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Postseason Ends For Woodbury Boys Lacrosse, East Ridge Softball
Royals, Raptors fall in later rounds of respective sectional tournaments.
The spring season came to a close for the boys lacrosse and softball teams this week as the Royals and Raptors lost in the later rounds of their respective sectional tournaments.
Woodbury Boys Lacrosse: Blake 11, Royals 1
After the Woodbury boys lacrosse team claimed one of its most historic wins—8-6 at Edina in the Section 5 quarterfinals on May 27—the Royals saw their playoff run come to a sudden halt in an 11-1 loss at state power Blake on Tuesday in Hopkins.
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Thomas Gand scored the Royals' lone goal late in the game as the Bears proved to be too much for upstart Woodbury.
The Royals wrapped up the 2011 season with a 7-9 record.
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East Ridge Softball: Hill-Murray 9, Raptors 4
With a 9-4 loss to Hill-Murray in the one-loss bracket semifinals of the Section 4AAA Tournament on Wednesday, the East Ridge softball team saw its spring season meet its conclusion at the McKnight Fields Complex in North St. Paul.
The Raptors fell from the winner's bracket with a 4-2 loss to top-seeded North St. Paul on May 26 and fell behind the Pioneers 7-0 by the fourth inning of its elimination game.
Alyssa Ronquillo and Taylor LeMay led a moderate East Ridge rally, with Ronquillo scoring twice and LeMay driving in two runs as the Raptors sliced their deficit to 7-4 in the sixth inning before Hill-Murray posted two more runs of its own and put the game away.
The defeat concluded East Ridge's spring with an 11-12 record.
Boys Tennis: East Ridge, Woodbury Individuals Fall In Sectionals
The boys tennis season came to a close in the Sectional 3AA individual tournament as none of the Woodbury or East Ridge players that competed in the singles or doubles brackets qualified for the state tournament.
The seventh-seeded Royals doubles team of Jake Sajevic and Jason Lu went 3-2 in sectional play to finish fourth overall, while Woodbury's sixth-seeded single Dennis Zhou won two matches before being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
East Ridge singles Zekeria Nigatu and Vishaal Gupta each won one sectional match before falling.
Woodbury's single Matt Shubert and the doubles team of Zack Moore/Jan Groth, as well as the East Ridge duos of Wilmar Tropezado/Greg Sharrow and Brandon Hickey/Joaquinn Valdes also competed in the sectionals.
