ROCHESTER — The Caledonia High School softball team was pushed to the brink on Tuesday, but a run-scoring single by right fielder Lily Augedahl with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning kept Section 1AA’s top seed alive.
Brairy Proulx led off the eighth with a single to right field before Nora Staggemeyer sacrifice moved her to second and a passed ball allowed her to reach third.
Augedahl then sent a full-count pitch to left field for a single that scored Proulx and give the Warriors a 5-4 victory over Rochester Lourdes.
Caledonia (23-2) will play fifth-seeded St. Charles at 4 p.m. Thursday in Rochester for the chance to qualify for the semifinal round.
Proulx went 3 for 4 and scored twice for the Warriors, who had 12 hits and led 4-3 before the Eagles scored once in the top of the seventh inning. Augedahl and catcher Adrienne Lange were also 2 for 3 with Kittleson driving in two runs.
Avery Augedahl struck out 16 batters and allowed two earned runs on one walk and nine hits. She also went 2 for 4 with one of Caledonia’s four doubles.
Lange, Elsa Blum and Vivian Kittleson also doubled for the Warriors.
Holmen 11, Sparta 1 (6)
HOLMEN — The Vikings (16-8, 10-2 MVC) completed a second-place conference finish with a six-inning win over the Spartans.
Holmen had a five-run fourth inning and scored three times in the first and sixth while recording 12 hits — half of which went for extra bases.
Right fielder Harper Tengblad hit a home run and drove in three runs, pitcher Gabi Stuhr went 3 for 3 with two doubles and three runs driven in, and shortstop Macy Kline, second baseman Makenzie Nunemacher and center fielder Makenna McHugh had two hits apiece.
Kline doubled and scored twice, and Nunemacher doubled, tripled, scored twice and drove in two runs
Stuhr struck out eight, walked one and allowed five hots in a complete game.
Logan 7, Aquinas 5
LA CROSSE — The Rangers (9-13, 3-9 MVC) scored all of their runs in the first four innings to beat the Blugolds (7-15, 3-9).
Third baseman Kenna Streeck went 3 for 4 with two doubles, scored once and drove in a run, and catcher Maria Weber hit a home run, doubled and drove in two runs while going 2 for 3 for Logan.
Shortstop Emma Bacon was also 2 for 3 with a double.
Right fielder Julia Kretschmer singled and drove in three runs for Aquinas, which also had shortstop Addy Watson score three times.
Catcher Ava Fernholz also went 2 for 4.
Tomah 11, Central 0 (5)
TOMAH — The RiverHawks (5-18, 1-11 MVC) managed just one hit in a loss to the Timberwolves, who put the final touch on a conference championship.
Pitcher Addy Roesler singled to center field with one out in the fifth inning to break up the no-hitter for University of Wisconsin commit Anna Wall.
C-FC 9, Luther 3
ONALASKA — The Knights (4-17) were led by senior Rylee Weber, who went 4 for 4 with a double and drove in two runs.
Junior Addy Palubicki struck out six and walked three.
