By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Frazee snapped a six game losing streak with a 2-1 win over Breckenridge in the regular season finale last week. The Hornets will enter the sub section tournament with a record of 10-10 overall after finishing in a tie for fifth place in the Heart O’ Lakes Conference. While that standing may change a bit, currently Frazee is in a tie with Hawley at 7-6 and just a half game behind Breckenridge who is 7-5 with several teams wrapping up conference play this week, the Hornets will turn their attention to the sub section playoffs that begin on Thursday. 

Frazee is currently in fifth place in the QRF in the north sub section, trailing just Nevis in fourth, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley in third, Sebeka in second and New York Mills in first place. 

Monday

Frazee outhit Menahga 12-8, but the Braves took advantage of four Hornet errors on their way to a 5-4 win in 11 innings on Monday night. 

The Hornets scored a pair of runs in the sixth inning on a Conner Erickson RBI double, as well as a passed ball. 

Frazee knotted the game up at 3-3 in the top of the seventh inning when Asher Blaine scored on an RBI single by Noah Mekalson. 

Both teams added a run in the eighth inning, before Menahga took the lead for good with an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning. 

Mekalson led the way offensively for the Hornets as he finished with three hits, while Chandler Ullrich, Karson Krause and Erickson each finished with a pair of hits.

Frazee vs. Menahga

AB R H     BI

Chandler Ullrich 6 0 2 0

Asher Blaine 6 1 0 0

Noah Mekalson 6 0 3 1

Karson Krause 5 1 2 0

Conner Erickson 3 1 2 1

Andrew Aho 3 1 0 0

Blake Sonnenberg 5 0 1 0

Mason Mickelson 5 0 1 1

Dawson Lyman 5 0 1 0

HITTING- 2B- Conner Erickson, Mason Mickelson

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Dawson Lyman 1.1-0-2-0-3-2, Noah Mekalson 9.0-7-1-1-1-7, Karson Krause 0.1-1-2-0-1-1

Tuesday

Ten Frazee errors led to 13 unearned runs in a 25-2 loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton on Tuesday night. After a scoreless first inning, the Rebels scored eight runs in the second, seven in the third, four in the fourth and six runs in the fifth inning to end the game by the 10-run rule. 

The lone runs of the game for the Hornets came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Dawson Lyman connected on an RBI double and Noah Mekalson was hit with the bases loaded to bring a run across the plate.

Lyman led the way offensively with two hits, both of which were doubles.

Adam Vigen took the loss on the mound as he went two innings and gave up seven hits, 11 runs of which four were earned and struck out four hitters. 

Thursday

Frazee ended a busy four day stretch of games by splitting a doubleheader against Breckenridge on Thursday night. 

After dropping the first game by a score of 4-1, the Hornets bounced back with a 2-1 win over the Cowboys to end the tough week with a 1-3 record. 

In the first game of the night, Breckenridge scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, before Frazee made the score 3-1 in the top of the second inning when Chandler Ullrich earned a two out walk with the bases loaded to force a run across the plate. Breckenridge added another run in the bottom of the second inning on a wild pitch to make the sore 4-1 in favor of Breckenridge, where it would eventually end. 

Asher Blaine took the loss on the mound for Frazee as he went five innings and gave up five hits and four earned runs, while striking out nine.

In the second game of the night, Karson Krause scattered five hits and one earned run, while striking out three hitters to get the best of Breckenridge by a score of 2-1. 

After Breckenridge scored a run in the top of the third inning, Frazee strung together four straight singles to start the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 2-1 lead when Noah Mekalson scored on an error and Karson Krause scored on a Blake Sonnenberg RBI single. 

Both teams had chances throughout the remainder of the game to bring more runs across the plate, including Breckenridge who had the bases loaded with two outs in the top of the seventh inning, but the pitchers did just enough to keep the score at 2-1 to end the game. 

Mekalson led the way offensively for the Hornets as he went 3-3 with a run scored, while Andrew Aho collected a single and a double in the win. 

AB R H     BI

Adam Vigen 3 0 1 0

Asher Blaine 3 0 1 0

Noah Mekalson 3 0 0 0

Karson Krause 3 0 0 0

Conner Erickson 2 1 0 0

Andrew Aho 2 0 0 0

Blake Sonnenberg 3 0 1 0

Mason Mickelson 2 0 0 0

Dawson Lyman 1 0 0 0

Chandler Ullrich 1 0 0 1

HITTING- 2B- 

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Asher Blaine 5.0-5-4-4-3-9, Dawson Lyman 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

AB R H     BI

Adam Vigen 3 0 0 0

Asher Blaine 3 0 1 0

Noah Mekalson 3 1 3 0

Karson Krause 3 1 1 0

Andrew Aho 3 0 2 0

Blake Sonnenberg 2 0 1 1

Conner Erickson 1 0 0 0

Mason Mickelson 2 0 0 0

Chandler Ullrich 2 0 0 0

Ben Reierson 1 0 0 0

Dawson Lyman 2 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Andrew Aho

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Karson Krause 6.0-5-1-1-5-3, Dawson Lyman 1.0-1-0-0-1-1