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Elrosa Saints

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Elrosa ab r h rbi bb Fischer, Blaine 22 5 1 1 2 Kampsen, Gavin 52 3 10 4 5 Kuefler, James 3 1 0 0 2 Kuefler, Kevin 52 12 20 3 6 Lenarz, Riley 11 0 2 0 0 Meyer, Riley 3 0 0 0 0 Olmscheid, Ryan 13 0 0 0 0 Peter, Jackson 26 5 9 3 3 Roelike, Brandon 41 3 8 1 14 Schmitz, Matt 49 8 10 6 10 Steffensen, Wyatt 9 0 3 0 0 Van Beck, Luke 30 1 6 4 2 Van Beck, Payton 4 1 2 0 0 Van Beck, Will 50 9 12 5 4 Vogt, Ethan 38 2 4 5 7 Wiener, Derek 45 5 14 10 3 Wiener, Evan 8 2 1 1 4 Winter, Peyton 37 2 6 2 2 Totals 493 59 108 45 64

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Catcher Brandon Roelike holds his own when defending the plate. Additionally, he helped pitchers such as Payton Van Beck (back) with his pitch selection.

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Elrosa went through some adjustment pains last year, but showed they have the players to be a good team.

With Payton Van Beck, the club has a young but proven pitcher who can keep batters off base. Drafted by Spring Hill for post-league play, he was a factor in that club’s regional and state run. He struck out 63 batters in 69 innings. Veteran Ethan Vogt again proved durable, leading the team with 46.2 innings.

Offensively, Kevin Kuefler, .385; Jackson Peter, .346, and Derek Wiener, .311 had good years.

They often got on base, but there were not always hits to drive them in.

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Defensively, Elrosa has a good corps of outfielders, and shortstop Matt Schmitz holds his own in that position. The defense rarely hurts itself during games.

The Saints showed last year they could take on and play with good teams. This year, they may well come out on top of a few more of those contests.

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Payton Van Beck emerged as one of the strong, steady pitchers for Elrosa and in the SCL last year. He struck out 48 for Elrosa and finished with over 60 strikeouts after being drafted.

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Pitching Engelmeyer, Brett Engelmeyer, Tyler Ettel, Ethan Hoffman, Tyler Rademacher, Nick Thomas, Tyler Totals

ip h 2.0 1 33.1 40 5.1 6 60.0 74 3.1 7 2.0 2 107.0 130

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Greenwald will have a new manager this year as Doug Welle returns to the Cubs’ dugout.

Welle inherits a team with some solid potential in proven players at good key positions. Joining Welle in the coaching duties are Dan Hopfer and Chuck Winter, who played and managed the team in the past years.

Pitcher Tyler Hoffman has shown durability and competitiveness during his career; and catcher Tyler Thomas is experienced at that position. Infielder Kegan Stueve and outfielder Tyler Engelmeyer are both assets to the offense.

The Cubs have hitters, but need them to come through with runners on base. Engelmeyer, Ryan Kraemer and Thomas were all at 10 or more hits last season.

Showing a lot of promise for the team are Ethan Ettel, utility player and pitcher, and Brett Engelmeyer, pitcher/ infielder. With both hav-

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ing graduated from high school, they will be available to play more games.

Another showing offensive potential is Henry Braun, who hit .333 in limited play last season and played well in the Legion program.

Greenwald showed potential against some quality teams last year, staying with Lake Henry, Meire Grove and Spring Hill. This year, with maturity of their talent, Greenwald may surprise a few fans.

Greenwald Braun, Henry Engelmeyer, Brett Engelmeyer, Tyler Ettel, Ethan Ettel, Zach Feldewerd, Levi Finken, Nick Hoffman, Tyler Kraemer, Ryan Lenarz, Brady Leukam, Tyler Rademacher, Nick Stueve, Kegan Thomes, Tyler Wessel, Derek Totals

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Tyler Engelmeyer logged over 30 innings for the Cubs last season. He struck out 23 in those innings. rbi bb 0 0 5 2 2 5 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 6 3 0 0 0 7 1 3 4 9 5 4 0 1 27 44

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Meire Grove Grovers Pitching ip h Imdieke, Matt 52.0 54 Imdieke, Jacob 1.0 1 Klaphake, Ben 5.1 8 Meyer, Colton 3.1 5 Roelike, Josh 33.2 47 Klaphake, Jaron 45.1 56 Klaphake, Jordan 3.2 4 Van Beck, Will-d 0.2 1 Totals 145.0 176

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Meire Grove earned the Colton Meyer brings reputation of scoring runs that aspect into the Grolast, particularly with power vers’ line-up. His six home hitting. runs were the best of any in the SCL last year. Not only does he have the power, but his .453 average led a corps of good hitters. Jordan Klaphake, .349, and Alex Welle, .328, were no slouches in getting on base. With the bats of Josh Roelike and Kurt Marthaler behind them, they also scored.

The Grovers’ offense helped them to stay in games, even when they were dealt with some inconsistent pitching. Still, the Grovers have a good enough pitching

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Meire Grove ab r Deters, Bob 2 1 Imdieke, Jacob 4 0 Klaphake, Ben 1 0 Klaphake, Jaron 41 6 Klaphake, Jordan 63 14 Klaphake, Tanner 70 7 Marthaler, Kurt 62 6 Meyer Aaron 1 0 Meyer, Colton 64 19 Moscho, Tyler 71 16 Olmscheid, Josh 16 3 Olmscheid, Ryan 28 2 Roelike, Josh 54 8 Schwieters, Gabe 4 0 Welle, Alex 67 12 Welle, Andrew 54 8 Totals 602 102

h 0 1 1 7 22 15 21 0 29 22 5 5 12 1 22 12 175

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Matt Imdieke remains among the steadiest pitchers in the SCL. He led the Grovers in innings worked last season.

staff to contend with most Roelike can help out in reteams. Veteran Matt Imdieke lief. The team should only is durable and reliable, and Jaron Klaphake and Josh Meire Grove page 5 rbi bb 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 8 6 6 4 9 0 0 0 20 8 7 8 4 1 3 2 14 3 0 0 14 4 2 3 93 43

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April 20,2022

Pitching Reller, Ty Stangler, Nick Thull, Jim Sand, Nolan Funk, Will Vogt, Ethan-d Totals

New Munich SilverStreaks

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New Munich could set the pace on SCL-North diamonds this year.

They have proven veterans with the experience to win joined by a contingent of talented, young players who want to win.

The mixture is found throughout the line-up. The SilverStreaks had 13 players with at least 10 hits last year. Ty Reller’s 21 hits led the team; and Adam Stangler, Will Funk and Carter Birr all had at least 13 hits. With that group getting on base, the bats of Logan Funk, Caden Sand and Nick Stangler drove in runs.

