Class 2a
Pine Island 2, Glencoe-Silver Lake 1
Nicholas Thein, tied up in the second half of the third inning, fought back Nicholas Thein from a 1-2 count and pulled an apparently harmless two-out walk with the bases empty.
But then he stole second base. Shortly thereafter, Lucas Sems hit a grounder through the left side of the Infield and scored from the second for what the game-winning run to Power Pine Island was to the first state title of the program.
Alexander Knox threw the first four innings for the third placed Pine Island (23-5). He only allowed one point and stood from a jam in the fourth inning in which Glenco-Silver Lake (24-5) had a runner in score position.
Talan Bond took over the bump in the fifth. He threw a scoreless final three frames, including fighting from a basin-loaded jam in the fifth.
Jackson Wischnack was brilliant in defeat for the fourth placed Glenco-Silver Lake, which made only four hits and one earned run in six innings possible.
Class A
Red Lake County 15, New Ulm Cathedral 7
For the first time in program history, Red Lake County is a state champion baseball.
Kegan Schmitz went 3 for 4, scored twice and hit six points to provide an attacking explosion with power. Fifth placed Red Lake County (25-5) scored five points in the opening frame, four in the second and two more each in the third and fourth innings.
The top four batters of Red Lake County in the order – Will Gieseke, Gunnar Halverson, Ben Gullingsrud and Schmitz – combined for nine hits and 11 points scored. The Mustangs had to win three straight-or-die fights in the section tournament to reach the state, and never delayed.
Elliot Schabert had taken four runs for the second placed New Ulm Cathedral (21-3).
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