WABASSO – The Wabasso softball team earned two victories at their home invitational on Saturday, defeating Apollo 14-4 in five innings and MCC 5-4 and fell to Benilde 13-9.

Against Apollo, Emily Benz and Sarah Franta both went 2 for 3 with a walk while Megan Rothmeier went 2 for 2 with a double and a walk and Halle Huhnerkoch also had a hit for the Rabbits. Benz earned the victory in the circle, striking out five.

Against Benilde, Benz went 4 for 5 with a triple while Cora Eichten went 4 for 4 and Allison Fenger had three RBI.

Against MCC, Benz pitched a complete game while also going 2 for 3 at the plate, while Fenger had a pair of hits with three RBI.

Wabasso (5-5) will face Red Rock Central on Monday.

GOLF

Fairmont Invite

FAIRMONT – The Marshall boys golf team earned a third place finish out of nine teams at the Fairmont Invite on Saturday, shooting a team score of 331.

Mason Plante led the way for the Tigers with a 77 while Spencer Ehlers shot 78, Landon Frost had 86 and Michael DeVaan shot 90 to round out the scoring.

Marshall coach Kari Ehlers said the course was a good test for the team to place their shots and requires them to think more about their club selections.

“The thing I like about this course is the fact that the boys have to place their shots strategically. Most of the holes are tree lined, and there are many par four dog-legs that require players to hit a club different than ripping a driver,” coach Ehlers said. “I think this type of course definitely separates the better players from those that are used to hitting shots all over the course.”

Coach Ehlers added that Plante and Ehlers had to overcome tough starts to their rounds and rely on their short game to earn pars and was pleased to see improving scores from Frost and DeVaan.

“Mason and Spencer both had a tough start with three and four bogeys to begin the day. Mason hit seven greens in regulation and Spencer only hit three. The duo was forced to rely on their chipping and putting to get some pars on the score card. Now that we are getting about half way through our regular season, our players can’t afford to have so many bogeys and doubles,” coach Ehlers said. “Landon Frost has done a better job of mentally managing the golf course and an 86 was nice to see from him. Our No. 3 player from last year moved away over the summer leaving a hole for someone to fill. I am hoping that Landon can get his score down closer to the 80 mark. Michael DeVaan’s 90 was a good score for him as well.”

FRIDAY

BASEBALL

RTR 12, YME 11

(8 innings)

TYLER – The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team defeated Yellow Medicine East on Friday, getting a walk-off single from Carter Hansen to win 12-11.

The Sting jumped out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the top of the first to take a quick 4-0 but RTR answered back with seven runs in the bottom of the second to take a 7-4 lead.

After YME got three more runs in the top of the third to tie things at 7-7, the Knights responded with two runs of their own to retake the lead at 9-7. RTR would add to its lead in the next inning, getting a run to make it 10-7.

YME wouldn’t go away, though, getting three more runs in the top of fifth to tie things back up at 10-10 but the Knights would answer back with a run of their own in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead at 11-10.

After the Sting tied things at 11 with a run in the top of seventh, the Knights looked to get the win in the bottom of the eighth. Carter Hansen would step up and deliver for RTR, getting a game-winning RBI single to seal the victory.

Hunter VanLerberghe led the way for RTR with a 4 for 5 day at the plate with three runs and three RBI while Cooper Hansen went 3 for 5 with an RBI while Payton Hess and Jake Fischer each went 2 for 4.

Hess earned the victory in relief, pitching one inning while allowing just one hit and striking out one. Fischer was the starter for RTR, going 3.2 innings while allowing seven runs on three hits and striking out four.

No YME stats were available at press time.

YME 403 030 10 – 11 8 6

RTR 072 110 01 – 12 15 2

Hitting: RTR (VanLerberghe 4-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 3 2B; Hess 2-4, R, RBI; Jake Fischer 2-4, RBI; Baartman 1-2, R, BB; Kyle Fischer 1-4, R, 2B; Cooper Hansen 3-5, 2 R, RBI; Sitzmann 0-4, R; Wendland 1-3, 2 R, RBI; Carter Hansen 1-3, R, RBI).

Pitching (IP-R-ER-H-BB-SO): RTR (J. Fischer 3.2-7-6-3-6-4; VanLerberghe 3.1-4-3-4-2-1; Hess 1-0-0-1-1-1).