The Brainerd Warriors sophomore team defeated Sartell 11-1 Thursday at Central Lakes College. Six runs in the first three innings allowed Brainerd Warriors JV 2013 to put the game away early. Evan Brecht drove in three runs on two hits for Brainerd.

The Brainerd Warriors junior varsity swept a doubleheader from Sartell Thursday. In Game One, Brainerd beat Sartell 12-1. Winning pitcher Marin Hadrits struck out three.

The Brainerd freshmen softball team won two games Wednesday at Sauk Rapids. In the opener, the Blue team beat Sauk Rapids 7-0. Maddie Ellingson and Brooke Mimmack were 3-for-4.

BEMIDJI - Maggie Heggerston fired a 77 to take medalist honors and Pequot Lakes won the eight-team Bemidji Invitational Friday at Bemidji Country Club. It marked the third time this season Heggerston has captured medalist honors.

PILLAGER - Tristin Litke was 2-3 with two RBIs as the Pillager Huskies snapped a 3-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over Royalton in a non-conference game Friday. Royalton 3 7 3 Pillager 4 7 2 WP: Rider Hunstad. LP: Matt Silbernick.

BEMIDJI - Autumn Ackerman pitched all seven innings and helped her own cause by going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double as Pine River-Backus defeated Blackduck 9-2 in the Upper Mississippi Conference championship game Friday.

Bemidji State University senior Logan Kalis of Little Falls was named to the Daktronics All-Central Region first team May 16. Kalis, one of two repeat first-team selections in 2013, earned first-team honors a year ago as the designated hitter.

The Brainerd Warriors won two singles matches and swept the doubles competition on their way to their eighth straight win, 5-2, in a non-conference meet against the Hibbing Cardinals Friday. Tanner Lundberg, at No. 3, and Kyle Johnson, at No.

After starting their season 2-0, the Brainerd Lumberjacks will face their archrival at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18. Brainerd will travel to St. John's University in Collegeville to play the Granite City Renegades, who are also 2-0.

Josh Wenzel suffered through last season. It wasn't easy for the Little Falls senior who sat out his entire junior year with a broken foot. It was a frustrating time for the Flyer, who bleeds baseballs. "I can't even describe it," he said.