skip navigation

MN Softball Hub

Home

Coaches' association releases 2019 all-state selections
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 06/13/2019, 3:30pm CDT
Northfield, fresh off its first state tournament appearance and winner of this season's Class 3A title, features pitcher Brynn Hostettler who received all-state first team honors.
Read More

View All |

Coaches' association releases 2019 all-state selections
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 06/13/2019, 3:30pm CDT
Northfield, fresh off its first state tournament appearance and winner of this season's Class 3A title, features pitcher Brynn Hostettler who received all-state first team honors.
Read More

Vote for the MN Softball Hub Photo of the Year
By SportsEngine 06/12/2019, 12:30pm CDT
Choose your favorite picture from this season's coverage.
Read More

2019 all-tournament teams revealed
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 06/11/2019, 12:15pm CDT
Maple Grove won the Class 4A title, but it's players from the Suburban East Conference who dominate this year's large-school list.
Read More

View All |

Season ended June 7

View State Tournament Results

MN Softball Hub

@MNSoftballHub

Maple Grove's Ava Dueck is the Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/03/2019, 6:00pm CDT
The Crimson senior, who struggled to make contact as U14 player, is hitting .525 with a metro-leading 14 home runs. And now she's making opposing hitters do the whiffing.
Read More

Meet the 2019 Star Tribune All-Metro first team
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/03/2019, 5:45pm CDT
See who made the second and third teams as well.
Read More 1 Comment

View All |

Coaches' association releases 2019 all-state selections
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 06/13/2019, 3:30pm CDT
Northfield, fresh off its first state tournament appearance and winner of this season's Class 3A title, features pitcher Brynn Hostettler who received all-state first team honors.
Read More

Vote for the MN Softball Hub Photo of the Year
By SportsEngine 06/12/2019, 12:30pm CDT
Choose your favorite picture from this season's coverage.
Read More

2019 all-tournament teams revealed
By Paul Patane, SportsEngine 06/11/2019, 12:15pm CDT
Maple Grove won the Class 4A title, but it's players from the Suburban East Conference who dominate this year's large-school list.
Read More

Maple Grove holds off seventh-inning Stillwater threat to win first 4A softball title
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 7:15pm CDT
The Crimson's 3-2 victory came after the defending champion Ponies loaded the bases and scored twice but couldn't plate the game-tying run.
Read More

Seven-run inning propels Rochester Lourdes to 2A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 3:00pm CDT
The second-seeded Eagles rolled to a 10-1 victory over No. 1 seed Norwood Young America.
Read More

Northfield takes down No. 1 seed Mankato West to win 3A championship
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 1:15pm CDT
The second-seeded Raiders prevailed 8-3 in the all-Big Nine Conference game.
Read More

Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian goes out on top again
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 12:45pm CDT
The Flying Dutchmen won their second Class 1A championship in four years with a 4-1 victory against Badger/Greenbush-Middle River.
Read More

Stillwater ousts top seed Forest Lake, Maple Grove defeats East Ridge
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/06/2019, 6:00pm CDT
The defending champion Ponies will meet the Crimson on Friday for the Class 4A championship.
Read More

Northfield rallies to reach 3A title game, gets shot at Big Nine foe Mankato West
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/06/2019, 4:15pm CDT
The Raiders scored eight unanswered runs in an 8-2 semifinal win over Becker. The top-seeded Scarlets also used a big inning to defeat Cloquet.
Read More

View All |

View All

2019 Leaders

Rankings provided by the Minnesota High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association

.
.

Talking Preps podcast

Spring Episode 11

Broadcast schedule

For week of June 10

Click to view a list of the live streams and radio broadcasts of games for the week.

