Softball roundup: Top-seeded Sartell Sabres shut down Willmar Cardinals

Softball roundup: Top-seeded Sartell Sabres shut down Willmar Cardinals

SARTELL — Marni Koosmann kept the Willmar softball team at bay to help the Sartell Sabres move on in the winners’ bracket of the Section 8AAA tournament on Thursday evening. Koosmann, who picked up her 600th career strikeout on May 4, racked up eight strikeouts and scattered six hits in top-seeded Sartell’s 7-0 victory over the fifth-seeded Cardinals. Sartell will host second-seeded Rocori in a semifinal game at 4:30 p.m.Tuesday and Willmar pla…