2025 Spearfish Sasquatch Program by spearfishsasquatchbaseball

SAS QUA TCH 2025 BASEBALL PROGRAM

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The Spearfish Sasquatch began with their inaugural season in 2018 and now enter their seventh season on the field. From drawing nearly 11,000 fans in season one to now pushing towards nearly 17,000 fans last year, we continue to grow the sport of baseball throughout the entire region. As the highest level of baseball within a five hour drive, we aim to give fans a great experience on and off the field. Thank you for your support of Sasquatch Baseball!

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE HOME TEAM

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Home Game Start time:

Monday - Saturday Sunday // // 6:05pm MDT 4:05pm MDT home games away games firework nights exhibition games

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away games

firework nights

exhibition games

theme nights

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Opening Day

Kids Day Game

School Spirit Night

MlB Night

Fireworks Night

Teacher Appreciation night

Survivor Night

Halloween in June

Salute to Service night

Father’s Day

Mascot Night

Bark In the park Night

Nerf night

80’s Night

ladies night

Fireworks Night

Country night

faith & Family Night

First Responders night

Back to the future night

Mr. Sasquatch night

Fireworks Night

9 innings of Winnings night

Ben Zobrist Night

Casino Night

Free Jersey Night

Beef Night

Post 164 Night

Ryan Bachman Night

Pixar Night

Bobblehead night

beanie & Wienie night

Fireworks Night

HELP WHEN BUSINESS GETS HAIRY!

Foul Ball Promo

Return foul balls to the concession stand and recieve a Squatch Buck courtesy of State Farm Agent - Jodi Garcia! Spend your Squatch Buck right away or save up the entire season to get yourself something great! Good to use on concessions and merchandise!

Purchase your Souvenir of 6-Pack in the Merch Tent!

Meet the Owner

Eric Schmidt and his wife, Heather, purchased the Spearfish Sasquatch following the 2019 season. “Being a part of the organization since its outset, we knew we had to jump at the opportunity to purchase the team when it became available. We quickly formed a group of Spearfish locals who all shared the same passion for keeping this awesome form of family entertainment in our community for years to come.”

Eric serves as the General Manager of the team, running all the day-to-day operations. A native of Schaller, IA, Eric has called Spearfish home since attending Black Hills State University where he earned a B.A. in Business Administration & Management in 2005. Before coming to the Sasquatch in 2018, he spent the previous 15 years at the Spearfish Holiday Inn & Lucky’s 13 Pub as the Director of Marketing & Human Resources. Eric has always had a passion for baseball and business, the prospect of merging the two is truly a dream come true. In his spare time, you can find Eric spending time with his friends and family, golfing, attending concerts, traveling, playing volleyball or rooting for his beloved Chicago Cubs.

Meet the Owner

Heather grew up on a family farm near Hettinger, ND. After high school, she moved to the beautiful Black Hills to attend college where she graduated with a Bachelors in Business & Tourism from Black Hills State University in 2011. Spearfish has been Heather's home since 2007 and she couldn’t imagine living anywhere else! Following an 8 year stint with Black Hills Energy, Heather now enjoys staying home raising their girls while working as an associate and designer with Spirit of Dakota Cabinetry (see ad inside back cover) and as a Virtual Assistant for a catering company based in Oklahoma. When she does find free time, you’ll find Heather hanging out with friends and family, traveling, boating, attending concerts and snow skiing!

Married in 2016, the Schmidts welcomed their first daughter, Charlotte, to the world in April of 2020. In May of 2022, they welcomed another little girl, Lucy, to the family. Lastly, they added another little girl, Sophie, in July of 2024. The Schmidt family want to sincerely thank you for attending games and supporting the Spearfish Sasquatch as we embark on our seventh season. We are working hard at building the Sasquatch culture both on and off the field and hope to cultivate an even stronger passion for the sport of baseball in Spearfish and throughout the entire Northern Hills for years and years to come. Thank you again for joining us for a game at Black Hills Energy Stadium, we hope you enjoy an amazing experience each and every night!

