Winona tennis sweeps Austin

Winona, the top boys' tennis team in the Big Nine Conference, captured a 7-0 victory over Austin Thursday night in Winona.

The Packers won a total of six games in the singles' matches, while the No. 1 doubles team of Mike Cavanaugh and Tucker Schieck netted five games in their two-set loss. Mike Marsh and Nate Pattee took the 7-5, 6-0 win from Austin to highlight the Packers' defeat.

"It was a closer match than the score sounded," Coach Matt Cavanaugh said. "Mike and Tucker played pretty tough in the first set, they just kind of got into a funk in the second set and they lost theire composure. But they still looked good in the first set."

Austin's next scheduled match is Saturday against Rochester Lourdes at the Rochester Athletic Club's Outdoor Courts at 9 a.m.

L-O boys fall in conference golf

Kris Knutson shot a 39 to earn medalist honors as Glenville-Emmons took a Southeast Conference boys' golf dual from LeRoy-Ostrander Thursday, 177-195.

Devil baseball ends win streak

The Riverland baseball team lost for the first time in 10 MCCC games, splitting a league doubleheader at Rochester Thursday afternoon.

Clint Ripley threw the complete-game victory in the first game, striking out seven in a 13-3 win. Riverland scored four times in the top of the seventh to cap the decisive victory.

Six different Blue Devil hitters had two hits apiece, led by Nate Vollbrecht's 2-4 performance with a double, a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored.

A controversy-laden second game saw the Blue Devils fall 11-6, ending a nine-game league win streak.

John Roesler suffered the loss on the hill, giving up eight runs on 10 hits.

Vollbrecht, Jacob Frey and Josh Kunze each had two hits for the Devils, who are scheduled to play two at Ridgewater College in Willmar Saturday.

The Warriors took two from Riverland in their first meeting this season in Austin.

"This loss better be lighting a fire under them right now," Coach Dave Meyer said. "It was a very quiet ride home."

Matt Huber pitched all seven innings for Rochester, striking out eight while allowing 10 hits and four earned runs.

In other games around the area, Southland’s softball team swept LeRoy-Ostrander/Grand Meadow 20-0 and 7-1 in Southeast Conference action in Rose Creek. In baseball, LOGM swept two from host Southland, 8-3 and 4-3, Thursday night in Adams.

Blooming Prairie swept its meetings with New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, with the baseball boys winning 14-4 and the softball squad winning 6-5 at home.