Ystaas took 10 pitches in the batter’s box before she was able to get a good piece of the ball, but it was on the eleventh that she turned the tide of the game.

Ystaas sailed that eleventh pitch straight over the fence in left-center field.

“That was probably the longest at-bat I’ve ever had,” Ystaas said. “Ending it with [the home run] was crazy. It just brought the energy to the rest of the team.”

Ystaas was right, her home run in the third inning helped bring the momentum back to the Lakers. Senior Gretchen Deaver, catcher for the Lakers, brought home an additional two more runs after she drove a flyball single into right field. The score only got to 4-4 at the end of the third, but the Des Lacs-Burlington/Lewis & Clark team kept up the pressure.

Minot’s Halle Baker slides safely into third during the Majettes’ win over Dickinson in the semifinal round of the state Class A softball tournament Friday at UND’s Albrecht Field in Grand Forks. Photo by Korrie Wenzel, Grand Forks Herald.

The Lakers brought home another three runs during the fourth, including a two-run single into right field by senior first baseman Aubree Schepp.

Ystaas hit an RBI in the fifth to bring home seventh-grade Harper Feller from third and the additional runs from the sixth innings added up to a 12 run swing for DLBLC. Hillsboro-Central Valley hadn’t scored a single run since Ystaas’ homer.

The final score saw the Lakers beating out HCV 13-4, bringing them to the state championships for Class B softball.

“They just have to have a little spark, and then it ignites,” said Lakers head coach Peggy Person.

Ysaats said that sparking their offense is how the Lakers can bring home their first state championship title.

DLBLC will play first seed Central Cass for the championship game at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 31.

The Minot High softball team beat Dickinson High in the semifinals of the 2025 NDHSAA Class A Softball State Tournament on Friday, May 30.

The Majettes faced off against Dickinson in Friday’s semifinals, blocking them from the championship match with a score of 7-3.

If Minot High wins their championship game on Saturday, it will be their second ever state championship with their first being in 2018.

Minot High’s Class A baseball team is also advancing to the state championship. They were able to take out the East Region’s No. 1 seed, Fargo Davies with a score of SCORE. They are scheduled to play West Fargo Sheyenne for the state title at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Bishop Ryan-Nedrose won their Class B baseball consolation semifinals against the Renville County Muskrats Friday afternoon 11-7. They will move on to their fifth place match against

Shiloh Christian. They are scheduled to play 35 minutes after the seventh place game on Saturday.

Minot High tennis continues to see success after their state team championship victory on Thursday.

Sophomore Ava Thuner took out Red River senior Maddie Nelson in the first round of the NDHSAA 2025 State Girls Tennis Tournament Singles Championships. Thunder also beat West Fargo Horace’s Alyssa Sommerfeld in the second round. She is scheduled to play against Dickinson’s Shayna Klitzke in the semifinals.

Minot High junior Kyllie Fettig has also advanced to the girls’ singles tennis semifinals after beating Mary Wolf of Fargo Shanley and Shireen Durrani of West Fargo Sheyenne. She is scheduled to play against West Fargo Sheyenne’s Sarea Gu at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning.

If both Minot High girls win their matches, then the Majettes will take home another state championship title for tennis.

Minot senior Lila Olson and junior Grace Olson are the school’s only team in the NDHSAA 2025 State Girls Tennis Tournament Doubles Championships. The defeated teams from West Fargo Horace and Williston to bring themselves to the semifinals, where they will face off against Tanis Lee and Grace Wanzek of Fargo Davies for a spot in the championships. They are scheduled to play at 11 a.m. on Saturday.