A day after dethroning four-time defending champion Thompson in the semifinals, Park River Area claimed its fourth state championship with a 9-2 victory over Kindred in the Class B state title game on Saturday, March 30, at Jack Brown Stadium in Jamestown.

The Aggies won their first three state titles back-to-back-to-back from 2017-19.

Park River started fast, scoring three runs in the top of the first and two more in the second to build a 5-1 lead. Tucker Omdahl doubled home a pair of runs and Ben Schatz also doubled later in the inning. After the Vikings got a run back in the bottom half of the inning on a passed ball, the Aggies used a sacrifice fly and a Kindred error to plate two more runs.

The Aggies (20-5) had to overcome a couple rain delays during their championship victory, but it was worth the wait. They came out of a second rain delay in the fourth and scored four runs in the fifth to take a 9-1 lead. Park River needed just one hit to plate those four runs, using three walks, two hit batters and a dropped third strike.

Jake Solseng went 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out 11 and walking four to earn the win for the Aggies. Noah Troftgruben came in to record the championship-winning out via strikeout.

Jaxon Omdahl went 3-for-3 with a double, RBI and two runs scored. Tucker Omdahl registered a team-high three RBIs.

Eli Maack went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Vikings (22-4).

Kindred’s Scott Milbrandt was named Coach of the Year.

LaMoure/Litchville-Marion/Edgeley defeated Bottineau, 10-0, for seventh place. Des Lacs-Burlington shut out Shiloh Christian, 2-0, to finish fifth and Thompson bested Velva-Drake/Anamoose, 6-3, in the third place game.

Easton Andersen doubled and Collin Abernathey and Owen Hanson recorded RBIs for the Lakers. Cale Roedocker and Abernathey combined to throw a three-hitter, striking out 12.

Luke Selzer scored a pair of runs for the Aggies and had the team’s lone extra-base hit. Kason Larsen went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.