Tuesday's rain made for a fast-paced and eventful Wednesday at the high school softball state tournament, where 16 quarterfinal games and eight semifinals were packed into one day. Those games happened six at a time on the fields at Caswell Park in North Mankato, and Minnesota Star Tribune reporters Jim Paulsen and Sean Baker followed the action all day and well into the night, posting minute to minute the happenings and the scores.
Semifinal winners Wednesday advanced to championship games Friday, and, in a change this season, they'll come to the Twin Cities to play those. Championship games will be played Friday at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus.
Click on the links below for a boxscore.
CLASS 4A
Quarterfinals
Bloomington Jefferson 2, Brainerd 1
White Bear Lake 3, Farmington 1
Semifinals
Bloomington Jefferson 4, Forest Lake 2
Champlin Park 3, White Bear Lake 2
CLASS 3A
Quarterfinals
Chisago Lakes 13, Benilde-St. Margaret's 3
Semifinals
CLASS 2A
Quarterfinals
St. Cloud Cathedral 4, Spectrum 2
Jackson County Central 10, St. Agnes 0
Hawley 3, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 1
Semifinals
St. Cloud Cathedral 8, Randolph 6
Jackson County Central 1, Hawley 0
CLASS 1A
Quarterfinals
United South Central 12, Blackduck 0
Bethlehem Academy 7, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 2
Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 10, Moose Lake/Willow River 3
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