Cal Hanson's deep fly ball to center field scored Jack Snee with the winning run in Champlin Park's 2-1 walk-off victory in 10 innings over Mounds View in the Class 4A, Section 5 baseball title game.
Ian Koltes led off the 10th with a single; Snee replaced him as a courtesy runner. Max Loven and Trey Carlson attempted sacrifice bunts in the next two plate appearances, but the Mustangs were unable to get the lead runner out in both instances. After a strikeout, Hanson followed with his sacrifice fly.
Cole Albers pitched two shutout innings of relief, which included three strikeouts in the top of 10th inning, for the victory.
Quinn Viktora of the Rebels tied the score at 1-all in the bottom of the first inning on a line drive double to left-center to bring in Zach Loven, who had walked.
Forest Lake 1, Duluth East 0: Cameron Kline nearly single-handedly gave the Rangers the Class 4A, Section 7 title. The senior pitched a shutout and scored the game's only run in the fifth. He hit a double and was driven in by Mitchell Jerde.
Burnsville 4-7, East Ridge 3-1: Henry Ristbedt allowed two hits and no runs in five innings in relief of Sam Carlson as the Blaze easily won the second and deciding game of the Class 4A, Section 3 championship series. Dan Sandvig drove in three runs for the Blaze. Carlson, who threw only the first two innings of the second game, picked up a save in a one-run win in Game 1. The Blaze took advantage of five Raptors errors to force the second game.
Boys' lacrosse
Eden Prairie 11, Minnetonka 6: The Eagles broke the game open with a five-goal fourth quarter to win the Section 2 title.
Girls' lacrosse
Blake 13, Breck 8: The Bears held off the Mustangs in the second half to win the Section 5 title.
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