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