Dean Aaron Anderson, 50, was charged June 4, 2010 with four felony counts of selling large quantities of generic Percocet pills.

On Wednesday, May 9, a jury in Isanti County District Court in Cambridge acquitted Anderson of felony, first degree drug sale-on one or more occasions within a 90-day period. The three other felony charges of second degree drug sale remain open.

Acting on a tip alleging the sale of a controlled substance, authorities sent a confidential informant to the 3rd St. S.E. residence on three separate occasions from May 2010 through June 2010 to attempt purchase of generic Percocet pills. Each time the informant was successful in purchasing 150 units of the controlled substance.

On June 3, 2010 investigators returned with a search warrant and seized a large amount of prescription medication belonging to Anderson, including Percocet that he takes for his own pain medication needs, and six guns, all in locked closets.

When Anderson was first charged June 4, 2010, Isanti County Attorney Jeff Edblad called the  case, “One of the largest drug enterprises that has come before the court in some time.”

Christopher Calvin Vavra, 25, of Isanti, entered a petition to enter a guilty plea to 4th degree criminal sexual conduct.

Vavra was originally charged in Isanti County District Court in Cambridge Nov. 28, 2011 with 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct and 4th degree criminal sexual conduct. Both charges are serious felonies, with the first charge including the fact that Vavra was in a position of authority over the victim.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, the first count of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct will be dismissed, Vavra will serve 135 days in jail, and be on supervised probation for 10 years.

The victim was a student at the high school and the incidents took place during the school day.

Under questioning by prosecutor Amy Reed-Hall, Vavra admitted in court May 16 to having a conversation with the victim on Nov. 21, 2011, indicating he had a confession to make and “wanted to fool around with her.”

He further admitted to having another conversation with her the next day and admitted to hugging her, kissing her, and fondling her in different places over her clothing.

A presentence investigation, as well as an order for a psychosexual evaluation, were ordered prior to his sentencing that will take place later this summer.

Vavra started with the Braham School District as a teacher in September 2010. He is a 2005 graduate of Braham Area High School, and was a stand-out athlete in high school and in college. He doesn’t have any prior criminal convictions except for a stop sign violation in 2004.

Senior Annie KinCannon challenged PACT batters during the May 14 home game on the North Isanti Baptist field.

The CCS softball is 10-4 after splitting its last two games. On May 11 the Warriors held for a 13-10 road win at Christian Life where both teams hit well in a hard-fought game. Annie KinCannon racked up 11 strikeouts off the rubber, and Kellie Pedersen hit two homeruns to lead the way.

In the seventh inning, CCS had the three-run lead with two outs. The Hawks battled to load the bases, then their No. 7 hitter stroked a fly ball to left field where Clarissa Filletti  made a big catch to end the game.

• On a spendid May 14, the Warriors hosted PACT, battling hard before falling 16-9. PACT opened with a 5-0 lead in the top of the first, but CCS answered with two runs on a single by Mikayla Lecceardone, scoring KinCannon and Pedersen. The Warriors then went up 7-5 in the second by coaxing four walks to start, then Pedersen and Leccardone followed with run-scoring hits. Kim Walburg added another RBI with a clean single up the middle.

Mikayla Lecceardone knocked home 3 RBI on consective hits against PACT May 14.

PACT retook the lead in the fourth with eight runs when the Warriors lost their focus. “I was hoping for a better game. PACT is a good team, but we did not show how good we can be,” said CCS Coach Kim Aleckson.

CCS Baseball

The Warrior nine fell to Liberty Classical 2-1 May 4 when LC rallied with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Alex Lecceardone singled home Peter Maring for the Warriors’ lone run in the road game. Maring made his pitching debut with three shutout innings then filled in at first base as CCS is still battling injuries.

On May 7, Jake Bergman pitched a strong game in an 8-1 win at Rosemount Baptist. Matt Rinke played a strong game in right field and came through with 2 hits.

Caitlin Richmond

Sophomore Caitlin Richmond led a solid Braham effort at the Great River Conference Golf finals when she finished as meet and season medalist in the girls division.

Playing on Isle’s Fiddlestix GC on May 14, Richmond shot a 48 on the front and 41 on the back to finish at 89. The 1st-place overall finish also landed Caitlin the MVP award for the GRC.

