It lasted a few days longer than planned, but the 2023-2024 season of activities for the Minnesota State High School League ended Saturday with the final two games of the Prep Championship Series at Target Field.
All four state championship games were originally scheduled to be played last Monday, but the weather and the Twins playing at home pushed the schedule back. Two championship games were played on Friday and two on Saturday.
On Friday, Springfield won its second state title in school history with a 5-1 win over Parkers Prairie in the Class 1A championship game. The Tigers also beat the Panthers for the 1A crown in 2016.
Jakob Nachreiner, a senior righthander, threw a four-hitter while striking out 11. At the plate he had three hits and scored two runs.
Also on Friday, Rockford won its first state title by shutting out Foley 6-0.
Rockford junior pitcher Will Haas, committed to Tennessee, allowed only one hit, an infield single in the sixth inning. He struck out 13.
Saturday started with another first-time state champion as Totino-Grace edged Mahtomedi 2-1 behind Tommy Heifort’s complete game four-hitter. He walked one and struck out eight in his second complete game of the tournament after shutting out Little Falls in the quarterfinals.
In the final game, East Ridge won its second straight Class 4A title by beating Mounds View 3-2 on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh.
Class 1A
Quarterfinals
Parkers Prairie 3, Heritage Christian Academy 0
Sacred Heart 7, Lyle-Pacelli 5
Cherry 6, Lac qui Parle Valley 3
Springfield 4, New York Mills 0
Semifinals
Parkers Prairie 7, Sacred Heart 1
Springfield 4, Cherry 2
Consolation semifinals
Lyle-Pacelli 13, Heritage Christian Academy 3 (5 innings)
New York Mills 14, Lac qui Parle Valley 8
Consolation championship
New York Mills 7, Lyle-Pacelli 3
Third place
Sacred Heart 5, Cherry 3 (8 innings)
Championship
Springfield 5, Parkers Prairie 1
Class 2A
Quarterfinals
Rockford 2, Blake 1
Le Sueur-Henderson 9, Perham 1
Esko 3, Montevideo 2
Foley 6, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 5
Semifinals
Rockford 7, Le Sueur-Henderson 3
Foley 4, Esko 0
Consolation semifinals
Perham 6, Blake 5
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 8, Montevideo 5
Consolation championship
Perham 8, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 4
Third place
Esko 4, Le Sueur-Henderson 1
Championship
Rockford 6, Foley 0
Class 3A
Quarterfinals
Grand Ra[ids 4, Mankato East 3
Mahtomedi 8, Northfield 1
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 6, St. Thomas Academy 5
Totino-Grace 4, Little Falls 0
Semifinals
Mahtomedi 5, Grand Rapids 3
Totino-Grace 2, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 0
Consolation semifinals
Mankato East 4, Northfield 3
St. Thomas Academy 6, Little Falls 0
Consolation championship
Mankato East 7, St. Thomas Academy 4
Third place
Grand Rapids 5, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 1
Championship
Totino-Grace 2, Mahtomedi 1
Class 4A
Quarterfinals
Forest Lake 1, Farmington 0
East Ridge 7, Eastview 1
Wayzata 6, St. Cloud Crush 5
Mounds View 11, Minnetonka 1
Semifinals
East Ridge 10, Forest Lake 1
Mounds View 5, Wayzata 4
Consolation semifinals
Eastview 3, Farmington 1
Minnetonka 6, St. Cloud Crush 5 (9 innings)
Consolation championship
Minnetonka 13, Eastview 3 (6 innings)
Third place
Wayzata 3, Forest Lake 0
Championship
East Ridge 3, Mounds View 2
State championship games
Scores of championship games in state high school baseball tournaments.
