The spring sports season is headed down the stretch here in Wright County Area High School sports. The spring is a hard time to get box scores and accurate updates daily. Spring sports are also constantly disrupted by weather, so I am taking a new approach to spring sports. I will have a weekly update throughout the rest of the spring of all the biggest highlights on and off the fields involving Wright Count Area high school sports. Think of it like the old Sporting News, or like Star Tribune legend Sid Hartman and his jottings on page two back in the day at the star tribune. Hope you like this approach, let me know what you think. If you want to submit any updates, just email me at jkbroman1@aol.com. Now let’s catch you up to the last week in Wright County Area Sports!
Baseball.
The Buffalo Bison won three straight games, starting on Wed. April 29th, with an 8-4 win at STMA. Dolan Brisk went 2-4 with a home run and a double in the win. Next up the Bison thrashed Sauk Rapids Rice the next night, 12-1. Aiden Marconett, Tyson Moore and Nolan Hanson all homered for the Bison. The Bison stayed hot on Monday, May 4th with a 18-0 win over Coon Rapids. Marconett had another big game with seven RBI’s, including six in a 11 run second inning for Buffalo. Hanson started and picked up the win with 9 k’s in four innings. Buffalo’s winning streak came to an end with a 6-2 loss at home to Minnetonka on Wed, May 6th, but there was still some good news in that game, as Tyson Moore hit his third home run of the season for Buffalo, and Carson Haugen hit his first varsity home run in the loss for Buffalo.
Dolan Brisk, above, went 2-4 with a double and a home run in the Bison win at STMA on Wed, April 29th.
After losing to rival Buffalo at home on Wed, April 29th, the Knights bounced back with three straight wins. The Knights won at home against Eden Prairie, 9-5 on Thursday, April 30th, then won the STMA tourney with a 9-5 win over Alexandria and then defeated Monticello to win the championship on Saturday, May 2nd.
Isaac Salmen, hit three home runs in Dassel-Cokato’s 10-3 win over Rockford on Monday afternoon.
Softball.
The Monticello Magic, after a slow start to the season, won both games so far this week, defeating Elk River, 7-1 on Monday, behind a strong pitching performance from Paige Flanigan. Then on Tuesday, the Magic held off St. Cloud, 11-10, behind Addysin Hoff, who went 3-4 with four RBI’s and doubled twice in the Magic win.
The Annandale Cards extended their winning streak to six with dominating wins over DC, Glencoe SL, and Becker. The Cards have outscored their last five opponents, 57-15.
On Thursday, April 30th, the Howard Lake WW Lakers swept the Watertown Mayer Royals, 13-3 and 12-8 in a doubleheader. With the win the Lakers improved to 7-5, and it was their third straight win, avg. 13 runs per game in their winning streak.
Girls Lacrosse.
Delano went 1-1 on the week, losing too Chanhassen 12-10, and defeating Southwest Christian, 12-6. In the victory over SWC, Addilyn Dietman netted five goals, and Addison Dallmann added three goals.
Delano/Rockford, above, helped Coach Evers pick up her 60th career win last night in the Tigers win over Waconia.
Buffalo had a great week, defeating Lakeville North 20-2, then upsetting #1AA Minnetonka, 12-10, behind four goals from Adelita Nelson, and three goals and one assists from Hannah Ross. With the win the Bison moved up to #2 in the state at the AA level.
The Bison, above, celebrate a goal in their 12-10 win over #1AA Minnetonka last Friday, May 1st.
Boys Lacrosse.
On Tuesday, April 30th, the Monticello Magic picked up their first win of the season over Big Lake, 17-14. Donovan Zepeda scored six goals and added three assists in the Magic win.
Boys Golf.
It was a big week for Russ Ylitalo from the Buffalo Bison golf team. Russ finished first and was the medalist at Medina Country Club on Monday with a score of 71, finishing one shot under par. Then on Wed, Ylitalo finished second at the Lake Conference meet at Pioneer Creek, with a score of 76.
Notes:
Former Monticello Moose hockey player, Gunnar Simon was named captain for the 2026-27 Fort Frances Hockey Team, which competes at the Junior Level.
Boys Tennis.
In the Lake Conference, Wayzata clinched the conference championship with a 7-0 conference record. Buffalo is in 6th place with a 2-5 record, while STMA is 7th with a 1-4 record.
Track and Field.
At the True Section meet at Brainerd last week, the Buffalo Bison qualified two girls and one boy for True Team state. On the girl’s side, Rose Lambert finished 1st in the the 300 hurdles, while Courtney Kodish finished 1st in the pole vault and was part of the 4 x 400 relay team that finished first. On the boy’s side, Tristan Lenton finished first in the 1600 and the 3200.