Maquelle Strawn

Marketing Intern

Aidan Wirtz

Video Production Intern

Megan Flanagan On-Field Host Intern

Amber Aymar

Graphic Design Intern

Stella Marcus Guest Services Intern

Luke Leyden

Baseball Ops Intern

Ticketing Intern

Cooper Smith

Aj Reisetter Broadcast Intern

Callie Wince Social Media Intern

Savannah Livingston Events & PR Intern

Ely burroughs Baseball Ops Intern

Spartanburg Methodist college Kennesaw State University university of Iowa

Sasquehanna university

Kansas State university

Position: Mascot

Height: 6’9

Weight: 280

Hometown: spearfish, sd

Throws: Awesome Parties! bats: Taste good! Samson Sasquatch

Instagram: @samsquatch00

Twitter: @samsonsasquatch

Justus Scott Head coach

Coach Scott played collegiate baseball at Mississippi Gulf Coast JC and the University of Memphis followed by one year with the Will County Indians of the Heartland League. Before becoming the head coach of Cerro Coso Community College in Southern California, Scott served stints as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis, Middle Tennessee University, Jackson State JC, Lincoln Memorial University, and Murray State University. He also has experience in the summer college circuit, coaching two summers with the Florence RedWolves in the Coastal Plains League and the Champion Hornell Dodgers of the New York Collegiate League. Coach Scott has spent the past nine seasons as the head coach of Cerro Coso CC where the program has seen the 2nd largest win-loss turnaround in the country, back-to-back playoff berths, numerous All-Conference, All-State and All-American selections, and over seventy four-year college signees.

Octavio Sanchez

Instagram: @octaviosanchez2

Twitter: @octobaseball

Sanchez is a native of San Diego, CA, where he started his collegiate baseball career at Southwestern Community College. Sanchez then transferred to Rogers State University, where he excelled as the closer for four years (2021-2024). During his time at Rogers State, he was a 2x All-MIAA Conference selection (2022, 2023), finishing his career 2nd All-Time in saves at the university and 3rd All-Time in the MIAA. Sanchez graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management in 2023 and will complete his Master’s in the same field this summer.

In addition to his playing career, Sanchez has been dedicated to coaching. For the past three years, he has worked as a pitching instructor at Cutternation Baseball Training located in San Diego. Most recently, he served as a Graduate Assistant at Rogers State University, where he assisted with both pitchers and hitters.

Pitching coach

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Assistant coach

Matthew gonzales

Gonzales is returning to Spearfish for another season after spending the 2024 campaign as a player for the Sasquatch. Matt comes from Southern California, where he attended Glendora High School and played baseball from 2018-2021 as team captain and received All League Honors. In 2019, Matt was a Second Team All-Conference selection and in 2021 he was named First Team All-Conference. Following high school, Gonzales attended Cal State University San Bernardino, majoring in sociology and playing baseball. He played 121 games as a middle infielder for the Yotes from 2022-2025. Matt played his final year of collegiate baseball this spring and will be returning to coach baseball for CSUSB this coming fall.

Ryan Bachman

Bachman is from Rapid City, SD, where he attended Rapid City Central High School and played for Post 22 Baseball from 2018-2020, becoming an All-State Selection in 2019 and 2020. Following High School, Ryan played in 50 games and batted .312 from 2021-2023 at Minnesota State University-Mankato before transferring to Mount Marty University in 2024. In 49 Games with the Lancers in 2024, Bachman batted .280 and led the team in base on balls with 30. Ryan is entering his final year of collegiate play this spring and will be graduating in May with a degree in Recreation & Tourism Management. In addition to his collegiate career, Ryan spent the past 4 summers (2021-2024) as a prolific member of the Spearfish Sasquatch Baseball Club. In that time, Bachman set several Sasquatch career marks including games played, hits, runs scored, doubles, home runs, base on balls, hit by pitch, & runs batted in. He was an All-iLB Team Selection in 2022, 2023 & 2024.

Assistant coach

Instagram: @ryanbachman10

Aaron Nehls

Position: OF

Height: 6’0

Weight: 185

B/t: r/r

DOB: 08/25/04

Hometown: Newburgh, in

School: University of EvansVille Class: r-FR

Instagram: @aaron_nehls3

Twitter: @aaronnehls3

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Ben Feuer

B/t: r/r

DOB: 09/10/04

Hometown: Houston, TX

School: Southwestern University Class: So

Instagram: @ben_f1034

Twitter: @ben_feuer10

Payton Fort

Position: inf/OF

Height: 6’2

Weight: 205

Class: SO

B/t: l/r

DOB: 03/03/05

Hometown: Council Bluffs, Ia

School: north iowa area cc

Instagram: @p.fort1

Twitter: @fortpayton1

William Furry

Position: Height:

