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Baseball (5/5)

May 5, 2025 by Paul Trende Leave a Comment

Caledonia’s Tanner Ginther leaps for a high throw to second base as Chatfield’s Kaisen Johnson slides in safely. The Warriors won the game 5-4 in eight innings on a Ben Stemper RBI-double. Photo by Leif Erickson
Mabel-Canton’s Kale Eiken scores on a wild pitch in the seventh inning of the Cougars’ game with GMLOK, as Parker Johnson covers home. The Bulldogs led 9-3 heading to M-C’s last at bat and held off a Cougar comeback to prevail 9-8. Photo by Christine Vreeman
Mabel-Canton’s Kale Eiken scores on a wild pitch in the seventh inning of the Cougars’ game with GMLOK, as Parker Johnson covers home. The Bulldogs led 9-3 heading to M-C’s last at bat and held off a Cougar comeback to prevail 9-8. Photo by Christine Vreeman
Caledonia’s Tanner Ginther leaps for a high throw to second base as Chatfield’s Kaisen Johnson slides in safely. The Warriors won the game 5-4 in eight innings on a Ben Stemper RBI-double. Photo by Leif Erickson
Caledonia’s Tanner Ginther leaps for a high throw to second base as Chatfield’s Kaisen Johnson slides in safely. The Warriors won the game 5-4 in eight innings on a Ben Stemper RBI-double. Photo by Leif Erickson
After a botched bunt, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro’s Carter O’Connor finds himself in a pickle with Houston third baseman Coltin Groth. O’Connor was tagged out, but the Falcons came back to beat the Hurricanes 5-3 for FC/L’s fourth straight win. Photo by Paul Trende
After a botched bunt, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro’s Carter O’Connor finds himself in a pickle with Houston third baseman Coltin Groth. O’Connor was tagged out, but the Falcons came back to beat the Hurricanes 5-3 for FC/L’s fourth straight win. Photo by Paul Trende

Three Rivers Conference Baseball (4/22 – 4/25)

Caledonia 5, Chatfield 4 [8] (Cal: Landon O’Heron 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, Win; Reid Klug 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2-5, 2B, RBI; Garrett Konz 2-4, RBI, 2 R; Jack Schmitz 1-2, RBI; B. Stemper 1-4, 2B, RBI. Ch: Cole Ramaker 1-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Sean Kirchner 2-4, 2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, Loss; Westin Nolte 1-4, RBI, R; Kaisen Johnson 1-3, R; Ryan Rindels 2-4; Chase Johnston 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 6 K. Chatfield led 4-2 after three. A Konz RBI-single in the sixth tied it at 4-4. Chatfield had two on with one out in the sixth, Caledonia the same in the seventh, but each came up empty. Konz then reached on an error in the top of the eighth and Stemper authored the game-winning RBI double to the right center gap with two out. Chatfield walked 11 runners, Caledonia just three. The Warriors (5-2, 5-3) won their fourth in five tries) 

Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 2, St. Charles 8 (FCL: Levi Rogers 1-3, R, 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, No Decision; Bridon Bahl 1-3, 3B, RBI, R. FCL used four pitchers each less than two innings. SC jumped out 8-0 after three. FCL > 2-3, 4-4) 

St. Charles 9, Rushford-Peterson 0 (R-P: Zach Baker 1-3, 2B. A pair of Saint pitchers combined for a shutout, as R-P had just four hits. Seven Trojan errors led to seven Saint unearned runs) 

PEM 3, Chatfield 0 (C: C. Ramaker 4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, Loss; Andrew Eickhoff 2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. PEM’s Elias Walch pitched a seven-inning no-hitter (0 R, 2 BB, 13 K)); Chatfield 6, PEM 0 (C: S. Kirchner 3 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, Win, 2-4, 2B, RBI; A. Eickhoff 3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, No Decision; Ryan Eickhoff 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; C. Ramaker 2-3, RBI; W. Nolte/Ben Carrier 1-4, RBI, R; C. Johnston 1-4, 2 R. Gophers > 2-5, 2-8) 

