Ten years ago, Brad Heitkamp and Dave Hentges retired from the Jordan Brewers town baseball team. Heitkamp held the team home run record, and Hentges had pitched in more career games than any other current or former Brewer.

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Both the softball and baseball teams at Jordan High School are a top the standings of the Minnesota River Conference.

The softball team has yet to lose a conference game while the Hubmen has dropped two baseball games.

The Minnesota River Conference standings (as of May 8)

Softball:

Jordan - 7-0

Norwood - 6-1

Holy Family - 6-2

Le Sueur-Henderson - 3-6

Sibley East - 2-6

Montgomery-Lonsdale - 1-4

Belle Plaine - 1-7

Baseball

Jordan - 7-2

Sibley East - 7-3

Holy Family 6-3

Both the Jordan baseball and softball team will play Holy Family today at 5 p.m.

Both teams will play at Lions Park in Victoria.

Jordan junior T.J. Oakes pitched a perfect game on Wednesday afternoon against Montgomery-Lonsdale at the Mini Met as the Hubmen won 8-0.

In seven innings, Oakes faced 21 Red Bird batters and all 21 were put down in order. He struck out 11 of the 21 batters faced. He threw only 65 pitches in the game.

The never-say-die attitude of the Jordan softball team surfaced on Monday afternoon, when they defeated Waconia 7-6.

Freshman pitcher Tanner Oakes pitched all seven innings and got his first high school victory, as the Hubmen defeated Mayer Lutheran 10-1.

Oakes gave up only five hits and one run in the complete-game win.

In a different kind of meet, the boys and girls on Jordan’s track team teamed up to finish third at the Jordan co-ed track meet on Tuesday, April 29.

Jordan’s Erin Zahler broke her own school record on Monday, when she shot a 43 during a nine-hole Minnesota River Conference tournament at the Ridges of Sand Creek golf course.

She beat the record by one shot. By shooting the 43, Zahler moved into second place overall for individuals in the Minnesota River Conference.