2021 Amateur Baseball - Summer

Page 2 | Amateur Baseball | July 21, 2021 Pitching Luke Van Beck Payton Van Beck Ethan Vogt Aus n Imdieke Will Van Beck Jackson Peter Peyton Winter Wya Steffensen Totals

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Elrosa’s year started with a lot promise, but the season over all has been challenging.

The team is going Elrosa-2021 ab Blaine Fischer 10 Gavin Kampsen 41 Kevin Kuefler 36 Riley Lenarz 5 Riley Meyer 3 Ryan Olmscheid 13 Jackson Peter 10 Brandon Roelike 27 Ma Schmitz 38 Wya Steffensen 4 Luke Van Beck 20 Payton Van Beck 4 Will Van Beck 37 Ethan Vogt 28 Derek Wiener 32 Evan Wiener 8 Peyton Winter 33 Totals 349

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Meire Grove Grovers Meire Grove just may have a nice postseason run.

The team, led by Colton Meyer, .476, Kurt Marthaler, .410 and Alex Welle, .375, has hit well all year, putting the ball in play and scoring runs.

Colton Meyer, with five home runs and 14 RBI, has emerged as the Grover people think about, but there is more than him for opponents to worry about. Tanner Klaphake has slapped out 13 hits, Jordan Klaphake has gotten on base enough times to score 11 runs and Tyler Moscho has 12 hits.

Scoring runs in not a problem for the Grovers.

With Matt Imdieke on the mound, the team usually holds opponents in check.

Meire Grove Bob Deters Jacob Imdieke Ben Klaphake Jaron Klaphake Jordan Klaphake Tanner Klaphake Kurt Marthaler Aaron Meyer Colton Meyer Tyler Moscho Josh Olmscheid Ryan Olmscheid Josh Roelike Gabe Schwieters Alex Welle Andrew Welle Totals

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Spring Hill ab Erik Barten 4 Aaron Christen 4 Luke Dehmer 35 Dylan Gertken 4 Owen Meyer 45 Dylan Meyer 4 Reagen Nelson 35 Anthony Revermann 35 Aus n Schoenberg 38 Eric Schoenberg 37 Brent Terres 3 Eric Terres 44 Jamie Terres 42 Nathan Terres 29 Carter Tschida 10 Ben Welle 7 Jordan Welle 4 Totals 380

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Pitching Ma Imdieke Jacob Imdieke Ben Klaphake Colton Meyer Josh Roelike Jaron Klaphake Jordan Klaphake Totals

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As the season progressed, Josh Roelike has shown he, too, can be a batters’ bane and Jaron Klaphake has done well in relief and the occasional start.

The Grovers posted enough wins to qualify for the playoffs; they can now show they belong there.

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ip 32.1 1.0 2.0 2.1 22.0 31.1 2.0 93.0

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Spring Hill from page 3 is hard to score on. The team has five pitchers with ERAs under 4.00 and no member of the team has an ERA of 10 or higher.

Anthony Revermann remains the workhorse with the team, logging over 40 innings and striking 40 batters. Reagen Nelson and Austin Schoenberg have held opponents in check when taking to the mound, and Jordan Welle allowed only two runs in 14 innings.

The offense is also varied and deep. Eric and Jamie Terres, second baseman and shortstop, are a 1-2 punch in the battering order. Eric, with a .432 average, is open on base when Jamie Terres bring his .429 average to the

plate. Jamie has connected for five doubles, four home runs and had 13 RBI. Luke Dehmer with 12 on 11 hits,

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bb 12 0 1 6 5 7 0 31

hp 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 10

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hp 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 17

ave .000 .250 1.000 .200 .308 .265 .410 .000 .476 .267 .250 .179 .200 .250 .375 .290 .304

slg .000 .250 1.000 .200 .462 .306 .513 .000 .881 .311 .333 .214 .500 .250 .575 .323 .434

ave .000 .250 .314 .500 .267 .000 .371 .229 .105 .243 .000 .432 .429 .241 .200 .143 .000 .282

slg .000 .250 .629 .750 .356 .000 .486 .343 .105 .324 .000 .614 .833 .345 .200 .143 .000 .426

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w 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 6

l 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

s era 0 5.01 0 18.00 0 0.00 1 23.15 1 7.77 0 3.16 0 9.00 2 5.61

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Stearns County League - South

Farming Flames After a rocky start, the Flames have become the team most expected them to be.

Anchored by a score of proven veterans, such as pitcher Brad Mergen and catcher Cody Fourre, and successfully working

in the talents of a number of younger players, the Flames have shown they cannot be written off in the postseason.