The SilverStreaks outscored opponents 109-88 last year, and it wasn’t only because of offense. Reller is one of the top pitchers in the league with a 2.52 ERA across 78.2 innings. His 83 strikeouts are among the best in the area. The team for years has counted on the arm of Jim Thull to help out, and has good relief in Nolan Stang and Will Funk.

Defensively, the team is solid and has players who are fun to watch at any position. Those elements all started to blend last year, and should continue toward a good season this year.

New Munich ab r Birr, Carter 53 11 Funk, Chad 47 12 Funk, Logan 45 7 Funk, Will 43 8 Hinnenkamp, Jacob 61 12 Hoppe, Joe 2 0 Rademacher, Hunter56 9 Reller, Ty 75 12 Rieland, Tanner 43 6 Sand, Caden 55 5 Sand, Paul 3 0 Sand, Nolan 27 4 Schiffler, Carter 14 3 Stangler, Adam 62 9 Stangler, Joe 46 7 Stangler, Keagan 20 1 Stangler, Nick 40 3 Thull, Jim 1 0 Team 693 109

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Anthony Revermann shows durability and control when on the mound for Spring Hill.

Last year he led the team in innings pitched and strikeouts.

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Carter Birr proved he can make contact with the pitching in the Stearns County League. He used his 13 hits and six steals to produce runs for New Munich.

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Meire Grove from page 4 be helped with the addition of Brady Birch.

Defensively, Jaron Klaphake and Tanner Klaphake provide stability when the Grovers are on the field. They help carry on a tradition of good Meire Grove defense.

Meire Grove won and lost some close games last year. This year, they may very well better their 2021 record.

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Page 6 | Amateur Baseball: Stearns County League - South Farming ab r Becker, Josh 11 1 Carson, Holthaus 0 2 Eiynck, Aaron 51 8 Eiynck, Breyden 54 9 Eiynck, Dominic 4 2 Fourre, Cody 69 8 Fourre, Taylor 78 18 Mergen, Brad 56 8 Mergen, Chad 7 0 Mergen, Coby 5 2 Mergen, Hunter 3 1 Mergen, Will 58 11 Navratil, Ethan 71 21 Nett, Isaac 60 17 Panek, Dylan 6 1 Schleper, Robert 25 3 Schroeder, Dale 4 1 Schroeder, Tylor 58 2 Shay, Cary 4 2 Theis, Henry 1 1 Winkels, Adam 2 0 Winkels, Blake 4 0 Totals 631 118

h 1 0 12 12 1 22 19 16 0 2 0 14 26 27 1 8 2 7 1 0 0 0 171

Farming gave every indication last year that they may well be an emerging dominant power in the area.

They boasted one of the deepest, youngest and most

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talented teams in the area.

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hits. Taylor Fourre can get on base and score runs.

Their pitching staff could at times be dominant and deep. Four pitchers had over 20-plus innings with veteran Brad Mergen leading the team and throwing 45 innings. Adam Winkels struck out 31 in 36.2 innings, and finished with a 3.72 era.

Adam Nibaur should help the pitching, and all should benefit from the catching of Cody Fourre.

Defensively, Farming has a tradition of getting to

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Farming Flames

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Ethan Navratil has shown he can consistently hit amateur level pitching and produce runs for the Flames. Last year, he led the team in most offensive categories.

ball, and has great players, such as Taylor Fourre, Tylor Schroeder, Aaron Eiynck and Navratil, who will continue the tradition. The team showed last year they have the talent to play, compete and win with the best in area.

This year, it may be that they will dominate those games.

Pitching Eiynck, Breyden Fourre, Taylor Mergen, Brad Mergen, Chad Navratil, Ethan Panek, Dylan Schroeder, Tylor Winkels, Adam Hopfer, Sam-d Totals

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Roscoe has the elements to have a good team.

Russell Leyendecker set the tone for the team with his hitting, .377, and pitching, 36 ip, and others

picked up on his example.

Devon Savage hit at .438, joining Leyendecker as a 20+ hitter. Savage, a versatile player, played well in the infield and outfield.

Jordan Schleper, a solid first baseman, also hit over .300. He and Brandon Schleper also share mound duties.

The hope is that Josh Mackedanz, who missed last year with a broken wrist, will return to form and help the pitching staff.

Those veterans are expected to lead what is essentially a young team.

The Rangers have 12 players between the eighth and 12th grade on the roster.

Some of them, such has Max Athmann, Jaxson Leyendecker and Austin Pauls, already have starting experience with the team. There is also talent with newcomers Parker Brezinka, Ryan Thomas, Mitch Athmann and Charlie Stang.

Roscoe page 7 Roscoe Athmann, Max Eisenbraun, Spence Evans, Spence Heinen, Brent Hemmesch, Dawson Hommerding,Nick Leyendecker, Jaxon Leyendecker, Russell Pauls, Austin Savage, Devon Schleper, Brandon Schleper, Jordan Schmitt, Cory Utsch, Garth Utsch, Josiah Vanderbeek, Bryce Vanderbeek, Chris Kraemer, Jake Pung, Brayden Wehseler, Chris Totals

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Confident and careful at the plate, Russ Leyendecker is a solid hitter in the Ranger line-up. His leadership is also on the mound and in the field.

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April 20,2022

St. Martin Martins

St.Martin Arceneau, Jaylyn Arceneau, Tanner Goebel, Brady Hennen, Chas Koll, Derek Lieser, Kyle Lieser, Scott Messer, Ryan Moritz, Zach Rueter, Nolan Schlangen, Bryan Schlangen, Matthew Schlangen, Michael Schmitz, Avery Schroeder, Ben Totals

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r 5 10 5 3 8 29 5 6 9 8 13 8 1 8 3 121

St. Martin is a fun team to watch, and people have learned to watch to the end of the game.

With a solid defense built around catcher/outfielders Bryan Schlangen and Zach Moritz, outfielder Matthew Schlangen and shortstop Kyle Lieser, the team rarely gives up a lot of runs. Last season, no team scored more than four runs on them.

That was in no small part due to their pitching staff. Led by Scott Lieser, the Martins pitchers allowed 43 runs in 22 games; seven of those wins were shutouts.

Scott Lieser was the pitcher of the year in the SCL with a 0.56 ERA and 118 strikeouts in 95.2 innings. That said, the rest of the staff, too, is solid. Ben Schroeder, 50 strikeouts in 57 innings, Bryan Schlangen, 28 strikeouts in 29.2 innings, and Kyle Lieser, 14 innings 21 strikeouts, all do well in spot starts and relief.

Where the Martins will have to improve is their offense. The team, overall, is young and sometimes started five or six high schoolers. With some playing time, they should do better this year.