Weight: 200

DOB: 03/29/06

Hometown: Pickerington, Oh

School: Capital University

Instagram: @will.i.am53

Twitter: @furrywill

DOB: 07/12/05 Nicholas Werk #5

Position: INf

Height: 5’10

Weight: 165

Class: FR

B/t: r/r

Hometown: madison lake, Mn

School: South Dakota State

Instagram: @nicholaswerk Twitter: @werknicholas

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Weight: 180

DOB: 09/22/05

Hometown: Olympia, WA

School: Lower Columbia COllege

Instagram: @karsten.hansenn

Twitter: @karsten.hansenn

Position:

Height: 6’7

Weight: 225

B/t: DOB: Kyle Phin

Hometown: Coronado, CA

School: Cerro Coso CC

Instagram: @kylephin Twitter: @kylephin Instagram: @chase_scott2021 Twitter: @scott2chasen

Tyler Russ

Position: RHP

Height: 6’0

Weight: 200

B/t: r/r

jack riley #10

Position: rhp

Height: 6’1

DOB: 05/26/05

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO

School: US Air force academy Class: fr

Instagram: @tyrusty58

Twitter: @tyruss58

luke terilli

Position:

Height: 5’11

Weight: 175

B/t: l/l

DOB: 07/31/02

Hometown: Dallas, tx

School: eastern new mexico uni

Instagram: @lucas.terilli

Twitter: @lucasterilli

Weight: 190

B/t: r/r

DOB: 11/24/05

Hometown: sioux falls, sd

School: st. thomas university Class: fr

Instagram: @jack_riley57

Twitter: @jackriley2024

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Luis De Los Santos #14

Position: RhP

Height: 6’0

Weight: 210

Class: r-so

B/t: r/r

DOB: 03/20/02

Hometown: Orlando, fl

School: Cerro Coso CC

Instagram: @domix0802

Twitter: @luisj3920

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#15

Position: inf

Height: 6’1

Weight: 190

DOB: 05/26/05 Wilson Kieffer

Class: fr

B/t: r/r

Hometown: Rapid City, Sd

School: Northern colorado

Instagram: @wilson.kieffer

Twitter: @willy_kieffer

Position: C

Height: 6’0

DOB: 10/19/06 Jayton Greer #17

Class: fr

B/t: l/l

Weight: 195

Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA

School: University of San Diego

Instagram: @jaytongreer

Twitter: @jaytongreer

#16

Position: rhp/of

Height: 6’5

Weight: 215

DOB: 11/22/07 Phoenix

Class: B/t: l/r

Hometown: San Diego, CA

School: University of San Diego

Instagram: @phx.brant

Twitter: @phx_brant

#18

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Hometown: Albany, ca

School: Oklahoma Welseyan

Instagram: @ayedin.k

Twitter: @ayedink

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Weight: 210

DOB: 06/24/00

Hometown: San Pedro, Ca

School: Lewis-Clark State

Instagram: @seth.34

Twitter: @ssxthhhh

Position:

Height: 6’1

Weight: 190

Class: SO

B/t: r/r

DOB: 08/25/03

Hometown: Gridley, CA

School: Oklahoma Wesleyan

Instagram: @aden_bob22

Giovanni

Position:

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Weight: 200

Class: so

B/t: r/r

DOB: 12/27/04

Hometown: Boca raton, fl

School: capital university

Instagram: @giovannimastro04

Twitter: @giovannimastro0

#23

Position:

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Weight: 210

DOB: 11/04/03

Hometown: Columbus, NE

School: Doane University

Instagram: @samuel_kwap

Twitter: @skwap25

Position: Rhp

Height: 6’3

Weight: 215

Class: SR B/t: r/r

08/20/02

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nv

School: Emmanuel University

Instagram: @jj_neal_ Twitter: @jj_neal11

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Class: B/t: r/r

DOB: 02/20/05

Hometown: School: unc - Asheville

Instagram: @newo_michelson Twitter: @o_michelson85 #27

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Hometown: Mount Elgin, Ontario

School: Uni. of Northern Colorado

Instagram: @ethan.mooser Twitter: @mooserethan

Position:

