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Pierz Pioneers vs St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders 6AA Softball 2025

In another game at St. Ben's, the Crusaders handed the Pioneers their first loss of the double elimination Tournament with a 12-2 win in 6 innings. Pierz got a 1st inning rbi double from Laura Young to take a 1-0 lead and then their 2nd run came in the 3rd when Lizzy Gross singled, stole 2nd, was sacrificed to 3rd by Laura Young and scored on a wild pitch. Cathedral scored in every inning but the 3rd as the Pioneers headed to the elimination bracket.

Pierz Pioneers vs Paynesville Bulldogs 6AA Softball 2025

After weather pushed back the Tournament a few days, it resumed at St. Ben's with the Pioneers taking on #5 seeded Paynesville. This was an intense battle, as the Bulldogs scored a run in the top of the 1st on a 1-out triple and a groundout to take a 1-0 lead. From that point on, Paynesville starter Arianna Messer and Pierz starter Erin Thesing matched each other pitch for pitch and the score remained 1-0 as the Pioneers came to bat in the bottom of the 7th facing a new Bulldogs pitcher after Messer unfortunately suffered an injury on the final play of the 6th inning and had to leave the game. Macy Sadlovsky led off the bottom of the 7th with a walk, then stole 2nd. Delilah Rocheleau then also walked, with Ava Phillips replacing Rocheleau at 1st base. A wild pitch then moved Macy and Ava up a base before the Bulldogs got a groundout to 3rd. Pinch-hitter Kayla Virnig then walked to load the bases for Pierz. Lizzy Gross then walked as well, forcing in Macy Sadlovsky to tie the game at 1-1.  Laura Young then stepped to the plate and ripped a game-winning single to drive in Ava Phillips and the Pioneers had come back for the 2-1 win to stay in the Section 6AA winners bracket.

Pierz Pioneers vs Royalton Royals 6AA Softball 2025

The 4th seeded Pioneers opened the Section 6AA Playoffs with 15-5 win in 5 innings over #13 Royalton in Pierz. The Pioneers jumped on the Royals early, scoring 6 in the bottom of the 1st on a sacrifice fly by Hayden Sam, a bases loaded walk to Macy Sadlovsky, a 2-run double by Delilah Rocheleau, a squeeze bunt by Mckenna Hoheisel and a Royals error. Pierz added another 5 in the 2nd on a 2-run triple by Payton Kimman, an rbi double from Macy Sadlovsky and a 2-run single from Laura Young. In the bottom of the 4th, Pierz made it 14-5 on rbi's from Lizzy Gross, Natalie Knutson and Hayden Sam. In the bottom of the 5th, Macy Sadlovsky smashed a long Home Run to right to end the game with a 15-5 Pioneers win, moving Pierz to the next round of the Tournament.

Pierz Pioneers at Pillager Huskies Softball 2025

The Pioneers closed out the regular season by playing in Pillager's annual Under the Lights game.  This one turned out to be a wild one, as the Pioneers trailed 4-3 going to the 7th but Lizzy Gross scored from 2nd base on a ground out to 3rd by Laura Young to tie the game at 4-4 and the contest would go to extra-innings. The Pioneers then put up 5 runs in the top of the 8th to take a nice 9-4 lead and it looked like 8th grader Shayla Iverson, making her first Varsity pitching appearance, would pick up a Win. But the Huskies turned things around in the bottom of the 8th, scoring 6 times to win 10-9.  The final blow came on a 2-out, 2-run Homer from Sophia Schrom to give the Huskies the crazy win.

Pierz Pioneers vs Upsala-Swanville Area Patriots Baseball 2025

The Pioneers beat a good Patriots team 5-1 at Hellie Field. Pierz broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 4th on Preston Saehr's rbi single, only to see the Patriots tie it up in the top of the 5th on a 2-out solo Homer from Carson Primus. In the bottom of the 5th, Pierz retook the lead on 2 hits and 3 walks, including a bases loaded walk by Sawyer Lochner to force in Danny Litke to make it 2-1.  Kaden Kruschek then unloaded for a 3-run Homer in the bottom of the 6th to make it 5-1. Nathan Solinger was outstanding on the mound, throwing a Complete Game, allowing 6 hits while striking out 4.

Pierz Pioneers vs St. Cloud Cathedral Softball 2025

The Pioneers lost 8-3 to the Crusaders in Pierz, giving up a pair of 4-run innings in the 1st and 6th. Macy Sadlovsky went 2-3 with a pair of rbi singles for Pierz while Lizzy Gross was 2-4 with a stolen base and scored a run for the Pioneers.

Pierz Pioneers at Pillager Huskies Baseball 2025

The Pioneers blanked the Huskies 9-0 on a warm, windy day in Pillager. The Pioneers broke the game open with a 5-run 2nd inning, highlighted by 2-run doubles by Grady Young and Brayden Haberman. Grady Young went 4-5 with 2 doubles and drove in 3 runs, Kaden Kruschek was 2-3 with a double, 2 walks and Bo Woitalla was 2-4 with an rbi. Brayden Haberman struck out 10 over his 6 innings, allowing just 1 hit. Jackson Thielen threw a 1-2-3 7th inning to nail it down.

Pierz Pioneers vs Melrose Dutchmen Baseball 2025

The Pioneers seemed to have their Friday night game at Freeport against Melrose well in hand, leading 4-0 going to the bottom of the 7th, but Melrose had other ideas. After Preston Saehr had handcuffed the Melrose offense for no runs on 3 hits for the first 6 innings, the Dutchmen came out in the 7th with 5 straight singles to score 2 runs, and when Preston hit the next batter to force in a 3rd run, Kaden Kruschek came in to relieve. He walked the first man he faced to make it 4-4, then gave up a walk-off single to Sam Wehlage to complete the Dutchmen's crazy 5-4 comeback win. Kaden Kruschek Homered for Pierz while Preston Saehr was 2-4 with a double and 2 rbi and Brayden Haberman was 2-2 with a double and 2 walks.

Pierz Pioneers vs Mora Mustangs Softball 2025

The Pioneers won their 7th straight game and improved to 11-4 for the year with a 12-2 win in 5 innings over the Mustangs. Erin Thesing went the distance for the Win, striking out 4 and scattering 4 hits. The Pioneers scored in every inning except the 3rd, getting 3 in the 1st, 4 in the 2nd, 1 in the 4th, and 4 in the 5th. Natalie Knutson went 4-4 with a double and 3 rbi, including the game-ending rbi single in the bottom of the 5th. 

Pierz Pioneers vs Albany Huskies Baseball Game 2 2025

The Pioneers completed their sweep of the doubleheader with Albany by winning game 2 by a score of 8-5.  This game was tied 5-5 going to the top of the 6th when Jaxsen Hardy drove in Danny Litke to make it 6-5, then the Pioneers added 2 more runs in the top of the 7th on an Albany error and a perfect squeeze bunt by Tyler Kimman to make the final 8-5. Connor Hennessy earned the Win with 1 shutout inning of middle relief and Kaden Kruschek threw the final 2 innings to pick up a Save.