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The Vikings fell in two regular season games last week but went on to take third place at the Brooklyn Center Tournament over the weekend.
North Branch had only 2 hits in a 3-0 loss to Big Lake May 4.
The Vikings recorded singles from senior Eddie Meier and sophomore Matt Warren and struck out 11 times in the game.
Big Lake had 1 run in the first, 1 in the fourth and 1 in the sixth innings, 2 of them unearned.
Starting pitcher senior Jake Anderson struck out 3 and gave up 4 hits in the loss.
North Branch and Foley matched each other with 9 hits apiece in a 9-5 Vikings loss May 6.
Foley opened the scoring with 3 runs in the fourth and went ahead 7-0 with 4 more in the fifth.
The Vikes rallied with 1 in the fifth and 4 in the sixth to trail 7-5. The Falcons sealed the win with 2 in the seventh.
North Branchís run in the fifth came on a solo home run from Ranger. He went on to triple in the sixth, knocking in Anderson who had reached on a single. Also in the inning, Ryan, Fletcher and Aaland doubled and Dominic Stahley singled.
Ryan went 2 for 4 in the game and Ranger was 2 for 3 including a homerun and triple.
North Branch was on the winning end of a 9-8 game to open the Brooklyn Center tourney May 10.
Anderson pitched a complete game against Blake for the win, striking out 10.
It took ten innings for the Vikes to earn the 9-8 win, tallying 10 hits against Blake.
Aaland was 3 for 4 in the win and Dominic Stahley had the game-winning hit in the tenth to score Ryan.
The locals fell to Montgomery 8-6 in the second game of the tourney.
Meier took the loss, and the Vikes committed two costly errors that cost 5 runs.
Aaland and Warren both went 2 for 4. Fletcher recorded a home run in the game as the Vikes rallied back from an 8-1 deficit to score 5 runs in the final inning.
North Branch took the third place title with an 8-4 win over Minnehaha to end the tourney at 2-1.
Aaland was the winning pitcher for North Branch. Warren went 2 for 4 including a triple. Sophomore Dan Gray had his first varsity hit in the game, lining a double and earning 2 RBI.
North Branch is 3-9 overall, 1-5 in the conference. This week, the squad hosts Milaca Thursday and Princeton Friday, May 13.
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