The Bombers finished 2nd to Moose Lake-Willow River in the team standings. Also firing away at Fiddlestix were Briana Richmond (110), Lauren Vanderport (110) and Ali Anderson (112).

Dylan Altendorf

• The Braham boys were paced by Dylan Altendorf shooting a 37 on the front and finishing with an 82 at Isle, and Quinn Richmond shooting rounds of 41 and 42 to close at 83. Those two earned All-Conference honors with Q. Richmond finishing 5th on the season and Altendorf 7th.

Adding scores for the Bomber boys, who placed 4th in the final team standings, were Hunter Richmond (92) and Brandon Brown (100). The Mille Lacs Raiders went on to claim the GRC boys championship.

Quinn Richmond

• On May 10, the Braham boys clipped host Rush City 189-213. Finishing as co-medalists at 46 were Q. Richmond and Brown, with Altendorf just back at 47. Josh Eliasson added a round of 50.

Also at Bulrush GC, C. Richmond paced the girls with a 48, followed by Anderson (55), Cortney Vanderport (66) and B. Richmond (68).

C-I Girls 4th at Ruttger’s

The Cambridge-Isanti girls golf team played well in two invites last week. On May 8, the C-I team finished 4th out of eight teams in the Ranger Invite held at the Ruttger’s Bay Lake course north of Crosby.

Scoring for the Bluejackets were: Leah Schoenecker 90, Emily Sunderman 91, Megan Hallstrom 101, Anna Sunderman 105, Alyssa Rapp 105, and Megan Koester 116.

“It was fun because Bay Lake is such a beautiful golf course that is fair but tough to play,” noted C-I Coach Steve Hanson.

On Wednesday the Jackets won the runner-up trophy at the Mora Scramble, finishing 2nd out of 12 teams. All three of the C-I teams played well. Leah Schoenecker and Alyssa Rapp shot a 79 which was good for individual 2nd place medals. Emily Sunderman and Megan Hallstrom took home 4th place medals with an 80, while Megan Koester and Anna Sunderman shot 86.

“It was good to see the girls get some hardware for all of their efforts this year,” added Coach Hanson.

Jacket Boys 2nd at the Hawk

The Cambridge-Isanti boys golf team placed 2nd with a 324 at the May 9 Mississippi 8 home meet at the Purple Hawk, paced by Matt Swanson’s 75 and Jared Knutson’s 79. Nate Cox came in at 82, and Jonah Poppen hit for an 85.

On May 10, the Bluejackets slipped into a 4th-place 320 finish at Wild Marsh GC while Rogers set a conference record with a 286 team score (2-over par). Swanson used a birdie-birdie finish to close at 79. He was followed by Cox (80), Poppen (81), Knutson (84) and Austin Galligan (86).

The Jackets are currently tied for 2nd in the M-8 with Buffalo heading into the May 22 finals at Fox Hollow.

On May 10, the Bombers downed visiting East Central 12-0 on a combined no-hitter from Nick Hammond (2 innings, 5 K), Cory Ambrose (2 inn., 5 K) and Shaun Hollenkamp (1 inn., 2 K). Hammond, Hollenkamp and Tyler Vaughan all had 2 hits, with Hollenkamp and Vaughan driving in 3 runs each.

Braham kept rolling with an 8-0 blanking of Onamia May 14 where Ambrose went the distance, allowing just 4 hits and striking out 7. He helped his cause with a 4-for-5 day, scoring 2 runs. Casey Grell added 3 hits and 2 runs, and Sam Stigen had 2 RBI.

• The Bombers’ win streak was snapped May 15 in a 3-2 loss at Pine City. The day before, Aitkin made a big move to clinch the GRC title with a 12-2 win over Pine City.

GRC Baseball: Aitkin 11-0, 17-2; Braham 7-3, 10-4; Hinckley-Fin. 7-3, 9-7; Isle 8-4, 9-6; Ogilvie 7-5, 7-7; Pine City 6-5, 6-10; Onamia 2-8, 3-12; Rush City 2-10, 2-12; East Central 0-12, 0-14.

