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Softball roundup: Card bats go silent against Sartell

Prep softball report for Thursday, May 4, 2023, in west central Minnesota. Willmar manages 2 hits as Sabres earn the sweep 15-0 and 8-0

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WILLMAR — The Willmar softball team struggled to find any offense against a tough Sartell squad on Thursday.

The Cardinals were held to two total hits — one in each game — as the Sabres won 15-0 and 8-0 in a Central Lakes Conference doubleheader.

Zoe Schroeder got Willmar’s lone hit in Game 1. Madi Norsten got a single in Game 2.

Hannah Sundell hit two total home runs in the twinbill. She went a combined 4-for-6 with three runs and five RBIs.

Willmar travels to Fergus Falls for a doubleheader at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Central Lakes

Game 2: Sartell 8, Willmar 0

Willmar   000   000   0-0   1   4
Sartell     700   010   x-8   9   0

Hitting - Willmar: Madi Norsten 1-3 … Sartell: Jaiden Tretter 1-3 2b r bb, Morgan Guggisberg 1-2 r rbi bb sb-3, Danica Sarff 1-3 bb, #16 1-1, Hannah Sundell 2-4 hr r rbi-2, Megan Guggisberg 1-2 r, Ava Swenson 0-1 rbi, Makalah Schnortz 2-3, Ella Hanson 0-2 r hbp

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Willmar: Grace Bjur (L) 0.2-4-7-3-3-1, Grace Etterman 5.1-5-1-0-0-4 … Sartell: Sarff 2-0-0-0-1-2, #16 (W) 5-1-0-0-1-2

Game 1: Sartell 15, Willmar 0

Sartell   044   07-15   13   1
Willmar     000   00-0   1   4

Hitting - Sartell: Jaiden Tretter 2-3 2b r-2 rbi-4 bb sb, Morgan Guggisberg 1-4 r, Danica Sarff 2-4 rbi, Hannah Sundell 2-2 hr 2b r-2 rbi-3 bb-2, Ella Berger 2-4 2b r-2 rbi, Jenna Walther 1-2 r-2 bb, Megan Guggisburg 2-3 r-3 bb sb, Jocelyn Simones 1-3 r sb … Willmar: Zoe Schroeder 1-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Sartell: Sarff (W) 5-1-0-0-1-14 … Willmar: Grace Etterman (L) 3-9-8-7-2-1, Grace Bjur 2-4-7-6-5-5

Wright County

Game 2: GSL 12, NLS 1

New London-Spicer dropped a doubleheader at Glencoe-Silver Lake.

The Wildcats, who are 3-7, play Morris/Chokio-Alberta at 5 p.m. Friday at Morris.

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GSL         321   402-12   11   1
NLS     010   000-1        1   3

Hitting - GSL: Grace Lipke 2-3, Audrey Petersen 1-3, Lydia Simons 3-3 2b hr rbi-4, Hannah Graf 2-3 rbi, Dietel 2-4 rbi, Callie Klabunde 1-4 rbi … NLS: Mallory Johnson 1-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - GSL: Dietel (W) 6-1-1-0-1-7 … NLS: Emily Ruter (L) 6-11-12-8-4-3

Game 1: GSL 16, NLS 3

NLS     003   00-3   5   5
GSL     240   (10)0-16   13   0

Hitting - NLS: Dalayne Hatlestad 1-3, Mallory Johnson 1-3, Brianna Wileman 1-2 rbi, Emily Ruter 1-1 rbi-2 … GSL: Grace Lipke 1-3 2b rbi-2, Audrey Petersen 1-4 rbi-3, Lydia Simons 3-4 2b rbi-3, Hannah Graf 3-4 2b rbi-4, Addison Graupmann 2-4 hr rbi, Lydia Dietel 1-4, Callie Klabunde 1-3, Brooklyn Christianson 1-2 rbi

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - NLS: Addilyn Nelson (L) 5-13-16-10-2-5… GSL: Petersen (W) 5-5-3-3-1-5

Game 2: D-C 7, Litchfield 1

Litchfield was swept by Dassel-Cokato in a Wright County Conference West Division doubleheader in Litchfield.

The Dragons head to New London-Spicer at 4 p.m. Monday.

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Game 1: D-C 8, Litchfield 3

West Central

Game 2: Sauk Centre 17, Benson 7

Sauk Centre pulled away in both games to get a sweep of Benson at Sauk Centre.

Ellie Krusemark led the Braves in Game 1, going 2-for-3. She followed that up by going 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs and an RBI in Game 2.

