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Storm Lake St. Mary’s scored early and often, plating five runs in the first inning and six more in the second as the Panthers won for the third consecutive game as they beat Pocahontas Area 21-6 on Wednesday at Pocahontas.

St. Mary’s scored two runs in the third, four in the fourth and four more in the fifth.

The Panthers totaled eight hits in the game. Mackenzie Laven went 3-for-4 with three RBI and five runs scored. Trisha Lenhart was 2-for-2 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Renee Maneman went 2-for-2 and drove in a run at the plate and pitched a three-hitter, but it wasn’t enough as Prairie Valley got past Newell-Fonda   3-2 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Tuesday at Gowrie.

Prairie Valley scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on a misplayed ground ball to pull out the win.

The Mustangs had five hits in the game. Brianna Wells had a pair of singles and Hailey Falline singled.

Maneman allowed just three hits and one earned run, walked two and struck out six.

Ali Miller limited Alta-Aurelia to only four hits as Manson Northwest Webster upset the 10th-ranked Warriors 4-0 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Wednesday night at Manson.

Tayler Rohwer had two of the four hits — both singles. Micah Barnes and Cristena Heschke each added a single for the Warriors, now 16-4.

Rohwer suffered the loss. She allowed nine hits and three earned runs, walked one and struck out one in six innings.

Kyra Hoffman’s double with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Ridge View a thrilling 5-4 come-from-behind win over Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto in Western Valley Conference play on Wednesday night at Galva.

The Raptors trailed 4-2 entering the bottom of the seventh, but scored three runs to win the game.

Ridge View trailed 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth when it scored two runs.

Laurens-Marathon outhit East Sac County 6-5, but the scoreboard revealed a different story as the Raiders blanked the Chargers 7-0 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Tuesday night at Laurens.

The Raiders scored two runs in the first inning, one in the third, one in the fourth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh.

Laurens-Marathon finished with six hits in the game. Caitlin Rohrbaugh had two singles. Allison Hofmaster hit a double, while Hannah Runneberg, Brooke Runneberg and Maili Todd each added a single.

Ryan Berg is still waiting for his team to play competitively for a full seven innings.

The St. Mary’s coach didn’t get result on Tuesday night as East Sac County scored four runs in the third inning, two in the fourth, two in the fifth and three more in the sixth to come away with a 12-2 win in a Twin Lakes Conference game at Sac City.

“We were competitive for about four innings and then the game got away from us again,” St. Mary’s coach Ryan Berg said.  “We had chances to score more runs and just couldn’t get that big hit often enough.

Algona scored five runs in the first two innings to put Storm Lake in an early hole and the Bulldogs went on to post an 8-0 victory over the Tornadoes in a nonconference game on Tuesday at Algona.

The Tornadoes were limited to two hits in the game — singles by Chase Lange and Grant Kofmehl.

Ross Dewerff suffered the loss. He allowed nine hits and seven earned runs, walked seven and struck out two.

Alta-Aurelia scored a run in the top of the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie and the Warriors went on to edge Manson Northwest Webster 3-2 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Wednesday night at Manson.

The Warriors won the game despite getting only four hits. Josh McCormick went 3-for-3 with three doubles and an RBI. Jayden VanBerkum added an RBI single.

Ross Friedrich was the winning pitcher. He allowed seven hits and two runs, one of which was earned, walked three and struck out nine over six innings of work.

Matt Wandrey’s single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh scored Peyton Boyle with the winning run as Ridge View came back to beat Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 4-3 in a Western Valley Conference game on Wednesday night at Holstein.

Ridge View scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game. Jonah Kistenmacher led off the inning with a walk. Josh Gross bunted pinch-runner Michael Tiefenthaler over to second base.

Panthers falter 13-4

Manson Northwest Webster scored 10 runs in the final four innings to pull away from a tie game as the Cougars went on to defeat Storm Lake St. Mary’s  13-4 in a Twin Lakes Conference game on Monday at Memorial Field.

Each team scored two runs in the first inning and one in the third for a 3-3 tie, but then Manson scored two runs in the fourth, three in the fifth, two in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 13-3 lead.