Kyle Lieser, Tanner Arceneau and Bryan Schlangen are always a threat to get on. Playing small ball moves them around for runs. In the state tournament, the Martins earned a 1-0 win without the benefit of a hit.

The young Martins learned a lot in amateur play last year. Outfielder Nolan Rueter, infielders Brady Goebel and Ryan Messer and outfielder Avery Schmitz all show grow-

h 4 26 18 4 7 27 14 13 16 16 21 10 0 14 1 191

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bb 2b 3b 1 0 0 14 3 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 12 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 88 14 1

hr 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

sb 0 3 1 1 5 6 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 25

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sf hbp avg 0 0 .138 1 1 .317 0 1 .250 0 0 .200 2 1 .156 0 3 .338 0 1 .326 3 2 .232 3 3 .258 1 3 .250 2 3 .256 5 2 .182 0 0 .000 1 6 .259 0 0 .111 18 26 .253

slg .138 .317 .278 .200 .133 .388 .302 .250 .274 .250 .329 .164 .000 .278 .111 .269

obp .167 .423 .333 .200 .191 .490 .356 .283 .343 .324 .371 .308 .000 .437 .111 .351

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so 21 118 2 28 50 5 224

bb hbp w 8 2 1 7 2 11 0 0 0 14 2 2 13 6 4 2 0 1 44 12 19

l 0 1 0 1 1 1 4

s 2 1 0 0 1 0 4

era 1.29 0.56 0.00 2.43 2.53 0.00 1.41

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If the Ranger blend their experience and young talent, they might well create a memorable season.

Pitching ip h Hemmesch, Dawson34.0 42 Schleper, Jordan 6.1 4 Evans, Bennet 6.2 14 Evans, Spence 15.0 24 Leyendecker, Russ 36.0 45 Mackedanz, Cody 2.0 3 Vanderbeek, Bryce 1.0 5 Schleper, Brandon 7.2 15 Heinen, Brent 0.1 1 Totals 108.0 153

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April 20, 2022 Spring Hill ab Barten, Erik 4 Christen, Aaron 6 Dehmer, Luke 64 Gertken, Dylan 4 Meyer, Owen 83 Meyer, Dylan 5 Nelson, Reagan 68 Revermann, Anthony 68 Schoenberg, Austin 74 Schoenberg, Eric 69 Terres, Brent 18 Terres, Eric 81 Terres, Jamie 80 Terres, Nathan 59 Tschida, Carter 16 Welle, Ben 11 Welle, Brandon 2 Welle, Jordan 7 Totals 719

r 0 1 9 1 14 3 9 12 16 7 2 20 19 11 3 4 0 0 131

h 0 1 15 2 22 0 23 16 11 14 6 28 33 13 4 1 0 0 189

rbi bb 2b 3b 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 0 10 2 4 0 7 11 2 0 9 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 6 5 1 15 10 8 1 9 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 54 32 2

hr sb sf hbp avg slg obp 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .286 3 0 3 2 .234 .406 .269 0 1 0 2 .500 .750 .714 0 5 0 0 .265 .325 .282 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .167 1 0 2 2 .338 .382 .384 1 0 2 4 .235 .309 .297 0 9 3 2 .149 .176 .276 0 2 1 1 .203 .203 .276 0 1 1 0 .333 .333 .368 1 6 2 2 .346 .444 .404 5 1 0 4 .413 .700 .500 1 2 1 1 .220 .237 .324 0 0 0 0 .250 .188 .250 0 1 0 1 .091 .091 .231 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 12 28 15 22 .263 .344 .333

and Eric Terres continue as top batters, but additions such as Reagan Nelson Spring Hill will be veterans and young players have only helped bolster one of the teams to beat in on offense, defense and at the club’s offense. Mix into the SCL-North this season the plate. that the abilities of Auswith a very good mix of Veterans such as Jamie tin Schoenberg, Anthony Revermann, Carter Tschida and Luke Dehmer, and the Chargers are a team few can overlook.

Defensively, the team has outfielder Owen Meyer and infielders Jamie and Eric Terres and Austin Schoenberg getting the ball; and in Nathan Terres, they have a catcher who not only handles pitchers, but defenses. They will only be improved as Dylan Gertken and Ben Welle join uck the mix.

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The Royals ended their 2021 season in the state tournament. They should again be a team to reckon with in the Stearns County League.

The team has proven veterans with catcher-first baseman Cole Schmitz, first baseman-dh Justin Schroeder and pitcher DJ Schleicher being a solid core around which the team is built.

Offensively, the Royals can score on most teams they play. Chase Aleshire (.316, 25 hits), Brady Klehr (.393, 11 hits) and Dalton Thelen (.339, 21 hits) are often on base for the bats of Schmitz and Mason Primus to deliver RBI hits.

Richmond has the power to produce runs, shown by their 15 home runs, five by Chase Aleshire. They also got into position to score with 17 steals, seven by Thelen.

Keeping Richmond in games are the pitching talents of Schleicher, 2.40 ERA; Klehr, 2.20

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ab 60 79 79 0 26 23 72 0 9 48 1 4 80 67 14 62 61 28 713

r 6 11 8 1 6 1 9 0 2 5 3 0 8 6 4 15 14 7 106

h rbi 15 2 25 18 18 6 0 0 7 1 1 1 20 10 0 0 2 0 13 6 0 0 1 1 24 16 16 7 4 0 21 14 16 14 11 7 194 103

ERA; Primus, 3.10 ERA; and Logan Aleshire, 3.10 ERA. The Royals’ defense is anchored by Schmitz, Klehr and Thelen.

In addition, the team has the talents of infielder Cameron Miller and outfielder Carter Thelen.

Coming into the line-up there is a lot of potential in infielder Brenden O’Brien.

The talent is managed

by Blaine Athmann, now in his third year. A concern is that some of that talent

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Richmond Larson, Austin Emerson, Eli Schleicher, DJ Klehr, Brady Thelen, Dalton Aleshire, Logan Primus, Mason Athmann, Blaine Wessel, Carter-d Totals

ip 25.0 3.0 49.0 24.0 14.0 17.0 35.0 8.1 1.1 177

hr 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 15

sb 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 5 17

h 24 1 47 16 11 21 29 12 0 161

r 12 0 19 11 10 9 12 5 0 78

sf hbp avg 0 2 .250 2 1 .316 0 1 .228 0 0 .000 0 1 .269 0 3 .043 2 1 .278 0 1 .000 0 0 .222 1 0 .271 0 0 .000 0 0 .250 3 3 .300 0 1 .239 0 0 .286 0 1 .339 0 2 .262 1 0 .393 9 17 .272 er 12 0 13 6 7 6 12 3 0 59

so 16 2 22 38 13 12 24 7 1 135

slg .250 .557 .304 .000 .269 .304 .306 .000 .222 .271 .000 .250 .425 .299 .357 .548 .475 .357 .374

bb hbp w 7 2 1 0 0 0 6 2 2 16 0 2 7 2 1 9 1 2 13 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 61 11 10

l 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 9

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era 4.30 0.00 2.40 2.20 4.60 3.10 3.10 3.20 0.00 3.00

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Tate Lange not only fields the first base position, but is a productive hitter for the Bears. His .467 average translated into 14 hits and seven runs last year.

