Monday, May 18th.
Girls Softball.
Section 5AA First Round.
#11 Watertown Mayer 12, #6 Maple Lake 4. The Irish defeated the Royals, 12-11 in the last game of the regular season, but the Royals got revenge and knocked out the Irish in the first round of sections on the road on Monday.
#12 Spectrum 4, #5 Howard Lake WW 0. The Sting, the defending section champs, came in as a #12 seed this season, but upset the Lakers ending their season on Monday, with the 4-0 shutout win.
#3 Annandale 15, #14 Legacy 0. The Cards were the only higher seeded team to win a first-round game in the Section with a cakewalk in four innings over the Lions.
Boys Volleyball. (Still regular season.)
STMA 3, Anoka 2. The Knights rallied from a 2-1 deficit, and came back to win the final two games, 25-17, and 15-11 to take the match on Monday night.
Boys Lacrosse. (Still regular season.)
Maple Grove 11, Buffalo 10. The Crimson scored three goals in the final minute to shock the Bison on Monday night. Brevan Schauer, and Thomas Munger each scored three goals in the Bison loss.
Baseball. (Still regular season.)
STMA 17, Buffalo 7. Grady Johnson went 3-4 at the plate with a single, double and home run as the Knights blew past the Bison on Monday night. Johnson finished with five RBIs in the win for STMA. Cash Hourscht hit a two-run home run in the 6th for Buffalo, his first career home run.
Cannon Falls 8, Rockford 3. Micah Nelson hit a double and a home run, while driving in two runs in the Bombers win over Rockford. Owen Shuster went 3-4 with a double in the loss for Rockford.
Delano 10, Southwest Christian 4
Girls Track and Field.
The Delano girls took third place at true team state this past weekend
Girls Golf.
Delano finished fourth at the Wright County Conference meet on Monday afternoon. Brynn Spanier was named Wright County All Conference after the meet for Delano.
Brynn Spanier, above, tees off for Delano at the Wright County Conference meet this week.
Tuesday, May 19th.
Girls Softball.
Section 8AAAA.
#6 STMA 10, #3 Monticello 0. Addie Byer went 2-3 with a two-run home run, and Stella Maulik threw a two hitter as the Knights beat the Magic in six innings.
Section 5AAA.
#2 Delano 25, #7 Park Center 2. The Tigers scored 20 runs or more for the fourth time in six games as they rolled in the first round at home.
Delano, above, is red hot as it enters the Section 5AAA playoffs, winning nine of their last ten games.
Section 5AA.
#1 Rockford 4, #5 Glencoe SL 0. Lilly Bury tossed a shutout in the Rockets win over the Panthers on Tuesday.
#3 Annandale 2, #11 Watertown Mayer 1. The Cards held on at home in the Quarterfinals.
Section 5AAA.
#2 Maple Grove 7, #7 Buffalo 0.
Section 5AAA.
Dassel-Cokato went 1-1 in their first two games at Sections. The Chargers opened with a 9-0 win over ACGC, but then lost to #2 seed New London Spicer, 1-0 in the next round. The Chargers will now play Saturday, needing to win two to stay alive.
Boys Lacrosse. (Regular season still)
Delano 12, Monticello 5.
Girls Lacrosse. (Regular season still)
Delano 19, Monticello 5. Livvy Thomas finished with eight points, scoring three goals with five assists, as Delano improved to 10-2.
Delano, above, improved to 10-2 with a dominant win over Monticello on Tuesday night.
Baseball. (Regular season still.)
Monticello 6, St. Cloud 1. Carter Anderson went 3-4 at the plate with two RBI’s and also picked up the win on the mound, pitching six innings and striking out 10 in the Magic win. Dom Marschall also hit a home run as the Magic improved to 16-3.
The Monticello baseball team, above, won their second straight Mississippi 8 conference championship this season.
STMA 5, St. Cloud 3.
Buffalo 12, Sartell 2. Will Miriovsky picked up his first varsity win on the mound for Buffalo on Tuesday.
