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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. 

Pierz Pioneers vs Albany Huskies Baseball Game 1 2025

The Pioneers opened their home doubleheader with the Huskies with a 3-2 win over Albany. With the game tied 2-2 going to the bottom of the 7th, Jackson Thielen delivered the game-winning, walk-off rbi single with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th, scoring Brayden Haberman. Brayden Haberman threw a Complete Game, allowing 5 hits while striking out 9.

Pierz Pioneers vs Little Falls Flyers Baseball 2025

After winning earlier in the day at Foley, the Pioneers returned to Hellie Field to host the Flyers in a night game and were unable to generate much of anything against Flyers starter Joey Welinski, who fired a Complete Game 2-hit shutout in the Flyers 5-0 win. The only hits the Pioneers could muster was a Kaden Kruschek single to start the 1st and then a Grady Young lead-off single in the 4th. Carter Gwost went 1-3 with a solo Homer, a walk and scored twice to lead Little Falls.

Pierz Pioneers at Foley Falcons Baseball 2025

The Pioneers used a 4-run top of the 8th inning to beat the Falcons 6-2, earning a split of the season series with Foley. Danny Litke's 1st hit of the year was a go-ahead rbi double in the top of the 8th to make it 3-2 and thaat opened the floodgates as Nathan Solinger then added an rbi double of his own, Link Toops drove in a run with a single and Grady Young capped it off with a 2-out rbi single to make it 6-2. Preston Saehr threw 7 good innings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits with 5 strikeouts. Nathan Solinger then came on and fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th to close out the victory.