Being young and talented is a double-edged dilemma for Opole.

On the one hand, some of those youngsters have proven they have the ability and potential to play against VL opponents.

Drew Lange started

at second much of the year and played well.

Dierks Opatz showed promise offensively.

Dominic Hoikka and Hunter Boeckermann both showed they can play outfield.

Pitching Folsom, Isaiah Hanson, Andrew Hoikka, Dominic Lange, Alex Lange, Austin Lange, Tate Nelson, Jake Niemeyer, Blake Totals

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ip 4.1 5.0 1.0 8.1 3.0 4.0 32.1 7.1 65.1

h 10 8 2 12 8 8 26 12 86

r 12 6 1 12 6 12 14 11 74

er 12 3 1 11 6 4 10 7 54

so bb hbp 5 7 2 1 5 0 1 2 0 6 6 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 27 8 3 5 11 1 47 43 9

w 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3

l 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5

s era 0 24.92 1 5.40 0 9.00 0 11.88 0 18.00 0 9.00 0 2.78 0 8.59 1 7.44

St. Stephen Steves

St. Stephen may be an emerging power in the VLSouth/West.

They have the players needed to challenge Avon, Randall, Upsala and Sobieski. The offense has power in the bats of Mathew Meyer and Tony Schmitz. Meyer, who had 40 hits last year, slammed out 12 doubles and 11 home runs. Schmitz has only continued to improve over the years and counted five home r u n s among his 22 hits.

They are just part of a team which collected 239 hits last year and had six players with 20-plus hits. Some of those are familiar, and respected by the Steves’ opponents. Jake Schelonka followed Meyer’s .430 average with a .406 average. Bo Schmitz and Jake Guggenberger both hit over .300, and the team hit for a .295 average.

Scoring runs is not a problem for the Steves. The team’s pitching can protect most leads its offense creates. Chris Belling, Nick Krippner, Derek Durant, Schelonka and Landon Lunser were fairly balanced while doing the bulk of the pitching. They did give up hits, but also struck out over 160 batters.

The Steves, whose season ended in state, showed they are ready to take the next step. They will have a Pitching ip Lunser, Landon 30.2 Belling, Chris 38.2 Krippner, Nick 36.1 Durant, Derek 29.2 Schelonka, Jake 25.2 Guggenberger, Blake 15.1 Peterschick, Kyle-d 8.1 Justin, Alan 5.0 Omann, Ben 3.0 Meyer, Mathew 2.0 Kramer, Brett-d 0.1 Hartwig, Riley 2.1 Team 195.0

h 31 34 39 25 18 17 11 9 3 2 0 3 192

St. Stephen ab Meyer, Mathew 93 Schelonka, Jake 64 Schmitz, Bo 66 Guggenberger, Blake 75 Schmitz, Tony 76 Omann, Ben 80 Wollak, Andrew 46 Waldvogel, Brandon 63 Hartwig, Riley 66 Durant, Derek 70 Krippner, Nick 7 Lunser, Landon 15 Ambrosier, Andrew 7 Siemers, Logan 29 Holthaus, Sam 25 Belling, Chris 9 Bierscheid, Ben 17 Patrick, Blake 1 Team 809

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bb 2b 3b 15 12 0 5 5 0 16 5 1 7 7 0 6 4 0 10 1 1 3 2 0 8 1 0 8 2 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 97 43 3

hr hbp sf 11 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 5 2 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 26 13

sb 4 13 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 32

avg .430 .406 .333 .307 .289 .288 .283 .270 .242 .186 .429 .333 .286 .241 .200 .111 .059 .000 .295

slg .914 .578 .530 .440 .539 .438 .326 .333 .318 .186 .714 .333 .286 .310 .240 .111 .118 .000 .452

obp .509 .449 .494 .398 .349 .367 .365 .373 .342 .298 .500 .444 .250 .333 .323 .200 .059 .000 .386

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ip h 17.1 27 49.2 47 12.1 13 29.1 30 7.2 4 7.2 4 7.1 10 131.1 135

Power is what people think of when considering Lake Henry, and for good reason.

With the bats of Jason and Shane Kampsen in the line-up, the Lakers have the ability to score runs in bunches.

Power is not the only element in their offensive arsenal. With Nick Dingman, Matthew Quade and Sam Hopfer in their line-up, the Lakers are always

r 19 34 10 22 3 3 7 98

er 19 25 6 18 3 2 6 79

so 9 20 8 15 10 1 8 71

bb 12 22 9 6 3 5 3 60

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w 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 7

l 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 8

s 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

era 9.87 4.53 4.50 5.52 3.52 2.35 7.36 5.43

and Carter Wessel were both drafted from postleague play.

The Lakers kept improving and finished their regular season winning three of four games against region-bound teams.

This year, they may be a threat to score. Nor a team others will have does the team wait for to defeat. home runs; with 20 steals, they showed they will get into position to score.

A legacy of Lake PHOTO BY HERMAN Henry has been pitchLENSING ing. In almost every de- Tori Olmscheid is one cade, they have claimed of the Lake Henry one of the better pitch- infielders who can make ers in the SCL. Sam plays to end opponents’ Hopfer led the team at-bats. He has earned in innings pitched last a reputation for his year, continuing that defense of second base. tradition. Grant Ludwig

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St. Wendel ab Catlin, Matt 7 Dalbec, Alex 41 Douvier, Carter 52 Ethen, Jake 73 Ethen, Jon 3 Ethen, Will 35 Gerads, Lane 3 Gombos, Jordan 66 Huls, Tyler 72 Opatz, Jack 38 Ramos, Rolando 40 Schumer, Peter 60 Slivnik, Charlie 45 Tomasek, Tanner 26 Welle, Hunter 19 Wolter, Jacob 27 Wunderlich, Cole 13 Totals 620

r 2 6 8 10 1 1 0 5 13 9 9 9 7 2 1 7 1 91

h 0 6 8 20 0 5 0 16 21 10 8 25 10 4 4 4 5 146

rbi bb 2b 0 3 0 3 5 2 1 6 1 10 8 3 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 9 2 0 8 4 3 3 2 0 7 8 2 11 12 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 2 3 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 66 63 16