Sauk Centre   606   401-17   22   2
Benson           203   020-7   20   2

Hitting - Sauk Centre: Emily Peters 1-2 r, Lanna Walter 4-4 r-4 rbi-2 bb sb, Kate McKeown 4-5 r-3 rbi-3 2b sb-2, Hailey Hokanson 3-5 r rbi-3 2b sb-2, Lindsay Bailey 2-3 r-2 rbi-2 2b sb, Isabelle Kolbo 2-5 r-2 rbi-2 2b sb, Lydia Green-Brueggemeier 1-2 r-2 rbi bb-2 sb, Addison Hoffman 2-4 rbi-2 2b, Haddie Walter 2-4 r-2 rbi sb, Sienna Klaphake 1-3 … Benson: Mya McGeary 2-3 r sb, Ellie Krusemark 3-5 r-2 rbi hr, Emma Krusemark 2-3 r sb-2, Presley Nygaard 1-4 rbi, Lillie Ostlie 2-4 r 2b-2, Miranda Klassen 3-3 rbi-2, Jordan Schmidt 3-3 rbi-2, Sophie Krusemark 2-3, Gwen Wilcox 1-3, Hailee Ellingson 1-1 r, Ava Williams 0-0 r

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Sauk Centre: Hokanson (W) 6-20-7-7-0-3 … Benson: Nygaard 3.2-19-16-16-2-0, McGeary (L) 2.1-3-1-0-2-1

Game 1: Sauk Centre 9, Benson 0

Game 2: Montevideo 18, Minnewaska 7

Minnewaska and Montevideo split their doubleheader at Montevideo.

In the opener, Jenna Drewes, Grace Larson and Mataya Mix all had two hits for the Lakers. Then in Game 2, the Thunder Hawks’ Lily Eisenlohr scored four runs and drove in two more, finishing 3-for-5.

Montevideo      004   30(11)-18   14   7
Minnewaska     102   004-7           8   4

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Hitting - Montevideo: Lily Eisenlohr 3-5 r-4 rbi-2 2b sb-3, Kylie Johnson 1-2 r-3 bb-3 sb-3, Peyton Dack 3-5 r-3 rbi-3 sb-2, Megan Macziewski 0-0 r sb, Tenley Epema 0-3 r-2 rbi-2 bb-2, Raegan Stanley 1-4 r rbi-2, Eliza Buchanan 1-1 rbi sb, Gabby Augeson 1-4 r bb, Taya Weber 2-4 r rbi-3 bb sb-2, Brooke DeJong 1-4 r rbi sb-2, Madyson Kling 1-4 r rbi sb… Minnewaska: Jenna Drewes 0-1 r bb, Ella Roering 2-4 r rbi sb, Emma Poegel 1-5, Leslie Murken 1-3 r 2b sb, Kylee Klassen 1-1 r, Mataya Mix 1-1 bb sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Montevideo: Axford (W) 6-8-7-2-4-4 … Minnewaska: Murken (L) 5.1-14-18-14-6-5

Game 1: Minnewaska 8, Montevideo 7

Minnewaska    211   011   2-8     7   2
Montevideo     132   010   0-7   16   4

Hitting - Minnewaska: Jenna Drewes 2-4 r sb, Emma Poegel 1-3 r, Grace Larson 2-3 r-2 rbi bb, Lauren Stryhn 0-3 r bb, Mataya Mix 2-3 rbi-2, Leslie Murken 0-3 rbi bb … Montevideo: Lily Eisenlohr 4-5 r rbi-2 sb-2, Kylie Johnson 4-5 rbi 2b sb, Peyton Dack 0-4 rbi bb, Tenley Epema 1-4 rbi 2b, Gabby Augeson 0-2 bb sb, Taya Weber 2-3 r-2 bb, Brooke DeJong 3-4 r-2, Madyson Kling 2-4 r-2 sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Minnewaska: Mix (W) 7-16-7-5-3-3 … Montevideo: Weber (L) 4.2-4-4-1-1-1, Carlee Axford 2-3-3-2-6-2

Game 2: Morris/CA 9, Melrose 3

Morris/Chokio-Alberta completed the doubleheader sweep of Melrose at Morris.

Morris/CA    120   311   0-9   7   3
Melrose      200   000   1-3   7   6

Hitting - Morris/CA: Amayz Raths 2-3 … Melrose: Kaydence Bertram 3-4

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Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Morris/CA: Nora Boyle (W) 7-8-3-3-1-5 … Melrose: Ellie Grieve (L) 1-2-5-2-1-1, Kaitlyn Klasen 6-5-4-2-4-6

Game 1: Morris/CA 8, Melrose 3

Melrose    003   000   0-3   6   1
Morris/CA      120   311   0-8   12   3

Hitting - Melrose: Hannah Hoppe 2-4 … Morris/CA: Bri Marty 3-4, Mackenzie Anderson 4-4

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Melrose: Ellie Grieve (L) 7-12-8-8-7-8 … Morris/CA: Hailey Kill (W) 7-6-3-3-0-7

Central Minnesota

Game 2: Kimball 17, ACGC 0

Kimball held Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City scoreless in two games to get the Central Minnesota Conference sweep at River’s Edge Park in Waite Park.

