Softball

With the softball team aiming to hit the field as soon as next Tuesday, the anticipation is building. Can you feel that spring vibe already?

As temperatures soared, so did the excitement at Rivers Edge Park, where volunteers worked tirelessly to ensure the tournament ran without a hitch.

Fans who attended a Northwoods League baseball or softball game across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana this past summer may have had their personal information compromised in a recent data breach, according to a notification from the Northwoods League, Inc.

St. Cloud Post 76 advanced to the 3rd annual MN Legion State Championship game Sunday vs La Crescent with a 3-1 win over Upsala in the semifinals. Ella Voit threw 7 innings, gave up 2 hits, 1 run, 0 walks and had 16 strikeouts. Tayla Vought went 2-4 with 2 doubles.

ROCORI lost 6-2 to St. Francis Wednesday in the Class 3-A State Softball Tournament Quarterfinals at Caswell Park in North Mankato. The Spartans went out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning but St. Francis responded with 2 runs 2nd inning, added 1 run in the 4th and 5th innings before scoring 2 more runs in the 7th inning.

Cathedral defeated defeated Class 2-A champion Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 2-1. Senior Ella Voit pitched the complete game, giving up 4 hits, 1 walk and had 7 strikeouts.

Waite Park Babe Ruth baseball/softball is coming off a successful tournament weekend which saw the 10U softball team win first place. The co-President of the organization and head coach of the 10U Waite Park softball team, Tony Dingmann joined me on WJON.

The number 3 seeded GMLOK Bulldogs scored all six of their runs in the fourth inning, utilizing the bunt to their advantage, en route to a 6-4 victory over the number 4 seeded Pine Island Panthers on Cool 104. The Bulldogs got it started when Gracie Schmidt got hit by a pitch, and then the next five batters reached base and scored for the Bulldogs, and much of it had to do with the batters just bu