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sb 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 5 7 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 36

sf hbp avg slg obp 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 3 .146 .195 .292 0 4 .154 .212 .290 0 3 .274 .356 .369 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1 1 .143 .171 .262 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 3 .242 .242 .292 2 3 .292 .375 .350 0 5 .263 .263 .378 0 0 .200 .325 .372 1 3 .417 .517 .526 0 0 .222 .222 .271 0 0 .154 .154 .241 0 1 .210 .263 .348 0 2 .148 .222 .303 0 0 .385 .385 .385 4 28 .235 .287 .332

Lake Henry Lakers

Lake Henry Bast, Cooper Brinkman, Weston Dingman, Nick Holtz, Lucas Hopfer, Sam Jaeger, Adam Kampsen, Jason Kampsen, Josh Kampsen, Shane Lieser, Matthew Lieser, Spencer Ludwig, Grant Ludwig, Michael Miller, Adam Olmscheid, Shaye Olmscheid, Tori Orbeck, Jordan Quade, Matthew Spooner, Colin Wendlandt, Trent Wessel, Carter Totals

ab r h 21 3 2 7 0 1 57 5 21 6 1 0 56 3 12 21 1 5 56 11 16 23 6 6 59 15 17 27 2 7 4 0 0 25 0 9 6 0 2 4 1 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 13 2 3 35 9 10 19 4 2 28 2 5 44 8 8 518 73 127

rbi bb 2b 3b hr 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 13 9 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 10 9 1 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 0 1 65 68 19 1 13

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sb sf hbp 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 5 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 20 6 19

avg slg .095 .095 .143 .143 .368 .474 .000 .000 .214 .268 .238 .333 .286 .607 .261 .435 .288 .458 .259 .333 .000 .000 .360 .400 .333 .333 .250 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .231 .231 .286 .457 .105 .105 .179 .214 .182 .273 .245 .361

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Who is SCLʼs all-time home run leader?

BY HERMAN LENSING STAFF WRITER

Last season, at a Stearns County League game, a question was asked that stopped conversation and started guessing.

Which person had hit the most home runs in their Stearns County League career? That was quickly followed by: What was the number? Has anyone ever hit over 100 in a career?

It can be said at least one player has hit 100 home runs in SCL games during his career. There might be more. Finding a definite answer can be challenging.

Some records have been lost, or some games never reported. All that can be found is the minimum number of documented home runs hit by any one player. Still, looking through a number of documented home runs hit in regular-season, playoff, regional and state games (including those hit as a draftee), one player stands out: Jeff Schmitz, a left-handed hitter who played with St. Martin from 1981-2000; and 2001-07 at Lake Henry. A 1983 graduate at Albany Area High

School and a member of the 1986-88 St. Cloud State University baseball team, Schmitz was always known as a consistent and powerful hitter. Available information shows he had at least 103 home runs playing for Stearns County League teams.

“My natural swing produced fly balls, and I liked to swing aggressively,” Schmitz said. “I like to hit in St. Martin, Richmond and Roscoe because the wind tends to blow out.”

Others with more than 75 known home runs are: 89-Jon Dold, Richmond; 81Marc Schmitz, Roscoe; 80Pat Illies, Elrosa and Lake Henry (drafted for New Munich); and 78-Pat Nathe, New Munich.

Those players, and most but not all in the top 25, played much of their careers when metal bats were allowed. Metal bats came in the 1973 season and were part of the amateur game until 2001. Any check of available records shows there was a surge in home runs in those years.

“Metal bats don’t break.

So, you can hit the ball off the handle or the end of the bat and still get a positive

PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

Jeff Schmitz, pictured in 2004, hit over 100 home runs in Stearns County League games. The hardhitting outfielder played with St. Martin from 19812000 and the Lake Henry Lakers 2001-2007 during his 27-year career.

result,” Schmitz said. “Metal bats are lightweight, so you can generate great bat speed.

Increased bat speed equals increased exit velocity. Increased exit velocity equals more home runs. Also, ground balls are getting through the infield faster, resulting in more hits.”

That was also the observation of Dold. Dold played with Richmond from 198992 and from 1995 to 2007 and is an alumnus of Rocori and St. John’s University. He played in the minor leagues with the Cincinnati Reds organization and the Minneapolis Loons. In 1998, he led the local area with 25 home runs in one year.

“Metal bats really got ridiculously good at the end,” PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING Dold said. “There were Jon Dold waits for his pitch in a 2005 region game against many homeruns should’ve New Munich, at New Munch. Dold’s above average been doubles or caught. Evhitting and power helped him be one of the top home eryone had to back up 20 or hitters in SCL history.

30 feet with aluminum.”

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crease home runs, but they didn’t detract from two other factors that contribute to being a consistent home run hitter.

First, the batter has to be a good hitter. There are, to be sure, hitters with an earned reputation for either making an out, or hitting it out.

Their names are rarely found among the home run leaders. All of them in the SCL’s top 10, and most in the top 25, were usually in the top five of the batting order and were the batters no opponent wanted to see up with the game on the line. That wasn’t an accident. Good hitters work at their ability to hit.

“My brothers and I spent a lot of hours in the backyard playing ball using tennis balls,” Schmitz said.

“When I was older, I worked on a tee extensively.”

Dold made sure to get to the Royals’ weekly batting practice. If he missed one, he would hit a plastic ball into a net in his basement.

The other element is that those batters were usually part of good hitting teams.

Not all of their teammates had their power, but most did put the bat on the ball.

“I was lucky to play with great power hitters like Corky Adams, Tim Lieser, the Athmanns, Greg Drontle and Todd Steil,” Dold said.

“It made it easier because they (opponents) had to concentrate on that whole middle of the lineup.”

Schmitz, too, credited talented teammates with helping his numbers. It only helped that opponents had to pitch to him.

“When a lineup is deep, you don’t see anyone getting pitched around,” Schmitz said. “A deep, productive lineup also means more atbats.”

There were other ways the metal bat brought about an increase in home runs.

Pitchers tended to be less aggressive in attacking the strike zone, resulting in more walks, more pitches and more pitching changes.

“Instead of most of your at-bats coming against the opponent’s top pitcher, a lot of your at bats were coming against the opponent’s relief pitchers who typically were less skilled than the team’s ace pitcher,” said Schmitz said.

The switch to wood bats brought back a need to focus on some basic elements of hitting, even for power hitters. Good hitters learned what adjustments had to be made.

“Only swing at pitches you could hit off the barrel, run out balls that used to go out of the park,” Dold said.

“Try different woods. I liked ash and birch the best, but most (batters) liked maple.”

