The Hastings baseball team picked up an upset victory over Hill-Murray to start their 2026 season Tuesday, winning 3-1 as heard live on KDWA. The Pioneers scored first on an RBI single in the second inning, but the Raiders would capitalize on two Hill-Murray defensive miscues in the bottom of the inning and plate three runs, highlighted by a two-RBI single by Gunner Skov. Starting pitcher Carter Lundstrom stopped multiple Pioneers rallies throughout the contest going six stellar innings on the mound to keep the game at 3-1, and Zach Simon came on in the seventh to earn the save. Lundstrom and Simon combined to strand nine Pioneers baserunners in the contest, while Skov went 2-3 at the plate driving in two. Hastings head coach Ryan Stoffel said after the game it was a big improvement from last year in pulling out the victory. Hastings is now 1-0 on the season.
The Raiders softball team got their season started with a victory as well, winning with some offensive fireworks over South St. Paul 13-11. Hastings pitcher Sophie Braaten pitched a complete game earning 13 strikeouts on just two walks, Ella Hauschildt drove in four runs on two hits and scored twice in the contest.
The Hastings boys and girls track and field teams took home meet championships at Tartan on Tuesday, also their first competition of the season. The boys scored 120 team points, with top finishers including:
Sebastian Strauss – 100m – 1st
Sebastian Strauss – 200m – 1st
Cody Weber – 400m – 1st
Gabriel Peterson – 800m – 1st
Aven Johnson – 300m Hurdles – 1st
4x100m Relay – 1st
4x200m Relay – 1st
Cole Ebeling – Pole Vault – 1st
Henry Naber – Triple Jump – 1st
The girls scored 134 points, with top finishers including:
Ellie Magnus – 100m – 1st
Ellie Magnus – 200m – 1st
Olyvia Erickson – 400m – 1st
Eliana Lucking – 800m – 1st
Jenevieve Behnke – 100m Hurdles – 1st
Jenevieve Behnke – 300m Hurdles – 1st
4x200m Relay – 1st
Natalie Knutson – Shot Put – 1st
Piper Brockman – Discus – 1st
Mya Bauer – High Jump – 1st
Mya Bauer – Triple Jump – 1st
Paisley Grunzke – Long Jump – 1st
The track and field teams are back in action in a varsity quadrangular tomorrow at Simley.
The Prescott baseball team got out to an early lead in their contest against Somerset to start the season, taking down the Spartans 9-2 in dominant fashion. Prescott scored four runs in the first to take a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, adding another in the fifth and four more in the sixth to hold off a late Somerset rally scoring a pair of runs in the fifth. Brody Temmers pitched five innings giving up just one run, three hits, and striking out five to earn the win, while Zack Murphy pitched two innings to close out the game. Prescott is now 1-0, and will take on Somerset again tomorrow.
And the Prescott softball team faced some early miscues as the fell to #3 Somerset 4-3. The Spartans scored a run in the second inning, but the Cardinals answered back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning to hold a brief lead, only to see Somerset score again the third to tie the score at two. Somerset scored two more in the fifth to lead 4-2, with Prescott answering but only earning a run, and were held scoreless the rest of the way. The Cardinals mustered only three hits, with Maren Zweifel driving in two runs on a double, and Grace Ptacek took the loss in the circle. The Cardinals are now 1-1, and have a rematch with Somerset tomorrow.