By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com The Little Falls softball team closed out the regular season with a 7-6 home win over Granite Ridge Conference champion Mora, Tuesday, its second win over the Mustangs this season. The Flyers jumped out to an early lead with a four-run first inning, only for Mora to battle back  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Check out more photos from Tuesday’s meet in The Record’s online gallery Little Falls posted six top-three finishes to take fourth at Tuesday’s Granite Ridge Conference (GRC) Championship. Sophomore Rachelle LeBlanc cleared 10-feet, 6-inches to take first place in the pole vault, while junior Amber Hines took second in  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com With seven event champions and seven more runners-up, the Little Falls boys track and field obliterated the field and captured the first-ever Granite Ridge Conference (GRC) championship, Tuesday. The Flyers dominated the sprint events and added two firsts in the field to nearly double the output of second-place Foley,  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Little Falls fell behind 3-2 after three innings at Mora, Tuesday, but outscored the Mustangs 8-1 the rest of the way to remain unbeaten with a 10-4 victory. Senior Mitch Gregory tied the game in the fourth with an RBI double, then junior Collin Eckman put the Flyers ahead  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Junior Cody Weiss and Pierz came out on top 2-0 in a pitchers’ duel against Holdingford, Monday. Weiss shut out the Huskers on four hits, fanning eight, including two strikeouts with the bases loaded in the seventh to close out the game. Senior Logan Meyer went 2-for-3 with a  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Little Falls took a 2-0 lead in the second, then busted the game open with a nine-run third en route to an 11-0 win over Sauk Centre, Friday. Seniors Holly Kampa, Makayla Jorgensen and Alayna Kabanuk each had two hits and combined to drive in eight runs for the  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Senior Luke Pennington and sophomore Tim Infinger were triple-winners to lead the Little Falls boys to first place at Thursday’s Dave Sieben Invite in Melrose. Pennington swept the hurdles, winning the 110-meter in 16.85 seconds and the 300 in 42.38 and Infinger took first in the 400 in 54.16.  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Little Falls built a four-run lead twice against Zimmerman, Thursday, only for the visiting Thunder to close the gap to one each time. But the top-ranked Flyers didn’t allow Zimmerman to come all the way back, holding on for an 8-6 win to improve to 15-0. The first four  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Zimmerman’s two third-inning runs proved to be the only scoring of the game, leading the host Thunder over Little Falls 2-0, Thursday. Seniors Brichelle Brummer and Britian Conley and junior Chantelle Anderson collected the Flyers’ three hits in the game. Sophomore Alea Cekalla allowed only two runs on three  Read more »

The Little Falls boys hockey team held its awards banquet at the Falls Ballroom, April 23. Earning varsity team awards were seniors Joey Hanowski (Most Valuable Player) and Michael Holthaus (Most Improved Player), juniors Ben Newman (Plus/Minus), Michael Stumpf (Will to Win) and Nathan Adamietz (Rookie of the Year) and sophomore Jack Schulte (Student Athlete).  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Junior Spencer Fenske and senior Luke Thoma teamed up to shut down the Becker offense, Tuesday, leading Little Falls to a 4-1 home win. Fenske allowed just one run on four hits while fanning seven over five innings to notch the win, then Thoma worked two scoreless innings to  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com St. Cloud Cathedral had an answer the first two times Little Falls scored Tuesday, scoring twice in the fourth and once in the fifth after the Flyers had taken the lead. But after seniors Alayna Kabanuk and Brichelle Brummer drove in two more runs in the bottom of the  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Senior Derek Toso won three events and took a close second in another, scoring 71 of the Little Falls boys track and field team’s 456 points at Tuesday’s Section 8AA true team meet. In the end, the Flyers used every one of them to narrowly upend host Detroit Lakes  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Junior Amber Hines took first in the discus (113-feet, 4-inches) and second in the shot put (34-feet, 6.25-inches) and sophomore Rachelle LeBlanc won the pole vault (10-feet) to lead Little Falls to fourth place at Tuesday’s Section 8AA true team meet in Detroit Lakes. Sophomore Maria Hauer earned fourth  Read more »

By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com After missing out on a chance to score with the bases loaded in the first, Little Falls didn’t squander many more scoring chances at Princeton, Friday, rolling to a 13-0 win. Seniors Britian Conley and Kala Bzdok and junior Jamie Jenks each collected two hits and combined to drive  Read more »