The Blooming Prairie girls' softball team failed to come up with the needed offense to get back on the winning track, falling to United South Central 4-1.

The game was dominated by the girls on the mound as the game turned out to be a pitcher's contest. Emily Wencl pitched all seven innings allowing only three hits and one earned run. Wencl (4-3) fanned eight Rebel batters, walking none.

Andrea Schultz pitched all seven innings for USC giving up three hits and striking out six Blossom batters. Schultz walked one and hit a batter.

"This game turned out to be a pitcher's dual," said BP coach Chad Gimbel. "This was a tough loss for Emily. We were pretty much beat up by their defense."

Andrea Miller, Amanda Schlund, and Angela Noble all went 1-3 out of the batter's box, with Miller scoring the lone Blossom run. USC's three unearned runs came in the third inning with the final run coming in the top half of the fifth inning.

The Blossoms dropped to 4-3 overall and 3-3 in the conference, while USC improved to 4-5 overall.

Blooming Prairie will host a makeup game today against Triton at 5 p.m.

LOGM blanked by Spring Grove/Caledonia, 14-0

Spring Grove/Caledonia shut out LeRoy-Ostrander/Grand Meadow's softball team Thursday 14-0. Ace Katie Tweet allowed only two LOGM hits, while striking out five and walking only one batter.

LOGM senior hurler Kathy Dennisen made her varsity pitching debut, tossing all five innings. Dennisen allowed 10 hits and seven earned runs while striking out two and walking six.

Nikki Brogan and Bridget Lee had the only two LOGM hits, with Brogan's being a double. Lee, who played right field, came into the game in the fifth inning to made her first varsity appearance and promptly got her first hit of the season as the leadoff batter in that inning.

L/P boys take fourth at Lake City track invitational

The Lyle/Pacelli track team was in action Thursday in Lake City. Plainview dominated the boys' events, with L/P coming in fourth, while Dover-Eyota/St. Charles came out on top on the girls' side, with the L/P girls placing fifth.

Pat Sheehan's third-place finish in the 100-meter dash was the highlight of the meet for the L/P boys.

For the girls, Sara Larson turned in a fifth-place showing in the 400 meters.

Both teams will run this Saturday at Byron.

BP's Seykora keeps winning streak alive

Blooming Prairie ace Steve Seykora picked up his fifth win of the season and the Blossoms picked up their sixth win by defeating United South Central by the score of 8-5.

Seykora (5-0) pitched all seven innings, giving up nine hits and two earned runs while striking out seven and walking only two batters.

"Steve pitched a good game tonight," said Blooming Prairie coach Chris Staloch. "He got a little tired in the fifth and sixth innings, but really came back strong in the seventh. It is a lot of fun to watch him pitch."

USC's Mike Soma and Dave Neubauer combined their efforts in the Rebel loss.

Tom Farr hit 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, while teammate David Kramer finished 3-4 with one run and an RBI.

The Blossoms are 6-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play. They play Saturday in the JWP Invitational.