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Brainerd Willmar

Warriors

Cardinals

The Willmar (MN) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Brainerd (MN) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Brainerd	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	1
Willmar	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Willmar (25-26)

Brainerd

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.200	31	25	2	5	2	1	1
1	Rylan Amundson	.500	4	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	Bodie Piepkorn	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
4	Kashius Caughey	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Gus Lund	.333	3	3	0	1	2	0	1
6	Liam Becker		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7	Joey Castle	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	Brady Vanek	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
11	G. Bartholomaus	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Michael Hagelie	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1	0
25	Tydan Guida	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
	Jackson Larson	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Willmar

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.200	33	25	3	5	3
1	J. Ellingson	.250	4	4	0	1	0
4	Alex Hoppe	.333	4	3	0	1	1
5	Gavin Evenson	.000	3	2	0	0	0
6	Tyler Madsen	.000	4	3	1	0	0
8	Aidan Paulson	.000	4	2	0	0	0
9	R. Christianson	.333	4	3	0	1	1
10	Jake Ellingson	.333	4	3	0	1	0
11	Logan Fagerlie	.500	3	2	1	1	1
18	Hudson Sjoberg	.000	3	3	1	0	0

Brainerd

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	9	8	.355	.320	.675
1	Rylan Amundson	2	1	0	.750	.500	1.250
2	Bodie Piepkorn	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
4	Kashius Caughey	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
5	Gus Lund	0	2	1	.333	1.000	1.333
7	Joey Castle	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Brady Vanek	1	0	2	.500	.333	.833
11	G. Bartholomaus	1	1	1	.333	.000	.333
12	Michael Hagelie	0	0	4	.333	.667	1.000
25	Tydan Guida	1	2	5	.250	.000	.250
	Jackson Larson	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000

Willmar

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	7	1	1	9	.394	.200	.594
1	J. Ellingson	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
4	Alex Hoppe	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
5	Gavin Evenson	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
6	Tyler Madsen	1	2	0	0	5	.250	.000	.250
8	Aidan Paulson	2	2	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
9	R. Christianson	1	0	0	1	4	.500	.333	.833
10	Jake Ellingson	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
11	Logan Fagerlie	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
18	Hudson Sjoberg	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Baserunning

Brainerd has not entered any baserunning stats.

Willmar

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	7
1	J. Ellingson	1
5	Gavin Evenson	1
6	Tyler Madsen	1
9	R. Christianson	1
10	Jake Ellingson	1
11	Logan Fagerlie	1
18	Hudson Sjoberg	1

Brainerd

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	19	5	1
1	Rylan Amundson	1.000	2	1	1	0
2	Bodie Piepkorn	1.000	3	0	3	0
5	Gus Lund	.833	6	5	0	1
7	Joey Castle	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Brady Vanek	1.000	4	4	0	0
10	Jacob Beierman	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	G. Bartholomaus	1.000	7	7	0	0
12	Michael Hagelie	1.000	1	0	1	0

Willmar

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	26	21	5	1
1	J. Ellingson	1.000	3	2	1	1
4	Alex Hoppe	1.000	5	5	0	0
5	Gavin Evenson	1.000	1	1	0	0
6	Tyler Madsen	1.000	9	9	0	0
8	Aidan Paulson	1.000	1	0	1	0
9	R. Christianson	1.000	2	1	1	0
10	Jake Ellingson	1.000	1	1	0	0
11	Logan Fagerlie	1.000	3	1	2	1
18	Hudson Sjoberg	1.000	1	1	0	0

Brainerd

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.21	1
4	Kashius Caughey	1.62	1
25	Tydan Guida	3.50	1

Willmar

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
8	Aidan Paulson	5.25	0		1
9	R. Christianson	0.00	0		1
18	Hudson Sjoberg	0.00	1	1.000	1

Brainerd

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	5	3	2	8	7	33	25
4	Kashius Caughey	4.1	2	1	1	7	6	22	15
25	Tydan Guida	2	3	2	1	1	1	11	10

Willmar

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	2	2	6	9	31	25
8	Aidan Paulson	2.2	3	2	2	3	2	13	10
9	R. Christianson	2.1	0	0	0	3	3	10	7
18	Hudson Sjoberg	2	2	0	0	0	4	8	8

Brainerd

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.394	129	7
4	Kashius Caughey	.133	.409	94	4
25	Tydan Guida	.300	.364	35	3

Willmar

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.200	.355	126
8	Aidan Paulson	.300	.462	48
9	R. Christianson	.000	.300	45
18	Hudson Sjoberg	.250	.250	33

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Game Story

Minnesota High School Baseball - Willmar nips Brainerd

April 21, 2026: Willmar, MN 56201

The Willmar Cardinals (Willmar, MN) baseball got by the visiting Brainerd Warriors (Brainerd, MN), 3-2 in Tuesday's league challenge.

