JCC defeated in state AA softball semis by Visitation, 2-1

Jackson County Central will play for third place Thursday in the Minnesota Class AA softball tournament following a 2-1 semifinals loss to Visitation on Wednesday.

The second-seeded Huskies will meet St. Cloud Cathedral at 1 p.m. at Caswell Park in North Mankato.

Visitation scored a run thanks to a bloop RBI single with two outs in the top of the first inning and later tacked on another run in the fourth, wasting a chance to add on more by leaving two runners in scoring position. JCC then left runners on second and third in the bottom of the inning following a Cora Pauling double and a walk.

The Huskies got on the board in the sixth when Bailey Finck tripled and came home on Brielle Tufvesson's squeeze bunt. The sixth-seeded Blazers stranded two more runs in scoring position in the seventh but then shut down the Huskies in the bottom of the frame to end things.

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The Worthington American Legion baseball team will play its season opener Thursday night. Post 5 will take on visiting St. James at approximately 7:30 p.m., following the Junior Legion game.

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The Worthington Community Football Club Toros will try to complete an undefeated and unscored upon season on Saturday when they play at the second-place Omaha Street Football Club.

Los Toros improved their record to eight wins, no losses and one draw with a 4-0 home triumph over Garwo United this past Saturday. Tim Berger had two goals, and Marc Hernandez and Juan Lopez Arteaga also scored. Ismael Carreno allowed no goals in net.