By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Nisswa had only scored in two of the first 26 innings of the Class C state baseball tournament when the ninth inning started Sunday. With the game still scoreless through eight innings of Sunday’s quarterfinal game, it hadn’t cost the Lightning yet. But when Fairmont blooped a single into Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Time after time, the Sobieski offense put New Prague starting pitcher Nate Rost in trouble Aug. 20. But time after time, Rost wriggled out of it, eliminating the Skis in the first round of the state tournament. The Skis stranded 16 runners on base and left the bases loaded Read more »
In its first season as a Victory League team, Nisswa will be the last one standing, after the Lightning slipped past Blue Earth 1-0 in a pitchers’ duel Saturday. Nisswa spent the season battling with Fort Ripley in the North Division, watching the Rebels’ pitching staff shut them down in four of five meetings between Read more »
Sobieski cut New Prague’s lead in half with two runs in the eighth inning Saturday, but left the bases loaded in the eighth and ninth, falling 4-2 in the first round of the Class C state tournament. Nisswa edged Blue Earth 1-0 to move on to the round of 16. Stories to follow Sunday.
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Nisswa dropped its first four meetings of the season to Fort Ripley. Sunday, the Lightning reversed the trend to win the biggest meeting yet, punching its ticket to the state tournament with a thunderous display of offense. The Rebels had allowed only 12 runs in Victory League action since Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Lastrup held a 4-3 lead over Sobieski in the fifth inning Sunday, when Sobieski’s Joey Hanowski stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. Hanowski blasted a grand slam to right field to give the Skis a lead they would not relinquish. The score remained Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Sobieski left no doubt which West Division team would be the last one standing in the Region 8C tournament, sprinting out of the gates with four first-inning runs en route to a 12-0 victory. The Skis loaded the bases in the top of the first inning and then received Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Lastrup edged Avon 1-0 in the battle of the Lakers, Saturday, advancing to the final four in the Region 8C tournament. Chad Weiss dominated on the mound for Lastrup, striking out 13 batters in a six-hit shutout. Weiss also drove in the only run of the game in the Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Baseball can be a complex game, filled with many intricate strategies, but one is simple: if your opponent doesn’t score, winning becomes easy. That has been Fort Ripley’s mantra all season long and the Rebels utilized it again Sunday, earning their second consecutive shutout of the Region 8C tournament, Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com With a spot in the state play-in game on the line, Lastrup took an early 3-0 lead in Sunday’s game against Nisswa. After that, the wheels began to slowly, then dramatically fall off, as the Lightning scored 11 unanswered runs to earn an 11-3 win. Nisswa got on the Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Upsala starting pitcher John Fuchs was in control from the outset in Sunday’s elimination game against St. Stephen. However, the Steves were able to hang in the game, holding the Blue Jays to one run through the first five innings. It looked like the score would remain 1-0 after Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Kyle Collins struck out 13 batters over eight shutout innings of work to help Avon stave off elimination, Sunday, with a 3-0 win over Buckman. Avon scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning on back-to-back singles by Jeff Swenson and Gary Deters, then added an insurance Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Fort Ripley entered the Region 8C tournament, Saturday, with an unblemished 14-0 record in Victory League play this summer. Most of those wins came on the strength of strong pitching efforts, as the Rebels limited opponents to two runs or less in 11 of those 12 games. So, when Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Nisswa received a dominant pitching performance from Jason Roepke, Saturday, and along with it a trip to the second round of the Region 8C tournament, as the Lightning defeated St. Stephen 5-1. Roepke allowed one run in the first inning, but put eight zeroes on the board from that Read more »
By PATRICK SLACK Sports Editor patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Sobieski and Buckman traded a pair of early runs, Saturday. Sobieski didn’t trade any more after that, plating 10 unanswered runs en route to a 12-2, eight-inning victory. After Sobieski scored two runs in the first inning Buckman tied things back up on a wild pitch and a solo Read more »