The Falcons’ Kendall Miller struck out nine in the Game 1 loss. Haley Wilner put up two hits in Game 2, including a double.

Game 1: Kimball 9, ACGC 0

Game 2: Maple Lake 7, Paynesville 3

Paynesville opened its doubleheader with Maple Lake with a win before the Irish bounced back to win Game 2 and earn a split at River’s Edge Park in Waite Park.

Arianna Messer went 2-for-3 with a solo home run for the Bulldogs in Game 1. Madison McNab threw a complete-game victory, striking out four.

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Five Paynesville players got hits in the Game 2 loss.

Maple Lake   012   300   1-7   10   1
Paynesville     000   021   0-3   5   3

Hitting - Maple Lake: Nora Goelz 2-4, Gwen Geyen 2-3 r-3 rbi, Audrey Beffel 2-4 rbi … Paynesville: Arianna Messer 1-4 2b r rbi, Kiara Stanger 1-1 rbi, Madison McNab 1-3, Keyona Brooks 1-3 r, Katie Good 1-2 

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Maple Lake: Goelz (W) 7-5-3-3-3-4 … Paynesville: McNab (L) 2-4-1-1-2-2, Sierra Roeser 3-5-5-2-0-3, Messer 2-1-1-0-1-3

Game 1: Paynesville 5, Maple Lake 3

Paynesville   003   100   1-5   12   3
Maple Lake      000   111   0-3   5   3

Hitting - Paynesville: Kaydence Roeske 1-4, Kylie Pauls 2-4 r, Arianna Messer 2-3 hr rbi, Sierra Roeser 2-4 2b-2 r rbi, Madison McNab 1-4 2b r rbi, Keyona Brooks 2-4 2b rbi, Katie Good 1-4, Charlotte Vearrier 1-3 … Maple Lake: Kelsi Jude 1-4 r, Audrey Beffel 1-3, Gwen Geyen 1-3 r, Kassandra Fynboh 1-2 r

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Paynesville: McNab (W) 7-5-3-1-1-4 … Maple Lake: Geyen (L) 7-12-5-3-0-2

Game 2: BBE 5, Royalton 3

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa locked up a sweep of Royalton at River’s Edge Park in Waite Park.

Game 1 saw the Jaguars put up 21 hits. Taylor Shelton led the Jaguars, going 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. McKenna Lieser, Kacey Fischer, Kadynce Haider and Brooklyn Fischer all had three hits in the victory.

In Game 2, Faith Radermacher struck out six in a complete-game victory and also went 2-for-3 with two runs. McKenna Lieser finished 4-for-4 with three runs and a pair of stolen bases.

Royalton   101   000   1-3   6   0
BBE     201   020   x-5   9   0

Hitting - Royalton: Emily Block 1-2 r bb-2 sb, Sofia Conrad 2-4 rbi sb, Jamie Mick 2-4 rbi, Brooke Wenner 1-3 2b rbi bb … BBE: McKenna Lieser 4-4 2b r-3 sb-2, Faith Radermacher 2-3 r-2, Taylor Shelton 2-3 rbi-2 sb, Kacey Fischer 0-3 rbi, Brenna Quade 1-3 sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Royalton: Rachel Cekalla (L) 6-9-5-4-0-7 … BBE: F. Radermacher (W) 7-6-3-3-8-6

Game 1: BBE 8, Royalton 5

BBE   203   201   0-8   21   0
Royalton     102   110   0-5   8   0

Hitting - BBE: Anna Jaeger 2-2 r rbi bb-2 sb-2, McKenna Lieser 3-5 rbi, Faith Radermacher 1-5, Taylor Shelton 4-5 r-2 rbi, Kacey Fischer 3-4 r, Kadynce Haider 3-3 r-3 rbi hbp sb, Brooklyn Fischer 3-4 2b r rbi-3, Brenna Quade 1-4 sb, Bree Radermacher 1-2 bb-2 … Royalton: Maddison Albright 2-4 r-2 sb, Emily Block 1-3 r rbi bb sb-2, Sofia Conrad 1-4 rbi-2, Jamie Mick 1-3 2b rbi bb sb, Brooke Wenner 0-3 r bb, Mya Yourczek 2-4 2b rbi, Ashley Knettel 1-3 r sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - BBE: Mariah Koenig (W) 7-8-5-5-5-7 … Royalton: Wenner (L) 7-21-8-8-4-3 

Camden

Game 2: TMB 6, YME 2

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton out-hit Yellow Medicine East 21-8 over two games to get the sweep in Granite Falls.

