Crimson Win Two at Lions Field to Sweep Waconia Invite

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 4/25/2026

Maple Grove 3, Duluth East 1

Sophomore Brogan Stowe (CG W 7IP 5H 0ER BB 6K) controlled the Greyhounds from start to finish, throwing a complete game on 94 pitches. After a 1-2-3 top of the first, the Crimson bats started their half of the inning with three singles on consecutive pitches. With the bases loaded, senior Oliver Taynton (0/2 SF RBI) drove a ball to left field to plate the game's first run on a sacrifice fly. After three scoreless half-innings, senior Connor Wihlm (0/2 SAC RBI) bunted home senior Joey Limric (3/3 BB 2R RBI) for Crimson run number two. The Greyhounds followed with their only run (unearned) in the top of the fourth before Stowe went back to thwarting the Duluth East bats. Maple Grove produced an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth on a single and three walks to let Stowe comfortably finish with a scoreless seventh. At the plate, junior Beckett Shimpa (2/3) also had a multi-hit game.

Maple Grove 6, Duluth East 5

In game two, senior Evan O'Dwyer (W 6.2IP 6H 5ER 3BB 6K) battled the Wildcats fiercely, giving up four early runs in the first two innings before settling in for four scoreless frames. Down 4-0 in the third, MG broke into the scoring with an RBI double from Taynton (2/3 2B RBI). In the fourth, the Crimson bats busted things wide open with five runs on five hits - including four doubles - two walks, and a sacrifice fly. Junior Vince Lenmark (1/4 2B R) led things off with a two-bagger, followed by Wihlm's (1/2 BB HBP) single, a sac fly from O'Dwyer (1/3 2B SF RBI), and consecutive doubles from junior Damian Seubert (1/3 2B R RBI) and Limric (1/5 2B R RBI). After senior Preston Berg (1/2 BB HBP 2R) drew a walk, Limric scored on a wild pitch, and Shimpa (1/3 2B HBP RBI) drove in the final run with a double of his own. Six scoreless half innings followed before Waconia threatened to tie the game in the seventh. With two outs and a runner on, Lenmark (SV 0.1IP 0H 0R) closed things out, getting the final Wildcat bat to line out to first base.

Next up for the Crimson: MG hosts neighbor Wayzata at Gleason on Wednesday at 4:30pm

Congrats to our current college commitments: Oliver Taynton ('26) - Marshalltown (IA), Beckett Shimpa ('27) - Stanford (CA); Preston Berg ('26) - Bethel (MN); Evan O'Dwyer ('26) - Augustana (SD); Ian Farley ('26) - Marshalltown (IA)