Farming’s offense is led by the bats of Isaac Nett, .433, Cody Fourre, 3.68 and Taylor Fourre,

Pitcher Adam Winkels Brad Mergen Breyden Eiynck Chad Mergen Dylan Panek Ethan Navra l Taylor Fourre Tylor Schroeder Total

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ip 20.0 31.2 3.0 1.0 2.2 13.1 0.1 19.0 91.0

h 19 22 1 1 11 8 0 26 88

r 9 8 1 1 11 3 0 15 48

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bb 20 17 0 2 0 2 0 4 45

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Farming ab r h bi bb 1b 2b 3b Aaron Eiynck 27 5 8 2 5 6 1 0 Adam Winkels 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Blake Winkels 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Mergen 31 7 8 6 5 7 0 0 Breyden Eiynck 35 9 10 8 5 7 3 0 Carey Shay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carson Holthaus 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chad Mergen 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coby Mergen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cody Fourre 38 3 14 10 4 13 0 0 Dominick Eiynck 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dylan Panek 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ethan Navra l 41 11 10 7 8 8 1 0 Henry Theis 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hunter Mergen 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 Isaac Ne 30 7 13 8 2 10 1 0 Josh Becker 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Robert Schleper 21 2 5 3 1 3 1 0 Taylor Fourre 48 12 16 7 3 9 7 0 Tylor Schroeder 34 3 4 1 5 4 0 0 Will Mergen 41 9 11 5 6 9 2 0 Total 380 72 104 57 48 80 17 0

.333. They all have at least 10 hits as do Will Mergen, Breyden Eiynck and Ethan Navratil. They are often on base when Brad Mergen and Aaron Eiynck are at the plate.

On the mound, Brad Mergen has established he is again one of the tougher pitchers in the SCL, with 34 strikeouts in 31.2 innings and a 1.17 ERA. Just in time for the postseason, Ethan Navratil has merged as another that can keep teams from scoring.

The Flames have a lot going for themselves, and should be fun to watch in the postseason.

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The infield and offensive play of Breyden Eiynck has helped Farming establish themselves as a solid team in the SCL-South. He and other younger players are a reason the Flames are hoping for a good postseason run.

Roscoe Rangers Roscoe Max Athmann Spence Eisenbraun Spence Evans Brent Heinen Dawson Hemmesch Nick Hommerding Jake Kraemer Jaxon Leyendecker Russell Leyendecker Aus n Pauls Brayden Pung Devon Savage Brandon Schleper Jordan Schleper Cory Schmi Garth Utsch Josiah Utsch Bryce Vanderbeek Chris Vanderbeek Chris Wehseler Totals

ab 30 3 21 29 3 20 1 11 46 31 14 42 36 38 4 3 5 28 22 1 388

r 4 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 3 3 8 7 5 0 2 0 3 4 0 49

The youth of the Rangers – they sometimes played eighth graders – showed at times during the year.

At other times, the team played opponents very close. Often having a good game was Devon Savage. Savage hit a .500 clip for much of year.

More than once, his bat delayed a seven-inning loss, or sent games into extra innings. His three home runs, three doubles and 11 RBI led the team.

Russell Leyendecker was another who opponents respected as he slapped out 17 hits, and Jordan Schleper had 14 hits.

The hits however, were scattered and didn’t

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bb 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 4 4 2 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 32

2b 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 12

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always produce runs. The Rangers pitching staff had good outings from Dawson Hemmesch and Russ Leyendecker, but

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Devon Savage is not easy to retire as a batter. All year, he hit near .500 and was among the best batters in the area.

Pitching Dawson Hemmesch Jordan Schleper Bennet Evans Spence Evans Russ Leyendecker Cody Mackedanz Bryce Vanderbeek Brandon Schleper Totals

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h r 30 38 4 3 14 7 24 23 37 24 3 5 5 5 10 7 127 112

er 27 3 4 16 17 5 5 7 84

so 22 4 7 8 15 3 3 2 64

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era 9.23 4.26 5.40 9.82 4.99 22.50 45.00 13.50 8.1

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Stearns County League - South

St. Martin Martins

Pitching Sco Lieser Kyle Lieser Bryan Schlangen Ben Schroeder Totals

St.Mar n Jaylyn Arceneau Tanner Arceneau Brady Goebel Chas Hennen Derek Koll Kyle Lieser Sco Lieser Ryan Messer Zach Moritz Nolan Rueter Bryan Schlangen Ma hew Schlangen Michael Schlangen Avery Schmitz Ben Schroeder Totals

ip 43.0 11.0 8.1 26.2 89.0

ab 17 35 33 12 25 33 23 22 9 34 29 24 1 28 5 330

h 30 7 6 24 67

r 4 4 4 1 3 14 4 1 2 6 7 1 1 1 2 55

r 2 0 1 9 12

er 2 1 1 7 11

h 3 12 10 3 4 13 7 3 2 12 8 2 0 8 1 88

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era .42 .82 1.08 2.36 1.11

hr sb 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13

St. Martin manager Carl Lieser knows his team will not score a lot of runs in a game.

