Hornets wrap up season with split over B-W

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The Frazee Hornets wrapped up their regular season last week with a tough loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, before ending the season on a high note with a split against Breckenridge/Wahpeton. 

The Hornets finished the regular season with a record of 7-12 overall and 6-8 in the Heart O’ Lakes Conference. Frazee finished in a tie for sixth place with Staples-Motley in the conference with Hawley taking the top spot with a record of 12-1 and DGF finishing in second place with a record of 11-2. 

Frazee will now turn its attention to the Section 6A tournament as they will travel to third seeded Parkers Prairie on Tuesday night. The Hornets received the sixth seed in the sub section and have not played the Panthers yet this season.

Head coach Tavia Bachmann said the team is hoping to continue to play well and ride some momentum into the playoffs when they travel to third seeded Parkers Prairie on Tuesday. As the underdogs she said the Hornets have nothing to lose and have played a difficult schedule all season long to get ready for the playoffs. 

The winner of Tuesday’s game will take on either second seeded New York Mills or seventh seeded Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Thursday in Browerville. 

Tuesday

Frazee came out on the short end of a 20-0 loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton on Tuesday night. The Rebels, who have been one of the top teams in Class AA all season long, were able to make the most of four Frazee errors as they scored four runs in the first inning, 10 in the second inning and six runs in the third inning to come away with the win. 

Frazee picked up just one hit in the game, a single by McKenna Wacker in the top of the fourth inning. 

Ellie Trieglaff took the loss for the Hornets as she went three innings and gave up 20 runs of which 12 were earned, while striking out three DGF batters. 

Frazee vs. DGF

AB R H     BI

Ella Ullrich 1 0 0 0

McKenna Wacker 2 0 1 0

Ellie Trieglaff 2 0 0 0

Hailee Olson 2 0 0 0

Katie Courneya 2 0 0 0

Kaija Aschnewitz 1 0 0 0

Alydia Mitchell 1 0 0 0

Caleigh Pausch 1 0 0 0

Ruby Eckert 1 0 0 0

Sophia Strand 0 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- 

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Ellie Trieglaff 3.0-18-20-12-2-0

Wednesday

The Hornets ended their regular season on a bit of a high note on Wednesday as they split a doubleheader with Breckenridge/Wahpeton on Wednesday afternoon. 

Frazee picked up an 8-6 win in the opening game of the day, before falling by a score of 8-7 in the nightcap. 

In the opening game of the night, the Hornets strung together six hits and eight runs in the fifth and sixth innings to come away with an 8-6 win. Frazee got on the scoreboard in the fifth inning with five runs, which included a sacrifice fly to right field by Ruby Eckert and an RBI by Mckenna Wacker to highlight the big five run inning.

Frazee added three more runs in the sixth inning thanks to a sacrifice fly to center field by Pausch, an RBI double by Eckert and a fielder’s choice by Ella Ullrich.

B-W made a game of it late by scoring four runs in the top of the seventh inning and having runners on the corners with two outs, but ultimately Ellie Trieglaff struck out the final hitter to preserve the win. 

Kaija Aschnewitz led the way offensively with three hits, while Alydia Mitchell wen 2-3 with two runs scored and Wacker finished with a pair of hits. 

Trieglaff picked up the win by going seven innings, give up nine hits, six runs of which two were earned and striking out four hitters.

In the second game of the night, Frazee took an early 7-0 lead thanks to a three-run top of the first inning and a four run third inning, that included back-to-back two-run singles by Pausch and Eckert, but ultimately couldn’t hang on as B-W scored one run in the third and fourth innings and six runs in the fifth inning to come away with an 8-7 win. 

Eckert led the way offensively with three hits, while Katie Courneya, Aschnewitz and Wacker each finished with two hits apiece. 

Eckert took the loss in the circle as she went five innings and gave up nine hits, eight runs of which just two were earned and struck out six hitters. Trieglaff pitched one inning of scoreless softball in relief. 

Frazee vs. Breckenridge

AB R H     BI

Ella Ullrich 4 1 0 1

McKenna Wacker 4 1 2 1

Ellie Trieglaff 3 0 0 0

Hailee Olson 3 0 1 0

Katie Courneya 3 0 0 0

Kaija Aschnewitz 3 2 3 0

Alydia Mitchell 3 2 2 0

Caleigh Pausch 2 1 0 1

Ruby Eckert 2 1 1 2

Sophia Strand 0 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- H. Olson, R. Eckert

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- E. Trieglaff 7.0-9-6-2-1-4

Frazee vs. Breckenridge

AB R H     BI

Ella Ullrich 3 1 0 0

McKenna Wacker 4 1 2 0

Ellie Trieglaff 3 2 1 0

Hailee Olson 4 0 0 0

Katie Courneya 4 1 2 1

Kaija Aschnewitz 4 1 2 0

Alydia Mitchell 4 0 0 0

Caleigh Pausch 4 1 1 2

Ruby Eckert 3 0 3 2

Sophia Strand 0 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- 

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- R. Eckert 5.0-9-8-2-0-6, E. Trieglaff 1.0-0-0-0-0-1