... batted .548 with four doubles, four triples and one home run as a senior ... hit .397 with three doubles, one triple, 23 walks and just two strikeouts as a junior ... did not allow a stolen base as a junior from behind the plate ... also three-year letterwinner in tennis and basketball and two-year letterwinner in academics ... earned 11 academic all-conference awards ... two-time honorable mention all-conference in tennis.

Brittney trained with the Sports Institute softball director Jody Lunz with her development in becoming a great high school and college softball player.  Brittney is currently attending school and playing softball at Southwest Minnesota State.

Personal: Born March 19, 1990 ... daughter of Patrick and Sharon Hallahan ... pre-med major.

Jamie "Thunder" Glarner, BMX rider
2-16-09
Ranked 4th in state
7th in the district
420th national ranking
and his team ranks 15th nationally.
Jamie has 13 1st place finishes. 
Jamie has been training at the Sports Institute to increase his speed and strength to compete nationally.   








Chris Kolb
7-15-08
Mankato West High School 
2008 9th grade pole vault record: 14-3" 









Rachael Click
2008
Gustavus Adolphus College 
Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All American softball first team.
Click, a shortstop, started all 38 games this season for GAC and ended the season with an impressive .563 batting average.
Click trained at the SI over the winter in strength, speed, and agility training aswell as working on her softball skills with softball director Jody Lunz.








Jason Hankins
Currently playing for the Gustavus Adophus College football team. 
Jason trains at the Sports Institute during the off seasons in our speed, power, agility programs.  Jason started training at the Sports Institute his junior year in high school, made the All Star Team and was an All State player his senior year in high school.







Marty Schmitz
Currently playing for the Gustavus Adophus College football team.  Marty trains at the Sports Institute during the off seasons in our speed, power, agility programs.
Cleveland High School Stats
Single-season rushing record- 1844 yards
Single-season total yards record- 2266
All-time leading rusher - 3538 yards
All-time leader in rushing attempts- 625
2nd All-time leader in total offense - 4712
27 career TDs
                            Total points - 216


Jimmy Loonan - Currently playing football and baseball at St. John's University.  Jimmy trains at the Sports Institute during the off seasons in our speed, power, agility programs for football training and also baseball specific training to prepare for the upcoming seasons. 
Loonan has been a varsity starter for three years on a 4A (soph and junior years) and this past fall a 3A (senior). He was all conference all three years and named to the Minnesota All State honorable mention team twice; both as a junior and recently as a senior both as a running back and a linebacker.
He has been nominated for the Minnesota State all academic team and was nominated by the south central coaches to participate in the Minnesota all star game.  His accumulative GPA is currently at a 3.07 and he scored a 23 on his ACT test. Jimmy is a hard worker and very coach-able and enjoys playing football.
As a Senior RB/LB Loonan is the Waseca Blue Jays All-Time leading rusher with 2,972 yards, single game rushing leader with 267 yards, single season TD leader with 21, and single game TD leader with 5. He ranks in the top five all time runs from scrimmage with a 98 yards touch down run against Windom, MN.(see first video clip)
Loonan is also one of the rare two way All-State players in Minnesota boasting All-State honors as both a RB and LB. Take a close look at his record setting Senior season!!

To see more of Jimmy Loonan watch his youtube videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w1miuD1MjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDhPd1Y0glM&feature=related



Ethan Preisler - Currently playing football at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD.  Ethan trains at the Sports Institute during the off seasons in our speed, power, agility programs. 

Ethan was a varsity football starter for four years at Le Center High School. Durring that time he led the team in receiving with 19 catches for 256 yards, and in sacks with 9.5. He was named All-conference three years, achieved All-state honorable mention, and was named to the class 1A Academic All-Star Team. He also played in the 2008 Minnesota All-Star Game on the Out-State team. Ethan is committed to play college football at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD. Preisler worked out at the Sports Institute in the summer of 2007.