Top 25 SCL Home Run Hitters

(Based on available information) 103-Schmitz, Jeff-St. Martin, Lake Henry 89-Dold, Jon-Richmond 81-Schmitz, Marc-Roscoe 80-Illies, Pat-Elrosa, New Munich* 78-Nathe, Pat-New Munich 71-Sand, Paul-New Munich 64-Schneider, Dan-Meire Grove 63-Jaeger, Pat-Lake Henry, Elrosa, New Munich*, Richmond* 61-Meyer, Fred-Meire Grove 59-Mackedanz, Ferd-Roscoe, Farming 56-Funk, Chad-New Munich 55-Lieser, Tim-Richmond, Farming* 54-Kampsen, Dave-Elrosa 54-Schmitz, Bob-St. Martin 53-Wuertz, Ryan-Lake Henry 49-Orbeck, Tony-Roscoe 48-Lieser, Paul-Lake Henry 48-Rothstein, Sam-St. Martin, Lake Henry* 48-Schleper, Pete-Farming 48-Schoenberg, Randy-Spring Hill 47-Haider, Keith-Elrosa 45-Thelen, Jesse-St. Martin 44-Adams, Dave-Richmond 43-Lieser, Carl-St. Martin 43-Meyer, Joe-Meire Grove, Elrosa* *Drafted by this team

All that said, there were some pitchers who always made it difficult for sluggers to get hits. Schmitz never had great success off of Lake Henry’s Lynn Hemmesch; Dold found problems hitting Aaron and Ethan Vogt of Elrosa; Brent Heinen at Roscoe and Ken Arceneau of St. Martin.

Family tradition may also have played role in the hitters; more than one player on the list has a brother, father or cousin on the home run list. In Schmitz’s case, his father, Bob, and brotherin-law, Pat Jaeger, are on the list.

Like any part of baseball, home runs can create memories. For Schmitz, it was during Lake Henry’s first game of the 2001 state tournament. He and Ryan Wuertz opened the game slamming back-toback home runs. For Dold, it was also at state with his home run in the 1998 contest against Cannon Falls.

“It helped us win our first state tournament game in my career,” Dold said. “I also had one in Greenwald that really carried out toward the grain silos.”

Like Schmitz and Dold, something all the SCL home run leaders have in common is when they played.

Twice in SCL history there have been surges in home run production across the league. The metal bats era is a given. The other came 15to-25 years before anyone played with a metal bat. By that time, almost every baseball team did something that changed the game – and increased home runs.

Stories of games being played on open fields, aka cow pastures, have become part of some teams’ lore – but they were true. As time went on, fields became more established and playing surfaces more uniform. Still, until the mid-1950s, there were not a lot of home runs.

In the late 1950s, for about five years, home runs kept increasing. Local parks took a cue from major leagues, minor leagues and parks in larger communities and put up home run fences.

More than one old timer has told of players hitting a ball 380, 400 feet or deeper only to see the outfielder (already standing deep) catch the fly – or at least hold the batter to a double. From the mid-1950s to the mid-60s, home runs by teams increases from three to five a year for a team, to eight to ten. Triples, however, nosedived.

Last year, Colton Meyer and Alex Welle of Meire Grove; Chase Aleshire, Richmond; Jason Kampsen, Lake Henry; and Ethan Navratil, Farming, had people commenting about their home run hitting in the SCL. Their names, and stories of their power hitting, will become part of SCL lore and memories.

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April 20, 2022 Pitching ip h Ehnstrom, Nathan 14.0 17 Kramer, Brett 9.0 6 Brink, Mac 14.0 27 Peterson, Broc 29.2 17 Branum, Ethan 28.0 29 Flanagan, Bryce 72.0 53 Team 166.2 149

Fort Ripley Rebels The Rebels’ tradition of good, solid play, in Victory League contests will not be diminished this season.

It’s hard to keep them off the bases. Led by Bryce Flanagan, Nick Jelacie and Zach Heidmann, the Rebels had eight players with at least 16 hits. Those hits produced runs with Broc Peterson, Flanagan and Heidmann driving in at least 15 runs.

Flanagan is the team’s ace with 73 strikeouts in 72 innings, and both Ethan Branum and Peterson had quality innings.

Brett Kramer remains an effective pitcher.

Ft. Ripley-2021 Ehnstrom, Nathan Heidmann, Zach Skulzacek, Brian Kramer, Brett Hukriede, Josh Jelacie, Nick Flanagan, Bryce Peterson, Broc Brink, Mac Kossan, Josh Schafer, Jack Sather, Bill Sather, Jason DeRosier, Riley Vagts, Seth Branum, Ethan Woitalla, Weston Smolke, Chris McGraw, Mike Waytashek, Brad Total

ab 43 55 54 61 51 66 71 63 41 20 9 32 26 5 11 23 8 11 8 3 661

r 12 13 16 17 10 15 13 10 6 6 0 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 135

h rbi 17 10 20 15 18 8 18 10 15 7 19 12 19 17 16 16 8 5 9 4 3 2 8 3 6 8 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 184 122

Foley Lumberjacks

PHOTO BY EVAN MICHAELSON

Nisswa’s offense should help carry the team to a successful year.

The Lightning have numerous players who can hit, with Kody Ruedisili, Tory Miller and Jeremiah Piepkorn putting the ball in play regularly. Sam Peterson and Aaron Jenkins deliver with men on base.

The team has power in its line-up, hitting 23 home runs and 26 doubles in its 14 games last season. Ruedisili had seven home runs and pitched well, striking out 36 in 21.2 innings. Brett Jenkins and Eric Bolt pitch well and can strike out batters.

Nisswa has a rep-

utation of putting runs across the plate and this year, they should do so again.

Nisswa ab Blanchett, Jon 21 Boland, Drew 51 Casperson, Matt 44 Dox, Carter 5 Hoge, Michael 12 Jenkins, Aaron 61 Jenkins, Brett 33 Jenkins, Paul 6 Jensen, Sam 5 Kotaska, Nicholas 34 Meister, Austin 10 Miller, Tory 59 Pederson, Chris 24 Peterson, Sam 31 Piepkorn, Jeremiah 45 Ruedisili, Kody 62 Swensen, Ty 8 Wittwer, Tyler 42 Totals 553

r 3 15 7 1 0 11 10 0 0 5 2 9 6 8 15 23 0 7 122

hr hbp sf 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 18 26 8

so 13 15 12 18 17 73 148 sb 3 1 1 5 0 6 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23

bb hbp w 5 1 2 3 2 0 7 2 0 11 8 2 9 0 1 28 3 7 63 16 12 avg .395 .364 .333 .295 .294 .288 .268 .254 .195 .450 .333 .250 .231 .200 .182 .130 .125 .091 .000 .000 .278

l 1 0 1 0 3 3 8

slg .558 .691 .444 .475 .294 .470 .507 .444 .220 .500 .333 .344 .269 .200 .182 .261 .125 .091 .000 .000 .418

s 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 obp .460 .397 .478 .476 .410 .338 .303 .310 .250 .500 .400 .333 .382 .200 .250 .286 .125 .286 .250 .000 .335

Nobody underestimates the Lumberjacks or, if they do, it is at their own peril.