1947
St. Cloud Tech 6, Glencoe 3
1948
Chisholm 13, Springfield 8
1949
Minneapolis Edison 6, St. Paul Washington 3
1950
Duluth Denfeld 6, Buffalo 5
1951
Redwood Falls 1, Melrose 0
1952
Halstad 9, Austin 2
1953
St. Paul Washington 6, Austin 1
1954
Austin 3, Duluth Denfeld 2
1955
Minneapolis Washburn 11, St. Paul Wilson 0
1956
St. Paul Washington 4, Bemidji 2
1957
Little Falls 3, Mankato 2 (8 innings)
1958
St. Paul Johnson 6, Minneapolis Washburn 2
1959
Minneapolis Washburn 7, Austin 2
1960
Minneapolis Washburn 4, Little Falls 1
1961
North St. Paul 2, Minneapolis Washburn 0
1962
Richfield 4, Austin 3
1963
Minneapolis Washburn 9, Hibbing 1
1964
Austin 3, Minneapolis West 0
1965
Richfield 2, St. Paul Humboldt 1
1966
Bloomington Kennedy 2, Hastings 0
1967
Hastings 4, Austin 0
1968
Edina 12, Hibbing 4
1969
Minneapolis Washburn 5, Albert Lea 1
1970
Albany 1, New Ulm 0 (12 innings)
1971
Richfield 5, Faribault 0
1972
Richfield 1, Anoka 0
1973
Bemidji 3, Winona 1
1974
Owatonna 6, Willmar 5
1975
Bloomington Kennedy 10, Fairmont 4
1976
A: Babbitt 6, Sleepy Eye 5
AA: Hill-Murray 1, Marshall 0 (8 innings)
1977
A: St. Cloud Cathedral 2, Staples 1
AA: St. Peter 11, Edina 1 (5 innings)
1978
A: Plainview 5, Benson 2
AA: Grand Rapids 2, Cooper 0
1979
A: St. James 10, Fertile-Beltrami 2
AA: Little Falls 5, Minnetonka 4
1980
A: St. Cloud Cathedral 7, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 0
AA: Coon Rapids 5, St. Cloud Apollo 0
1981
A: Sleepy Eye 4, Winona Cotter 1 (10 innings)
AA: Cretin 11, Waseca 0 (5 innings)
1982
A: Sauk Centre 4, Delano 2
AA: Cretin 8, Hill-Murray 3
1983
A: Staples 7, Windom 5
AA: Edina 9, St. Cloud Apollo 6
1984
A: Windom 2, Winona Cotter 0
AA: Grand Rapids 10, Hopkins 0 (5 innings)
1985
A: Windom 8, Eden Valley-Watkins 1
AA: St. Cloud Apollo 7, Fridley 4 (8 innings)
1986
A: Greenway 5, Park Rapids 3 (8 innings)
AA: Cretin 13, Bemidji 2 (8 innings)
1987
A: Greenway 14, St. Cloud Cathedral 11
AA: Willmar 5, Hopkins 4
1988
A: St. Cloud Cathedral 6, Waseca 3 (8 innings)
AA: Owatonna 6, Grand Rapids 1
1989
A: Mankato Loyola 6, Sauk Rapids 5 (8 innings)
AA: Cretin-Derham Hall 5, Hibbing 3
1990
A: Waseca 4, Sleepy Eye 3
AA: Cretin-Derham Hall 2, Austin 0
1991
A: Greenway 6, Rocori 5
AA: Stillwater 10, Osseo 0 (5 innings)
1992
A: Rocori 4, Greenway 1
AA: Cretin-Derham Hall 15, Osseo 5
1993
A: Greenway 4, Fairmont 3
AA: Coon Rapids 4, Forest Lake 2
1994
A: Sibley East 8m Sauk Centre 6
AA: Henry Sibley 4, New Ulm 2
1995
A: Crookston 4, Brooklyn Center 3 (10 innings)
AA: Brainerd 4, Rosemount 3
1996
A: Rochester Lourdes 12, Orono 11
AA: Cretin-Derham Hall 6, Brainerd 4
1997
A: Cherry 3, Melrose 0
AA: Cretin-Derham Hall 10, Coon Rapids 0 (5 innings)
1998
A: Sibley East 3, Melrose 2
AA: Cretin-Derham Hall 2, Eden Prairie 1
1999
A: Montgomery-Lonsdale 15, Breck 5
AA: Hastings 4, Maple Grove 2
2000
A: Sleepy Eye 4, Lester Prairie 0
AA: St. Michael-Albertville 8, Montgomery-Lonsdale 5
AAA: Brainerd 4, Lakeville 1
2001
A: St. Agnes 26, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 6
AA: St. Cloudedral 6, Luverne 4
AAA: Cretin-Derham Hall 13, Rochester Mayo 2
2002
