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Tulane Green Wave Baseball Falls Short of Sweep of North Dakota State
The Tulane Green Wave baseball team wrapped up their weekend series with the North Dakota State Bison with a 12-3 loss on Sunday.
Even with the loss, Tulane (11-4) finished off the weekend with a 2-1 record against the Bison as they prepare to spend the following eight games at home.
The Bison managed to chase of Green Wave starter J.D. Rodriguez (1-1) in the first inning, as he failed to record an out after giving up two hits and two runs. The Bison took a 2-1 lead after the first inning and never relinquished the lead.
Seven other Tulane relievers pitched, as they gave up a combined 12 hits and 12 runs. They struck out a combined 14 and walked seven.
Tulane was held to four hits at the plate, with Tanner Chun driving in two runs on a 1-for-3 afternoon. He slammed a home run in the sixth inning. Mathias Haas drove in the other run as he went 0-for-3. He drove in the run on a groundout to first base.
Before Sunday’s finale, the Green Wave had to wrap up the second game of their series with the Bison, which was suspended late Saturday due to weather. The game restarted in the eighth inning and the Green Wave won, 9-3.
The Green Wave led the game, 9-2, when the game was suspended on Saturday. Trey Cehajic put in a quality start for Tulane, striking out six and giving up one run in six innings. He claimed the win and dropped his ERA to 2.33.
Connor Rasmussen and Haas had back-to-back home runs in the first inning and Tulane held led from there. Rasmussen had three hits and three RBI before the game was suspended.
Tulane won the opening game of the series, 7-6, on Friday. Michael Lombardi’s RBI single in the ninth tied the game and an ensuing throwing error allowed Chun to score the winning run from second base.
Lombardi had three hits and drove in four runs. Jacob Moore (2-1) claimed the win in relief after getting Tulane out of a jam in the ninth inning. While starter Luc Fladda gave up six runs and was chased in the fifth inning, the Green Wave bullpen threw 4.2 innings of scoreless relief.
The Green Wave are at the start of an 11-game homestand. On Tuesday, Tulane hosts Nicholls, then Jackson State on Wednesday. The weekend brings a three-game set with Xavier. The following week the Green Wave will host Lamar on March 18 and then Wichita State from March 21-23. That series opens American Athletic Conference action.
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
On this day in 1971, Rugby repeated as North Dakota’s high school sand greens golf champion behind medalist Dwight Stempson’s winning performance.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Rugby Repeats As Sand Greens Golf Champion
RUGBY, N. D. — Rugby repeated as North Dakota high school sand greens golf champion here Wednesday, posting a four-man total of 293 strokes for 18 holes.
Led by medalist Dwight Stempson’s medalist 36-35 — 71, the Panthers were eight strokes ahead of runnerup Stanley, which had a 301. Following were Garrison 311, Beulah 315, Leeds 322, Ashley 323, Bottineau 328, Pembina 329, Tioga 332, Parshall 341 and Hettinger 342.
Stempson and teammate Bruce Carlson each had one-under par 71s, but Carlson was unable to be at the regional and wasn’t qualified for individual honors.
Rounding out the Rugby totals were Delwin Wilson 40-37 — 77 and Dennett Hutchinson 35-39 — 74. Gary Kirchoffner, 41-39 — 80, was Rugby’s fifth entrant with the best four-of-five scores counted.
Runnerup Stanley was led by Steve Springan’s 34-38 — 72 and Joe Springan’s 36-38 — 74. Their two-man total of 146 strokes was good enough for the doubles title. Two strokes back with a 148 was the duo of Stempson and Wilson. Stan Saathoff and Mike Stepina of Garrison each had 76s for a 152 total and the Ashley combo of Steve Maier (76) and Dave Kretschmar (78) was fourth with a 154.
Stempson was the driving contest winner with a distance of 280 yards. Chris Knutson of Garrison headed the pitch and putt competition.
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