May 27—MAPLE LAKE — In its first season in the Central Minnesota Conference, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City clinched the conference title after sweeping Maple Lake on Tuesday.
The Falcons (17-2) won 10-0 in six innings, followed by a 10-5 victory.
The conference championship is ACGC’s first since 2008.
Game 1:
ACGC 10,
Maple Lake 0
ACGC 131 311-10 13 2
Maple Lake 000 000- 0 4 4
Hitting — ACGC: Connor Barker 3-3 2b r-2 rbi, Zach Bagley 3-3 r, Josh Kingery 2-4 hr r-2 rbi-4, Logan Straumann 2-4 2b rbi, Malcolm Ludwig 1-2 2b r, Jack Peterson 1-3 2b r rbi, Jaxon Behm 1-4 rbi … Maple Lake: Edward Neu 2-3, Ryley Hagen 1-3, Nathan Zander 1-3.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — ACGC: Peterson (W) 5-4-0-0-1-11, Behm 1-0-0-0-1-1 … Maple Lake: Neu (L) 4-9-8-7-5-3, Brady Scanlon 2-4-2-2-2-2.
Game 2:
ACGC 10,
Maple Lake 5
Maple Lake 000 140 0- 5 7 2
ACGC 300 025 x-10 8 3
Hitting — Maple Lake: Noah Beffel 2-4, Edward Neu 1-3 r, Brady Scanlon 1-3 2b r rbi, Nathan Zander 1-4 r, Marcus Weimer 1-3 rbi-2 … ACGC: Connor Barker 2-3 2b hr r-2 rbi-4, Logan Straumann 2-4 rbi, Josh Kingery 1-2 r-3, Jack Peterson 1-4 2b r-2 rbi-3, Hayden Straumann 1-3 rbi-2, Masson Hiltner 1-2 r.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Maple Lake: Ryley Hagen 5-4-5-4-5-6, Zander (L) 1-4-5-5-3-0 … ACGC: Zach Bagley 5-6-5-4-3-8, Jaxon Behm (W) 1-1-0-0-0-3, Barker 1-0-0-0-2-1.
NLS 10, Montevideo 4
New London-Spicer snapped a seven-game losing streak following a non-conference win over Montevideo in the regular-season finale Tuesday at Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer.
The Thunder Hawks are scheduled to face Yellow Medicine East to conclude the regular season Thursday in Granite Falls.
Montevideo 000 200 2- 4 6 4
NLS 022 150 x-10 9 1
Hitting — Montevideo: Landen Knoshal 2-4 r rbi sb, Kaden Boike 1-3, Colby Buseman 1-3 r sb, Dylan Spray 1-1 rbi, Isaac Moravetz 1-1 r … NLS: Aeden Andresen 1-3 r sb bb, Bennett Schultz 1-2 r bb, Gavin Degner 2-4 2b-2 rbi-3, Hayden Christopherson 2-4 2b-2 r-2, Riley Lessman 1-3 r-2 bb, Logan Woelfel 1-1 2b r-2 rbi, Matthew Kraemer 1-3 rbi, Luke Ruter 0-1 r rbi bb sac, Kaidin Yeo 0-0 r.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Montevideo: Buseman (L) 3-2-4-2-4-6, Boike 3-7-6-3-0-2 … NLS: Degner (W) 5-2-2-0-0-6, Christopherson 2-4-2-2-0-2.