A: Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 9, Menahga 8
AA: Rochester Lourdes 15, Blue Earth Area 0
AAA: New Ulm 12, North St. Paul 4
2003
A: Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 6, Win-E-Mac 4
AA: St. Cloud Cathedral 12, Breck 2
AAA: Rochester Century 3, Cretin-Derham Hall 2
2004
A: Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 7, New York Mills 4
AA: Jackson County Central 7, Breck 4
AAA: Eden Prairie 4, Woodbury 3
2005
A: New Ulm Cathedral 11, Rushford-Peterson 2
AA: Paynesville 8, Pipestone 3
AAA: Lakeville 6, Grand Rapids 1
2006
A: Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 6, Bertha-Hewitt 1 (6 innings)
AA: St. Anthony Village 13, Paynesville 1 (5 innings)
AAA: Apple Valley 10, Cretin-Derham Hall 4
2007
A: Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 7, Royalton 4
AA: St. Cloud Cathedral 7, Glencoe-Silver Lake 6
AAA: Cretin-Derham Hall 4, Eden Prairie 3
2008
A: Wabasso 5, Southland 2
AA: St. Anthony Village 10, Annandale 0
AAA: Coon Rapids 6, Bloomington Jefferson 1
2009
A: MACCRAY 3, Wabasha-Kellogg 1
AA: La Crescent 5, Fergus Falls 3
AAA: St. Michael-Albertville 7, Stillwater Area 4
2010
A: Eden Valley-Watkins 7, Sebeka 4
AA: Rocori 3, Delano 0
AAA: Eden Prairie 7, Burnsville 5
2011
A: Eden Valley-Watkins 8, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 4
AA: St. Cloud Cathedral 6, La Crescent 1
AAA: Burnsville 6, Maple Grove 5
2012
A: St. Agnes 6, Lac qui Parle Valley 0
AA: Holy Family Catholic 5, St. Cloud Cathedral 0
AAA: Eastview 1, Bemidji 0
2013
A: BOLD 3, Osakis 0
AA: Kasson-Mantorville 8, Perham 1
AAA: Mounds View 8, Rocori 0
2014
A: New Life Academy 5, New York Mills 4
AA: St. Cloud Cathedral 5, Fairmont 4
AAA: Mounds View 9, Eden Prairie 0
2015
A: New Life Academy 6, Springfield 5 (8 innings)
AA: St. Cloud Cathedral 10, Minnehaha Academy 1
AAA: Chanhassen 2, Lakeville North 0
2016
A: Springfield 4, Parkers Prairie 2 (11 innings)
AA: Minnehaha Academy 5, Belle Plaine 1
AAA: Henry Sibley 8, Mahtomedi 4
AAAA: Wayzata 9, Champlin Park 1
2017
A: Parkers Prairie 6, Legacy Christian Academy 3
AA: Minnehaha Academy 6, Pierz 4
AAA: Waconia 6, Hibbing 1
AAAA: Eden Prairie 5, Forest Lake 1
2018
A: Heritage Christian Academy 8, Sleepy Eye 0
AA: Maple Lake 8, Duluth Marshall 4
AAA: Mahtomedi 5, Rocori 1
AAAA: Stillwater Area 4, Minnetonka 0
2019
A: BOLD 8, New York Mills 0
AA: Duluth Marshall 4, Minnehaha Academy 2
AAA: St. Thomas Academy 1, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 0
AAAA: East Ridge 7, New Prague 2
2020
Season canceled
2021
A: Hayfield 7, New York Mills 4
AA: Glencoe-Silver Lake 10, Belle Plaine 0 (6 innings)
AAA: Mahtomedi 20, Grand Rapids 3 (5 innings)
AAAA: Farmington 12, Park 10
2022
A: Randolph 2, Hayfield 1
AA: Fairmont 7, Roseau 0
AAA: Benilde-St. Margaret’s 4, Mankato West 3 (8 innings)
AAAA: Stillwater Area 8, Farmington 1
2023
A: Fosston 3, Lyle/Pacelli 2
AA: Esko 9, Perham 0
AAA: New Prague 5, Mahtomedi 3
AAAA: East Ridge 1, Rosemount 0
2024
A: Springfield 5, Parkers Prairie 1
AA: Rockford 6, Foley 0
AAA: Totino-Grace 2, Mahtomedi 1
AAAA: East Ridge 3, Mounds View 2