Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Area playoffs underway

Sub-Section 6A-East fastpitch quarterfinal scores on May 24:
Browerville/Eagle Valley 9, Swanville 5
Parkers Prairie 20, Upsala 3
Royalton 21, B-B-E 3 (game delayed in the third inning due to hail)


Area playoff fastpitch scores on May 24:
Maple Lake 14, Paynesville 1 (Irish are sub-section finals bound to face Annandale)
Annandale 9, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 5
Sauk Centre 1, Holdingford 0 (Mainstreeters are heading to the sub-section finals for the second time in the past three seasons; they ended Holdingford’s season with a rare triple play)
Albany 5, Pierz 4 (Huskies are the top seed and face Sauk Centre for the sub-section title on Thursday at 5 p.m. at River’s Edge park in Waite Park)
Kimball Area 11, West Lutheran 2 (Cubs are section finals-bound for the third time in school history, joining the 1993 and 2012 squads; they need one win to get to state)
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 7, New London-Spicer 6 (MA/CA is the top seed in Sub-Section 3AA-North)
NL-S 14, Canby/Minneota 1 (loser’s bracket game)
Benson/Hancock 19, Minnewaska Area 17 (crazy!! The Brave-Owls had a 14-run fifth inning thanks largely to eight Lakers errors! They trailed the Lakers 17-1 after four innings!!)
Montevideo 14, Benson/Hancock 9


Area baseball scores on May 24:
Sauk Centre 13, Melrose Area 1
Upsala/Swanville Area 5, Staples-Motley 1
Paynesville Area 12, Holdingford 2 (6 innings)
St. Cloud Cathedral 11, Paynesville 2
MACCRAY 7, Renville County West 4
Minnewaska 8, MA/CA 0
K-M-S 9, Minneota 1 (Fighting Saints win the Camden Conference title)
(May 23 games)
BOLD 3, MA/CA 0
Minnewaska Area 10, Benson 0
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 7, Hancock 2
Paynesville Area 4, Montevideo 1