Rookie pitcher helps Verndale softball team

VERNDALE -- The Verndale Pirates were too much for the Pillager Huskies as they were won 17-11 Tuesday in a Park Region Conference softball game.

Pirates Mandy Fink went 3 for 5 with five RBI and two home runs. Marie Kern also hit a home run and drove in three runs. Kellie Schmitz also contributed to the victory hitting 2-4 with two RBI.

Freshman Cherice Fuller got her first varsity win and struck out three of the Huskie's batters.

Pillager 025 021 1 -- 11 5 7

Verndale 156 023 x -- 17 9 3

Pillager -- Beth Smith and Kati Rasinski; Home -- Shantel Beaver, Cherice Fuller (3) and Ann Kern. WP -- Fuller. LP -- Smith. Conference -- Pillager 0-2, Verndale 1-0. Overall -- 2-3, 1-3. Next game -- Pillager hosts Sebeka Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Verndale hosts Pine River-Backus Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Pequot Lakes 17, Pine River-Backus 7

PEQUOT LAKES -- The Pequot Lakes Patriots crushed the Pine River-Backus Tigers 17-7 in a Park Region Conference softball game Tuesday.

Patriots pitcher Molly Landecker, went the whole game with out walking a batter and striking out two.

Pine River-Backus 030 40 -- 7 10 2

Pequot Lakes 661 22 -- 17 8 4

PRB -- Jamie Wolkenhauer, Leah Wangberg (2) and Christy Sanba; PL -- Molly Landecker and Amanda Monnier. WP -- Landecker. LP -- Wolkenhauer. Conference -- Pequot Lakes 1-0, Pine River-Backus 0-1. Overall -- 2-1, 0-2. Next game -- Pequot Lakes at Menahga Thursday at 3:45 p.m. Pine River-Backus at Verndale Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 17, Pierz 2

PIERZ -- The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars beat the Pierz Pioneers 17-2 Tuesday in non-conference softball.

Sheena Loidolt had the hot bat for the Pioneers going 3 for 3. Four other Pioneer players hit singles.

The Pioneers travel to Kimball on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 112 607 -- 17 13 1

Pierz 200 000 -- 8 7 5

BBE -- A. Winter and J. Rademacher; Pierz -- Lynn Hanneken, Kayla Happke (5) and Stacy Block. WP -- Winter. LP -- Hanneken. Conference -- Pierz 0-4. Overall -- 0-5. Next game -- Pierz at Kimball Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Perham 12, Staples-Motley 2

Staples-Motley 8, Perham 4

PERHAM--The Staples-Motley Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Perham Yellowjackets losing the first game 12-2 and winning the second game 8-4.

The Cardinals Sarah Berg was 1-for-2 with a solo homerun in the first game and teammate Sarah Bach also went 1-2.

S-M came back to pick up an 8-4 victory over the Yellowjackets in the second game.

The Cardinals Nicci Bender hit a two run triple in the fourth inning to tie the score 3-3 and S-M added five runs in the top of the sixth inning to seal the victory and improve to 1-1 overall.

Staples-Motley 100 10 -- 2 2 7

Perham 170 04 -- 12 6 3

Staples-Motley -- Amanda Noska and Heather Dumpprope Perham -- Glass and Zacharias. WP --Glass. LP --Noska. HR --Sarah Berg.

Staples-Motley 010 205 0 -- 8 5 1

Perham 201 001 0 -- 4 3 1

Staples-Motley-- Berg and Dumpprope. Perham -- Glass, Kohlman (3) and Zacharias. WP --Berg. LP --Kohlman. Conference --S-M 1-1. Overall --S-M 1-1. Next game --Tuesday host Wadena-Deer Creek (2) 4 p.m.

Rocori 4, Little Falls 3

COLD SPRING--The Rocori Spartans scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on for a 4-3 triumph over the Little Falls Flyers in Central Lakes Conference action Tuesday.

Little Falls 000 011 1 -- 3 8 2

Rocori 010 102 x -- 4 3 0

Little Falls -- Nicole Ashby and Melissa Gustafson. Rocori -- Rachel Ebensteiner and Megan Jahnke. WP -- Ebensteiner. LP --Ashby.