The Team Is In Minnesota, The Coach Lives In Nebraska

Posted by John Millea (jmillea@mshsl.org) - Updated 12/13/2017 8:32:27 PM

The Lyle-Pacelli girls basketball team is interesting in lots of ways. The Athletics are ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, for example, and ran their season record to 6-0 Tuesday night with a 71-43 victory at Randolph. The team is a cooperative effort with players from Lyle (a public school in a community of 500 within a mile of the Iowa border) and Pacelli, a small Catholic school in nearby Austin.

Lyle/Pacelli defeats Heritage Christian 59-43 in 1A opener
Kristi Fett led the top-seeded Athletics with 25 points.

JOEL RIPPEL, Star Tribune 03/15/18, 12:30PM CDT

Lyle/Pacelli coach Justin Morris says his team has found a way to win games whether it was playing its best or not.

That characteristic was on display for the Athletics in the Class 1A quarterfinals Thursday at Williams Arena. The top-seeded Athletics overcame a slow start to pull away for a 59-43 victory over Heritage Christian.

Photos: Lyle/Pacelli, Heritage Christian Academy girls basketball State Class A quarterfinal
Joe Ahlquist Mar 15, 2018

Lyle/Pacelli-Heritage Christian Academy State Class A Quarterfinal

Lyle/Pacelli players react after their 59-43 win over Heritage Christian Academy on Thursday during the Class A state quarterfinals at Williams Arena in Minneapolis.
Joe Ahlquist / @jahlquist@postbulletin.com

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – No. 1 seed Lyle/Pacelli (30-1) extended its winning streak to 23 games with a 59-43 win over Heritage Christian Academy (19-11) on Thursday afternoon in the 2018 MSHSL Class A Girls’ Basketball Tournament quarterfinals at Williams Arena.

Class A’s top seed will place the winner of No. 5 Menagha and No. 4 Minneota in the state semifinals on Friday, March 16 at noon at Target Center. Heritage Christian Academy heads across the river to Concordia-St. Paul’s Gangelhoff Center against the losing team in the consolation semifinals on Friday at 10 a.m.

LYLEPAC vs HERITAGE (3/15/18 at Williams Arena)

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Girls basketball: Walter deftly guides L/P to state semifinals

Pat Ruff pruff@postbulletin.com Mar 15, 2018

This season? Well, it’s been like nothing she’s ever experienced. Walter has guided the Athletics all over again, pushing them to a No. 1 ranking and after Thursday’s 59-43 win over Heritage Christian Academy, a spot in Friday’s state semifinals.

But it’s how she’s NOT done it that is surprising to anyone who laid eyes on her that freshman season.

NO. 1 L/P POWERS INTO STATE SEMIS
Girls basketball: No. 1 L/P overpowering en route to semis

By Pat Ruff pruff@postbulletin.com Mar 15, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS — Hanging around for one half with No. 1-ranked Lyle/Pacelli proved to be doable for Heritage Christian Academy.

But doing it for two halves? Not so much.

Semi crashes into Minnesota school, injuring 2 students

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
PUBLISHED: January 16, 2018 at 12:20 pm | UPDATED: January 16, 2018 at 2:29 pm

A semitrailer truck veered off a highway in southern Minnesota and crashed through the wall of an elementary school, injuring two children in a classroom.

Photos: Semi crashes into Lyle Public School
Andrew Link Jan 16, 2018

Minnesota State Patrol officers investigate after a semi crashed into the Lyle Public School this morning. The truck struck the west side of the building after the driver swerved to avoid a car that had stopped on Minnesota Highway 218, according to the State Patrol. Two passengers in the car and two people in the school were treated for minor injuries. The semi driver was not injured.

Semi hits car, crashes into Lyle school

Brian Todd, btodd@postbulletin.com Jan 16, 2018

LYLE — A semi tractor-trailer smashed into the Lyle Public School building this morning in an incident that injured two people, according to Lyle Superintendent Bryan Boysen.

The crash forced the evacuation of the building, where smoke and dust could be seen immediately after the crash, Boysen said. Classes at the school were canceled for the day and for Wednesday as well.

Runaway semi crashes through wall of school in southern Minnesota
Police said incident in Lyle, Minn., easily could have been much worse.

