MONDAY RESULTS – June 4
(softball)
Storm Lake 8 Le Mars (3-5/0-1) 2
Gehlen Catholic (2-8/2-2) 13, Trinity Christian 1, six innings*
LE MARS — A pair of two out errors led to five unearned runs in the fifth inning as Storm Lake padded a 2-1 lead and won an 8-2 Lakes Conference decision at Le Mars Monday night. Sophomore Skylar Cole checked the Lady Bulldogs to six hits and struck out ten batters to get the win in the pitching circle. Grace Milbrodt gave up eight runs on eight hits but five Le Mars errors led to all eight runs being unearned. Milbrodt had two hits to lead the Le Mars offense and drove in a run in the first inning that tied the score at 1-all. The Tornados took the lead for good on a two-out throwing error in the fourth, an inning before the five-run explosion. Both teams scored a run in the seventh. Le Mars falls to 3-and-5 for the season and 0-and-1 in the Lakes Conference.
HULL — Gehlen Catholic snapped a four-game losing streak with a 13-1, six inning victory at Trinity Christian Monday night in War Eagle Conference softball action. Gehlen used a pair of five-run innings to turn the game into a rout. Sydney Livermore had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and drove in one run while Anna Britt drove in three runs with a pair of hits. The Lady Jays took advantage of seven walks. Brooke Woerdehoff and Rylee Schnepf combined on a three-hitter with seven strike outs. The win evens Gehlen’s War Eagle Conference record at 2-and-2 and improves their season record to 2-and-8.
(baseball)
Le Mars (3-5/2-0) 5, Storm Lake 3
Trinity Christian 6, Gehlen Catholic (1-7/1-3) 5*
LE MARS — The Le Mars Bulldogs were limited to one hit Monday night but made the most of that lone hit, a three-run double by Chris Deiterman in the third inning, to beat Storm Lake 5-3 in Lakes Conference baseball play at the Bulldog Complex. Storm Lake had taken a 3-2 lead with three runs in the top of the third before Deiterman’s hit put the Dogs in front to stay. Alec Arens, Logan Lancaster and Alec Dreckman combined to three-hit the Tornados. Arens started the game and gave up two hits and three runs while walking six in 2 1/3 innings. Lancaster worked 2 2/3 innings of hitless, shutout baseball and earned the win. Dreckman worked the final two innings, giving up one hit and striking out three to earn a save. Andrew Price started for Storm Lake but failed to get an out before giving up two runs without giving up a hit. He walked three. Kayfrin Pelep worked the rest of the game for the Tornados and walked four while giving up the lone hit. They combined for ten strikeouts. Le Mars has now won back-to-back games for the first time this season to improve to 3-and-5 for the season and 2-and-0 in the Lakes Conference.
HULL — Gehlen Catholic rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning to forge a 5-5 tie only to watch Trinity Christian score a run in the bottom of the seventh for a walk-off, 6-5, War Eagle Conference victory Monday night. The Jays wasted a good start from Isaac Herbst, who went the distance only to take the loss when the Tigers scored with two outs in their final at-bat. Herbst gave up just five hits. Cole Linden led the Jays offensively with two hits and Colin Buddin drove in three runs. Gehlen falls to 1-and-7 for the season and 1-and-3 in the W-E-C.
(little league)
MINOR GIRLS
Stars 12, Comets 5
Thunder 0, Hurricanes 0, tie
Lightning 7, Storm 7, tie
Sparks 19, Heat 5
JUNIOR BOYS
Giants 7, Rays 1
Orioles 10, Reds 9
JUNIOR GIRLS
Falcons 7, Hawks 5
Foxes 14, Raiders 5
MAJOR GIRLS
Chargers 10, Warriors 2
Rockets 14, Eagles 7
Lions 11, Panthers 10
Broncos 19, Spartans 6
(N-H-L Stanley Cup finals)
Washington 6, Vegas 2 (Washington leads series, 3-1)
WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals are one win away from the first championship in their 43-year history after routing the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2 on Monday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson and Devante Smith-Pelly all scored in the first period to get the Capitals rolling against a determined Vegas team that had no answers early against Braden Holtby, who stopped 28 shots in another strong showing. Game 5 is Thursday night back in Las Vegas.