What they do is score enough to win. In the process, the Martins have put together one of the most enjoyable teams to watch in the area.

The biggest reason for their success in the SCL contest is pitching.

Scott Lieser is by now known as the pitcher for St. Martin. In 43 innings he has struck out 50 batters and has a .42 era, not much lower than closer PHOTO Kyle Lieser. His ERA

BY HERMAN of .82 means few teams LENSING Aggressive base have rallied late in the running by Derek game against the MarKoll and other Martins tins. No pitcher on the has created scoring team has an ERA as high opportunities for the team. a 3.00. The team has not They have more than once given up a lot of runs. produced runs by taking In the team’s first 11 extra bases with steals games in the SCL this or on wild pitches. season, they allowed 11 runs. There have been three shutouts and five where opponents scored sf hp ave slg obp 0 0 .176 .176 .222 a run. Only three teams 0 1 .343 .371 .439 have scored four runs on 0 0 .303 .364 .343 them – and the Martins 0 0 .250 .250 .250 won one of those.

0 0 .160 .160 .192 The offense, led by 0 2 .394 .485 .556 0 1 .304 .304 .333 Kyle Lieser who has hit 1 1 .136 .136 .174 near .400 all year, is not 0 2 .222 .222 .417 one of power. They have 0 2 .353 .353 .421 just seven extra-base hits.

1 1 .276 .345 .447 2 2 .083 .125 .267 They play station-to-sta0 0 .000 .000 .000 tion, manufacture runs, 0 1 .286 .286 .355 win bunts, good baserun0 0 .200 .200 .200 ning and have a number 4 13 .267 .294 .361 of infield or bloop hits.

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The Richmond Royals have the elements needed to have long postseason runs.

The team has batters who hit often, getting on base and sparking rallies. Chase Aleshire with a .381 average has produced 13 RBI and hit three home runs. Cole Schmitz, another who can hit the long ball, has 14 hits. Justin Schroeder and Dusty Adams are two more with 10-plus hits.

That quartet can, and has, produced runs for the Royals. The leads they have helped the club obtain are protected by a trio of pitchers. DJ Schleicher is an established pitcher ans rarely walks a batter. Austin Larson is another with good control. In a recent outing, Mason Primus has done very well, striking out 20 in 23 innings.

The pitchers have learned to trust their defense, and the Royals

er 1 0 7 7 8 5 28

so 4 16 11 20 11 4 66

bb 3 4 5 11 3 4 30

hp 1 0 2 1 1 1 6

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l 0 0 0 1 2 0 3

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era 1.29 0.00 3.10 2.74 2.77 6.43 2.77

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A u s t i n Larson has kept opponents in check when pitching for the Royals. He has walked just five in his first 20 innings.

Richmond Dusty Adams Chase Aleshire Logan Aleshire Alex Budde Kyle Budde Trent Gertken Dylan Jude Brady Klehr Aus n Larson Cameron Miller Kenny Mooney Lane Myer Mason Primus DJ Schleicher Cole Schmitz Jus n Schroeder Carter Thelen Dalton Thelen Totals

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r 2 6 5 5 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 8 0 2 4 3 6 52

h 10 16 6 3 1 7 0 3 1 5 0 1 9 0 14 10 4 9 99

bi 2 13 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 8 0 6 4 0 10 55

bb 3 4 2 2 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 3 32

2b 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 13

hr 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 11

sb 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10

sf 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

hp 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4

ave .313 .381 .154 .200 .063 .200 .000 .429 .143 .357 .000 .500 .321 .000 .326 .270 .308 .300 .274

slg .344 .619 .256 .200 .375 .229 .000 .429 .143 .357 .000 .500 .714 .000 .465 .351 .385 .500 .407

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Lake Henry Lakers Don’t ever count Lake Henry out of a game.

The team earned – and properly so – a reputation for late-inning, game-winning rallies. A lot of that comes from their power.

Led by Jason Kampsen’s four home runs, the team hit 11 against SCL opponents this year as they won a few nailbiters and an occasional blowout.