The Cardinals now own a 3-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Fergus Falls for a Central Lakes challenge on Thursday, April 23. Willmar will clash with a Otters team coming off a 17-10 league win over Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids, MN). The Otters record now stands at 4-3.

With the defeat, Brainerd drops to 0-2 on the year. The Warriors host Rocori (Cold Spring, MN) to clash with the Spartans in a Central Lakes challenge on Thursday, April 23. The Spartans go into the challenge with a record of 2-2. Rocori lost 10-9 in their recent non-league challenge against St. Cloud Cathedral (St. Cloud, MN)

Brainerd @ Willmar Baseball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 21, 2026 @ 5p

The Willmar (MN) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Brainerd (MN) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Brainerd (25-26)

MN	Class
119	42

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-12	2-4	4-6	1-6	.294	.333	59	92

Willmar (25-26)

MN	Class
16	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
17-6	7-4	10-4	7-2	.739	.636	165	87

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Brainerd	.9	.4	.2	.6	1.2	.1	.2	-	3.5	5.3	1.3
Willmar	1.2	1.2	1.2	.6	.5	1.3	.9	3.0	7.2	8.5	1.3

Team Stat Comparison

Brainerd		Willmar
.212	Batting Average	.301
.336	On Base Percentage	.387
.284	Slugging Percentage	.400
.949	Fielding Percentage	.954
-	Win Loss Percentage	.750

Team Leaders

Brainerd		Willmar	National Avg.
#2 Bodie Piepkorn.393	Batting Average	#12 Eli Hagen.600	.243
#6 Liam Becker1.000	On Base Percentage	#12 Eli Hagen.600	.385
#2 Bodie Piepkorn.500	Slugging Percentage	#12 Eli Hagen1.200	.312
Madon Means1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Eli Hagen1.000	.859
-	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Logan Fagerlie1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Brainerd	3-5		Willmar	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/16/26	Sauk Rapids-Rice	Brainerd	(L) 8-3	5/5/26	Sauk Rapids-Rice	Willmar	(W) 11-1
				5/5/26	Sauk Rapids-Rice	Willmar	(L) 9-5
				5/26/26	Sauk Rapids-Rice	Willmar	(W) 13-3
4/23/26	Rocori	Brainerd	(W) 3-2	4/9/26	Rocori	Willmar
				4/13/26	Rocori	Willmar
				4/17/26	Rocori	Willmar
				5/12/26	Willmar	Rocori	(W) 3-2
				6/4/26	Rocori	Willmar	(L) 4-1
4/28/26	Brainerd	Alexandria	(L) 10-0	4/14/26	Alexandria	Willmar	(W) 5-4
4/28/26	Brainerd	Alexandria	(L) 4-0
4/30/26	St. Cloud Cathedral	Brainerd	(L) 3-2	5/16/26	Willmar	St. Cloud Cathedral	(W) 10-0
5/14/26	Brainerd	St. Cloud Cathedral	(L) 3-2	5/16/26	St. Cloud Cathedral	Willmar	(W) 8-5
5/7/26	Brainerd	Fergus Falls	(W) 7-2	4/23/26	Willmar	Fergus Falls	(L) 4-1
				4/23/26	Fergus Falls	Willmar	(W) 22-12
				5/28/26	Fergus Falls	Willmar	(L) 6-1
				6/2/26	Fergus Falls	Willmar	(W) 9-3
5/12/26	Detroit Lakes	Brainerd	(W) 14-4	4/28/26	Detroit Lakes	Willmar	(W) 10-0

Record Breakdown

Brainerd (25-26)		Willmar (25-26)
5-12	Overall	17-6
2-4	League	7-4
3-8	Non-League	10-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-5	Common Opponent	9-4
4-6	Home	10-4
1-6	Away	7-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
5-12	In-State	17-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0