LITTLE FALLS-Singles by Austin Weisz and Justin Jenks were the only two hits the Little Falls Flyers could muster in a 3-0 loss to the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders in a Granite Ridge Conference game Thursday.
The Flyers stunned Class 2A's top-ranked and two-time defending 2A state champion Crusaders 6-1 Tuesday in St. Cloud. Cathedral had won 58 straight games, the longest streak in the nation, before Tuesday's loss.
Mitch Boros took the loss for the Flyers pitching all seven innings. He struck out nine and walked two while allowing six hits and two earned runs.
Cathedral 3 6 2
Little Falls 0 2 2
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WP: Rudy Saurer. LP: Mitch Boros. Conference: LF 3-2. Overall: LF 4-2. Next: Mora at Little Falls 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Wadena-DC 9,
Park Rapids 1
PARK RAPIDS-Jake Dykhoff was 3-4 with a double and four RBIs for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines in a 9-1 non-conference win over Park Rapids Thursday. Preston Warren was 2-3 with two RBIs for the Wolverines who have won seven straight.
Wadena-DC 9 9 4
Park Rapids 1 7 1
WP: Joe Wallgren. LP: Sam Eystad. 2B: WDC-Jake Dykhoff. Overall: WDC 7-1. Next: New York Mills at Wadena-Deer Creek 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Pioneers split with Irish
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PIERZ-Aaron Weber and Brett Kapsner both had two hits during Game Two of the Pierz Pioneers' 4-1 Central Minnesota Conference win over the CMC-leading Maple Lake Irish Thursday. Kolton Eischens tallied two RBIs for the Pioneers.
During a 3-2 loss in Game One, Pierz's Teddy Dehler went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a double and home run. Losing pitcher Matt Tautges was 2-for-3 at bat and struck out eight with no walks.
Game One
Maple Lake 3 10 0
Pierz 2 11 0
WP: Nick Preisinger. LP: Matt Tautges. 2B: P-Teddy Dehler. HR: Dehler.
Game Two
Pierz 4 7 0
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Maple Lake 1 6 1
WP: Lane Girtz. LP: Alex Marquette. Conference: P 4-2. Overall: P 7-3. Next: Paynesville at Pierz 4 p.m. Monday.
Parkers Prairie 4,
Pillager 1
PARKERS PRAIRIE-Ridge Hunstad and Chris Ringler had two hits apiece in the Pillager Huskies' 4-1 loss to Parkers Prairie in Thursday's Park Region Conference game.
Pillager 1 7 1
Parkers Prairie 4 7 1
WP: Harry Samuelson. LP: Tyler Wilcox. Conference: Pill 0-5. Overall: Pill 1-6. Next: Ottertail Central at Pillager 4:30 p.m. Friday.
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Walker-H-A 4,
Pine River-Backus 1
WALKER-Trey Burgoyne went 2-for-3 with a double for the Pine River-Backus Tigers in their 4-1 Northland Conference loss to the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves Thursday.
PRB's Zach Struss drove in the lone Tiger run. Joe Davidson went the distance on the mound allowing two walks and six hits on four earned runs.
PR-Backus 1 4 3
Walker-H-A 4 6 2
WP: Bryan Sea. LP: Joe Davidson. 2B: PRB-Trey Burgoyne. Conference: PRB 4-2. Overall: PRB 5-3. Next: Laporte at Pine River-Backus 4 p.m. Tuesday (2).
Menahga 7, BHV 6
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MENAHGA-Luke Weniger was 3-4 with a double for the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders who lost 7-6 when the Menahga Braves rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh of Thursday's Park Region Conference game. BHV's Alex Copa was 2-4 with a pair of RBIs.
B-H/Verndale 6 9 1
Menahga 7 9 2
WP: Graham Skoog. LP: Ethan Korfe. 2B: BHV-Luke Weniger, Alex Copa. Conference: BHV 2-4. Overall: BHV 2-5. Next: Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale at Sebeka 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Isle 8, Crosby-Ironton 7
ISLE-Noah Gindorff was 3-4 with a triple and four RBIs in the Crosby-Ironton Rangers' 8-7 loss to the Isle Huskies in a non-conference game Thursday. Beau Sanford was 2-3 and scored three runs for the 0-8 Rangers.
Crosby-Ironton 7 7 5
Isle 8 13 1
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WP: Dylan Hardy. LP: Jake Larson. 3B: CI-Noah Gindorff. Overall: C-I 0-8. Next: McGregor/Cromwell at Crosby-Ironton 4:30 p.m. Friday.
