Back on May 3rd.the Cardinals and the Buccaneers met in Waterville and the Cardinals held on for the win 6-5.
Jump forward to May 22. Same two teams, same location, same two pitchers. Different outcome.
It started out looking like a playoff game in Waterville on Thursday as the Cardinals and Buccaneers went scoreless until the 3rd Inning. Nicole Menard lead off the Cardinal 3rd with a double, Tess Glenzinsk got a walk and the Cards went on to put 4 on the board. WEM answered with a run in the bottom of the 3rd.
The Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars were ranked 10th in the state in the latest Class 2A Coaches Poll but received the No. 2 seed in the state tournament opening Thursday.
The defending state champions have some impressive team statistics considering they play in the super tough Hiawatha Valley League...
The defending Class 2A state champion Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars were ranked No. 10 in the final coaches poll but received the No. 2 seed in the state tournament.
The tournament begins Thursday at Caswell Park in North Mankato, and the Cougars drew St...
Zumbrota-Mazeppa, Hayfield and Winona are all going back to the State Fastpitch Tournament next week in North Mankato.
Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
The Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars were underdogs Thursday night when they took the field at Todd Park in Austin against the Rochester Lourdes Eagles, but they had one thing on their side...
The sun was out off and on and it was a bit breezy at times at Todd Park in Austin and it was a great atmosphere for a section softball playoff game on Tuesday.
The Faribault Academies Cardinals were the visiting team and were able to get Tess Glenzinski on with a walk in the first and a base hit from Breanna DeGrood...
The Faribault Falcons fastpitch softball season ended Saturday with a 3-2 11-inning loss to the New Ulm Eagles in the elimination bracket of Section 2 Class 3A.
The Eagles had seven seniors on their team and the Falcons have everyone back next year after an amazing 21-3 season...
Mankato East eighth-grader Madie Clarke held the powerful Faribault Falcons to two hits in a 1-0 Section 2 Class 3A winner's bracket game Thursday in North Mankato.
It was the first time any opposing pitcher has been able to put a zero on the board against Faribault
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Blooming Prairie senior pitcher Elly Strunk was impressive in a 5-2 win over Bethlehem Academy in the second round of West Subsection Class 1A softball Wednesday.
The Cardinals defeated Blooming Prairie on the same field last Friday 5-0 to capture the Gopher Conference championship and the Awesome Blossoms looked like they were laser focused for Wednesday’s game...
The Faribault Falcon fastpitch team has not played a game since their 10-5 season finale loss to Mankato West last Thursday.
They were behind the Scarlets 6-0 going into the bottom of the fifth inning when they finally appeared to figure out junior ace pitcher Briggs Carlson with seven hits over the last three innings...