By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The New York Mills Eagles had their season come to a close in the Section 6A tournament with a pair of tough losses last week.

After falling to Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 2-1 in the winner’s bracket championship game on Tuesday night, the Eagles lost another tough game to Swanville by a score of 5-3 in the elimination bracket.

Swanville defeated CGB 5-2 in the first game of the section championship, but fell to the Wolverines by a score of 13-0 on Friday night to hand CGB their second straight section championship. 

The Eagles ended their season with a record of 16-9 overall and a third place finish in the section tournament. They also finished in a tie with Parkers Prairie for third place in the Park Region Conference with both teams finishing with a conference record of 10-4. 

May 22

Rosemary Laudenbach threw a two-hit shutout as the NY Mills Eagles cruised to a 13-0 win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle in the opening round of the sub section tournament on May 22. The Eagles broke the game open with a big 10-run bottom of the fourth inning. During the big inning, Makenzie Parker induced Ayla Olson to hit into a fielder’s choice, but two runs scored, an error scored one run, Chloe Costin and Abby Berndt hit RBI singles, while Shauna Geiser and Violet Radniecki earned a bases loaded walks to force in a pair of runs and Olson hit a bases clearing double to bring three more runs across the plate. 

  Olson led the way offensively with a double and four RBIs, while the Eagles collected seven hits as a team and took advantage of six Thunder errors. 

New York Mills vs. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

AB R H     BI

Ayla Olson 4 2 1 4

Bella Huwe 4 0 1 1

Deserae Koljonen 2 1 1 0

S. Pederson 0 0 0 0

Chloe Costin 3 1 1 2

T. Koljonen 1 1 0 0

Alivia Preuss 0 1 0 0

Kalyn Balbach 2 0 1 0

Abby Berndt 1 1 1 1

A. Johnson 1 0 0 0

S. Geiser 1 2 0 0

Kylee Lehmann 0 0 0 0

Violet Radniecki 1 2 0 0

A. Salo 0 0 0 0

Aurora Jabas 3 1 1 0

Olivia I. 0 1 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Ayla Olson, Bella Huwe

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Rosemary Laudenbach 5.0-2-0-0-2-8

May 23

NY Mills scored a pair of runs in both the first and second innings and hung on for a 4-3 win over Parkers Prairie in the semi-finals of the sub section tournament. The Eagles took a 2-0 in the bottom of the first inning when a pair of runs scored on an error, before adding to their lead in the bottom of the second inning when Bella Huwe hit an RBI single down the left field line and Deserae Koljonen earned a bases loaded walk to force in another run.

It would be all the run support that Rosemary Laudenbach would need as she allowed eight hits and three runs of which just one was earned, while striking out five over seven innings. 

Huwe had a big game for the Eagles as the catcher went a perfect 3-3 from the plate and drove in a run. Koljonen had the other RBI for the Eagles.

After picking up a win over the Panthers, the Eagles found themselves in the sub section championship game against the Browerville Tigers. The Eagles would come away with a tight 2-1 win over the Tigers to capture the sub section championship.

NY Mills took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Deserae Koljonen hit an RBI single, before adding another run in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 2-0 lead. 

Browerville made a game of it late when they scored a run in the top of the seventh inning, but Rosemary Laudenbach shut the door to give the Eagles the sub section title by a score of 2-1.

Koljonen and Chloe Costin each picked up a pair of hits for the Eagles, while Laudenbach picked up in the win in the circle by going seven innings and giving up five hits and one earned run, while striking out six hitters. 

New York Mills vs. Parkers Prairie

AB R H     BI

Ayla Olson 3 0 0 0

Bella Huwe 3 0 3 1

Deserae Koljonen 1 1 1 1

Chloe Costin 3 0 0 0

Alivia Preuss 3 0 0 0

Kalyn Balbach 2 0 0 0

T. Koljonen 1 0 0 0

A. Johnson 2 0 0 0

Abby Berndt 1 0 0 0

Violet Radniecki 2 1 0 0

Aurora Jabas 3 1 1 0

S. Geiser 0 1 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Bella Huwe

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Rosemary Laudenbach 7.0-8-3-1-4-5

5.0-2-0-0-2-8

New York Mills vs. Browerville

AB R H     BI

Ayla Olson 3 1 1 0

Bella Huwe 3 0 0 0

Deserae Koljonen 3 0 2 1

Olivia I. 0 1 0 0

Chloe Costin 3 0 2 0

Alivia Preuss 3 0 1 0

Kylee Lehmann 0 0 0 0

Kalyn Balbach 2 0 0 0

T. Koljonen 1 0 0 0

A. Johnson 2 0 0 0

Abby Berndt 1 0 0 0

Violet Radniecki 1 0 0 0

S. Geiser 1 0 0 0

Aurora Jabas 2 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Ayla Olson

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Rosemary Laudenbach 7.0-5-1-1-1-6