Lake Region sports roundup: April 17-20

Weather mostly wiped out sports over the weekend, but Monday was a busy day in the Lake Region sports scene.

North Star baseball finally got its season going, splitting a pair of region games. The Nelson County/Midkota baseball team got its first win of the season, and Theo Romfo smashed another homer for Langdon Area/Munich.

LA/M also had two qualifying relay times in track and field on Monday, along with Levi Swanson qualifying in javelin.

Lake Region State College moved all of its games to Montana. The Royals continued to struggle in the win column, but Devils Lake alum Trason Beck had a nice series.

Athlete spotlight: Theo Romfo, Langdon Area/Munich baseball

For the second time already this season, Romfo once again stands out. LA/M played its second seven-inning game of the season on Monday — and Romfo has homered in both of them.

This comes after he hit eight home runs as a junior.

Romfo went 3-for-5, leading the Cardinals to a 12-2 run-rule win in their region opener against Grafton. In LA/M’s two seven-inning games, Romfo has gone 7-for-10 with two homers. He’s off to an absolutely blistering start.

Romfo and the Cardinals have a busy weekend coming up, with three games between Friday and Saturday, before playing a strong Class B team in Park River Area on Monday. In the teams’ most recent meeting last year, LA/M lost 3-1. The lone run, of course, came from a Romfo homer.

Game spotlight: Nelson County/Midkota baseball secures first win of season

NC/M had been off to kind of a tough 0-4 start. The Chargers battled with Park River Area and Midway/Minto but had no wins to show for it.

They got over the hump on Monday.

Not only did they get a win, but it was a commanding, well-rounded victory. It was a 10-0 run-rule win over Maple River. Caleb Rainsberry, who’s just a freshman, pitched six scoreless innings with only two hits allowed. He struck out six. He also went 2-for-4 out of the leadoff spot.

Landon Sundeen also had a multi-hit game. He, Rainsberry and Lakin Ronningen each recorded a double. Brody Rainsberry also contributed with a walk, two RBIs and three stolen bases. Even the nine-hole hitter was productive, as Westin Wright went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.

NC/M scored in every inning except the third.

It was a region win for the Chargers, improving their region record to 1-2.

April 17

All outdoor sports were canceled or postponed due to cold weather and snow.

April 18

All outdoor sports were canceled or postponed due to cold weather and snow.

April 19

College baseball

Lake Region State College (7-31, 1-10) 1, Dawson Community College 5

• Score by inning: 0-1, 1-0, 0-2, 0-2, 0-0, 0-0, 0-x
• LRSC: 1 R, 1 H, 2 E
• Lucas Lyons: 1-for-2, BB

Lake Region State College (7-32, 1-11) 4, Dawson Community College 5

• Score by inning: 0-0, 0-3, 0-2, 2-0, 2-0, 0-0, 0-x
• LRSC: 4 R, 6 H, 1 E
• Lucas Lyons: 2-for-3, BB, RBI, R
• Trason Beck: 2-for-3
• Jack Albert: 2.0 IP, H, 0 R, 2 BB, SO
• Ashton Rinas: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 2 SO

College softball

Lake Region State College (4-29, 0-11) 1, Dawson Community College 9

• Score by inning: 0-2, 0-1, 0-0, 0-1, 1-5
• LRSC: 1 R, 5 H, 1 E
• Alexa Ferguson: 2-for-2, BB

Lake Region State College (4-30, 0-12) 0, Dawson Community College 10

• Score by inning: 0-1, 0-2, 0-4, 0-3, 0-x
• LRSC: 0 R, 1 H, 3 E
• Ella Harkness: 1-for-2

April 20

High school baseball

North Star (1-0, 1-0) 6, Harvey/Wells County 3

• Score by inning: 0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 4-1, 0-1, 1-0
• North Star: 6 R, 4 H, 2 E
• Hunter Hagler: 1-for-2, BB, RBI, 2 R
• Kale Prouty: 1-for-2, 2 R
• JD DuPreez: 4.0 IP, 0 H, R, 4 BB, 7 SO
• Levi Borstad: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 6 SO

North Star (1-1, 1-1) 11, Rugby 12

• Score by inning: 0-5, 2-2, 3-0, 2-4, 1-0, 1-0, 2-1
• North Star: 11 R, 12 H, 3 E
• Hunter Hagler: 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
• Rylen Anderson: 1-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R
• Ian Westlind: 2-for-4, BB, 2 R; 3.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 SO
• Kole Thomson: 4-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R; 2.1 IP, H, R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO

Nelson County/Midkota (1-4, 1-2) 10, Maple River 0

• Score by inning: 1-0, 1-0, 0-0, 2-0, 2-0, 4-0
• NC/M: 10 R, 7 H, 0 E
• Caleb Rainsberry: 2-for-4, 2B, R; 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 6 SO
• Landon Sundeen: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R

Langdon Area/Munich (2-1, 1-0) 12, Grafton 2

• Score by inning: 0-0, 3-0, 1-1, 3-0, 2-0, 3-1
• LA/M: 12 R, 12 H, 1 E
• Theo Romfo: 3-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
• Landon Schneider: 2-for-3, 2 BB, RBI, R
• Sam Davis: 2-for-4, BB, RBI, 2 R
• Dawson Downs: 1-for-1, 4 BB, 2 R
• Jax Johnson: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, ER, 4 BB, 7 SO

Langdon Area/Munich (3-1, 1-0) 4, Grafton 0 (5 innings)

• Score by inning: 3-0, 0-0, 1-0, 0-0, 0-0
• LA/M: 4 R, 5 H, 1 E
• Grady Pankratz: 2-for-3, 2 RBI; 2.0 IP, H, 0 R, BB, 4 SO
• Devin Hakanson: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO

High school softball

Langdon Area/Munich (0-2, 0-2) 0, Thompson 20

• Score by inning: 0-3, 0-11, 0-6
• LA/M: 0 R, 1 H, 3 E

High school track and field

Anonymous Grizzly Invite

Boys

Langdon Area/Munich: 36 points (8th place out of 11 teams)

• Levi Swanson: 3rd place in javelin (158’0”, qualified for state)
• Caleb McDonald: 3rd place in high jump (5’10”), 3rd place in long jump (19’8”)

Girls

Langdon Area/Munich: 56 points (6th place out of 11 teams)

• Mya Swanson, Olivia Lorenz, Taya Feist, Hallie Overby: 1st place in 4×800 relay (10:18.97, qualified for state), 2nd place in 4×400 relay (4:15.79, qualified for state)
• Taya Feist: 2nd place in high jump (5’0”)
• Fenja Lawson: 3rd place in shot put (36’7.75”)

Hazen Small Meet

Boys

New Rockford-Sheyenne: No place

• Zack Langstaff, Thomas Allmaras, Easton Benz, Koy Zieman: 1st place in 4×100 relay (44.97), 1st place in 4×200 relay (1:34.74)
• Easton Benz: 3rd place in long jump (20’1.00”, personal best)
• Thomas Allmaras: 5th place in long jump (19’6.75”)
• Koy Zieman: 6th place in long jump (18’5.75”, personal best)

High school boys’ golf

Oakes meet

New Rockford-Sheyenne: 2nd place overall

• Jackson Schumacher: 2nd place
• Jax Demester: 4th place

College baseball

Dawson Community College 15, Lake Region State College (7-33, 1-12) 4

• Score by inning: 7-2, 1-0, 0-0, 3-0, 4-2
• LRSC: 4 R, 6 H, 1 E
• Lucas Lyons: 3-for-3, 2 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, R
• Trason Beck: 1-for-3, RBI

Dawson Community College 11, Lake Region State College (7-34, 1-13) 3

• Score by inning: 1-0, 0-1, 3-0, 0-1, 2-1, 5-0, 0-0
• LRSC: 3 R, 6 H, 5 E
• Trason Beck: 3-for-3, 2B
• Lucas Lyons: 1-for-4, HR
• Ty Cavers: 1-for-2, 2B, BB, RBI
• Hunter Remmick: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

College softball

Dawson Community College 17, Lake Region State College (4-31, 0-13) 7

• Score by inning: 2-0, 4-0, 1-3, 0-0, 3-2, 7-2
• LRSC: 7 R, 9 H, 1 E
• Kaell Klisowsky: 3-for-3, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, R
• Ella Harkness: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R
• Leta Schulz: 2-for-4, RBI

Dawson Community College 12, Lake Region State College (4-32, 0-14) 4

• Score by inning: 1-1, 2-0, 3-1, 2-1, 0-0, 4-1
• LRSC: 4 R, 6 H, 6 E
• Payton Durand: 2-for-2, 2 BB, 3 RBI
• Katie Allmaras: 1-for-3, HR
• Kaell Klisowsky: 2-for-3, BB