(major league baseball)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(game one) N-Y Yankees 7, Detroit 4
(game two) Detroit 4, N-Y Yankees 2
L-A Angels 9, Kansas City 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 11, Atlanta 4
San Francisco 10, Arizona 3
TUESDAY RESULTS – June 5
(little league)
MINOR BOYS
Grasshoppers 12, Tin Cups 7
Red Wings vs. Raptors – no score turned in
River Bandits vs. Timber Rattlers – no score turned in
Bulls 13, Iron Birds 9
Bat 12, Knights 2
JUNIOR BOYS
Royals 8, Rays 7
Giants 10, Mariners 3
MAJOR BOYS
White Sox 5, Angels 4
Pirates 8, Dodgers 4
Rockies 8, Yankees 7
Phils 8, A’s 5
Cubs 9, Mets 5
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 4, Tampa bay 2
Cleveland 3, Milwaukee 2
Baltimore 2, N-Y Mets 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(game one) Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 2
(game two) Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 3
N-Y Yankees 7, Toronto 2
Boston 6, Detroit 0
Texas 7, Oakland 3
Seattle 7, Houston 1
L-A Angels 1, Kansas City 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L-A Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh 0
Colorado 9, Cincinnati 6
Philadelphia 6, Chicago Cubs 1
Miami 7, St. Louis 4
Atlanta 14, San Diego 1
Arizona 3, San Francisco 2
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – June 6
(softball)
(game 1) Estherville/Lincoln Central 5, Le Mars (3-6/0-2) 3
(game 2) Estherville/Lincoln Central 6, Le Mars (3-7/0-3) 5
Gehlen Catholic (3-8) 11, Remsen St. Mary’s (4-10) 7
LE MARS — Estherville/Lincoln Central scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Le Mars 6-5 in game two of their Lakes Conference doubleheader to earn a sweep at the Bulldogs Sports Complex Wednesday. The Midgets had to hold off a seventh inning rally by Le Mars to win game one, 5-3. Lena McCoy had a RBI single and a solo home run to help E-L-C to a 5-0 lead before Le Mars scored three times in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball, a RBI single by Kady Leusink and a sacrifice fly by Emily Carlson. Freshman Maggie White finally got the final out to earn a save with big sister Morgan White getting the win. The two combined on a three-hitter. Brook Berkenpas took the loss despite throwing a six-hitter with eight strikeouts. The Midgets stopped a six-game losing streak with the victory.
In game two, Le Mars took a 4-2 lead with three runs in the fifth, cashing in on a pair of E-L-C errors. Christina Konz padded the lead to 5-2 with a RBI single in the top of the seventh. Brook Berkepas was coasting along with a three-hitter before the Midgets struck for four runs on five hits in the seventh and won it on Lena McCoy’s one-out, RBI-single to center. Karmen Hazen tied the game with a hit after Lindsey Jensen’ two-run single made it 5-4. Le Mars falls to 3-and-7 for the season and 0-and-3 in the Lakes Conference. E-L-C improves to 3-and-10.
REMSEN — Sydney Livermore drilled a two-run triple in the sixth inning Wednesday night to snap a 3-3 tie and Gehlen Catholic scored eight runs over the final two innings to beat Remsen St. Mary’s 11-7 in non-conference softball action in Remsen. The two rivals combined for 18 runs and 23 hits in a game that also featured 16 walks and 24 runners left on base. Addison Weber led a 13-hit Gehlen attack with three hits and three RBI’s. Bailey Penning and Emma Galles had three hits each for the Hawks. Eighth-grader, Rylee Schnepf earned her first career varsity win, working the final three innings in relief of starter Brooke Woerdehoff. Emma Galles took the loss. Gehlen improves to 3-and-8 for the season while St. Mary’s falls to 4-and-10.
