Grant Larson threw a complete-game on May 9 to lead the Burnsville baseball team to a 6-3 upset of No. 10-ranked Chaska.

Larson scattered seven hits and allowed three earned runs, while striking out four.

Craig Simonson went two for four with three RBIs in the win, while Anders Engberg had two RBIs. Zach Harazon had a double, RBI and run scored, while Evan Walker went two for four with two runs scored.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Burnsville Junior Dan Kambeitz fired his best round of the spring on May 9 at the Section 2 Class 3AAA Preview Tournament at Oakdale Golf Club.

Kambeitz shot an even-par 71 to lead all golfers in the eight-team invite.

As a team, the Blaze finished seventh with a score of 326, which was 34 shots behind champion Eden Prairie. Chaska was second (305), followed by Jefferson (313), Hutchinson (315), Prior Lake (317) and Shakopee (319). Kennedy was eighth (343).

By Kevin Lienau, Community Voices 

By Karen Wheeler, Slice of Life 

My boys are both playing lacrosse for the high school this spring, and I must admit I’ve come a long way since I confused the sport with the town in southwestern Wisconsin. “You want to go to a La Crosse game? Oh, you mean a lacrosse game.”

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the May 10, 2008 print edition of the Savage Pacer newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf’s that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

By Paul Cross, Spiritual Reflections

Chris Lind is moving forward

To the editor:

It’s no secret that times are tough in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District. Two referendums didn’t pass last fall, a former employee was elected to the School Board, the superintendent resigned, budget cuts are taking place and 1,000 trees saved during the construction of Prior Lake High School might be on the chopping block. We’d like to suggest that everyone needs to work together so that these situations can be dealt with in a positive manner.

The Savage City Council will meet Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. for a work session in council chambers at city hall, 6000 McColl Drive.

The tentative agenda is as follows:

Call to order