Besides Jason Kampsen, Shane Kampsen, Matthew Quade, Nick Dingman, Josh Kampsen and Adam Miller have put the ball out of the park. Power is not the Lakers’ only game. In the last few games, Matt Quade, Dingman and Ludwig have consistently put the ball into play.

The Lakers’ tradition of pitching excellence has been carried on by Sam Hopfer, Ludwig and Weston Brinkman. They may not have always prevented teams from scoring, but they have rarely given up more runs than the Lakers have scored.

The postseason has been a proving grounds of a team’s abilities and, this year, Lake Henry should do well in those tests.

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Shane Kampsen’s abilities as a catcher have earned him respect across the SCL. He is also a hitter who can deliver in the clutch with late-inning home runs.

Pitching Weston Brinkman Sam Hopfer Jason Kampsen Grant Ludwig Tori Olmscheid Jordan Orbeck Totals

ip 14.1 36.2 8.1 15.1 7.2 7.2 90

h 25 34 6 18 4 4 91

r 18 23 3 13 3 3 63

er 18 18 4 11 3 2 56

so 8 14 3 6 10 1 42

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Lake Henry ab r h bi bb so 1b Cooper Bast 18 3 2 0 2 0 2 Weston Brinkman 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Nick Dingman 38 4 14 11 7 0 11 Lucas Holtz 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 Sam Hopfer 38 3 11 5 4 0 8 Adam Jaeger 21 1 5 5 3 0 3 Jason Kampsen 39 10 9 12 6 0 2 Josh Kampsen 23 6 6 1 0 0 4 Shane Kampsen 43 11 12 4 5 0 9 Ma hew Lieser 12 2 5 1 4 0 3 Spencer Lieser 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 Grant Ludwig 11 0 4 2 0 0 4 Michael Ludwig 6 0 2 1 0 0 2 Adam Miller 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 Shaye Olmscheid 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tori Olmscheid 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Orbeck 11 2 3 0 1 0 3 Mathew Quade 25 8 7 3 5 0 5 Colin Spooner 13 1 1 0 2 0 1 Trent Wendlandt 14 1 4 1 0 0 3 Carter Wessel 24 6 5 4 3 0 4 Totals 355 60 91 52 45 0 64

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hp 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 15

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Sobieski Skis Pitching Alex Gwost Tyler Jendro Sco Litchy Thomas Miller Dusty Parker Chris Reller Totals

ip 0.0 41.0 12.0 16.0 19.0 3.0 109.0

h 0 31 5 17 9 4 77

r 0 11 1 2 6 0 22

so 0 41 18 17 13 2 91

bb 0 7 2 1 5 0 18

July 21, 2021 | Amateur Baseball | Page 11 Victory League - South

hp 0 4 0 0 0 0 4

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A solid infielder and good team player, Matt Baier contributes offensively was well. Through the first 13 games, he had 16 hits.

Sobieski returned to Eckman, Joey Hanowski Class C play this year, and Riley Hirsh all have at and pretty much picked up least 10 RBI. where they left off, beatSobieski page 14 ing all comers.

With a potent offense and strong pitching staff, the team out-scored opponents 117-77 and won six games by the 10-run rule.

The pitching has been done primarily by Tyler Jendro, who struck out 41 batters in 41 innings and won five games. Scott Litchy, two wins; Thomas Miller, three wins; and Dusty Parker, two wins, all have over 10 innings pitched on the year.

The pitchers are generally pitching with leads provided by the consistent hitting of the team. Matt Baier leads the team with 16 hits. Jendro has often helped his own cause, pounding out 13 hits, with five doubles, and Joey Hanowski’s 12 hits include three home runs. Seven others have 10-plus hits on the year and Collin www.freeportstatebank.com

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With a .412 average and 14 hits, Brandon Dickmann is a player more than one team pitched carefully to. He drove in 14 runs and had three home runs.

Pitching Alex Dalbec Carter Douvier Jack Opatz Jake Ethen Jordan Gombos Lane Gerads Peter Schumer Rolando Ramos Tyler Huls Totals

ip 7.2 6.1 6.2 45.0 28.2 0.0 7.0 10.0 2.2 114.0

h 22 9 11 43 41 0 7 14 3 150

r 24 9 14 30 28 0 6 11 2 123

er 20 6 10 15 16 0 3 10 2 82

so 3 4 3 42 9 0 4 8 1 74

bb 11 12 15 26 7 0 4 10 2 87

hp w 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 14 3

l 2 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 11

era 23.48 8.53 13.50 3.00 5.02 0.00 3.86 9.00 6.75 6.47

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er 0 0 1 5 2 4 8 1 21

so 6 2 4 11 13 10 19 13 30

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hb w 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 5 4 2 0 78 1

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The Lakers have again established themselves as a top contender in the area. The team has strong points in all areas of the game, especially hitting and pitching.