(baseball)
Estherville/Lincoln Central 13, Le Mars (3-6/2-1) 1, 5 innings
Remsen St. Mary’s (11-1) 13, Gehlen Catholic (1-8) 3, 5 innings
LE MARS — Estherville/Lincoln Central rocked Le Mars for four runs in the third inning and eight more in the fourth and handed the Bulldogs their first Lakes Conference loss, 13-1 in five innings. Briar Rowley checked Le Mars to one hit, a double by Trevor Renken. Rowley struck out eight but walked six. Renken took the loss. Jacob Bosch was the hitting star for E-L-C with two hits and four RBI’s. The Dogs drop to 3-and-6 for the season and 2-and-1 in the league. The Midgets are now 10-and-1, having won their last seven games.
REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s ran their season record to 11-and-1 with a 13-3, five inning victory over Gehlen Catholic Wednesday night in non-conference baseball action at Marv Thelen Memorial Field. Brayden Ricke and Spencer Schorg combined to four-hit the Jays. Brett Galles drove in four runs for the Hawks on three hits and Mitchell Schiltz also added three hits. St. Mary’s finished with 13 hits for the game. Gehlen falls to 1-and-8 for the season.
(little league)
MINOR GIRLS
Thunder 8, Heat 6
Sparks 16, Lightning 5
Hurricanes 13, Stars 9
Storm 7, Comets 3
JUNIOR GIRLS
Falcons 15, Raiders 6
Foxes 14, Hawks 6
MAJOR GIRLS
Chargers 11, Broncos 10
Rockets 11, Panthers 9
Eagles 8, Lions 7
Warriors 11, Spartans 7
(N-B-A finals)
Golden State 110, Cleveland 102 (Golden State leads series, 3-0)
CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors are on the verge of their third NBA title in four years. Kevin Durant scored a playoff career-high 43 points leading the Warriors to a 110-102 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. LeBron James scored 33 points in a losing effort.
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 11, Tampa Bay 2
Cleveland 3, Milwaukee 1
Baltimore 1, N-Y Mets 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 3, Toronto 0, 13 innings
Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 2
Boston 7, Detroit 1
Texas 8, Oakland 2
Houston 7, Seattle 5
L-A Angels 4, Kansas City 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 3, Atlanta 1
San Francisco 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings
Pittsburgh 11, L-A Dodgers 3
Colorado 6, Cincinnati 3
Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia 5
Miami 11, St. Louis 3
THURSDAY RESULTS – June 7
(softball)
Hinton 9, Gehlen Catholic (3-9/2-3) 6*
LE MARS — Hinton rallied behind Shelbie Young’s sixth inning grand slam that wiped out a 6-4 deficit and the Blackhawks went onto beat Gehlen Catholic 9-6 in War Eagle Conference softball at the Riverview Complex. Shelbie Young paced a 13-hit attack with four hits. Sydney Livermore had a home run and triple for Gehlen Catholic and Addison Weber added three hits. Livermore’s two-run homer in the fourth put the Lady Jays in front 6-4. Hinton improves to 6-and-4 while Gehlen slides to 3-and-9 and 2-and-3 in the W-E-C.
(baseball)
Hinton 6, Gehlen Catholic (1-9/1-4) 5, 10 innings*
LE MARS — Aiden Brock’s sacrifice fly in the tenth inning broke a 5-5 tie and Hinton edged Gehlen Catholic 6-5 in War Eagle Conference baseball action Thursday night. Brock also had three hits. Kyle Brighton earned the win with 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief. Brighton struck out seven and combined with starting pitcher Jacob Kirwan to strike out 14 Gehlen batters. The loss went to freshman Zach Kraft, who also threw 4 1/3 innings of relief for Gehlen after starter Colin Budden hit his pitch-count limit in the sixth inning. Kraft loaded the bases to start the tenth ahead of Brock’s go-ahead fly to left. Cole Wiltgen and Elijah Freking had two hits each for the Jays. The two teams combined to strand 25 base runners. Gehlen slips to 1-and-9 and 1-and-4 in league play. Hinton improves to 7-and-4 and 3-and-2 in the W-E-C.
