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1A and 1AA Baseball Playoffs (5/20 & 5/23)

June 1, 2026 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

(1AA Round of 16) 13-seed Chatfield (9-11) 0, 4-seed Caledonia (13-8) 7 (Cal: Jack Schmitz 3-3, 2B, R; Jacob Klug 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Tyson Ginther 1-3, 2 RBI; Will Allen 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 8 K, Win, 2-3, RBI, R; Landon O’Heron 1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K; Chase Hauser 1-2, 2 R.  Chat: Ryan Eickhoff 2-4; Sean Kirchner 6 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, Loss.  Chatfield left runners on second and third in the first, and the bases loaded in the third and sixth innings.  The Gophers season ends at 9-12) 

(1AA Round of 16) 12-seed Rushford-Peterson (12-12) 4, 5-seed Pine Island (12-9) 8 (RP: Grant DeGeorge 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, 1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, Loss; Ayden Garrett 2-4, RBI; Carson Johnson 1-3, 2 R; Jaxon Johnson 2-3; Elias Johnson 4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K.  The score was 2-2 after one. PI scored six unanswered runs to lead 8-2.  RP finishes at 12-13.)

(1AA Round of 16) 14-seed Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (3-16) 2, 3-seed Lake City (12-8) 3 (FCL: L. Rogers 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 10 K; Joey Pederson 1-3, 2B, R, 2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, Loss; Logan Illg 1-3, 2B, R.   The Tigers went ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth.  FCL’s Pederson doubled in the top of the seventh and later scored on a sac bunt to tie the game 2-2.  The Tigers then went single, sac bunt, single in the bottom of the inning for the walk-off win. FCL finishes at 3-17.)

(1AA Round of 16) 16-seed GMLOK 0 (4-14), 1-seed #3 in AA Cotter/Hope Lutheran (19-3) 10 (GMLOK: Lennon Falck 1-2, 2B.  Cotter led just 1-0 but then had an eight run fifth.  The Bulldogs had just one hit.   GMLOK finishes at 4-15.)

(1A Round of 16) 14-seed Spring Grove (4-12) 2, 3-seed Blooming Prairie (13-6) 4 (SG: Ezra Konkel 2-3, R; Jacob Solum 1-2, RBI; Gabe Klug 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 4 K, 4 BB, Loss. BP never trailed, led 4-1 until the seventh.  SG then scored a run and had a tying run at the plate but a fly-out ended it. SG finishes at 4-13.)

(1A Round of 16) 16-seed Houston (3-16) 1, 1-seed NRHEG (11-5) 4 (H: Hector Steinfeldt 1-3, R; Tilden Witt 6 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, Loss. It was 4-0 when the Hurricanes scored in the top of the seventh. Houston finishes at 3-17.) 

(1AA Quarterfinal) 5-seed Pine Island (13-9) 2, 4-seed Caledonia (14-8) 1 (C: J. Schmitz 4 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, Loss; L. O’Heron 2-3, RBI, 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K; Max Schmitz 1-3, R.  In a game with just eight hits but also just seven strikeouts, PI used a hit batter, a walk, passed balls, and a double by Mason Jasperson to score two runs in the fourth.  Cal’s O’Heron singled in a run in the bottom of the sixth, but the tying run was stranded at third.  The Warriors then put two on in the bottom of the seventh, but did not score.  Caledonia (14-9) will face PEM (9-seed, 11-10) in a loser-out game.)

Filed Under: Caledonia Warriors, Chatfield Gophers, Fillmore Central Falcons, Grand Meadow Superlarks, Houston Hurricanes, Kingsland Knights, Lanesboro Burros, LeRoy-Ostrander Cardinals, Rushford-Peterson Trojans, Sports, Spring Grove Lions

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