Feed for https://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/blogs/index.rss2

Feed for https://www.startribune.com/sports/index.rss2

Around the Hubs

Baseball

Unseeded New Prague reaches 4A championship game with 12-7 victory over Rogers
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/15/2019, 7:15pm CDT
The Trojans scored nine runs in the final three innings to end a remarkable run by a Royals squad that started the post-season six games under .500.
Read More 15 Comments

East Ridge upsets No. 1 Stillwater 6-5 in 8 innings
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/15/2019, 2:45pm CDT
The Raptors had just four hits but took advantage of mistakes by the defending Class 4A champions to advance to their first baseball championship game.
Read More 16 Comments

Rogers keeps late-season turnaround rolling with 4-2 win over third-seeded Hopkins
By JIM PAULSEN, Star Tribune 06/14/2019, 10:15pm CDT
The team with a sub-.500 record is now two games from a state title.
Read More 9 Comments

View All |

Lacrosse

Prior Lake boys make it two in a row, and two for the day
By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune 06/15/2019, 8:00pm CDT
A few hours after the school's girls' team won a state title, the boys' team, led by goalie Colin Nauertz, defended theirs by knocking off previously unbeaten Benilde-St. Margaret's.
Read More

Prior Lake thumps Eden Prairie to win first championship
By SOUICHI TERADA, Star Tribune 06/15/2019, 5:00pm CDT
The Lakers' 17-12 victory was their first title in four state tournament tries and came against the state's premier girls' lacrosse program.
Read More 4 Comments

Boys' championship preview: Prior Lake scheme vs. undefeated Benilde-St. Margaret's
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/15/2019, 1:53am CDT
The Red Knights face a Prior Lake team playing under a first-year coach.
Read More

View All |

Track

Hopkins boys, Rosemount girls win track and field state titles
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/08/2019, 9:06pm CDT
The Royals won the Class 2A team title in the last event.
Read More 1 Comment

Mounds Park Academy high jumper ties record
By NATE GOTLIEB, Special to the Star Tribune 06/08/2019, 9:05pm CDT
Mounds Park Academy’s Yahya Madar tied a 38-year-old Class 1A state record Saturday, clearing 6 feet, 10 inches in the high jump.
Read More

Minnesota high jump state record-holder repeats as champ in a jump-off
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 7:20pm CDT
Blaine junior Madison Schmidt, the first prep girl to clear 6 feet, defended her Class 2A title by winning an unusual two-person competition to determine the state champion.
Read More

View All

Golf

Patiently aggressive freshman wins Class 3A girls' golf title
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/12/2019, 10:14pm CDT
Simley’s Isabella McCauley won the Class 3A girls’ championship with a record-tying score.
Read More

Red Wing seniors cap memorable careers with Class 2A golf titles
By Ron Haggstrom, Star Tribune 06/12/2019, 10:10pm CDT
Sophia Yoemans, Cecil Belisle win in Class 2A.
Read More

Simley freshman, Roseville eighth-grader 1-2 in Class 3A girls' golf after Day 1
By SOUICHI TERADA, Star Tribune 06/11/2019, 11:30pm CDT
Eighth-grader Vunissa Vu from Roseville is three shots back into final day.
Read More

View All

Tennis

Energized Mounds View freshman wins 2A singles title with sisterly inspiration
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 6:03pm CDT
Bjorn Swenson played two three-set matches to get to the championship, where his mom says his late tennis-loving sister was present ‘just in a different way.’
Read More

Mounds Park Academy's Parker Law wins 1A tennis singles title with perfection
By NATE GOTLIEB, Special to the Star Tribune 06/07/2019, 3:34pm CDT
The senior, who lost in the finals a year ago, was locked in and played the best match that his coach has seen him play to defeat Redwood Valley junior Rikard Wilkens.
Read More

Mounds View freshman Bjorn Swenson prevails in 3-hour tennis show with familiar Blake rival
By HEATHER RULE, Special to the Star Tribune 06/06/2019, 6:07pm CDT
The No. 4 seed has played sophomore Sujit Chepuri many times but their match Thursday in the Class 2A state tournament added to a list of top battles.
Read More

View All