Softball

BIG LAKE - Mackenzie Jones dominated Rocori from the pitching circle and Willmar scored the game's only runs in the top of the seventh as the Cardinals took command in the Section 5AAA playoffs with a 2-0 victory over the Spartans in the winners bracket final on Tuesday. Jones worked...

MARSHALL - New London-Spicer had to batter Windom pitching to stay alive in the Section 3AA playoffs, pounding out 17 base hits in a 17-13 win on Saturday. NLS' Courtney Hanson was 5-for-5 with two doubles, four RBIs and she also scored four runs. Emma Hanson had two hits and drove...

BECKER - Mackenzie Jones fired a two-hitter to propel Willmar past Becker 5-0 on Thursday and into the Section 5AAA winner's bracket final. The Cardinals, 2-0 in the playoffs, will take on top-seeded Rocori at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Big Lake. Jones went 3-for-4 from the plate to single-handedly...

LITCHFIELD—Jasmin Estrada homered, doubled and drove in two runs and Kristin Jones had two hits, including a double, drove in two runs and scored three times as Litchfield thumped Brooklyn Center 15-0 in the first round of the Section 5AA playoffs on Monday. Litchfield's Avery...

WILLMAR - Alexandria shot 345 to win the Willmar Invitational on Friday at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Willmar. Alexandria's Cora Larson was medalist and Lac qui Parle Valley's Rachel Halvorson shot 80 to place second. Minnewaska's Grace Names shot 85 to tie for third. Willmar Invite...