242 games, 177 Wins, an NSIC Tourney Championship, 6 NCAA tourney wins in 3 NCAA regional appearances, these 3 definitely left their mark on the Minnesota State softball program.
In possibly her last home field at bat, Sr. Hannah Hastings drops a clutch single in to score Torey Richards from 2nd to give the Mavs a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth
Mackenzie Ward is now Mrs. Zach Paulson, At The Bend Event Venue somewhere near Okoboji. Maverick former teammates and coaches enjoying the evening with Mack
Mackenzie Ward threw a school record 266 pitches in Game 1 today, followed by 28 more in Game 2, in 88 degree weather in an all black uniform. And Sydney Nielsen caught 400+ pitches in 22 consecutive innings. Stamina.
Kylinn Stangl faced 39 batters tonight, 10 innings pitched, threw 151 pitches, 103 for strikes, had 13 strikeouts and yielded only 1 earned run to the highly ranked New Ulm squad, She leads the Cougars back to defend their 2023 State title next week.
And that is 1300 career wins for Coach Lori Meyer!! Thinking that is 2nd nationally all time at Division II.
And not many have done it at D1–all legends…Hutchins, Candrea, Gasso and a few others
Sydney Jacobs calls off her teammates, catches the ball, spikes it and the doglike is on at the pitchers circle. Mankato East wins the AAA State Title and their 25th game of the season, 11-0.
Gustavus alumni game, former Big 9 foes now on same field for Gusties, freshmen Breck Carlson (West) at short, Tiegen Richards (East) at second, Macy McNally (Winona) behind the plate.
The 477th win of coach Don Krusemark’s career is the Scarlets third State Championship and the 13th State title for the Big 9 conference overall, and 5th Big 9 team to win the title in the last 6 contested years.
Peppers 14U Elite are 3-0 at
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after defeating Nebraska Echoes 5-1 in the Pool H Championship to earn a bye and
#1
seed heading to Gold Bracket game tonight at 8:15pm
Hailey Petzel is annihilating the ball today, walk off 2 run homer, Final East 14, West 3, 6 innings. 14 unanswered runs after spotting West three in the top of the first.
Section 2AAA playoffs start Thurs, all at Caswell, first round at 5pm
1 seed Mankato East vs 8 seed Albert Lea
4 seed Jordan vs 5 seed Marshall
Those winners play at 7pm
2 seed Mankato West vs 7 seed Worthington
3 seed New Prague vs 6 seed St. Peter
Those winners also play at 7
Coley Ries once threw 244 pitches in a conf tourney game, after throwing 86 in the game prior same day. We are seeing another legendary performance from Mackenzie Ward today
Double Dingers! Maddie Bode and Kiah Helget each go deep tonight to advance Peppers 14U Elite in the Gold Bracket 9-1 over Kaukana (WI) Ghosts. Ciara Fahey gets the W in the circle.
This past weekend at the Rushmore Classic in Rapid City, SD, 14U Peppers Elite won the championship going 7 - 0 while outscoring opponents 66 - 5. Pitchers totaled 51 Ks in 34 innings walking 8, and Peppers struck out a total of 3 times all weekend in 7 games.
Zoie Roush stays hot and launches one 250’ vs MW Speed Gold 16U in Ham Lake Friday. 🚀 Mankato Peppers Elite 16s go 2-0-1 in the round robin natty warmup.
Welcome to the Aussie Peppers of Minnesota Coley!
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@profastpitch
Coley will be available for comment at tomorrow’s press conference at BLC Studios 2:00pm CDT.
High School softball programs and fans should celebrate 100 career varsity hits as much as 1000 varsity points in basketball. Make it happen please, teams, statisticians, coaches, historians.
Peppers 16U Elite finish 2nd in Top Tier State, Open Division, in Ham Lake (pic below). Peppers 14U Elite finish 5th in Top Tier State, Open Division, in Elk River. Nice work ladies.
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Peppers 14U Orange win by a combined 29-1 in two fall ball games today at Caswell Park, and wanted to send this message to the National team from Down Under who have huge Olympic qualifying games this week.
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#spiritofsoftball
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T7:
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKylinn Stangl finishes a 2-hit shutout with 16 Strikeouts and leads her Mankato East Cougars to victory over the Winona Winhawks 5-0 and back to the State Championshio game tomorrow at Noon
Heartbreaking loss for for Tegan Livesay and the Cardinals. 1 hit allowed through 10 2/3 innings. Livesay struck out around 300 batters this season, possibly leading the state. Fairmont finishes the season 20-4.
Seriously though, where else in MN can u find 9 fastpitch-only, completely enclosed, permanently fenced fields within two blocks of each other?
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Or 1200 players in the same tourney, same weekend?
Top ranked (15-1) Le Sueur Henderson defeats 4th ranked and undefeated 18-0 Pipestone 8-0 in game 1 of a doubleheader. Chloe Brandt shutout. HRs from O Fritz, Z Thomson, H Bemmels