There is depth on the mound with Matt Pichelmann, 32.2 innings, Cole Wellmann, 17 innings and Reese Gregory, 14.1 innings, doing the bulk of the pitching. Playing with a good defense behind them, the Lakers have allowed 36 runs in the season thus far for a 2.70 team ERA. They have not only handled Victory League foes, but done well in exhibition games.

PHOTO The team’s well-balanced offense conBY HERMAN tributes to having defeated most opposition.

LENSING Caleb Curry, Gregory and Riley Voit were Reese Gregory’s all hitting over .400 late in the season, pitching is an added and Cole Wellmann hit over 300. The bonus for the Lakers with team has power, with Curry and Gregory 13 strikeouts in 14.1 innings, and he has rarely allowed combining for seven home runs. Carter runs (0.63 era). Offensively, Philippi has nine steals, and others also his .486 average has provide speed on the bases. The Lakers produced three home will enter the postseason knowing they runs and 11 RBI. have the talent to win, and have proven they can do so.

Player ab Caleb Curry 35 Reese Gregory 35 Riley Voit 36 Cole Wellmann 45 Joe Dolan 50 Reed Voit 27 Carter Philippi 44 Cody S ch 50 Carter Holthaus 38 Ma Meyer 42 Jon Bell 2 Peyton Krumrei 9 Ryan Janzen 10 Jack Theisen 3 Noah Voz 12 Ma Pichelmann 5 Adam Harlander 13 Cole Fuecker 7 Jacob Adrian 5 Shane Olmscheid 1 Team 469

r h 12 17 7 16 10 15 10 14 10 15 7 8 13 11 4 12 7 9 8 9 1 1 0 4 5 4 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 99 143

St. Wendel from page 11 St. Wendel has elements to be a contending team; they just need to have it all come together.

Brandon Dickmann, hitting .412, is a respected hitter and with 14 hits he drove in 14 runs. Pete Schumer was not overlooked by many opponents and punched out 19 hits on the year. Tyler Huls and Jake Ethen both had 15 hits and at the end of the season, Rolando Ramos started putting the bat on the ball.

The team would get runners on, but then miss out on the clutch hits to drive them in. They need-

bi 8 11 5 11 11 3 7 12 5 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 84

bb 3 2 5 9 10 4 5 4 12 7 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 69

1b 6 8 12 9 10 5 8 10 8 9 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 98

2b 7 5 3 5 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31

3b hr 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12

St.Wendel ab Alex Dalbec 24 Aus n Dickmann 3 Brandon Dickmann 34 Carter Douvier 41 Charlie Slivnik 24 Cole Wunderlich 9 Hunter Welle 14 Jack Opatz 32 Jacob Wolter 20 Jake Ethen 53 Jordan Gombos 50 Lane Gerads 1 Ma Catlin 1 Peter Schumer 48 Rolando Ramos 22 Tanner Tomasek 17 Tyler Huls 53 Will Ethen 19 Totals 465

hp 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8

r h 4 6 1 1 6 14 7 6 1 4 1 4 0 0 8 8 4 2 5 15 3 10 0 0 0 0 8 19 5 5 1 2 11 15 0 4 65 115

ed runs as other teams generally found ways to score against them. Jake Ethen was the pitcher on

sf sb 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23

bi 2 0 14 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 8 0 0 5 5 2 7 3 57

bb 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 9 4 2 3 3 39

ave .486 .457 .417 .311 .300 .296 .250 .240 .237 .214 .500 .444 .400 .333 .250 .200 .154 .143 .000 .000 .305

slg 1.029 .857 .500 .422 .480 .481 .386 .280 .263 .214 .500 .556 .400 .333 .417 .200 .385 .286 .000 .000 .456

2b 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 16

3b 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

obp .538 .486 .476 .436 .417 .406 .333 .296 .444 .327 .750 .500 .455 .500 .250 .429 .267 .143 .000 .000 .404

hr 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6

sb 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 4 1 4

sf hp ave slg obp 0 1 .250 .333 .308 0 1 .333 .667 .600 0 0 .412 .765 .429 0 1 .146 .220 .239 0 0 .167 .167 .200 0 0 .444 .444 .444 0 1 .000 .000 .067 0 4 .250 .250 .368 0 0 .100 .100 .182 0 1 .283 .321 .356 0 2 .200 .200 .245 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1 2 .396 .500 .508 0 0 .227 .455 .346 0 0 .118 .118 .211 1 1 .283 .377 .328 0 1 .211 .263 .348 2 15 .247 .325 .325

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Victory League - South

Freeport Black Sox When the Black Sox have their entire lineup available, the team can play with anyone.

