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Chisago Lakes 7, Cloquet 6

The fourth-seeded Wildcat softball team won their opening round game in the double elimination Section 7AAA playoffs over the fifth-seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks Tuesday, May 19 at Chisago Lakes High School. This morning at 10 a.m. they will face the top-seeded and fifth-ranked Rock Ridge Wolverines at Braun Park in Cloquet in a second-round game. If the Wildcats win, they will play a semifinal game at Braun Park at 3 p.m. on May 26, and if they win that game they will play for the section championship at Hermantown High School on Thursday, May 28.  At that point, if they will two more games on May 26 at Braun Park, the Wildcats would play on May 28 at Hermantown High School for the section championship. 

Mankato West 12, Chisago Lakes 2 (5 innings)

The Mankato West Scarlets erupted for ten runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Wildcats 12-2 in a game shortened to five innings because of the ten-run rule. The game was played on May 9 at Caswell Park in  Mankato.  

Chisago Lakes 13, Cloquet 4

The Wildcats pounded out 16 hits and took advantage of three walks and four errors as they blasted the Cloquet Lumberjacks 13-4 on Monday, May 11 at Cloquet. Every Wildcat hitter had one or more hits and scored one or more runs, and six of the nine drove in at least one run. Molly Luoma and Aubrey Perry led the way with three hits each, and Perry had the Wildcats’ only extra base hit, a second inning double.

Rock Ridge 11, Chisago Lakes 3

The Rock Ridge Wolverines pounded out 12 hits and took advantage of one walk and six Wildcat errors to crush the Wildcats 11-3 on Thursday, May 14 at Chisago Lakes High School. The Wildcats scored their runs on a fourth inning double by Adysen Corey, a sixth-inning wild pitch and a seventh inning single by Molly Luoma.

North Branch 2, Chisago Lakes 0

The North Branch Vikings scored two runs in the top of the fourth and it was all the scoring they needed as they shut out the Wildcats 2-0 on Thursday, May 14 at Chisago Lakes High School in a game shortened to five innings because of lightning. Wildcat pitcher Aubrey Perry allowed two earned runs on six hits, walked four, hit a batter and struck out six.

Kaytlin Hammond walked to open the top of the third for the Vikings. She tried to score all the way from first on a two-out double by Aubrey Charpentier, but Wildcat center fielder Jesa Leritz gunned her down at home to keep the game scoreless. In the bottom of the inning, Abigail Pfeifer walked to open the top of the fourth for the Vikings. Bridget Mann walked and Lily Bernard was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Pfeifer was erased on the basepaths for the first out of the inning. With two outs, Ellcey Johnson and Sophia Peterson hit run-scoring singles to give the Vikings a 2-0 lead. Adysen Corey walked to lead off the bottom of the fourth for the Wildcats, and pinch runner Kayla Larsen stole second. After Rylan Sheppeck flew out, Angel Palmer singled but was thrown out at second for the second out.  Perry struck out to end the inning. The Wildcats got two baserunners on in the bottom of the fifth with one out, but Leritz popped out and Annika Smith grounded to to end the inning. Then the lightning came and the game was called, giving the Vikings the win.

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