By John Reinan Star Tribune JANUARY 16, 2018 — 9:42PM

Students at a rural Minnesota school were frightened but OK after a runaway semitrailer truck crashed through a wall of the elementary school Tuesday morning in Lyle, Minn., a small town near the Iowa border.

Police said the frightening incident easily could have been much worse.

Semi hits Lyle Public School; Injuries reported

By Mike Stoll
Published 9:14 am Tuesday, January 16, 2018

An accident between a semi and car Tuesday morning caused the semi to lose control and crash into the Lyle Public School, sending two students to the hospital and injuring one in the crash.

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Digitizing Lyle ink; Iowa organization awards grant to preserve Minnesota town’s history

By Mike Stoll
Published 10:07 am Sunday, November 19, 2017

Lyle will celebrate its sesquicentennial in 2020, and Lyle native Mitch Helle has been working on an updated community history book for the occasion.

He is now one step closer to his goal, thanks to the Worth County (Iowa) Development Authority, which awarded Helle a grant for $6,405.84 Wednesday night. The money will be used to help digitize copies of the Lyle Tribune, which published from the 1890s to the 1950s.

Fett heading to MSU; LP senior signs letter of intent Wednesday

By Rocky Hulne
Published 7:26 pm Wednesday, November 8, 2017

LYLE — Lyle-Pacelli senior Kristi Fett had plenty of support as she cemented her college future in Lyle High School Wednesday.

Carol Cole, 79, Hollandale
Published 12:00 am Thursday, January 17, 2008

Memorial services for Carol Jean Cole, 79, of Hollandale, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The Rev. Jeffrey Kuddes will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. To sign the guest book, goto www.bayviewfuneral.com

Carol died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie.

William J. Griffiths -- Austin
Jun 30, 1998

AUSTIN -- The funeral for William J. Griffiths will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Mankato, Minn., with the Revs. Joseph Pete and Charles Lachowitzer co-officiating. Private burial wil be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.

Mr. Griffiths, 67, died at his home Sunday (June 28, 1998) in Austin.

Iona Huff, 88
Published 7:51 am Friday, October 13, 2017

Iona Huff, 88, of Grinnell, Iowa, and formerly of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at the Mayflower Health Center in Grinnell.

Marlys Willa Golberg, 78
Published 7:58 am Thursday, August 24, 2017

Marlys Willa Golberg, 78, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester, Saint Marys Campus.

Georgia Jean (Greiner) Williams, 78
Published 7:54 am Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Georgia Jean (Greiner) Williams, 78, of Austin, Minnesota, went home to be with the Lord on July 13, 2017, after a long battle with cancer.

Gov. Anderson Tells Graduates To Improve Selves

Gov. Elmer L. Andersen addressed the 28 Lyle high school graduates and 1,200 parents, faculty and friends at commencement exercises held in the school auditorium Friday evening.

He said that "the finest investment young people can make today is improving themselves to the best of their ability..."

AUSTIN — The funeral for Harriet Mildred Ostenson DeMar will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Worlein Funeral Home Chapel in Austin. Burial will be in Six Mile Grove Cemetery, rural Lyle.

Mrs. DeMar, 92, of Austin, died Thursday (Dec. 13, 2007) at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home.

She was born Dec. 7, 1915, to Alfred and Thea Ostenson in Nevada Township near Lyle. She was baptized and confirmed at Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church and attended Pinehurst country grade school.

Juanita Read of rural Austin dies at 72

AUSTIN -- Juanita D. Read, 72, of Route 3, Austin, died Tuesday (May 30, 1995) at Austin Medical Center.

Juanita D. Reynolds was born April 18, 1923, in Okoboji Township, Dickinson County, Iowa, and graduated from Arnolds Park High School in 1943. On March 21, 1946, she married James Read in New Providence, Iowa. Mrs. Read was a member of First United Methodist Church and Cedar City Cemetery Society. She had been a Boy Scout and 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, and school room mother at Lyle High School.

LYLE, MINN.- Professor Menzo Francis, superintendent of the Lyle schools, was much surprised when he saw the article pertaining to himself in The Journal of Nov. 13. He does not know why those statements should have been made as they were untrue in every particular. Other false and malicious reports were sent to various twin city newspapers and published in the issues of Nov. 18.