Cathedral Baseball Falls In Title Game

The Cathedral baseball team lost 5-0 to Holy Family Monday afternoon at Target Field in the Class AA state championship game.  Kasey Ralston threw the complete-game 2-hit shutout with 7 strikeouts to get the win for Holy Family.  Eric Pelant allowed 3 hits and 3 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Crusaders.  Bo Schmitz and Tommy McMorrow each had 1 hit for Cathedral.

The Crusaders end their season with a record of 24-6.  Cathedral won the Class AA state title in 2011.  St. Agnes beat Lac Qui Parle 6-0 to win the Class A title and Eastview beat Bemidji 1-0 to capture the Class 3A title.