With the hitting of Jake Braegelmann, .385, Bryan Benson, .348 and Brandon Sawyer, .353, the team cannot be overlooked. Offensively, neither can the rest of the team. All year long, the club has had someone, somewhere, in the lineup who can get on and spark a rally. Carter Sawyer, Matt Johnson and Brady Pesta also have more than 10 hits; and Tyler Hemker and Ike Sawyer have displayed a knack for getting on base with walks. The Black Sox get those runners across the plate. They scored 10-plus runs in five of their games.

On the mound, the team has a deep staff with Taylor Erickson, 28 innings, and Carter Neuenschwander, 29 innings, emerging as the workhorses. Nate Mettenburg, Cody Rose and Bryce Stalboerger have also been effective in spots.

Freeport’s road to a long postseason run won’t be easy, nor will they make it easy for any opponent they face.

Swing in and see us after the game PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

Matt Johnson’s baserunning has enabled the Black Sox to get runners into scoring position and come home. His speed has brought about four doubles and four steals.

Pitching Bryan Benson Taylor Erickson Tyler Hemker Ma Johnson Nate Me enburg Carter Neuenschwander Brady Pesta Cody Rose Bryce Stalboerger Totals

Freeport ab r h bi Bryan Benson 46 10 16 6 Jake Braegelmann 26 6 10 7 Dylan Carlson 23 5 6 3 Taylor Erickson 8 1 3 2 Conner Hemker 3 1 0 0 Tyler Hemker 40 7 8 4 Ma Johnson 42 8 10 7 Ben Me enburg 2 0 0 0 Nate Me enburg 32 5 9 8 Caleb Neeser 2 0 0 0 Nikalas Neeser 4 0 0 0 Carter Neuenschwander 10 1 2 3 Brady Pesta 35 3 10 6 Cody Rose 9 2 3 1 Carter Sawyer 41 12 11 8 Brandon Sawyer 34 8 12 8 Gavin Sawyer 2 0 1 1 Ike Sawyer 39 6 7 7 Trevor Sawyer 19 7 6 3 Bryce Stalboerger 7 1 2 0 Totals 424 83 116 74

bb 9 6 4 0 1 10 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 0 12 3 0 70

ip 2.0 28.0 1.1 1.1 13.0

h 1 36 7 1 8

r 1 23 8 0 0

er 1 20 7 0 0

so 4 27 0 2 4

bb 1 6 3 1 4

hp 0 4 1 0 0

w 0 1 0 0 2

l 0 2 0 0 0

s era 0 4.50 0 6.43 0 47.26 0 .00 0 .00

29.0 4.2 14.1 14.0 107.2

27 5 17 15 117

27 6 9 8 82

23 5 9 8 73

13 5 8 7 70

18 4 6 12 55

2 1 2 1 11

1 0 2 1 7

3 0 0 1 6

1 0 0 0 1

2b 3b 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 3

hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

sb 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 16

sf 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

hp 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 11

ave .348 .385 .261 .375 .000 .200 .238 .000 .281 .000 .000 .200 .286 .333 .268 .353 .500 .179 .316 .286 .274

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Victory League - West

Randall Cubs

ab r h The Cubs will have Randall a say in the outcome of Braydon Biermaier 1 0 0 Couture 20 3 3 the VL-South/West post- Dane Brandon Dickman 13 4 3 season.

Ricky Drew 43 8 12 4 0 0 With Travis Wen- Nick Henry 13 2 2 zel and Ricky Drew in Josh Jennings Kunkel 34 4 8 their lineup, the team can Thomas Gabe Nagel 3 0 0 count on getting runners Sam Nagel 33 5 6 on base.

Carter Natvig 10 0 1 17 2 2 Alex Zack, Sam Na- Ma Otremba gel and Brett Strack are Kyle Peterschick 26 6 6 Stack 33 2 9 behind them to put them Bre Caleb Strack 22 5 5 across the plate.