Height: 6’4

Weight: 210

B/t: R/r

DOB: 06/21/06

Hometown: Dardenne Praire, Mo

School: Uni. of Central Missouri Class: Fr

Instagram: @evanluk.e Twitter: @evanluke91

Chance Bentley

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Weight: 200

DOB: 06/09/04

Hometown: Connorsville, In

School: University of Evansville

Instagram: @chance.bentley

Twitter: @chancebentley7

#31

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Weight: 195

Mitchell Hamrock

B/t: r/r

DOB: 11/10/05

Hometown: Gilbert, Az

School: Mount Marty University Class: Fr

Twitter: @mitchellhamrock

Tristan Augedahl

Position: LHP

Height: 6’8

B/t: l/l

Weight: 200

School: South Dakota State Class: r-fr

DOB: 12/09/04

Hometown: Caledonia, MN

Instagram: @tristan_augedahl

#33

Position:

Height:

Weight: 195

DOB: 03/24/06

Hometown: Camas, Wa

School: mt. Hood cc

Instagram: @diego_t34

Twitter: @diego34tru

Weight: 230

Class: Fr

B/t: L/R

DOB: 12/28/05

Hometown: Turlock, CA

School: Menlo College

Instagram: @wesley_payne34

Twitter: @wesley_payne34

Position: rhp

Height: 6’4

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Weight: 225

Class: B/t: r/r

DOB: 04/03/06

Hometown: Bainbridge Island, Wa

School: Lower Columbia College

Instagram: @cole.pentin

Twitter: @colepentin

Class: r-fr

B/t: r/r

DOB: 01/19/05 #36

Weight: 210

Hometown: Belgrade, Mt

School: Dakota State University

Instagram: @Ch45.15

Position: Inf/RHP

Height: 6’5

Weight: 250

Class: r-so

B/t: r/r

DOB: 10/03/03

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nv

School: Cerro Coso Cc

Instagram: @big.bo42

Twitter: @jordanboman2

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Jackson Peters

Class: r-sr B/t: l/r DOB: 09/26/02

Position: Height: Weight: 230 Hometown: Plano, tx School: St. Edwards University

Position: Height: 5’9 Weight: 160 Hometown: Wildomar, CA School: Cerro Coso CC

B/t: l/r DOB: 06/02/05

Youth Camps

July 7, july 14, july 21

For More Information & to Sign Up - Scan QR Code! 5-10 year olds 11-16 year olds

Time: 11am-12:30pm

Cost: $110

Time: 9am-10:30am

Cost: $135

Sasquatch Clinics

July 8th & July 9th

For More Information & To Sign Up - Scan QR Code! Ages 10+

Time: 9:30am-12pm

Cost: $125

Where: Black Hills

Energy Stadium

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Party Deck

Casual fans will enjoy the social atmosphere while those interested in the game can step up to the rail and watch all of the on-field action! You can reserve this exclusive setting for groups of 25-80 people and enjoy a Spearfish Sasquatch game in style. Simply choose a date and let us do the rest!

AL L-I N C LU S IVE PAC KAG E:

Treat your group to a true all-inclusive experience with the Spearfish Sasquatch. This package includes entry into the game, a dedicated server(s), & all-you-can-eat (hot dogs, brats, & burgers) and drink (including alcohol) through the 7th inning! Your group will eat, drink, and watch baseball like a VIPS! This package is ONLY $38 per person, plus a 19% gratuity!

AL L-YOU-CAN-EAT PAC KAG E:

This package includes entry into the game, a dedicated server(s), complimentary lemonade & water, & all-you-can-eat (hot dogs, brats, & burgers) through the 7th inning! This package is ONLY $28 per person plus a 19% gratuity!

Run the bases with samson

Kids run the bases with Samson every game during the 7th inning! Line up behind the home dugout at the top of the 7th inning!

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Host Family Program

Our host family program gives our great fans a unique opportunity to get to know our players on a deeper level. Host families play a valuable role for the Sasquatch by providing players a place to call home for the summer. Our players have a hectic schedule that will have them playing nearly 60 games in less than 70 days. Half of those games will be away games. Needless to say, when the team gets home and off the bus, they are ready for a place to lay their heads. Host families provide a place to sleep, do laundry, a hot shower, an occasional home cooked meal, and a place to call home for the summer.

Many of these players will move on from Independence League Baseball and play at the next level. Players may move onto the minor league systems and hopefully onto Major League Baseball. Many times these players will keep in touch with their host families as they progress throughout their career. How great would it be to possibly host a future major league player in your home?

Proud supporter of Spearfish Sasquatch Baseball