C-I Softball posts two victories

Cambridge-Isanti pitchers Kate Hammero, Jessica Golden, and Ronni Risch combined efforts for an 11-4 Bluejacket win over Chisago Lakes May 11. Hammero started and gave up one run over two innings as did Golden. Risch worked the final three innings, surrendering a two-run homer in the seventh.

The Jackets tied the game at one in the bottom on the first as seniors Katie McCann and Taylor Bowker hustled out some infield plays and ran the bases aggressively. C-I took the lead for good in the third on an RBI single by McCann and a long triple for Bowker. Three more runs were tacked on in the fourth with hits coming from Kendall Sandberg, Casey Johnshoy, Leah Ponting, and Erica Epsen. On the day, Bowker, McCann, Epsen and Ponting all had two hits each.

• On May 15, McCann was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to sacrificially send the Bluejackets to a 9-8 win over visiting Rogers. Erica Epsen went 4-for-4 for C-I in the M-8 victory.

• The Section 7AAA playoffs open May 22. With four games to play in the regular season, the Bluejackets are currently in the No. 9 position which would have them traveling to Duluth East for the opener. Seeding takes place Saturday.

Mississippi 8  Softball: Big Lake 8-3, 9-5; Becker 7-3, 11-6; Rogers 6-6, 11-8; Buffalo 5-5, 7-9; Monticello 4-6, 9-7; Cambridge-Isanti 3-6, 6-10; St. Michael-Alb. 2-6, 6-10.

C-I Baseball hammers Rogers

Matt Ziebarth delivered 3 RBI, and Ryan Epsen led with 3 hits and 2 RBI when Cambridge-Isanti Baseball popped visiting Rogers 16-3 in five innings May 15. Jake Johnson added 3 RBI, and he got the win by striking out 5 and allowing just 4 hits over his 5 innings.

On May 11, St. Michael-Albertville took a step closer to winning the Mississippi 8 crown by defeating C-I 7-1.

Mississippi 8 Baseball: St. Michael-Alb. 9-1, 11-4; Monticello 7-3, 9-8; Cambridge-Isanti 6-4, 10-4; Big Lake 5-6, 7-9; Buffalo 4-7, 5-12; Rogers 4-8, 6-11; Becker 2-8, 3-12.

BR Softball opens playoffs May 18

Braham (4-15) will open the Section 5A Softball playoffs May 18, more than likely on the road. The Bombers split their May 12 Webster Tourney games, beating Washburn, WI and falling to Webster-Siren.

On May 15, the Bombers were defeated by host Pine City 12-2.

GRC Softball: Isle 10-0, 15-0; Hinckley-Fin. 11-1, 13-5; Rush City 8-5, 9-6; Pine City 7-4, 10-9; Ogilvie 3-8, 4-13; Aitkin 2-7, 2-10; Braham 2-9, 4-15; East Central 1-10, 2-14.

Seniors Marshall White and Sam Renier with their 2nd-place medals won at the May 12 M-8 Singles Tourney. Photo by Thea Lowman

A great day was had by Bluejacket Boys Tennis at the Mississippi 8 Conference Tournament when six-of-eight positions medaled at Saturday’s action hosted by Monticello and St. Michael-Albertville.

“All positions have earned team points for us throughout the conference season, and the depth of our success on the courts in the conference tournament shows their growth throughout the season,” said an elated C-I Coach Thea Lowman.

The Bluejackets earned two 2nd places in Singles by Marshall White at No. 1 and Sam Renier at No. 2. White opened play with a 6-1, 6-1 win, then he paid back Dilly of Becker with an amazing three-set win in the semis 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5).

“I’m proud of Marshall’s patient yet aggressive play and mental toughness during this match. His experience from countless matches and tournaments he’s played throughout his high school career showed on the court today,” said Coach Lowman.

Senior Marshall White lined up a backhand during last week’s action on the court. White placed 2nd at No. 1 Singles in Saturday’s Mississippi 8 tourney at Monticello. Photo by Bill Jones, Anoka County Union

After that long battle, White fell to St. Michael’s Shustarich 6-1, 6-0 in the championship.

Renier began the M-8 with a 6-0, 6-4 victory then held tough in a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-1) workout against STMA’s Robak. In the finals, Becker’s Toedter prevailed 6-0, 6-3.

“Sam has grown into a confident singles player who constructs smart points,” noted Coach Lowman. “He will slug it out from the baseline but attacks opportunity balls and will control the point from the net as well.”