Travis Wenzel 44 7 15 34 9 10 Caleb Strack and Alec Zack 350 57 82 Wenzel give the team Totals a nice 1-2 combination from the mound. They The hitting and pitchhave combined for over ing should help the Cubs 90 strikeouts and both to some postseason memhave strong ERAs. ories.

bi 0 3 2 6 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 4 6 2 7 4 48

bb 2b 3b 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 5 4 0 31 15 0

Pitching Sam Nagel Bre Strack Caleb Strack Travis Wenzel Totals

Victory League - North hr 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8

sb 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 10

ip 10.0 9.0 37.0 32.2 88.2

sf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2

h 12 12 28 31 83

r 5 5 17 14 41

hp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 6 er 5 4 11 11 31

ave .000 .150 .231 .279 .000 .154 .235 .000 .182 .100 .118 .231 .273 .227 .341 .294 .234

slg .000 .350 .462 .302 .000 .231 .235 .000 .485 .100 .118 .423 .303 .227 .568 .412 .346

so bb 8 2 8 3 52 17 45 12 113 34

hp w 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 5

2b hr 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 2

sb 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7

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obp .000 .227 .231 .311 .000 .214 .278 .000 .289 .182 .286 .310 .333 .370 .370 .415 .307 l 0 0 2 1 3

s 0 0 0 1 1

It has been a rough season for the Rebels. Few wins have come easy, and a few of those were nailbiters. The team did win nailbiters and in the last few weeks, showed they will play with all opponents.

Nate Ehnstrom’s 12 hits include three doubles and he pushed across seven runs. Brian Skluzacek is also a player who can put the bat on the ball keeping rallies alive; and Zach Heidmann hits over .300.

The pitching has been effective by Bryce Flanagan who recorded 34 strikeouts in 23 innings. Ethan Branum continues as a solid moundsman and Mac Brinc has contributed effective innings. era 4.50 4.00 2.68 3.03 3.15

Pitching Ethan Branum Mac Brink Nate Ehnstrom Bryce Flanagan Bre Kraemer Broc Peterson Totals

ip 13.0 12.0 8.0 27.0 4.0 9.2 73.2

Ft. Ripley Ethan Branum Mac Brink Riley DeRosier Nate Ehnstrom Bryce Flanagan Zach Heidmann Josh Hukriede Nick Jelacie Josh Kosson Jim Kramer Mike McGraw Broc Peterson Bill Sather Jason Sather Jack Schafer Brian Skluzacek Chris Smolke Seth Vagts Brad Waytashek Weston Woitalla Totals

r 2 4 1 8 4 3 3 6 2 0 1 5 1 3 0 9 2 0 0 1 61

h 14 25 7 23 4 7 80

r 10 18 7 9 3 2 49

so 6 10 9 34 6 7 72

bb 3 4 3 13 1 6 30

hp 0 3 1 2 0 0 6

w 0 0 1 3 0 0 4

l 2 1 1 1 0 0 5

s 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Swanville Swans Swanville r h Travis Barthel 3 10 Levi Beseman 1 2 Ryan Buckallew 0 0 Tren Dinius 3 10 Troy Evans 2 4 Tyler Evans 1 0 Gunnar Gustafson 0 0 Zach Gutormson 0 0 Peyton Jackson 1 1 Aus n Johnson 1 1 Nathaniel Koe er 0 0 Colten Kruzel 1 3 Nathan Lambrecht 1 4 Shane Lambrecht 0 2 Carter Loven 1 4 Cole Pfeiffer 0 0 Derek Pfeiffer 0 0 Hudson Pung 2 1 Preston Pung 1 9 Jordan Sales 2 8 Arik Schwanke 0 0 Cooper Thieschafer 0 0 Jackson Thieschafer 2 5 Joshua Vogel 0 1 Totals 22 65

The Swans struggled all season trying to put runs on the board.

The team’s top hitters, Travis Barthel and Tren Dinius, had 10 hits each. Dinius and Jackson Thieschafer both homered.

A number of players took to the mound as the Swans looked for a steady pitcher. Tyler Evans led the team with 16 innings as they were involved in six seven-inning games.

Pitching Peyton Jackson Levi Beseman Hudson Pung Tyler Evans Josh Vogel Jackson Thieschafer Travis Barthel Cooper Thieschafer Troy Evans Totals

ip 7.2 9.0 12.2 16.0 13.2 1.0 9.2 2.0 5.1 77.0

h 6 7 10 18 23 1 13 6 10 94

r 7 11 16 17 19 2 14 5 8 99

so 6 2 13 10 7 1 4 0 2 45

bb 3 10 7 10 6 4 7 1 2 50

hp 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 3 12

w 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

l 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 11

bi 4 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 21

Victory League - North

Nisswa Lighting Nisswa has a reputaPitching ip h r er so bb hp w l tion of doing well in the Eric Bolt 20.2 21 11 3 9 7 0 0 2 clutch, and should do so Caleb Burggraff 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 in the postseason.