Tyson Moore, above swinging, watches a home run leave the park in their loss to Monticello on Saturday. Moore is tied for the state lead with 5 home runs this spring.
Maple Lake 16, Kimball 7.
Wed, May 20th.
Baseball (Still regular season.)
Annandale 7, Zimmerman 6. The Cards led 6-0 until the sixth inning when the Thunder scored six to tie it, but Austin Politte hit a two out RBI single to left to rescue the Cards on Wed afternoon. Jack Newman, and Kane Fobbe each had two hits for the Cards, and Luke Lindquist came out of the pen to get the win for Annandale.
Wayzata 3, STMA 2.
Edina 7, Buffalo 0. Kaden Kimes hit a three-run home run, and Chase Bjorgaard hit a solo home run as the Hornets shut out the Bison on Wed night.
Thursday, May 21st.
Boys Tennis.
Will Schmidt became the first Buffalo boys’ tennis player to win a Section title since Michael Sicora in 2009, with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Dane Kenning from Sartell, advancing Schmidt to state.
Will Schmidt, above, became the first Bison boys’ tennis player to win a section championship since 2009 on Thursday.
Girls Softball. (Playoffs.)
Section 5AA. Winners Bracket Semifinals.
#1 Rockford 1, #12 Spectrum 0. The Rockets got revenge on the Fire who knocked them out last year in Sections with a shutout win behind starting pitcher Lilly Bury. The Rockets advance to the winners bracket final, next Tuesday at 4:30 PM at Rockford.
#3 Annandale 7, #10 Norwood Young America 2. The Cards ended the Raiders cinderella run with a convincing win on Thursday and will now face Rockford in the winners bracket final, next Tuesday.
Section 8AAAA.
#2 Bemidji 2, #6 STMA 1. The Lumberjacks held off the Knights on Thursday, dropping STMA into the loser’s bracket.
#3 Monticello 3, #7 Elk River 0. The Magic bounced back from a first-round loss to keep their season alive with a shutout win over the Elks.
Section 5AAA.
#2 Delano 11, #6 Zimmerman 1. The Tigers remained red hot with a blowout win over the Thunder on Thursday at Delano, advancing the Tigers to the Winners Bracket final.
Above, the Delano Tigers starters are introduced before their game with Zimmerman on Thursday.
Section 5AAAA.
#6 Osseo 10, #7 Buffalo 1. The Orioles blew out the Bison on Thursday, ending the Bison season, and the last hope for Buffalo to pick up a win. Buffalo finished 0-22.
Baseball. (Regular Season.)
Annandale 5, Big Lake 2. Caden Green hit a two out double that scored Cooper Broman with the go ahead run in the 5th inning as the Cards upset the Hornets on the road on Thursday. Green went 3-4 at the plate with an RBI, while Luke Lindquist also went 3-4 at the plate with a double and two RBIs in the Cards win. Lindquist also struck out eight in six innings of work to pick up the win.
STMA 8, Minnetonka 0.
Monticello 6, Brainerd 0.
Baseball. (Post Season.)
Section 5AA.
#8 Legacy 7, #9 Maple Lake 2. With the loss the Irish were eliminated from the playoffs.
#6 Dassel-Cokato 4, #11 Rockford 3. These two teams always play close games, but the Chargers won the game that mattered the most, advancing to the Quarterfinals of Section 5AA, while the Rockets season came to an end.
#3 Litchfield 8, #14 Howard Lake WW 6. The Lakers gave the Dragons a scare, but Litchfield survived and advanced with a narrow win at home.
Girls Lacrosse.
Delano/Rockford 18, Mound 8. Delano went undefeated in the Wright County Conference and won their second straight conference crown on Thursday night with a win over Mound. Brynn Foster was the top scorer for the Tigers with three goals and three assists.
Monticello 18, Rocori 1.
Boys Lacrosse.
Edina 8, STMA 6. Henry Hannon scored two goals in the Knights loss.
Sartell 9, Delano 4.
