Softball: Hurricanes Improve to 11-0, Top #6 AAA Team
Houston Hurricane softball is at category four. Courtesy of another big week, Josh Swenson’s #2 in Class A Hurricanes stayed perfect and are 13-0 to start the year. At Mabel-Canton and versus All-SEC pitcher Tylar Wenthold, freshman ‘Cane hurler Claire Frauenkron was the one controlling the mound, pitching a five-inning no-hitter (0 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 1-3, 3B, RBI). The Hurricanes tagged Wenthold (5 IP, 11 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 9 K) for 11 hits. Kayla Klunder (1-2, HR, 3 RBI, R) hit her first home run. Aspen Peterson (3-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R), Rylee Boldt (2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R), Caidence Frauenkron (1-3, 3 R), Olivia Yohe (1-1, 2B, RBI, 2 R), and Julia Swenson (1-4, 3B, R) also contributed. Houston then took on two games at the Rochester-Lourdes Tourney. They first impressively beat AAA #6 Simley (7-3) by 7-4 final. Leading 5-4, the Hurricanes scored two insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Houston outhit the Spartans 13-4. Swenson (2-4, 2B, R), Yohe (2-4, 2 R), Claire F. (2-3, RBI, R), Caidence F (2-3, 2B, RBI, R), and Kylie Stinson (2-4, RBI) each had two hits. Klunder (1-2, 2B) drove in two. Claire F. got the win (7 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 10 K). Houston then beat South Ridge 12-4. Both Claire F. (2-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K) and Caidence F. (1-3, HR, RBI, 2 R; 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K) hit home runs while combining to strike out 15. Boldt (3-4, two 2B, 2 R) drove in three runs. Swenson (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R), Yohe (2-4, R), Hailey Stark (2-3, RBI, R), and Emily Baumann (2-4, RBI, 2 R) had multiple hits. Leading the SEC, Houston is now 5-0 in league, 11-0 overall.
Softball: #7 Warriors Run Win Streak to Seven
Caledonia softball, ranked #7 in AA, posted a four-win week to continue their victorious bender. They beat Chatfield 6-1, swept a doubleheader with Cotter/Hope Lutheran 5-4 and 7-1, then beat Class AAA Stewartville 10-1. Versus the Gophers in an 1AA final-three rematch from last year, the Warriors built a 6-0 lead after five and a half innings. Avery Augedahl led the way (7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 12 K, Win; 3-4, 2B, RBI, R). Nora Staggemeyer (3-3, 2B, RBI), Elsa Blum (1-2, 2B, 2 R), Paizley Lange (1-4, 2 RBI), and Lily Augedahl (2-4, R) also contributed. Kendyl Nolte (1-3, RBI), Makenna Dornack (1-4, 2B, R), and Madyson Proper (1-2, 2B) led Chatfield. Rylee Urban (5 1/3 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) took the loss. In game one versus the Ramblers, the Warriors led 1-0, 4-0, 4-2, 5-2, and 5-4, the latter at the end of five. The Ramblers had just a single each in the final two innings. Augedahl (7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 12 K; 1-4, R) pitched the win. Staggemeyer (2-3, RBI, 2 R), Blum (1-4, RBI, R), and P-Lange (1-4, RBI) led the offense. After eight hits in game one of the doubleheader, Caledonia pounded out 14 in game two, outhitting the Ramblers 22-7 total. Ashlyn Reinhart (3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, R) and Augedahl (7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) did big work. Vivian Kittleson (2-3, 2 RBI), P-Lange (2-4, RBI, R), Blum (2-4, 2B, RBI, R), Staggemeyer (2-2), Nyah Rommes (1-1, 2 R), L-Augedahl (1-3, 2B, R) and Adrienne Lange (1-3, R) made it a team effort. Versus the Tigers on Saturday, the Warriors were much more emphatic than last year’s 1-0 win. Augedahl (7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K; 2-4, RBI, 2 R) pitched her second straight two-hitter. She tallied 42 strikeouts on the week. Blum (3-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R), P-Lange (2-4, R), and Brairy Proulx (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R) had multiple hits. Adrienne Lange (1-3, 2B, RBI, R), and Staggemeyer (1-4, RBI, R) helped. Chad Augedahl’s group (7-0, 11-1) lead the TRC-East over Lewiston-Altura (5-3, 7-3) and La Crescent/Hokah (4-3, 7-5). Every other TRC team has at least two league losses save Cal.
Three Rivers Conference Softball (4/21 – 4/24)
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 1, St. Charles 11 [5] (FCL had just two hits)
PEM 0, Chatfield 9 (C: R. Urban 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 11 K, Win, 1-4, 2 RBI; Madyson Proper 3-4, two 2B, RBI, R; Caijel Berge 2-3, two 2B, RBI; M. Dornack 3-4, 2B, RBI; B. Horsman 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R; Olivia Karver 2-3, 2B, 2 R; Kendyl Nolte 1-3, 2 RBI); Chatfield 16, PEM 1 [4] (C: B. Horsman 4-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 R; C. Berge 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, Win; K. Nolte 3-4, two 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R; M. Proper 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R; Audrey Springer 2-2, 2 RBI, R; Destiny Schlichter 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, R; Claire Amundson 2-4, R; M. Dornack 1-2, R; Ali Eickhoff 1-2, R.)
