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finished in eighth place at the April 30 Drake Alternative meet, threw the discus a personal-best 71-1 at the Holst Invitational and cleared a personal-bet 11-1.75 in the pole vault at the April 2 Hamline Invitational.

On the diamond

Addison Warner, a 2021 Gilman graduate, had a strong first season with the Madison College softball team, earning second-team all-conference honors in the North Central Community College Conference.

Warner, who pitched and is also listed as an infielder, made 13 appearances and eight starts in the pitching circle, going 6-2. The right-hander fanned 42 batters and registered an earned run average of 2.67 over 36.2 innings. Warner twice struck out six batters in a game. She was third on the team in starts and pitched four complete games. She allowed 33 hits and 20 runs, 14 of which were earned.

Warner picked up her first win with a five-inning complete game on March 5 in a 13-3 rout of South Suburban College played at The Dome at the Ballpark in Rosemont, Ill. Given a 9-0 lead in the first inning by the offense, she cruised, striking out six, walking and allowing four hits and three unearned runs. She threw a four-hit, five-inning shutout in a 13-0 win at McHenry County College on April 15, striking out five and walking two, and she threw a five-inning complete game in a 15-1 win at Kishwaukee College on May 2, allowing just two hits while striking out six and walking three. The run was earned.

Warner was the winning pitcher in a 10-1 win at Milwaukee Area Technical College on May 7, going three innings and striking out four and walking two while allowing two hits and an unearned run. She threw a five-inning complete game in a 16-2 March 13 win over the Minnesota-Morris JV team. She struck out four, walked four and allowed two hits and two earned runs in that win. Warner got the win in a 12-6 home victory over Carl Sandburg College on April 23. She allowed four hits, an earned run and two walks while striking out three in three innings.

Warner struck out four batters in 2.2 relief innings in a 7-3 loss to Sauk Valley Community College on April 16.

The WolfPack went 31-16 overall, including an 8-3 mark in conference play. The team’s streak of district championships and trips to the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament ended at three when the second-seeded team was eliminated after three games in the Midwest District A tournament held in Freeport, Ill. Madison College opened with a 4-3 win over third-seeded Sauk Valley, but then lost 9-2 to top-seeded Triton College and 5-1 in a rematch with Sauk Valley.

John McMurry, a 2020 Medford graduate, saw an increased workload in his second season as a relief pitcher for Viterbo University’s baseball team.

The sophomore had an 0-1 record with an improved 4.15 ERA in 17.1 innings pitched. He made 13 appearances, allowing 20 hits and nine runs, eight of which were earned. He struck out 15, walked six and averaged 7.79 strikeouts per nine innings, all better numbers than he posted in 2021.

The V-Hawks had a tough season, going 16-36 overall and struggled even more in conference play, finishing with a 5-20 record in the North Star Athletic Association. The team did make a little run at the end of the year, winning twice in the conference tournament before bowing out of the double-elimination tournament with an 11-4 loss to second-seeded Dakota State on May 9. One of its tournament wins was an 8-1 upset win over Dakota State in the first round.

McMurry pitched once in the NSAA tournament, eating up 2.2 innings in a 10-1 loss to third-seeded Dickinson State. He tied his season-best with three strikeouts, walked one and allowed two hits and a run, which came on a solo homer by Dawson Cortese that accounted for the game’s final run. The tournament was held in Forest City, Iowa and hosted by Waldorf University.

McMurry also pitched 2.2 innings in a 5-4 loss at Graceland (Joplin, Mo.) on Feb. 19. He struck out three batters in that game as well while allowing three hits and an earned run. He struck out two of three batters faced in an 11-4 loss at Kansas Christian on Feb. 10, pitched a scoreless inning in fall ball Oct. 23 in a 5-2 win at Lincoln Christian and threw a scoreless 2.1 innings March 6 in a 3-2 loss to Madonna. He allowed one hit in that stint. He took the loss in a walk-off, 3-2 defeat at Columbia (Mo.) on March 14.

Former Rib Lake-Prentice football quarterback Trace Brayton made three early-season pitching appearances for the University of Minnesota-Crookston baseball team. The 2019 Prentice grad retired two of four batters faced in the sixth inning of an 8-4 loss Feb. 7 at Northwestern Oklahoma, getting a flyout and a strikeout before allowing a homer and a single. He retired one of five batters faced in the eighth inning of a 10-8 loss at Hawaii-Hilo on Feb. 13, allowing five hits and three earned runs. The home team scored seven in that inning to overturn a 7-3 deficit. Brayton faced two batters, walking one and giving up a hit in a 12-7 loss to Saint Leo on March 9.

The Golden Eagles went 18-27 this spring, including a 10-16 record in the NSIC.