• The Bluejackets had all four of their doubles pairings win consolation titles at the M-8 Tourney. At No. 1, Matt Olson & Calvin Cicha held in a nail-biting final match 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5).

At No. 2, Josh Fredlund and Devin Gislason also had a battle in their last match, coming out on top 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2). At No. 3, Destin Modina & Thomas Phillips ended their Saturday with a 7-5, 6-4 win. At No. 4 Doubles, Derick DeMars & Mike Colbaugh got to the net well to win in the consolation finals.

Also at Singles, Derek Belford went 1-2 for 4th place at No. 4, winning his first match  6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5).

7AA Team Tennis begins next week

The Section 7AA playoffs kick off next week with the South Subsection Team Tourney going May 21-22 and the Individual Subsections May 24 at St. Francis (seeding coming this weekend). The Bluejackets split matches against two 7AA foes this past week, defeating St. Francis 6-1 and falling to Andover 5-2.

Against the Saints May 10, winning at Singles for C-I were  White (7-5, 6-4), Renier (6-1, 6-0) and Nate Henderson (6-3, 6-1). Taking Doubles matches were  Olson & Cicha (6-0, 6-0), Fredlund & Gislason (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) and Colbaugh & DeMars (6-3, 6-4).

Against Andover, Olson & Cicha won at No. 1 Doubles 6-0, 7-5. At No. 3 Doubles, Modina & Phillips were down 2-5 in the third set and battled back to take the set 7-5.  ”Destin and Thomas have both really grown as players and as a doubles team this season.  They are communicating well and have developed dangerous passing shots,” analyzed Coach Lowman. “It’s likely we could see Andover again the first round of the playoffs, which we would look forward to.”

Leading teams in the 7AA South are Elk River (25-0), Chisago Lakes (11-3) and Forest Lake 8-5).

Mississippi 8 Boys Tennis

FINAL: Becker 6-0, 16-3; St. Michael-Alb. 5-1, 12-5; Buffalo 4-2, 6-6; Cambridge-Isanti 3-3, 6-4; Monticello 2-4, 4-11; Big Lake 1-5, 4-9; Rogers 0-6, 1-12.

Baseball

Thursday, May 17 • 4:30 pm Hinckley-Fin. HOME

Monday, May 21 • 4:30 pm

St. John’s Prep AWAY

Tuesday, May 22 • 7:30 pm  Rush City AWAY

Golf

Wednesday, May 23 • 12:00 pm

Boys at Mora Invite AWAY

Softball

Friday, May 17 • 4:30 pm

5A East Subsections TBD

May 18, 20 • 4:30 p.m.

5A Subsections continue TBD

Track & Field

Thursday, May 17 • 3:45 pm

Hinckley Relays AWAY

Tuesday, May 22 • 2:00 pm

5A Subsections @ Foley AWAY

Bluejackets

Baseball

Thursday, May 17 • 4:30 pm  Becker HOME

Friday, May 18 •5:00/6:30 pm

Princeton doubleheader HOME

Monday, May 21 • 3:45 pm

Duluth Denfeld HOME

Boys Golf

Monday, May 21 • 9:00 am

Duluth East Invite AWAY

Tuesday, May 22 • 3:30 pm

M-8 Finals @ Rogers AWAY

Girls Golf

Tuesday, May 22 • 4:00 pm

M-8 Finals at St. Michael-Alb. AWAY

Softball

Thursday, May 17 • 4:30 pm  Becker HOME

Friday, May 18 • 4:15/5:30 pm

Princeton doubleheader HOME

Tuesday, May 22 • 4:30 pm

7AAA Playoff opener TBD

Boys Tennis

Thursday, May 17 • 4:15 pm No. Branch HOME

Monday, May 21 • 4:00 pm

7AA Team Subsections TBD

Tuesday, May 22 • 4:00 pm

7AA Team Subsections continue TBD

Track & Field

Thursday, May 17 • 4:00 pm

M-8 JV Meet @ Buffalo AWAY

Tuesday, May 22 • 1:00 pm

M-8 Finals @ St. Michael AWAY

Warriors

Baseball

Saturday, May 19 • TBD

CAL Tourney @ Christian Life AWAY

Softball

Friday, May 18 • 4:30 pm

Pine City ‘C’ HOME

Saturday, May 19 • TBD

CAL Tourney @ Christian Life AWAY

All five Alexandria teams will try to make it two championships in a row in the CI Division team competition, while two St. Paul Highland Park entries will try for the same in the PI Division. There are three competitions for athletes in both divisions — boys or girls singles, doubles, and team.

