Softball

An area softball fan recently asked about the Tribune’s 2013 All-Area Softball Team and, jokingly, made a suggestion: Just plug in the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg starting nine and go from there. In reality, the fan wasn’t too far off base. The top nine hitters in the current...

NORTH MANKATO — Seventy one wins and three losses in three seasons. And yet, for the third time, a state championship has eluded the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg softball team. Blooming Prairie pitcher Shelbi Swenson scattered five hits and struck out 12 Saints, sending the Awesome...

NORTH MANKATO -- The KMS softball team advanced to the Class A state semifinals with a 5-1 win over Red Lake Falls on Thursday at Caswell Park. The Saints, 23-0, play the 2012 Class A runner-up, Blooming Prairie, at 7 p.m. today. Kalli Forsell's three-run home run in the first inning...

Aside from the passage of 365 days, very little will have changed when the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg softball team plays its quarterfinals game against Red Lake Falls in the Class A Minnesota State Tournament at 1 p.m. on Thursday in North Mankato. Seven of the eight teams in the...

It’s not usual for a softball-playing aunt to drag her niece outside to play a little catch. But there’s a different set of circumstances at work when auntie Erin Haglund and her niece get together to fire the neon-green pill around. It usually leads to quite a few strikeouts,...

MURDOCK — Courtney Olson set the tone with a three-run, first-inning home run and the Saints easily moved into the Section 3A-North finals with a 15-1 win over Wheaton/Herman-Norcross on Thursday. Haylie Helms also doubled in two runs in the Saints’ five-run first. The Saints...