South Ridge falls to New Ulm Cathedral in baseball semifinals

State Baseball: Fast Start By New Ulm Cathedral Dooms South Ridge in A Semifinals

ST. CLOUD, Minn.- The South Ridge baseball team made their first state semifinal appearance since 2018 on Thursday. Facing New Ulm Cathedral, the Greyhounds jumped out to a 7-0 lead after three innings of play. Then in the top of the 6th, Sam Pretasky put a one on the board for the Panthers as he reached first on an error. Sadly, that’s the only run South Ridge could muster as they fell to New Ulm Cathedral 8 to 1. The Panthers will share 3rd pl…

South Ridge falls to New Ulm Cathedral in baseball semifinals

ST. CLOUD — The problem wasn’t that South Ridge pitchers gave up runs early in their state semifinal game against New Ulm Cathedral Thursday at Joe Faber Field. The problem was the Panthers weren’t hitting well enough to get those runs back in an 8-1 loss, according to coach Aaron Weber, and Greyhound pitcher Jake Finstad didn’t help matters. In a complete game, Finstad allowed just two hits and one run and struck out five. His only walk was to …