Rushford-Peterson 2, Lewiston-Altura 0 (R-P: E. Johnson 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, Win; Jonah Bunke 2-4, R; Cole Thompson 1-2, R. The Trojans had a two-run third for the game’s only scoring. L-A put a couple on in the sixth with two out, but came away empty); L-A 1, R-P 5 (R-P: Cad. Johnson 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, Win; Cayden Lea 2-4, 2 RBI; J. Bunke 1-3, 2B, R; Connor Vaughn 1-2, 2 R)

Southeast Conference Baseball  (4/22 – 4/23)

#9 in A Southland 7, Houston 4 (H: M. Rohweder 6 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 13 K, Loss; Zach Olson 2-3, 2B, R; Grayden Beckman 1-3, RBI. Houston led 4-1 heading to the top of the seventh. Starter Rohweder left the game (pitch count) with it 4-2, a runner on first, and one out. Five straight Rebels then reached, as they went ahead 5-4 and later 7-4. Houston > 4-2, 4-4) 

Mabel-Canton 8, GMLOK 9 (GMLOK: Tyson Stevens 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 5 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 9 K; Caden Reiter 2-4, 2 R, 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, Save; Sam Howard 1-4, 3 RBI; Ira Schmidt 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; Blake Hershberger 1-4, RBI, R; Blake Oeltjen 1-3, 2B; Parker Johnson 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, Win. M-C: Milton Hutchinson 1-4, 2 RBI; Isaac Underbakke 1-4, RBI, R; Kale Eiken 1-2, R; Nolan Garness 5 1/3 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, Loss, 1-4, R. M-C scored one run to tie the game 3-3 in the top of the sixth. GMLOK then scored six in the bottom half of the frame to lead 9-3. M-C then scored five in the top of the seventh, including a Hutchinson 2-run single to make it 9-8, but the tying run was left on second. GMLOK out-hit M-C 9 to 4, but the Bulldogs issued nine walks, M-C just two. GMLOK > 4-3, 4-6)

Mabel-Canton 1, #9 in A Southland 8 (M-C: I. Underbakke 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, Loss; Tyler Larson 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, No Decision. Rebel pitcher Easton Meyer threw a no-hitter; 7 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, Win))

Non-Conference Baseball (4/21 – 4/26)

Rushford-Peterson 4, #6 in A Lyle/Pacelli 8 (R-P: Z. Baker 3-4, 3 RBI; C. Lea 2-4, R, 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, Loss; J. Bunke 1-3, 2 R; Cad. Johnson 2-4, RBI; C. Vaughn 2-3, 2B, R; Owen Lange 1-3, 2B) 

Houston 3, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 5 (FCL: Joey Pederson 1-4, RBI, R, 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, Win; Clayton Schoepski 2-3, 2B, R. H: Hector Steinfeldt 1-3, 2 RBI, 6 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, Loss; C.J. Wruck 1-2, 2B, RBI; Ryan Riederer 1-3, R. Down 3-2, FCL plated the tying and go-ahead runs in the fifth inning. The Falcons won their fourth in a row) 

Lake City 17, Chatfield 10 (C: W. Nolte 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R; S. Kirchner 2-4, 2 RBI, R; K. Johnson 1-3, 2 RBI R; C. Johnston 1-3, 2B, RBI, R; Brody Whalen 1-4, 2B, RBI, R. After giving up a seven-run top of the fifth to trail 9-2, Chatfield had an eight-run bottom to lead 10-9. But Lake City tied it a half inning later, then scored seven in the seventh. Chatfield walked 16 Tiger batters)

Spring Grove 12, Hayfield 2 [5] (SG: Ben Udstuen 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, Win; Brandon Jahnke 1-3, 2B, 3 RBIs; Ezra Griffin 2-3; Zach Brumm 1-1, RBI; Jacob Solum 1-2, RBI; Sam Klug 1-3, 2B, RBI; Ezra Konkel 1-3, 2B)

Goodhue 3, Mabel-Canton 0 (M-C: Darian Hershberger 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, Loss, 2-3. Each team had six hits. Wildcat pitcher Hayden Holm pitched the complete-game shut-out (6 H, 0 BB, 9 K). M-C > 2-4, 2-6) 

Spring Grove 1, Blooming Prairie 10 (SG: Tysen Moen 1-1, RBI; B. Jahnke 2-3; B. Udstuen 2-3, 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, Loss; Gabe Klug 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K. BP (7-1) prevailed with a pair of 5-run innings and pinpoint pitching. SG > 2-2, 4-4)

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

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