(little league)
MINOR BOYS
River Bandits vs. Raptors – no score turned in
Tin Cups 5, Knights 4
Bulls 3, Timber Rattlers 2
Grasshoppers vs. Bats – ppd. to 5:30 Monday, June 11
Iron Birds vs. Red Wings – ppd. to 7:00 Monday, June 11
JUNIOR BOYS
Mariners 10, Reds 4
Royals 7, Orioles 1
MAJOR BOYS
Dodgers 8, White Sox 3
A’s 10, Mets 9
Rockies 7, Pirates 1
Angels 6, Yankees 5
Phils 7, Cubs 6
(N-H-L Stanley Cup finals)
Washington 4, Vegas 3 (Washington wins series, 4-1)
LAS VEGAS — The Washington Capitals have won their first Stanley Cup. Alex Ovechkin scored midway through the game and Lars Eller had a go-ahead goal with 6:37 left in the third period, lifting the Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 on Thursday night. The expansion Golden Knights closed their record-breaking season with their first four-game losing streak. The Capitals went into the third trailing 3-2 and went ahead after Devante Smith-Pelly and Eller scored 2:31 apart midway through the pivotal period.
(major league baseball)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 2
Toronto 5, Baltimore 4, 10 innings
Detroit 7, Boston 2
Houston 5, Texas 2
Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 4
Oakland 4, Kansas City 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 7, Colorado 5, 13 innings
St. Louis 4, Miami 1
L-A Dodgers 8, Pittsburgh 7
Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia 3
FRIDAY RESULTS – June 8
(softball)
LE MARS — Katie Peters belted a three-run homer to cap a seven-run fourth inning to lead Gehlen Catholic to a 12-2, six-inning victory over Sioux City West Friday morning in the Lady Bulldog Classic. Anna Britt had four hits and Addison Weber three to pace the Lady Jays offense. Brooke Woerdehoff threw a complete game two-hitter. Daylan Schults homered for the Wolverines.
In the second game of the day for Gehlen, West Monona scored nine runs in the sixth inning, sending 15 batters to the plate to break up a 4-3 game and the Spartans beat the Lady Jays 14-3 in six innings. Megan Nicols checked Gehlen to two hits, a single by Anna Britt and a double by Chloe Bunkers. She struck out seven. The victory improves West Monona’s record to 12-and-4 while Gehlen’s record is now 4-and-10.
Lady Bulldog Classic
(at the Riverview Complex)
Gehlen Catholic (4-9) 12, Sioux City West 2, 6 innings
Hinton 9, Sioux City West 0
West Monona 14, Gehlen Catholic (4-10) 3, 6 innings
West Monona 6, Hinton 0
(at the Bulldog Complex)
Akron-Westfield 5, Bishop Heelan 2
Bishop Heelan 2, Cherokee Washington 1
Akron-Westfield 9, Cherokee Washington 1
Le Mars (4-7) 9, Sioux City North 6
Sioux City North 7, Woodbury Central 6
Le Mars (5-7) 5, Woodbury Central 4
LE MARS — Le Mars scored six runs in the second inning Friday afternoon and went onto to beat Sioux City North 9-6 at the Le Mars Lady Bulldog Classic. Katelyn Raymond’s two-run double highlighted the third inning but Chandler Grosenheider and Jenn Schneider also added RBI hits. Raymond finished with three RBI’s and Schneider had two runs batted in. Brook Berkenpas picked up the win in the pitching circle.
