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Knights Baseball Dominates Monticello
St. Michael-Albertville proves to be rude guests with a 25-5 road win.
Technically, St. Michael-Albertville split its Thursday baseball and softball matchups with Mississippi 8 rival Monticello—however, the Knights baseball victory proved to be slightly more heavy-handed than its softball loss to close out the first month of the spring sports season.
Baseball: Knights 25, Monticello 5
It only counts as one win, but St. Michael-Albertville's 25-5 victory at Monticello accounted for more than one-third of the runs that the Knights have scored all season long as the squad decisively improved to 5-4 on the year.
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STMA turned a close game into a blowout with a 15-run fourth inning before the game was called on account of "mercy rule" after the fifth inning.
The Knights knocked out 20 hits, with Trevor Nevin going 2-for-4 with four runs batted in and two scored. Dain Krutzig and Brian Lavallee both scored four runs each, with Lavallee also driving in three RBI.
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Shawn Morris and Christian Lemke both went 3-for-4 at the plate, with Garrett Watters pitching a complete game victory with four strikeouts and seven hits allowed.
The Knights travel to Zimmerman for a 4:30 p.m. start on Monday.
Softball: Monticello 7, Knights 5
The St. Michael-Albertville softball team lost 7-5 at Monticello to fall to 4-5 on the year. The Knights have now lost three in a row.
Kelsey Blank went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI, with Rachel Gebo also garnering two hits in four tries with one RBI; Rachel Mills and Bailey Thompson both had one hit and one RBI.
The Knights are scheduled to play at Zimmerman on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Girls Golf: Knights Fourth At Pebble Creek
The St. Michael-Albertville girls golf team finished fourth at Thursday's Mississippi 8 meet at Pebble Creek with a score of 400 on the Par-72 course.
Individual results were not available. The Knights next play at Wild Marsh Golf Club in Buffalo on Thursday, May 5.
Boys Tennis: Knights 6, Rogers 1
A 6-1 defeat of conference foe Rogers on Thursday improved the St. Michael-Albertville boys tennis team to 3-6 on the season.
Individual results were not available. The Knights take on Anoka on Monday.
Results were not available from St. Michael-Albertville's scheduled track meet at Delano on Thursday.
