Litchfield

They've got sections coming up next week.

We'll also have a chat with Matt Draeger, Litchfield girls tennis coach, as they have the state championship.

They were one point away from a state championship last year.

Can they do it this year? We'll talk with Coach.

Mike Rappin and Hutchinson Cross Country Coach here on the Tiger Coaches Show.

Hey, good morning and welcome back to the Area Sports Roundup here this Saturday morning as the Girls Tennis State Tournament begins next week.

And once again, the Litchfield Dragons taking part in that.

We've got Head Coach Matt Draeger on the program here this morning.

Lyle, what's going on?

Lyle Dickman from Litchfield, Minnesota.

And, uh, just getting back into the swing of things in the Loon League.

I got a much needed win last week and, uh, still got some standings to climb, but at least I'm in the mix in the Loon League.

Yep, yep.

So I was born and raised in Litchfield, Minnesota, and like I was mentioning, I come from... farming stock although I lived in town we didn't my dad was the first generation to leave the farm his uncle far his brother farmed my uncle until he retired a few years ago moved up here in 1994 to say work live and play and study out at the Concordia language villages they had an immersion college program in the German language and I did that my freshman year of college and Um, was worked in the kitchens out there the summers, uh, before and after that.

So I got to live out at Concordia for 15 months straight and really fell in love with the area.

Um, uh, I would work at the language villages through in the summers.

How is your Loon season, or your, just your fantasy season going? Go ahead, Lyle.

Lyle Dickman, Litchfield, Minnesota.

Actually, it's been a mixed bag, but unfortunately in the, the Loon League I'm now, uh, after a 1 and 0 start, 1 and 3.

But, uh, that's what happens when your top six draft picks have either been hurt or underperformed.

Mm

... and I was f- kind of freaking out a little bit 'cause I was like, "Well, how am I gonna find students?" And then a friend of mine from Minnesota, w- I grew up in Litchfield, Minnesota, um, her sister lived in that area, and I called her, I called my friend and I just said, "Hey, you know, I'm starting a music studio.

You've had a music studio.

How did you get this started?" And she's just like...