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Baseball (5/23 – 5/28)

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Chatfield’s Carter Daniels just gets home in time ahead of the tag of Cotter’s Asher Rouleau in the teams’ 1AA East quarterfinal contest. The Gophers prevailed 10-1, but then fell 8-5 to PEM in a 1AA East semifinal (despite Daniels hitting a home run). They moved on to a “loser out” game versus Caledonia.
Photo by Leif Erickson

Three Rivers Conference

Lewiston-Altura 1, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 5 [5] (FCL: C. Ferrie 1-2, RBI, R; D. O’Connor 1-3, 2B, RBI; Peyton Olson 1-2, RBI; T. Sexton 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, Win); FC/L 6, L-A 10 [5] (FCL: C. Ferrie 2-3, 2 RBI, R; D. O’Connor 1-3, 2B, 2 R; J. Peterson 1-3, 2 RBI; Garrett Gossman 1-2, R. Cardinals started with a six-run first. Both games were pre-decided five-innings)

Southeast Conference

GMLOK 1, Lyle/Pacelli 16 [4] (GMLOK: Dustin Copley 2-3, 3B, R) 

Non-Conference

Caledonia 1, La Crosse-Aquinas 2 (C: Brady Augedahl 2-3, 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, No Decision; Jordan Tornstrom 1-1, 3B; Tristan Augedahl 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, No Decision; Ayden Goetzinger 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, No Decision; Drew Yahnke 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, Loss. Warriors scored one in the third on an RBI-groundout. Aquinas tied it in the bottom of the sixth, scoring on a passed ball. In the seventh, with two outs, a single and back-to-back hit-batsmen loaded the bases. Aquinas’ Calvin Hargrove won the game with a walk-off single)

Playoffs

Caledonia’s Thane Meiners digs for third for a first inning triple in the Warriors 1AA-East semifinal game versus La Crescent/Hokah. Team Cal won its opening 1AA game versus Lewiston-Altura 4-0, but fell to the Lancers (above) by a 10-2 final. They moved on to a “loser out’ game against Chatfield.
Photo by Paul Trende

(1AA-East) 8-seed Cotter (3-13) 1, 1-seed Chatfield (17-1) 10 (Chat: D. O’Connor 3-4, 2B, HR (5), 2 RBI, R; C. Daniels 1-3, 2 RBI, R, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K; Caden Nolte 2-3, 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, Win; Luke Carrier 1-1, 2 R; Caden Boyum 1-2, R. Cot: Peyton Weiffenbach 2-3, R. Gophers blew open a 2-0 lead with a five-run fourth)

(1AA-East) 6-seed Lewiston-Altura (7-10) 0, 3-seed Caledonia (12-8) 4 (C: T. Meiners 1-4, RBI, R, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K, Win; B. Augedahl 2-4, 3B, 2 R; Hunter Goetzinger 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI; Kyle Bechtel 1-1, 2B, R. Warriors scored two in their first and Meiners took care of the rest. He set down nine in a row to start the game and seven in a row to end it)

(1AA-West) 7-seed GMLOK (6-11) 0, 2-seed Cannon Falls (11-8) 7 (Bulldogs finish 6-8, 6-12)

(1A Round of 16) 9-seed Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (6-12) 7, 8-seed Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (10-8) 2 (FCL: C. Ferrie 5 2/3 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, Win; Bryce Corson 3-4, RBI, 2 R; Gunner Benson 2-4, RBI, R; D. O’Connor 1-4, RBI, R; Adam Ruen/T. Sexton 1-3, RBI; S. Schultz 1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, Save, 1-4, RBI. Falcons built a 7-0 lead before ACGE scored two unearned tuns in the bottom of the sixth)

(1A Round of 16) 10-seed Wabasha-Kellogg (6-13) 2, 7-seed Spring Grove (11-7) 0 (SG: Caleb Griffin 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, Loss. WK: Cole Scheel 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 10 K, Win. Jaxon Strinmoen’s infield single was the only base hit for SG. Only four Lions reached base against W-K freshman left hander Cole Scheel. The game featured no RBIs and just six total hits. W-K’s two runs were unearned. SG had four 1-2-3 innings. Their best threat was the 6th, runners on second and third with one out, but a strikeout and a ground-out ended the frame)

(1A Round of 16) 11-seed Mabel-Canton (5-13) 1, 6-seed United South Central (8-6) 9 (M-C: Cayden Tollefsrud 2-3, two 2B, RBI. USC: Johnny Martinez 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI, R; Nick Bushlack 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Blake Schroeder 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, Win; Zale Bushlack 2-3, 2 RBI. Martinez was USC’s nine-hole hitter. Cougars finish at 4-10, 5-14 overall)

Fillmore Central/Lanesboro’s Gunner Benson making a diving grab in the Falcons opening round 7-2 playoff win over AC/G-E. Jordan Peterson is also pictured. Cooper Ferrie got the win giving up just one hit in 5 2/3 innings. The Falcons joined Caledonia, Chatfield, and Rushford-Peterson as the Journal 11 baseball teams to win a playoff game. All four are TRC squads.
Photo by Kristi Ruen

(1A Round of 16) 13-seed Houston (4-15) 1, 4-seed Kenyon-Wanamingo (11-8) 9 (H: Logan Olson 1-3, R; Connor Porters 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, Loss. Hurricanes had just three hits. Houston finishes 4-10, 4-16)

(1AA-East Semi) 4-seed PEM (14-7) 8, 1-seed #5 Chatfield (18-1) 5 (C: C. Daniels 2-3, HR (1), RBI, 2 R, 5 1/3 IP, 12 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, Loss; L. Carrier 3-4, 2 RBI, 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, No Decision; Connor Jax 2-4, 2 R; Drew Schindler 2-4, RBI. PEM: Jason Feils 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Baden Fenton 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; Carson Reeve 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, Win; Johnny Evers 3-4, 2 RBI; Peyton Schumacher 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Jameson Brinkman 1-3, 3B, RBI, R. Daniels hit a solo home run in the fourth to make it 5-2 Chatfield. PEM scored the last seven runs, aided by five extra base hits and multiple Gopher errors. With it 5-5 in the bottom of the fifth, Chatfield loaded the bases with nobody out but didn’t score. The eight runs are the most Chatfield has given up this year, tying a 17-8 win over PEM. The Gophers moved into one-loss bracket)

(1AA-East Semi) 3-seed Caledonia (13-8) 2, 2-seed La Crescent/Hokah (17-4) 10 (C: T. Meiners 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R; K. Bechtel 2-4, 2B, RBI; H. Goetzinger 2-3; A. Goetzinger 1-3, RBI; T. Augedahl 3 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, Loss. LCH: Zack Bendtsen 5 2/3 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, Win; Eli McCool 2-4, RBI, 2 R; Jack Welch 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Nate Masterson 1-4, 2 RBI; Brady Grupa 1-4, RBI, 2 R. T-Augedahl had beat LCH late in season 4-1, but Lancers got revenge knocking him out after three innings. LCH had a five-run fourth to lead 8-1. The Warriors move into 1AA-East one-loss bracket)

(1A Qtr) 9-seed Fillmore Central/Lanesboro (7-12) 4, 1-seed #2 Hayfield 20 (FCL: B. Corson 1-2, RBI, R; G. Benson 1-3, RBI; D. O’Connor 1-2, R; G. Gossman 1-1, 2B, R. H: Karver Heydt 2-3, 2B, 6 RBI, 3 R; Aidan Nelson 3-4, 3 RBI, 3 R)