State Softball Roundup: Cathedral, USC Win First Softball Titles

Cathedral rides Mankato momentum to Class 2A state softball championship

MINNEAPOLIS — When Todd Dingmann started coaching softball in Waite Park in 2012, his youth teams took their lumps. The St. Cloud Cathedral fifth-year head coach admitted that softball in Central Minnesota was just beginning to figure out how to develop youth programs in the sport. Thirteen years later, Dingmann was all smiles after his Crusaders won the school's first-ever state softball championship victory with a 7-2 triumph over Hawley in th…

State softball roundup: Cathedral, USC win first softball titles

St. Cloud Cathedral 7, Hawley 2 Sophomore Kyah Koenig hit a 3-run blast to cap off a five-run third frame that powered the Crusaders (26-2) to their first-ever state softball title in the Class 2A championship game at the University of Minnesota. Tayla Vought drove in a pair of runs for fourth-seeded St. Cloud Cathedral, while Sadie Meyer scored twice. Keira Alexander threw a complete game, allowing just one earned run. Hannah Stotts had two hit…