Lange, Flyers topple Fergus

LITTLE FALLS - Andrew Lange struck out six and allowed five hits and two earned runs to lead the Little Falls Flyers to an 11-2 Central Lakes Conference victory over Fergus Falls Thursday.

Ben Hanowski was 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Beau Hanowski was 2-3 with two runs and Joe Rydeen was 2-3 with a double and three RBIs.

Fergus Falls 2 5 1

Little Falls 11 9 0

WP: Andrew Lange. LP: Jake Heck. 2B: Beau Hanowski, Joe Rydeen, Andrew Lange. 3B: Peter Suska. HR: Ben Hanowski. Conference: LF 4-3. Overall: LF 4-3. Next: Little Falls at Sartell Tuesday 4:30 p.m.

Pierz 9, Holdingford 0

PIERZ - Scott Janson threw his second consecutive shutout, striking out nine, while allowing only two hits as Pierz blanked Holdingford 9-0 in Central Minnesota Conference baseball Thursday.

Pierz's Matt Woitalla was 2-2 with an RBI and Mark Kahl went 2-4 with two runs and one RBI.

Holdingford 0 2 7

Pierz 9 9 3

WP: Scott Janson. LP: Brandon Hellman. Conference: P 6-2. Overall: P 6-2. Next: Pierz hosts Foley Friday 4:30 p.m.

Aitkin 5, Onamia 1

AITKIN - Tim Pearson struck out 10 and allowed three hits and one earned run as the Aitkin Gobblers beat Onamia 5-1 Thursday.

Dan Landrus was 3-4 with two stolen bases and an RBI and Scott Nyberg went 2-3 with two RBIs for the Gobblers.

Onamia 1 3 2

Aitkin 5 7 1

WP: Tim Pearson. LP: Faust. 2B: Billy Cluff. Conference: A 3-1. Overall: A 3-1. Next: Aitkin hosts Pine City Tuesday 4:30 p.m. .

Verndale 1, Sebeka 0

VERNDALE - Matt Moenkedick finished 2-3 at the plate and pitched a complete-game shutout in Verndale's 1-0 Park Region Conference victory over Sebeka Thursday.

Clayton Cottrell was 1-3 and drove in the game-winning run.

Sebeka 0 3 1

Verndale 1 5 0

WP: Matt Moenkedick. LP: Alex Brockpahler. 2B: Matt Moenkedick. 3B: Sam Moenkedick. Conference: V 4-2. Overall: V 5-2. Next: Verndale at Brandon-Evansville Friday 4:30 p.m.

Pine River-Backus 9,

Northland-Remer 2

PINE RIVER - Andy Davidson hit a 3-run home run to power the Pine River-Backus Tigers past the Northland-Remer Eagles 9-2 in non-conference baseball Thursday.

Ryan Snavely added a double and scored three runs and Jared Johnson was 2-for-2 with two RBIs.

Jordan Ackerman picked up the win to improve to 2-0. He gave up two runs, three hits and struck out nine.

Northland-Remer 2 3 5

Pine River-Backus 9 5 2

WP: Jordan Ackerman. LP: Tyler Datzman. 3B: PRB-Ryan Snavely. HR: PRB-Andy Davidson. Overall: PRB 2-2. Next: PRB at Menahga 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Park Rapids

sweeps Cardinals

PARK RAPIDS - The Park Rapids Panthers swept a Mid-State Conference doubleheader from the Staples-Motley Cardinals by scores of 6-5 and 4-0 Thursday.

In game one, Chad Deede was 2-for-3 with a double, run scored and an RBI. Devin Becker, Trevor Smith and Ben Enney each had the other Cardinals hits.

In game two, Alex Jansson was 2-3 with a double and Trevor Ness had the other Cardinal hit.

Game 1

Park Rapids 6 10 3

Staples-Motley 5 5 3

WP: Grant Dierkhising. LP: Ben Enney. 2B: SM-Chad Deede.

Game 2

Park Rapids 4 9 0

Staples-Motley 0 3 0

WP: Donatelle. LP: Jordan Riewer. 2B: SM-Alex Jansson. Conference: SM 3-3. Overall: 3-3. Next: Staples-Motley hosts Melrose 5 p.m. Friday.