On Thursday, May 17 (10 a.m.) there will be a voluntary  Pep Fest in the CIHS gym to celebrate and send off the Bluejackets.

The Bluejackets took on section-partner Monticello last Friday, with the Bluejacket PI squad earning a 1190-1153 victory. Posting scores were Jackson Larson– 402, Cody Beardslee– 360, Dominic Slatter– 382, Chrissty Schermerhorn– 404, and Victoria Koukol– 370.

The Magic CI team went on to defeat the Jackets 2367-2267. Pacing the Bluejackets were Austin Sprandal– 381, Abby Keller– 372, Jon Furlong– 369, Joshua Cook– 387, Chrissy Baker– 365, Brianna Hoover– 365 and Cory Hoover– 393.

• Back on May 4, Spring Lake Park swept the Bluejacket bowl teams in a pair of tight matches. The Panther PI group tipped Cambridge-Isanti 381-392, and the Panther CI bowlers held for a 2087-1946 win.

Rolling for the Jackets in the PI division against the Panthers were: Dominic Slattery– 404, Jackson Larson– 395, Cody Beardslee– 340, Chrissy Schermerhorn– 381, and Victoria Koukol– 348.

In the CI division, the Bluejackets were represented by: Brianna Hoover– 404, Austin Sprandal– 392, Abby Keller– 366, Jon Furlong– 395, Joshua Cook– 352, Chrissy Baker– 345, and Cory Hoover– 389.

“This is a very competitive meet. I am proud of how well the girls finished.  We have so many talented athletes in a variety of events, it makes it fun to watch,” noted C-I Girls Coach Linda Droubie.

C-I’s 4×200 relay of Lily Porta, Carlynn Galeazzi, Melyssa Varsoke and Erica Young broke the school record that was held since 1984 with a time of 148.66.

Young also finished 4th in the 200m dash at 26.82 and 5th in the long jump (15-08). Adelle Nelson was 2nd in the pole vault at 10-0, and Anna Nelson was 7th at 8-06.  Kylie Baas placed 2nd in the high jump (5-0), and Britta Rud came in 3rd (also at 5-0). Emily Santiago Holboy finished 3rd in the shot put with a throw of 36-0.

• Top performers for the Bluejacket boys at the True Teams were the following: Aaron Kordiak 3rd in the 400 (51. 39); Trevor Galligan 8th in the 800 (2:02.0); the  4×200 of Dan Kropdilowski, Travis Holt, Kyle Willette and Justin Rud 7th place (1: 34. 09);

Jordan Kalk, shown competing in the True Team long jump, placed 7th in the high jump by clearing 6-0. Photo by Clint Riese, Forest Lake Times

The 4×400 of Kropdilowski, Holt, Matt Kuehn and Galligan 6th place (3:33.72); Forrest Kalk 5th in the high jump (6-0); Jordan Kalk 7th in the high jump (5-10); Patrick Jones 5th in the pole vault (13-0); Bryant Nelson 8th in the pole vault (11-6); and Jeremy Ham 7th in the discus (135-07).

• The next big meet for the Bluejackets will be the Mississippi 8 Championships hosted May 22 at St. Michael-Albertville.

Skipper Tom Koplitz has 21 players on the Bandit roster this 2012 season. The team opened with a 13-10 loss to the Metro Knights May 9– Alex Kordiak had 2 hits that night, with 2 runs scored by Josh Coleman, Mike Koplitz and Luke Mago. On May 10, Champlin dealt the Bandits a 13-3 loss even though M. Koplitz had a 3-for-4 night.

Rum River kicks into the Eastern Minny season with a May 16 game at Princeton. The Bandits travel to Anoka May 18 (7:30 p.m.) in non-league action, then they host Hinckley May 20 (2 p.m.) at Sandquist Park. May 22 the RR boys travel to East Bethel for a 7:30 p.m. game.