Area baseball results:
Section 6AA
Paynesville 8, Melrose 5 (Paynesville is 17-4)
Staples-Motley 11, New London-Spicer 3
Rocori 3, Albany 2
Section 5A (the Prairie Conference rules the day at Joe Faber Field)
Browerville/Eagle Valley 6, Eden Valley-Watkins 3
The Broncos' Scott Lieser went all seven on the mound, giving up two earned runs and striking out four for the big win over the top seed.
Upsala/Swanville Area 7, Maple Lake 5
Section 3A
KMS 7, Lakeview 0
BOLD 5, Redwood Falls 4
Section 3AA
LQPV 10, YME 6
Section 6A
Morris Area 9, Brandon-Evansville 0
West Central 8, Hancock 5 (WCA was the #7 seed, Hancock the #2)
Area fastpitch results:
Section 5A Final Four round:
Maple Lake 11, Barnum 3 (winner's bracket final)
From the St.Cloud Times: Ashley Kempenich went all seven innings for the Irish, struck out 12 and allowed five hits to pick up the win as Maple Lake defeated Barnum in the Section 5A playoffs at Whitney Field. Brooke Decker was 3-for-3 and Chelsea Rachel was 3-for-4 with a home run. Barnum went on to beat Osakis 11-7 in the loser bracket final and will face Maple Lake again at 5 p.m. Thursday at Whitney. It will be the Section 5A championship series, where Maple Lake only needs one win to advance to state for the second straight year.
Section 3AA
NL-S 5, BOLD 4
Pipestone 11, NL-S 1 (NL-S is knocked out of the playoffs)
Section 3A
K-M-S 8, RRC/WWG 4
Murray County Central 7, K-M-S 2 (K-M-S is knocked out of the playoffs, finishing in 3rd place in the section)
Area girls golf results:
Section 6AA
(1) Minnewaska 305-298-603 (2) Staples-Motley 329-327-656 (3) St. Cloud Cathedral 358-373-713 (4) Albany 379-358-737
More will be posted throughout the day on Wednesday.
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