Avery Muellner struck out seven batters in a complete-game victory as Forest Lake topped White Bear Lake 7-2 in the Class 4A third-place game Thursday in North Mankato, capping a season the junior ace dubbed “a dream.”

The St. Thomas commit and 2025 East Metro Softball Player of the Year went 18-2 in the circle with a sub-0.9 earned-run average for a Rangers team that sat atop the state rankings throughout the spring.

It was a stellar campaign for anyone, let alone a hurler whose pitching future was at one point in question.

Muellner has been a star in the circle for Forest Lake dating back to her seventh grade season. But her sophomore pitching season was largely taken away by a small tear in her unlnar collateral ligament. The initial prognosis was that surgery was required. Then anot

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