YME     110   000   0-2   6   0
TMB     010   230   x-6   8   0

Hitting - YME: Bayli Sneller 1-4 r 2b sb, Kourtney Peterson 1-4 rbi, Hope Stark 1-2 bb sb-2, Abbie Winter 1-2 bb, Ella Cherveny 1-3 r sb-2, Alana Almich 1-2 2b sb … TMB: Jordyn Hanson 0-1 r-2 sb-4 hbp, Grace Dolan 1-3 r sb-3, Hailey Gernertz 1-2 r-2 sb-2 hbp, Amber Hensch 1-3 rbi, Danica Radke 2-3 Alivia Jensen 1-3, Emma Chandler 2-3 r sb-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - YME: Sneller (L) 6-8-6-6-2-8 … TMB: Jensen (W) 7-6-2-2-4-5

Game 1: TMB 10, YME 0

TMB      103   213-10   13   0
YME      000   000-0       2   3

Hitting - TMB: Kamryn Peterson 2-4 r-3 sb-2, Jordyn Hanson 3-4 r-3 rbi sb-2, Grace Dolan 1-3 r rbi bb sb, Hailey Gernertz 2-4 r rbi-3 2b sb, Emma Edwards 1-4 r rbi-2 2b, Amber Hensch 2-4 rbi 2b sb, G Lanoue 1-4 r, Alivia Jensen 1-3, Emma Chandler 0-1 bb … YME: Bayli Sneller 1-3, Abbie Winter 1-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - TMB: Peterson (W) 6-2-0-0-2-2 … YME: Winter (L) 6-13-10-7-2-6

RTR 3, RCW/BOLD 0

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s Kya Alderson threw a no-hitter and struck out 17 Renville County West/BOLD batters in a win at Danube.

The Jaguars got a 12-strikeout performance from Kaitlyn Flann.

RTR    001   020   0-3   8   1
RCW/BOLD      000   000   0-0   0   1

Hitting - RTR: Whitney Bruns 1-4, Madison Burns 3-4 r sb, Laken Baartman 2-4 hr 2b r-2 rbi-2, Kya Alderson 1-3 bb sb, Daryssa Cruz 1-3 … RCW/BOLD: none

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - RTR: Alderson (W) 7-0-0-0-1-17 … RCW/BOLD: Kaitlyn Flann (L) 7-8-3-2-3-12

Minneota/Canby 12, Dawson-Boyd 10

Ali Estling, Kate Dahl and Taylen Jorgenson all had two hits in Dawson-Boyd’s home loss to Minneota/Canby.

Estling also pitched, striking out 10.

Game 2: KMS 13, LQPV 3

With a late rally in Game 1 and a six-run bottom of the fourth inning in Game 2, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg swept Lac qui Parle Valley at Madison.

LQPV   001   101-3   7   6
KMS     004   612-13   12   0

Hitting - LQPV: V Piotter 1-1 r, Camryn Lee 1-2 2b bb, B Meyer 2-2 rbi sb, M Mathies 2-2 rbi bb, Jalyn Lee 1-3 r, Rylee Lund 0-3 rbi, Claire Borstad 0-1 r hbp … KMS: Shakira Olson 2-3 r-2 rbi-2 bb, Josie Gjerde 1-4 r-2 rbi-2, Kya Oakes 2-4 r rbi-3, Avery Joyce 1-4 r, Olivia Noble 1-2 r bb, Katlynn Peters 2-4 rbi-2, Elsa Gjerde 0-2 r-2 bb-2, Maddy Anderson 1-4 r-2, Julia Carlson 2-4 r-2 rbi-2 

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - LQPV: Taylor Shelstad (L) 5.1-12-13-7-4-2 … KMS: Anderson (W) 6-7-3-2-2-0

Game 1: KMS 8, LQPV 5

KMS    000   004   4-8   12   1
LQPV      102   011   0-5   8   3

Hitting - KMS: Shakira Olson 1-3 r-2 bb-2, Josie Gjerde 2-4 r-2 rbi-3 bb sb-2, Kya Oakes 1-2 r-2 rbi bb-3, Avery Joyce 1-5 rbi, Abby Holtkamp 2-5 rbi, Katlynn Peters 2-5, Maddy Anderson 1-4 sb, Julia Carlson 2-4 r … LQPV: Rylee Lund 3-4 3b r-3, Kendyl Shelstad 2-2 2b r rbi bb hbp, Ayanna Gipson 0-4 rbi-2, B Meyer 1-4 rbi, K Jahn 1-3 r, Jalyn Lee 1-3 2b rbi 

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - KMS: Taylor VanHeuveln (W) 7-8-5-3-1-2 … LQPV: Taylor Shelstad (L) 7-12-8-3-6-5

Lakeview 6, MACCRAY 4

Lakeview scattered nine hits and capitalized on six MACCRAY errors in a Camden Conference win at Cottonwood.

Joe Brown is a sports reporter for the West Central Tribune.

He can be reached via email at: jbrown@wctrib.com or his office number: 320-214-4332.
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