Cathedral sets record

A bit of a Jackson connection to the Greyhounds mark

New Ulm Cathedral is the new record holder for most state softball championships as the Greyhounds defeated Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 10-4 in the Class A championship game Friday at Caswell Park in North Mankato.

It’s their eighth state title. They had been tied with St. Bernard’s with seven state championships.

Cathedral’s first state title was in 1993 in Fridley. The Greyhounds defeated Jackson High School 8-0 in the semifinals that year.

That was the first of three state titles for Cathedral, led by pitcher Steph Klavitter. The Greyhounds compiled a record of 85-3 in those three seasons with Klavitter going 74-3.

In that 1993 season she was 23-1 with an earned run average of 0.38.

Klavitter went on to play at Minnesota and later played three seasons in the Women’s Professional Softball League.

It was Cathedral’s 19^th trip to the state tourney. Hermantown holds the record for the most state tournament appearances with seven.

In Class AA, Randolph won its second state title with a 3-0 win over Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial.

Section 3AA champion Dassel-Cokato won the consolation bracket title. After a 7-1 loss to LCWM in the opening round, the Chargers beat Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton and Glencoe-Silver Lake, each by a 1-0 score.

It was D-C’s third win of the season over GSL.

Mankato East beat Cretin-Derham Hall 6-1 to win the Class AAA title, the sixth championship in school history. The Cougars scored all of their runs in the top of the seventh inning. The Raiders scored their lone run in the fourth.

State softball tournament champions

1977: Coon Rapids (21-1)
1978: Cambridge (21-2)
1979: A-Wadena (14-2); AA-Rosemount (20-2)
1980: A-Jordan (23-0); AA-Austin (22-0)
1981: A-Moose Lake/Barnum (19-0); AA-Austin (24-0)
1982: A-Moose Lake (22-0); AA-Henry Sibley (19-2)
1983: A-LaCrescent (18-3); AA-Hill-Murray (23-1)
1984: A-Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (15-2); AA-North St. Paul (22-2)
1985: A-St. Bernard’s (23-4); AA-Robbinsdale Cooper (17-5)
1986: A-St, Bernard’s (23-1); AA-Mankato East (25-0)
1987: A-Glencoe (23-1); AA-Austin (21-7)
1988: A-Southland (24-0); AA-Mankato East (24-1)
1989: A-St. Bernard’s (26-1); AA-Mankato East (24-2)
1990: A-St. Bernard’s (28-0); AA-Mankato West (24-4)
1991: A-Hermantown (24-3); AA-Mankato East (23-2)
1992: A-Maple River (28-0); AA-Richfield (22-6)
1993: A-New Ulm Cathedral (28-1); AA-Park (22-2)
1994: A-New Ulm Cathedral (27-1); AA-St. Cloud Tech (20-7)
1995: A-New Ulm Cathedral (30-1); AA-Stillwater (25-2)
1996: A-Maple River (26-0); AA-Stillwater (27-0)
1997: A-Mound Westonka (24-2); AA-Hopkins (25-2)
1998: A-Esko (25-3); AA-Stillwater (22-4)
1999: A-Wabasso (21-2); AA-Minnetonka (22-5)
2000: A-St. Bernard’s (18-9); AA-Holy Angels (18-9); AAA-Minnetonka (23-2)
2001: A-Mankato Loyola (23-4); AA-Maple River (26-2); AAA-Robbinsdale Armstrong (24-5)
2002: A-St. Bernard’s (22-4); AA-Hermantown (25-3);AAA-Eden Prairie (21-6)
2003: A-New Ulm Cathedral (25-3); AA-Winona Cotter (26-2); AAA-Eastview (26-4)
2004: A-St. Bernard’s (24-5);AA-Jackson County Central (26-2); AAA-Burnsville (20-5)
2005: A-New Ulm Cathedral (25-2); AA-Jackson County Central (25-2); AAA-Burnsville (21-3)
2006: A-Springfield (22-6); AA-Winona Cotter (25-3); AAA-Rosemount (26-1)
2007: A-New Ulm Cathedral (28-1); AA-Pipestone (26-3); AAA-North St. Paul (24-5)
2008: A-New Life Academy (21-6); AA-Orono (28-1); AAA-Eagan (21-2)
2009: A-New Life Academy (22-6); AA-Hermantown (27-3); AAA-Elk River (23-6)
2010: A-New Life Academy (22-1); AA-Park Center (24-6); AAA-Burnsville (23-3)
2011: A-New Life Academy (24-4); AA-Park Center (26-4); AAA-Hastings (23-2)
2012: A-Cherry (26-0); AA-New Ulm (23-2); AAA-Stillwater Area (21-8)
2013: A-Blooming Prairie (23-3); AA-New Ulm (25-3); AAA-Elk River (21-3)
2014: A-New Ulm Cathedral (26-1); AA-Kasson-Mantorville (28-0); AAA-Lakeville South (22-5)
2015: A-New Life Academy (23-3); AA-Kasson-Mantorville (26-2); AAA-Eastview (24-3)
2016: A-Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian (20-7); AA-Zumbrota-Mazeppa (26-1); AAA-Mankato West (26-1); AAAA-Chanhassen (24-3)
2017: A-New York Mills (25-2); AA-Zumbrota-Mazeppa (24-6); AAA-Winona (24-3); AAAA-Farmington (24-3)
2018: A-New York Mills (27-1); AA-Maple Lake (28-1); AAA-Faribault (23-2); AAAA-Stillwatwer Area (16-13)
2019: A-Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian (20-5); AA-Rochester Lourdes (25-3); AAA-Northfield (21-3); AAAA-Maple Grove (25-2)
2020: No tournament
2021: A-Randolph (27-0); AA-LeSueur-Henderson (24-1); AAA-Becker (20-6); AAAA-Rosemount (24-1)
2022: A-Nicollet (24-2); AA-Chatfield (28-2); AAA-Mankato West (23-4); AAAA-Forest Lake (22-5)
2023: A-Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian (19-6); AA-Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (26-2); Mankato East (26-3); Rosemount (26-0)
2024: A-New Ulm Cathedral (25-2); AA-Randolph (27-1); AAA-Mankato East (20-6)