Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Area playoff results on May 31

Section 5A, sub-section baseball results:
Browerville 6, St. John's Prep 2
Eden Valley-Watkins 5, Upsala/Swanville Area 0

Section 5A Final Four fastpitch results:
Osakis 9, Isle 6 (winner's bracket semifinal)
Barnum 13, Upsala 3 (5 innings, elimination game)
Barnum 15, Isle 5 (elimination bracket final)

Section 6AA Final Four fastpitch results:
Albany 2, Pierz 1 (winner's bracket semifinal)
Rocori 5, Holdingford 3 (elimination game)
Rocori 11, Pierz 2 (elimination game)

Sub-Section 6AA-West baseball quarterfinals:
Albany 11, Sauk Centre 1 (6 innings, 1 vs. 8 seed)
Melrose Area 8, Minnewaska Area 4 (6 seed upsets the 3 seed)
Rocori 4, Litchfield 3
Paynesville Area 3, New London-Spicer 1

Sub-Section 6AA-East baseball semifinals:
St. Cloud Cathedral 10, Holdingford 0 (6 innings) (a tough ending to the season for the CMC co-champion Huskers)
#2 seed Little Falls 6, #3 seed Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4

Sub-Section 5AA-West baseball quarterfinals:
Maple Lake 6, Becker 5 (senior Mitch Wurm's RBI-single in the ninth inning won the game for the #3 seed Irish, who improved to 11-9; Wurm had two hits in the game and won the game on the mound in relief)
Watertown-Mayer 6, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 3 (5 seed upsets the 4 seed)

Section 5AA fastpitch championship series:
Maple Lake 7, Park Center 5 (winner's bracket)
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 5, Delano 3 (elimination game)
Park Center 4, HL-W-W 0 (elimination game)

Random notes: Holdingford's baseball team won a share of the Central Minnesota Conference title this year for the first time since 2005. Holdingford's fastpitch team won the CMC title for the first time in school history. Maple Lake's fastpitch team defeated the defending Class AA state champion Park Center in convincing fashion. If the Irish (19-4) defeat Park Center once more on Thursday, they will punch their ticket to the state tournament. The Irish fastpitch team last made the state field in 2009, when they finished runner-up in Class A for the second straight year.