Blooming Prairie sports

Official practice began for high school wrestling Monday. Owatonna has a new coaching tandem. Blooming Prairie will co-op this season with Hayfield to form Westfield.

NRHEG was leading WEM 6-0 with 1:31 remaining in the fourth quarter when the game was postponed due to weather conditions Tuesday night. It will be finished on Wednesday.

Blooming Prairie opened the Section 1A West Subsection playoffs Monday with a three-set sweep of LeRoy-Ostrander. The Awesome Blossoms go to Hayfield on Thursday.

The Awesome Blossoms lost to No. 3AA Kenyon-Wanamingo on Monday night. On Thursday, Blooming Prairie goes to No. 1A Bethlehem Academy.

Owatonna High School volleyball, boys soccer and girls cross country open their season Thursday. Blooming Prairie volleyball plays their first match and Owatonna girls tennis continues a busy week.

Get ready for the Westfield Razorbacks to take the mat this school year. The Blooming Prairie and Hayfield school districts will combine for wrestling starting this winter.

The Blooming Prairie boys golf team finished fifth at the state golf tournament in Becker on Wednesday. Tommy Braaten was fourth and Taylor Christianson sixth individually.

Blooming Prairie junior Taylor Christianson shot an 81 Tuesday at the state Class A golf tournament in Becker. She is in fourth place, three shots out of first place.

The Minnesota State High School League golf tournament begins Tuesday at three locations. Blooming Prairie's boys team is participating for the first time.

After burning up the links at Willow Creek in Rochester, the Blooming Prairie boys golf team was welcomed back to town with a fire truck parade after winning their first section title.