The Apollo baseball team lost 2-1 in the section 83A championship game Wednesday night at Dick Putz Field. Ryan Hirt outdueled Reese Gregory for Bemidji. Hirt threw all 7 innings with just 3 hits allowed to get the win. Apollo scored first on a 1st inning RBI single from Dylan Jaeger. Gregory threw all 7 innings for Apollo and allowed 5 hits, 3 walks and 2 earned runs to take the loss.
Section 6AA Elimination Game
Cathedral 2, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 1
(Cathedral advances to the Section 6AA final Thursday at 5pm at the MAC against Albany. The Crusaders have to beat Albany twice to advance to the state tournament while Albany needs just 1 win. WJON will broadcast the game or games Thursday night).
The Cathedral baseball team faces a must-win game tonight at Dick Putz Field when they play Wadena-Deer Creek at 5pm. The Crusaders are the defending Class AA state champions. If Cathedral wins tonight they will play the loser of the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle vs. Albany game at 7pm Tuesday night. LPGE plays Albany at 7pm tonight in the winners bracket. The winner advances to the Section 6AA final Thursday.
Section 83A Playoffs
1st Round
Sauk Rapids-Rice 2, Moorhead 1
(Grant Chapa threw all 7 innings to get the win and was 1-3 at the plate with 1 RBI for the Storm)
Alexandria 4, Tech 3
(Zach Otte went 2-3 with 1 RBI for the Tigers. Tech is 4-17)
Apollo 7, Tech 1
(Apollo scored 4 runs in the 4th inning to break the game wide open. Apollo sweeps the season series)
Sauk Rapids-Rice 3, Sartell-St. Stephen 1
(Joel Haller went 2-4 with 1 RBI and R.J. Cervenka was 2-3 for the Storm. Sauk Rapids is 9-10)
Apollo 4, Rocori 0
(Reese Gregory threw a complete-game 6-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts for the Eagles)
Sartell-St. Stephen 9, Willmar 3
(Blake Guggenberger had 3 RBIs and Dylan Hollenkamp was 2-4 with a run scored and 2 RBIs for the Sabres)
Apollo 5, Tech 3
(Tyler Mueller had 3 hits and a run scored for the Eagles)
#10 Bemidji 13, Sartell-St. Stephen 6
(Dylan Hollenkamp went 1-4 with 2 RBIs for the Sabres. Marshal Wirtzfield allowed 6 earned runs in 1 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Sabres)
Apollo 7, Alexandria 2
(Reese Gregory struckout 13 with 2 earned runs allowed to get the win for the Eagles. Apollo is 4-0)
Willmar 7, Sauk Rapids-Rice 5
(Sauk Rapids is 3-2)