PEQUOT LAKES — Pequots Lakes’ Nic Kotaska pitched seven innings allowing only five hits, with 11 strikeouts as the Patriots beat the Crosby-Ironton Rangers 9-2 in Game One of a Mid-State Conference doubleheader Thursday, April 29.

Patriots’ Riggs Magnuson was 2-3 with two RBIs and Sam Rysavvy was 1-3 with two RBIs and a run.

Crosby-Ironton’s Dietrich Winegarner recorded a double in Game One, while Carter Holtzleicer was 2-3 with a run for the Rangers.

Game Two between the Patriots and Rangers ended in a 2-2 tie.

Game One

Crosby-Ironton 2 5 0

Pequot Lakes 9 11 1

WP: Nic Kotaska 2B: PL-Kotaska, Alex Morgan, Andrew Villareal, Riggs Magnuson; CI-Dietrich Winegarner.

Game Two

Pequot Lakes 2 9 0

Crosby-Ironton 2 6 0

2B: CI-Dietrich Winegarner. Conference: CI 0-4, PL 0-2. Overall: CI 1-5, PL 1-3 Next: Crosby-Ironton at Two Harbors 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1; Pequot Lakes hosts Hibbing 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 30.

Little Falls 18, Mora 4

LITTLE FALLS — Little Falls’ Collin Kray registered a home run and was 2-2 with five RBIs and three runs for the Flyers as they crushed the Mora Mustangs 18-4 Thursday, April 29 in a Granite Ridge Conference game.

Zach Gwost was 3-5 with three RBIs, two runs and a double for the Flyers.

Riley Czech drove in two runs and Trevor Kloeckl was 2-3 with an RBI.

Mora 4 3 5

Little Falls 18 11 2

WP: Nick Henry. LP: Jagger Steiner. 2B: Zach Gwost. HR: Collin Kray. Conference: LF 1-3. Overall: LF 1-3. Next: Little Falls vs. Minneapolis Southwest at St. Cloud 10 a.m. Saturday, May 1.

S-M splits

STAPLES — Payton Bjerga struck out seven for the Staples-Motley Cardinals as they beat Park Rapids 11-3 in Game One of a doubleheader and fell 7-1 in Game Two Thursday, April 29.

Cole Winkels went 3-3 in Game One.

Game One

Park Rapids 3

Staples-Motley 11

WP: Payton Bjerga.

Game Two

Staples-Motley 1

Park Rapids 7

LP: Ben Terrell. 2B: Payton Berga. Conference: SM 3-1. Overall: SM 3-1. Next: Staples-Motley at Royalton 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 30.

WDC 4, Menahga 0

WADENA — Payton Rondestvedt struck out nine and scattered three hits and one walk to pitch the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines to a 4-0 Park Region Conference victory over Menahga Thursday, April 29.

Josh Dykhoff was 2-2 with a run. Tony Krelau was 1-1 with a double, RBI and a run scored.

Evan Lunde drove in a run and Rondestvedt was 1-2 with an RBI for WDC.

Menahga 0 3 2

WDC 4 5 3

WP: Payton Rondestvedt. LP: Eddie Salmen. 2B: WDC-Eddie Salmen, Tony Kreklau. Conference: WDC 3-1. Overall: WDC 4-1. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Pillager Friday, April 30.

Aitkin drops 2

AITKIN — Aitkin’s Jake Ince was 3-3 with three RBIs and a run for the Gobblers as they fell 13-11 to the Detroit Lakes Lakers in Game One of a Mid-State Conference doubleheader Thursday, April 29.

Caiden Kjelstrom pitched three innings in Game One allowing eight hits and striking out two.

Joey Simonson was 1-2 with two runs and an RBI and Owen Miller was 1-3 with two runs scored.

The Gobblers fell 3-2 in Game Two with runs coming from Kjelstrom and Joey Simonson. Simonson collected the lone Aitkin hit.

Game One

Detroit Lakes 13 12 6

Aitkin 11 9 5

WP: Olstad. LP: Caiden Kjelstrom. 2B: Jackson MacDonald, Logan Olson, Joey Simonson.

Game Two

Aitkin 2 1 2

Detroit Lakes 3 5 5

WP: Swiers. LP: Jesse Goettig. Conference: A 4-3. Overall: A 5-3. Next: Aitkin vs. St. Anthony Village at Hinckley-Finlayson tournament 11 a.m. Saturday, May 1.

Albany 3, Pierz 0

AVON — Pierz’s Noah Cekalla struck out four and allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and two walks in a 3-0 Granite Ridge Conference loss to the Albany Huskies Thursday, April 29,

Jeremy Bingesser and Michael Leidenfrost hit doubles for the Pioneers.

Pierz 0 4 1

Albany 3 4 0

WP: Thelen. LP: Noah Cekalla. 2B: Jeremy Bingesser, Michael Leidenfrost. Conference: Prz 3-3. Overall: Prz 4-3. Next: Pierz hosts Minnewaska 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 3.

LPGE 13, Pillager 4

LONG PRAIRIE — Pillager’s Blake Clark went 2-4 with two RBIs and a run for the Huskies as they fell 13-4 to the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder Thursday, April 29, in a non-conference game.

Tytan Skeesick, Cole Hiltner and Elijah Miller each scored runs and Gabe Grimsley was 2-4 with an RBI.

Pillager 4 5 4

LPGE 14 6 1

WP: Urman. LP: Elijah Miller. 2B: B Clark. Overall: Pill 2-4. Next: Pillager hosts Wadena-Deer Creek 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 30.

Sebeka 10, PRB 0

SEBEKA — Rian Struss was 1-1 for the Pine River-Backus Tigers and it was that one hit that prevented Sebeka’s Spencer Lake from tossing a no-hitter as Trojans defeated the Pine River-Backus Tigers 10-0 in non-conference action Thursday, April 29.

PRB 0 1 3

Sebeka 10 10 0

WP: Spencer Lake. LP: Ryder Compton. Overall: PRB 6-2. Next: Pine River-Backus at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (2) 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 4.