Foley’s pitching staff has earned a reputation of being tough to score on. Leading that staff is Drew Beier, who allowed only six runs in 40.2 innings.

Ryan Chmielewski allowed only 15 runs in 30.2 innings, and Alec Dietl and Alex Foss both allowed only eight runs in a combined 31.1 innings.

The Lumberjacks’ staff holds opponents in check while the offense, led by the bat of Luis Massa, 32 hits, .508 average; and Drew Beier, 19 hits, .422 average; put runs across the plate. Massa, Beier and Mitch Keeler all had at least 10 RBI, and six batters had at least 10 runs.

Playing in the VL-North/East division puts Foley against some of the best VL teams. They have the players to compete.

Drew Beier (facing camera) and Luis Massa provide a strong 1-2 offensive punch for the Lumber Jacks. The duo combined for 51 hits and 37 runs last season.

Nisswa Lightning

bb 2b 3b 5 4 0 3 6 0 9 3 0 20 3 1 3 0 0 3 6 0 3 2 0 3 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 74 34 2

r 12 4 18 8 17 28 87

Pitching ip h r so bb hbp w Beier, Drew 40.2 22 6 37 5 3 4 Beier, Mike 20.0 11 5 18 1 2 5 Chmielewski, Ryan 30.2 34 15 38 5 0 2 Dietl, Alec 25.2 22 8 22 9 1 3 Foss, Alex 15.2 13 8 12 4 1 0 Hackett, Charles 4.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 Hamers, Hunter 13.2 14 18 15 9 3 0 Keeler, Mitch 4.0 7 6 1 1 1 0 Massa, Luis .0 0 4 0 0 1 0 Pysck, Nathan-d 1.7 3 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 177.0 155 101 146 34 12 14

l 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 7

s 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

l 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 7

s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

St. Mathias Devils

Pitching Flanagan, Burrell Guggisberg, Alex Knettel, Conner Lennartson, Marcus Solid, Dillon Wicklund, Hunter Totals

ip h r so 13.1 5 7 10 18.0 25 22 6 57.2 51 30 31 2.1 0 8 3 15.0 6 7 0 8.1 7 8 5 123.2 107 93 55

bb hbp w 9 1 2 8 3 1 10 5 0 2 0 0 5 2 2 10 2 0 44 13 5

l 1 2 4 1 1 0 10

The Devils, like any team in the VL-North/East will be challenged in almost every game.

The bats of Kamden Happke, Kolton Happke and Zach Houle proved themselves as an offensive threat. Conner Knettel provides a dependable arm on the mound.

The Devils will have work for each win – and have the talent to earn those wins.

St.Mathias-2021 Barrett, Dain Benson, Jonathan Borg, Brayden Eschenbacher, Nate Flangan, Burrell Guggisberg, Alex Happke, Kamden Happke, Kolton Houle, Zach Kappes, Maxwell Knettel, Conner Lennartson, Marcus Miller, Jake Rushmeyer, Noah Solid, Dillon Welle, Kyle Wicklund, Hunter Wicklund, Konner Wicklund, Kyle Wiskow, Joey Woitalla, Matt Zelinske, Jake Zontelli, Jacob Zontelli, Luke Totals

r h 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 6 12 4 10 6 11 0 0 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 6 8 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 3 70 112

rbi 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 8 0 5 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 29

bb 2b hr sb hbp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 34 14 2 7 5

Aitkin Steam The Aitkin Steam is rejoining Victory League play this year. The team took a leave of absence last year, played limited games in 2020 and qualified for VL-North playoffs in 2019.

Foley page 19 Pitching Bolt, Eric Burggraff, Caleb Dox, Carter Hoge, Michael Jenkins, Aaron Jenkins, Brett Jensen, Sam Kotaska, Nicholas Ruedisili, Kody Swensen, Ty Wittwer, Tyler Totals

h rbi 4 1 14 10 12 7 0 0 2 3 14 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 18 6 8 4 10 18 15 14 25 15 1 1 6 5 143 104

ip h 27.1 28 1.0 3 13.1 12 6.1 9 13.1 18 32.2 27 17.2 19 0.2 0 21.2 16 1.0 0 2.2 4 137.2 136

bb 2b 3b 3 1 0 9 2 0 8 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 6 5 0 6 0 1 2 4 0 5 1 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 83 26 1

hr 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 7 0 1 23

r 18 4 11 6 8 16 9 0 18 0 3 93

so 11 1 19 7 7 20 14 0 36 0 5 120

bb hbp w 12 0 0 2 1 0 10 3 1 10 0 0 3 1 1 11 3 3 14 1 1 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 75 11 7

sb sf hbp avg 0 1 0 .190 0 1 3 .275 1 0 2 .273 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .167 0 2 0 .230 2 0 3 .242 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 1 1 .147 0 0 0 .100 0 1 2 .305 0 0 0 .333 0 2 1 .323 0 2 4 .333 5 1 2 .403 0 0 0 .125 0 1 1 .143 9 12 19 .259

slg .238 .431 .364 .000 .167 .443 .273 .000 .000 .238 .100 .390 .667 .742 .622 .806 .125 .238 .434

obp .280 .406 .407 .500 .231 .310 .432 .143 .167 .206 .357 .382 .467 .361 .429 .500 .125 .260 .368

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Pierz Lakers With proven pitchers, the Lakers have a team that can compete and win in the Victory League.

Led by Chad Weiss, Preston Rocheleau and Carter Preston, they struck out 163 batters last year. The team’s pitching showed its quality in two close games with the state-bound Avon.

Offensively, Weiss with .364 average and 24 hits, leads a team of proven hitters. Others who can reach base are Pete Herman, 19 hits, Paul Herman, 20 hits and Petron, 19 hits.

When their pitching and hitting are clicking, the Lakers are a team opponents PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING find difficult to defeat.

Carter Petron finds ways to help the Pierz Lakers throughout the game. He is a solid hitter and can Lakers page 19 dominate from the mound.