In the second game of the day, Le Mars held off a seventh inning rally by Woodbury Central to win 5-4. The Wildcats scored one run in the bottom of the seventh but left runners at first and third when the game ended. Grace Milbrodt earned the pitching win with Brook Berkenpas slamming the door shut on the seventh inning threat to pick up a save. Le Mars scored three first inning runs on RBI’s by Milbrodt, Berkenpas and Christina Konz. Woodbury Central tied the score at 3-3 before Le Mars took the lead for good in the third on a error and Kady Leusink’s RBI hit in the 5th put the Lady Bulldogs in front 5-3. Emma DeStigter had a two-run homer in the first inning for Woodbury Central. Le Mars improves to 5-and-7 for the season.
(baseball)
Le Mars at Spencer – ppd, rain & hail
(N-B-A finals)
Golden State at Cleveland (Golden State wins series, 4-0)
CLEVELAND — Displaying their firepower and their poise, the Golden State Warriors have won back-to-back NBA championships. They cruised to a 108-85 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kevin Durant was voted MVP. LeBron James revealed afterward that he played the final three games with “a broken hand” he injured himself by punching a white-board after the Game 1 overtime loss.
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 4, N-Y Mets 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 5, Baltimore 1
Cleveland 4, Detroit 1
Chicago White Sox 1, Boston 0
Seattle 4, Tampa Bay 3
Houston 7, Texas 3
L-A Angels 4, Minnesota 2
Oakland 7, Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 1
San Francisco 9, Washington 5
Milwaukee 12, Philadelphia 4
Miami 4, San Diego 0
St, Louis 7, Cincinnati 6, 10 innings
Arizona 9, Colorado 4
L-A Dodgers 7, Atlanta 3
SATURDAY RESULTS – June 9
(baseball)
Le Mars (4-6) 9, Sioux City North 6
LE MARS — Home runs by Anthony Lamoreux and Gabe Eckstaine helped fuel a seven-run sixth inning Saturday night that lifted Le Mars to a 9-4 victory over Sioux City North in baseball action at the Bulldog Sports Complex. The Stars had snapped a 2-2 tie with single runs in the fifth and sixth inning before the Bulldogs sixth inning eruption. Eckstaine led a ten-hit attack with three hits while Connor Ouradnik had two. Lamoreux finished with three runs batted in while Eckstaine and Ote Albrecht had two RBI’s apiece. Gabe Eckstaine started the game on the mound but left with the score tied 2-2 after three innings. Alec Dreckman and Logan Lancaster worked two innings each with Lancaster earning the win. The Bulldogs are now 4-and-6 for the season.
(horse racing)
NEW YORK — Justify defied all the odds on his way to achieving Triple Crown immortality. The late bloomer won the Belmont Stakes by 1¾ lengths on Saturday, giving the sport its 13th Triple Crown champion. American Pharoah ended a 37-year drought in 2015 and now just four years later, racing is celebrating another sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. Justify began his racing career on Feb. 18, a scant 77 days before the Derby.
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 4, N-Y Mets 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 4, Baltimore 3, 10 innings
L-A Angels 2, Minnesota 1
Kansas City 2, Oakland 0
Detroit 4, Cleveland 2, 12 innings
Boston 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Tampa Bay 7, Seattle 3
Houston 4, Texas 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 0
Washington 7, San Francisco 5
Milwaukee 12, Philadelphia 3
St, Louis 6, Cincinnati 4
San Diego 5, Miami 4
Arizona 12, Colorado 7
Atlanta 5, L-A Dodgers 3
SUNDAY RESULTS – June 10
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
N-Y Mets 2, N-Y Yankees 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 13, Baltimore 3
Minnesota 7, L-A Angels 5
Oakland 3, Kansas City 2
Cleveland 9, Detroit 2
Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 2
Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 4
Houston 8, Texas 7
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 1
San Francisco 2, Washington 0
Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 3
Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 3
San Diego 3, Miami 1
Arizona 8, Colorado 3
L-A Dodgers 7, Atlanta 2
