high school baseball

The Faribault Falcons had just one error in their 8-1 road loss to Albert Lea on Tuesday evening. After double-digit errors in their doubleheader losses in Rochester on Saturday, the defense was vastly improved. Head coach Charlie Lechtenberg and assistant coach Bob Fielitz made some defensive changes for the game and both said after the game it was one of their better performances of the season..

The No. 5-rated Class 2A Cannon Falls Bombers and No. 7-rated Class 2A Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights provided a very exciting game to a good crowd in Wanamingo on Monday evening. Cannon Falls jumped out to a 5-1 lead early and Kenyon-Wanamingo rallied late to win in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the seventh 6-5...

The Faribault Falcons were nine outs away from their first win of the season Saturday and had a seven-run lead, but lost in heartbreaking fashion 12-11. A four-error inning allowed the Rochester Century Panthers to erupt for six runs in the bottom of the fifth to get to within a run of Faribault...

The Kenyon-Wanamingo baseball team remained unbeaten in the Hiawatha Valley League on Tuesday night with a 15-2 five-inning victory over the Triton Cobras. It was very cold in Dodge Center and the Knights stole four bases in the first two innings...

The Faribault Bethlehem Academy Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak Monday night with a 12-2 win over the Awesome Blossoms of Blooming Prairie. The Cardinals came into the game hitting .390 as a team and they collected 13 more against a freshman pitcher who went the distance while throwing 175 pitches...

Saturday was doubleheader day in the Hiawatha Valley Conference and the Cannon Falls Bombers and Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights swept their opponents to remain unbeaten in league play. In Wamamingo the Knights won the first game 6-2 in a low hitting contest...

The Mankato West Scarlets came into Friday's game with the Faribault Falcons ranked fifth in the latest Class 3A coaches pol. They showed why in a 10-0 win in five innings at Bell Field. Mankato West sent 13 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning and in 22 minutes scored eight runs on nine hits and took advantage of one Faribault error...

The Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association has updated their rankings of high school teams in the state. Here are the rankings in baseball. Remember baseball has expanded to four classes based on school student enrollments...

The Faribault Bethlehem Academy Cardinals clubbed 12 hits and Kenyon-Wanamingo had eight hits in a 7-1 Cardinal win over the Knights on Tuesday night in Wanamingo. Junior Shelby Meyer was the winning pitcher and also had another great day at the plate...

It took me a little longer to drive to the game Monday night in Wells than it did for the game. One hour and six minutes was the game time and one hour and eight minutes the drive time to Thompson Park next to the water tower. We all have those days when we wish we would have stayed in bed...