St. Paul Johnson won the girls' badminton state championship with a 5-2 win over St. Paul Washington on Tuesday at Burnsville High School.
The Governors defeated Edina 6-1 in the opening round and St. Paul Central 7-0 in the semifinals.
This is the fifth title in a row for the Governors and 10th overall. They have won nine of the past 10.
The individual tournament begins Wednesday at Burnsville. The championship match is set for 10 a.m. Thursday.
Softball
East Ridge 7, Park of Cottage Grove 6: The Raptors, ranked No. 6 in Class 4A, beat the top-ranked Wolfpack. Josie Dorf led the way, going 3-for-3 with a home run, double and five RBI. Kaitlin Boyles knocked in the other two runs with her two hits. Hannah Schluetter had three RBI for Park of Cottage Grove, going 1-for-3 with a double. The Wolfpack started the season 15-1 but has dropped two of its past three games to end its regular season. The Raptors will play Cretin-Derham Hall and Roseville on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, to finish the regular season.
Orono 10, Delano 9: Jordan Allar drove in the winning run for the Spartans in the bottom of the seventh to cap a four-run inning. Sydney Decubellis went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run with three RBI. Lexi Barduson had three hits and two RBI for the Tigers.
Chisago Lakes 9, Princeton 0: Kaitlyn Istvanovich knocked in five runs, going 3-for-4 for the Wildcats. She had two doubles and a home run. Ashley Mandell pitched a shutout with six strikeouts. Alison Bergerson also had three hits for Chisago Lakes and one RBI. Allie Skuza had two of the Tigers' three hits.
Baseball
Burnsville 2, Rosemount 0: Sean Floersch pitched a no-hitter to lead the Blaze to its fifth win in a row. He had five strikeouts and walked two. Konner Kirchoffner was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Jacob Petersen also struck out five for the Irish and gave up three hits.
