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Prep Softball: Section 6AA Playoffs: Ottertail Central bounces Lady Wolverines from playoffs, 13-2
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Battle Lake, Minn.—Wadena-Deer Creek could only muster five hits during Friday’s 13-2, five-inning loss to Ottertail Central in the first round of the West Subsection 6AA playoffs in Battle Lake.
Wadena-Deer Creek struck first with a run in the opening frame, but could do little else as the third-seeded Bulldogs wasted little time establishing control by scoring four runs in the first two innings.
Prep Baseball: Krause, Wolverines hammer Minnewaska Area, 14-2
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Glenwood, Minn.—Jake Krause went 3-for-5 with two doubles and drove in five runs as Wadena-Deer Creek hammered Minnewaska Area 14-2 during Friday’s non-conference game.
After being held to just four hits in Thursday’s loss, the Wolverine bats came to life during the sixth inning outburst that broke open a 3-2 game. The Wolverines would explode for 11 runs in the final two innings to sink the Lakers.
Prep Baseball: Long Prairie-Grey Eagle rumbles past Wolverines, 5-2
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Wadena, Minn.—Ryan Redfield went 2-for-3 with a home run, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Wadena-Deer Creek from losing Thursday’s non-conference game to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 5-2.
Wadena-Deer Creek could only muster four hits during the loss, which snapped the Wolverines’ six-game winning streak.
The Thunder scored twice during the first two innings before adding an insurance run in the fifth.
Prep Baseball: Wadena-Deer Creek sinks Detroit Lakes in doubleheader
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Wadena-Deer Creek catcher Jake Rude applies the tag on Derek Long during a Detroit Lakes double-steal in the first game of the Mid-State Conference doubleheader on Tuesday. Rude held on to the ball after the collision to prevent a late laker rally.
Prep Track & Field: Wadena-Deer Creek finishes sixth in Mid-State Conference meet
Wadena, Minn.—Logan Meyer registered a winning throw of 53 feet, 7 inches during the boys shot put event while Autumn Jahnke was the top individual girl placer with fourth in the pole vault at 8 feet as both Wadena-Deer Creek track and field teams finished sixth in Tuesday’s Mid-State Conference meet.
Meyer also finished third in the discus event with a throw of 117 feet, 6 inches and Neil Janson was fifth in the 800 (2:10.63) as the Wolverines posted 28 points in the boys team standings.
Prep Girls Golf: Lady Wolverines stay busy with Mid-State meet and UNC Invite
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Paige Hartman fired a 98 to help lead Wadena-Deer Creek to fifth in Monday’s Mid-State Conference meet held at the Whitebirch Golf Course in Pequot Lakes.
Detroit Lakes, ranked No. 1 in the state, captured the Mid-State Conference crown with 307 points and was led by Katie Smith, who fired a one-under par 71. The Lakers placed four golfers on the all-conference team.
Prep Baseball: Krause, Wolverines outlast Sebeka, 4-2
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Sebeka, Minn.—Jake Krause went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs to help lift Wadena-Deer Creek past Sebeka 4-2 in Monday’s non-conference game.
Wadena-Deer Creek scored four runs in the third inning to erase a 2-0 deficit.
Prep Softball: Pine River-Backus mauls Lady Pirates in six, 14-4
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Pine River, Minn.—Verndale could only muster two hits during Friday’s 14-4 non-conference loss to Pine River-Backus in six innings.
The Tigers scored five runs in the second inning behind two bases-loaded walks and a pair of Verndale errors. Morgan Demars had the only base hit during the frame that led to another Pine River-Backus run.
Prep Softball: Lady Wolverines buck the Cowgirls 21-3
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Breckenridge, Minn.—After being held to three hits in Thursday’s loss, Wadena-Deer Creek recovered nicely to scatter 14 hits en route to bucking the Breckenridge Cowgirls 21-3 on Friday.
The Lady Wolverines led 4-1 after four innings, but erupted for five runs in sixth and scored 12 runs in the seventh to finish off the Cowgirls.
Prep Softball: Lady Pirates double up Hillcrest Lutheran to end losing streak, 17-7
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Verndale, Minn.—Sarah Moenkedick ripped three hits and Jackie Swenson drove in four runs as Verndale snapped an eight-game losing streak with Thursday’s five-inning 17-7 victory over Hillcrest Lutheran.
Brittany Christenson highlighted the Comets’ two-run first with an RBI double, but the Lady Pirates erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the second to establish control of the game.
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