Rushford-Peterson 3, Lewiston-Altura 4 (R-P: S. Tesch 1-2, HR (2), RBI, R, 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, Loss. LA led 4-1 after five. R-P made it 4-3 in the sixth. The Trojans left the tying run on third in the sixth and seventh innings.); L-A 11, R-P 1 [6] (The Trojans had just two hits. R-P is 0-6 TRC, 1-6 overall.)
La Crescent/Hokah 14, FC/L 1 [5]; FC/L 4, LC/H 14 [6]
Southeast Conference Softball (4/21 & 4/23)
Lyle/Pacelli 0, Spring Grove 13 [5] (SG: C. Sherburne 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 13 K, 0 BB, Win; Jada Strinmoen 3-4; Addison Rask 2-3, 2B, RBI; Jadyn Sherburne 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI; Brailyn Gulbranson 2-3; Izabel Kaufmann 1-4, 2 RBI. Claire Sherburne pitched a 5-inning, perfect game, getting 13 of the 15 outs via strikeouts and assisted on the other two outs.)
Lyle/Pacelli 3, Mabel-Canton 13 [5] (M-C: E. Halverson 2-4, two 3B, 2 RBI, 3 R; Sadie Tollefsrud 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 R; T. Wenthold 5 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER 5 BB, 11 K, Win, 1-2, 2 RBI; Hailee Eiken 1-4, 2 RBI, R; Whitney Williams 1-3, RBI, 2 R; Vayda Luhman 1-2, R; Syeirra Stortz 1-3, R); L/P 6, M-C 11 (M-C: E. Halverson 3-5, two 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R; T. Wenthold 3-3, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 6 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, Win; S. Tollefsrud 2-4, 2 RBI, R; H. Eiken 1-2, 2 RBI, R; S. Stortz 1-3, R; Tori Snyder 1-4, 2 R)
Schaeffer Academy 1, GMLOK 11 [6] (GMLOK: A. Siskow 2-3, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R; Z. Chase 6 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 9 BB, 11 K, Win; Mollie Voigt 3-4, RBI, R; Gabby Glocke 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI; Macy Runck 1-3, 2 R; Mabel Johnson 1-2, RBI, 2 R; Jaelee Hagstrom 1-2, 2B, RBI, R; Hailee Warren 1-3, R. The Bulldogs broke open a 1-1 game with a four run fourth and a five-run fifth.)
Non-Conference Softball (4/20 – 4/25)
Lewiston-Altura 9, Spring Grove 1 (SG: Brae. Middendorf 1-3, HR, RBI, R; J. Strinmoen 1-3; C. Sherburne 7 IP, 5 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 11 K, 11 BB, loss. One out from a shutout, Lion freshman Middendorf hit a solo home run.)
GMLOK 16, Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 5 [6] (GMLOK: M. Johnson 4-5, 6 RBI, 2 R; M. Voigt 4-5, two 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R; M. Runck 3-4, 3 R; J. Hagstrom 3-5, 2 R; Z. Chase 3-5, 3 RBI, 6 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 10 K, Win; A. Siskow 2-4, 3B, RBI, R; Emma Struzyk 1-2, 2 R; Paisley Schlee 1-4, RBI, R. GMLOK scored six each in the second and third innings.)
Mabel-Canton 3, Rochester-Lourdes 4 (M-C: T. Wenthold 6 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 12 K, Loss; H. Eiken 1-4, 2B, RBI, R; S. Stortz 2-3, 2B, R. Lourdes’ Julia Seelhammer had the game-winning two-run single in the bottom of the seventh.)
Spring Grove 12, Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 4 (SG: I. Kaufmann 3-5, 2B, 3B, RBI; B. Gulbranson 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI; C. Sherburne 3-5, 3 RBI, 7 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 14 K, 11 BB, Win; J. Sherburne 2-5, 2 RBI; Brinley Middendorf 2-4; Bra. Middendorf 2-4. FC/L: G. Lieb 2-4, 4 RBI; J. Storhoff 7 IP, 15 H, 12 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, Loss. The Falcons led early, but the Lions had a season-most 15 hits, including two triples and a double while scoring in every inning except the last. SG is 2-2 SEC, 4-4 overall)
Goodhue 5, M-C 3 (M-C: T. Wenthold 1-4, 2B, RBI, 7 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, Loss; H. Eiken 1-2, 2B, 2 R; E. Halverson 1-3, RBI, R. The Cougars are 3-4 SEC, 4-5 overall.)
Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 3, Blooming Prairie 30 [4] (Falcons are 0-7 TRC, 0-12 overall)
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