VFW baseball

SARTELL—Brainerd's Broc Peterson and Bailey McMahon each drove in four runs during a 16-2 Game Two victory over Sartell Monday. Brainerd won Game One 6-4 as Eric Martin and Mason Argir combined to hold Sartell to five hits and two earned runs. Martin struck out five and walked...

Jake Kapphahn went 2-for-3 for Little Falls as the Flyers season ended in the losers' bracket of the District 6 Tournament Tuesday with an 8-3 loss to Cold Spring at Adamson Field in Brainerd. The Flyers held a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth but gave up six runs in the inning....

Sam Himley and Joe Alholm each had two hits but Little Falls was nipped by Foley 4-3 in the winners' bracket game of the District 6 VFW Tournament Monday at Adamson Field. Himley was 2-for-3 with two doubles. Alholm was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Little Falls plays Cold Spring at...

Jake Kapphahn tossed a no hitter and went 3-3 with two runs helping Little Falls knock off Becker 5-0 in the winner's bracket of the District 6 tournament in Brainerd. Ben Sowada was 1-3 with a double, two RBIs and scored for Little Falls, which will play Foley 1:30 p.m. Monday. The...

Colin Kleffman went 2-4 with a double and three RBIs to power Brainerd past Monticello 6-4 in the loser's bracket of the District 6 playoffs Friday at Adamson Field in Brainerd. McCale Peterson was 2-2 with two runs, an RBI and a walk. He also pitched the victory. Peterson struck...

PIERZ—Max Boran finished 2-3 with a double and two RBIs helping Brainerd eliminate Pierz 8-3 Tuesday and advance to Friday's District 6 tournament. David Benson went 2-4 with two RBIs and Chris Karels was 2-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Colin Kleffman pitched the victory....

The Little Falls VFW team defeated St. Cloud TEch 2-0 Tuesday to advance to the District 6 tournament Friday in Brainerd. Thomas Kunkel pitched the one hit shutout. Joe Alholm finished 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Landon Johnson was 2-2 for Little Falls.

Hunter Wicklund struck out four over seven innings to pitch Brainerd to a 5-0 victory over Sauk Rapids Monday. Wicklund helped his own cause by going 1-4 with an RBI at the plate. On the mound, he walked four and allowed three hits in the shutout. Colin Kleffman and Sam Miller each...

Sam Miller went 3-for-3 with three doubles, scored three runs and had an RBI as the Brainerd 15-year-old team's appearance in the Gopher State Tournament of Champions ended Saturday with an 8-3 win over Armstrong Cooper in pool play. Ben Jones drove in two runs and went 2-for-3 with...

Chris Karels went 2-for-3 and the Brainerd 16-year-old team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to nip Sartell 10-9 at Adamson Field Thursday. McCale Peterson got the win. In 4.2 innings, he allowed four hits and three runs (2 earned) with six strikeouts and two walks.

BAXTER—Sam Miller and Morgan Gibson each had two hits including doubles as the Brainerd 15-year-old team lost to Anoka-Ramsey 8-3 in its first game of pool play in the Minnesota 15-year-old Tournament of Champions Friday at Forestview Middle School. Miller drove in two runs...

Colin Kleffman fired a 2-hit complete game and McCale Peterson went 3-for-4 with a double as the 16-year-old Brainerd team blanked Buffalo 4-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday. Kleffman struck out seven and walked only one and went 2-for-3 with a double. David Benson...

McCale Peterson pitched a complete game and went 2-for-3 with a double as the Brainerd 16-year-old team defeated St. Cloud Blue 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday. Peterson allowed four hits and one earned run, struck out nine and walked two. Max Boran doubled and finished...

Evan Storbakken pitched a complete game and Sam Miller and Andrew Dillon each drove in three runs as the Brainerd 15-year-old team beat Elk River 10-1 in the second game of a doubleheader Tuesday. Storbakken allowed five hits and one earned run with one strikeout and one walk. Miller...

COLD SPRING—Ben Jones collected the lone Brainerd hit in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Rocori. Jones drove in a run and Andrew Dillon and Morgan Gibson scored Brainerd's runs. Alex Host was tagged with the loss despite giving up just two earned runs. He allowed four hits, walked five...