Carter Dox 10.2 11 4 0 13 3 0 1 0 The team’s reputaMichael Hoge 4.1 8 6 3 5 8 0 0 0 tion for power has sufAaron Jenkins 6.0 8 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 Bre Jenkins 22.1 17 8 0 15 3 3 2 0 fered much this year as Sam Jensen 10.2 8 3 0 12 5 1 0 0 they hit all home runs and Nicholas Kotaska .2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 doubles. Aaron JenKody Ruedisili 16.2 11 14 1 29 10 2 0 3 kins, Jeremiah Piepkorn Ty Swensen 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Wi wer 2.2 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 and Matt Casperson can Totals 96.2 86 50 7 93 39 6 5 5 all hit and hit hard. Kody Ruedisili has emerged as keep the Lightning in a consistent hitter with drive in runs.

The pitching of Brett games. It should so again 12 hits and has scored 12 runs. Tori Miller’s 13 Jenkins, Ruedisili and in the postseason. hits makes him a threat to Eric Bolt has helped to Nisswa ab Jon Blanche 15 Drew Boland 32 Ma Casperson 30 Carter Dox 2 Michael Hoge 12 Aaron Jenkins 43 Bre Jenkins 21 Paul Jenkins 6 Sam Jensen 5 Nicholas Kotaska 25 Aus n Meister 10 Tory Miller 38 Chris Pederson 19 Sam Peterson 9 Jeremiah Piepkorn 27 Kody Ruedisili 41 Ty Swensen 8 Tyler Wi wer 31 Totals 374

r 2 8 6 1 0 7 6 0 0 2 2 5 4 2 8 12 0 5 70

h bi 3 0 5 4 9 5 0 0 2 3 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 13 5 7 4 3 4 8 8 12 9 1 1 4 5 86 62

bb 1 6 5 2 1 6 3 1 1 2 4 4 3 0 4 7 0 5 55

2b 1 1 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 20

3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

hr 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 11

sb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7

sf 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6

hp 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 12

ave .200 .156 .300 .000 .167 .256 .190 .000 .000 .120 .100 .342 .368 .333 .296 .293 .125 .129 .230

slg .267 .281 .433 .000 .167 .488 .238 .000 .000 .160 .100 .421 .789 .778 .556 .488 .125 .258 .377

obp .250 .325 .417 .500 .231 .347 .320 .143 .167 .214 .357 .419 .455 .333 .441 .420 .125 .270 .347

bb 3 1 0 3 2 5 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 3 1 38

sf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

hp 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

h bi bb 2b 3b hr 3 3 4 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 1 3 0 1 5 7 1 1 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 3 2 4 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 6 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 74 50 37 18 1 9

sb 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

sf hp 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21

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Sauk Centre Titans Pitching Shane Tra les Dylan Haskamp Jared Gesell Andrew Rousslange Brian Beuning Joe Schwinghamer Total

ip 31.2 14.0 12.2 6.2 1.1 2 67.0

h 34 18 9 9 0 3 73

The Titans have the pieces to cap the year with a successful postseason run.

With four proven .400 hitters, Andrew Primus, Andrew Rousslange, Dylan Haskamp and Jake Haskamp, in the lineup, Sauk Centre usually has a scoring threat when they bat. In addition, Derek Holm and Jared Gesell are hitting over .300 and Alex Kowski, who has seen limited action, has produced two home runs and a plus .600 average.

The team hits with consistency at .353, and with power, with 31 extra-base hits. Nor are they afraid to take extra bases, and led by Andrew Rousslange’s seven thefts, the team has 22 steals.

The movement on the bases has produced runs. The other side of their successful equation is not allowing many

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runs, starting with a pitching staff which has generally held opponents in check.

Shane Trattles has 36 strikeouts in 31.2 innings and the team has struck out over 80 batters in 67 innings. Trattles’ 1.71 era is among the best in the area. The team’s fielding plays well beSauk Centre Alex Kowski Andrew Primus Andrew Rousslange Alex Thompson Brian Beuning Dylan Haskamp Derek Holm Dominic Ri er Eli Fletcher Greg Weiers Hunter Fletcher Isaac Roelike Jared Gesell Jake Haskamp Joe Schwinghamer Jacob Zollman Ma hew Warring Noah Fletcher Payton Crider Shane Tra les Total

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With a few breaks, the Devils could have a record above the .500 mark.

The team lost four games by two runs, one of them in extra innings. Led by the hitting of Kolten and Kamden Happke, St. Mathias usually found a way to get on base, but they didn’t always get those runners home.

Conner Knettel emerged as a dependable pitcher, throwing over 42 innings, and Burrell Flanagan and Alex Guggiesberg provided additional quality outings.

The Devils know they can play better than their record, and that could translate into postseason wins.

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