Being a 3-year varsity starter is a great accomplishment for anyone but doing so as a 9th grader is incredible. Freshman Ava Knutson is one of the top pitchers for the Sauk Rapids-Rice softball team and has been a varsity starter since she was a 7th grader.
ROCORI lost 6-2 to St. Francis Wednesday in the Class 3-A State Softball Tournament Quarterfinals at Caswell Park in North Mankato. The Spartans went out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning but St. Francis responded with 2 runs 2nd inning, added 1 run in the 4th and 5th innings before scoring 2 more runs in the 7th inning.
Cathedral defeated defeated Class 2-A champion Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 2-1. Senior Ella Voit pitched the complete game, giving up 4 hits, 1 walk and had 7 strikeouts.
Softball:
ROCORI 6, Sartell-St. Stephen 5
(Jessica Boos threw all 7 innings with 5 earned runs with 11 strikeouts for ROCORI. Jordyn Illies went 2-4 including the game-winning RBI single. For ROCORI Sam Sufka went 1-3 with 2 RBI, Jessia Boos went 2-4 with a run and 1 RBI, Sophia Hess went 1-4 a a run scored and 1 RBI and Mady Hesse walked 3 times and scored the game-winning run).
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Cathedral defeated Pillager 15-1 Wednesday to stay in the winners bracket in the Section 6-2-A baseball playoffs. Trevor Fleege pitched five strong innings for the complete game win, scattering four hits and giving up no earned runs.