Pierz Lakers Diers, Ryan Girtz, Luke Haapajoki, Alex Hannnken, Eric Herman, Paul Herman, Pete Janson, Nathan Kapsner, Reese Litke, Jamie Litke, Reggie Petron, Brady Petron, Carter Rocheleau, Dan Sadlovsky, Jason Saehr, Dan Weiss, Chad Woitalla, Mitch Total

ab 41 53 45 2 72 73 7 35 1 42 11 57 6 18 20 66 50 599

r h 12 10 2 12 5 9 0 0 8 19 11 20 4 4 5 3 1 1 6 9 3 3 6 19 2 2 0 4 2 4 12 24 10 13 89 156

rbi 7 6 6 0 9 17 8 2 0 4 0 6 1 1 0 6 7 80

2b 3b 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 18 1

hr 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10

bb hbp sf sb 13 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 70 13 16 14

avg slg .244 .317 .226 .245 .200 .267 .000 .000 .264 .319 .274 .493 .571 1.857 .086 .086 1.000 1.000 .214 .238 .273 .273 .333 .368 .333 .833 .222 .222 .200 .200 .364 .424 .260 .340 .260 .344

obp .475 .268 .260 .000 .289 .325 .625 .340 1.000 .377 .467 .377 .333 .263 .273 .440 .296 .348

Pierz Bulldogs The Bulldogs have solid hitters on their roster with seven players with at least nine hits last year.

Evan Woitalla, (13 hits), Charles Boser (18) and Austin Gohl (13) can get on base. Others who do are George Toops (.381) and Craig Luberts (.360).

The team will be challenged to keep other teams from scoring runs and when they do, they can be competitive.

PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

Charles Boser has established himself as a quality hitter in the Bulldogs’ line-up. His hitting should help the Bulldogs in VL match-ups this year. ab r h rbi 24 3 3 1 50 10 18 13 2 0 0 0 45 5 4 5 18 0 3 2 42 7 9 1 43 7 13 4 39 4 9 4 6 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 32 2 9 5 25 6 9 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 14 2 2 0 21 3 8 1 47 5 13 1 424 55 101 41

PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

Pete Schommer’s 25 hits helped him score 15 runs and drive in another 14. He finished the year hitting .410 and had 15 walks.

The Brewers finished the regular season winning four consecutive games, but then went cold in the playoffs.

Led by Michael Liendfrost hitting (.413) and Pete Schommer (.410), the Brewers get men on base. Cody Kimman, 20 hits, Jonah Prokott and Rylee Raush provide RBI punch.

Cody Kimman and Prokott lead a corps of pitchers that keeps batters in check. When they do, and the offense clicks, the Brewers are tough to beat.

Pierz Brewers ab r Boser, Eric 5 0 Burggraff, Michael 5 2 Jones, Zach 6 3 Kiel, Brian 27 7 Kimman, Alvin 4 2 Kimman, Cody 59 15 Kimman, Steve 0 1 Leidenfrost, Michael 46 14 Marshik, Jesse 28 4 Otte, Isaac 47 8 Poser, Mike 16 2 Prokott, Jared 8 2 Prokott, Jonah 46 10 Raush, Rylee 47 11 Schommer, Pete 61 15 Stuckmayer, Brandon 47 6 Stuckmayer, Ryan 44 12 Veith, Preston 45 8 Totals 541 122

Pitching Rauch, Rylee Schommer, Pete Kimman, Cody Otte, Isaac Totals

ip 3.0 50.1 55.2 23.1 132

h 5 54 56 28 143

h 0 1 0 4 2 20 0 19 10 9 4 1 16 17 25 12 6 9 155

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

hr 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

rbi 0 1 0 0 1 15 0 3 6 9 3 1 14 11 14 4 4 5 91

2b 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 25

r 8 27 37 15 87

so 3 31 42 17 93

bb hbp w 3 0 1 9 2 2 19 8 4 8 2 2 39 12 9

bb hbp sf sb 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 9 1 0 11 1 2 1 0 9 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 14 0 4 4 15 0 2 5 4 1 0 3 5 3 0 5 6 2 1 0 100 17 16 31

avg .000 .200 .000 .148 .500 .339 .000 .413 .357 .191 .250 .125 .348 .362 .410 .255 .136 .200 .287

l 0 1 6 0 7

slg .000 .200 .000 .222 .500 .525 .000 .457 .357 .255 .250 .125 .391 .489 .443 .255 .136 .244 .434

s 0 1 1 0 2 obp .286 .167 .250 .324 .600 .452 1.000 .518 .419 .316 .429 .364 .455 .492 .513 .327 .269 .315 .359

Buckman Billygoats

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Pierz Bulldogs Becker, Chase Boser, Charles Chapp, Joseph Dehler, Teddy Eschenbacher, Justin Fischer, Kirby Gohl, Austin Gruber, Louis Herman, Chad Herman, Mitchell Herold, Mason Luberts, Craig Meyer, Logan Skiba, David Smude, Mitchell Toops, George Woitalla, Evan Total

April 20, 2022

Pierz Brewers

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2b 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15

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

bb hbp sf 4 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 5 1 0 43 9 6

sb avg slg 0 .125 .125 1 .360 .520 0 .000 .000 0 .089 .111 1 .167 .167 1 .214 .214 0 .302 .349 1 .231 .231 0 .000 .000 0 .000 .000 0 .281 .344 0 .360 .400 0 .000 .000 0 .333 .333 0 .143 .143 0 .381 .429 1 .277 .319 5 .238 .278

obp .250 .431 .333 .125 .286 .267 .375 .318 .143 .154 .343 .467 .000 .333 .250 .440 .358 .319

Buckman ab r Barclay, Max 4 1 Boser, Ben 1 3 Boser, Noah 63 21 Cekalla, Noah 37 6 Dickman, Austin 33 6 Girtz, Lane 68 20 Kahl, Joe 60 9 Kahl, Travis 50 10 Kummet, Matt 44 9 Lanners, Shawn 53 5 Otte, Luke 1 1 Rueckert, Andrew 62 13 Suska, Jack 55 14 Suska, Peter 15 3 Tautges, Matt 52 20 Weber, Aaron 46 10 Winscher, Kyle 8 0 Young, Reese 4 0 Total 656 151

h 1 0 22 12 6 25 15 13 19 15 1 25 18 4 17 16 0 0 209

Buckman remains a respected VL team for a reason.

The team knows how to win. With Matt Kummett (.432, 19 hits), Andrew Rueckert (.403, 25 hits) and Noah Boser (.342, 22 hits, 10 home runs), they are never out of a game. Austin Dickman (74.1 innings) and Noah Cekalla provide dependable and con-

rbi 0 0 26 10 3 7 10 7 8 8 0 14 13 0 16 7 0 0 129

bb 0 3 12 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 1 1 4 1 16 4 0 0 73

2b 0 0 4 2 3 2 4 2 1 2 0 9 3 0 3 2 0 0 37

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

hr hbp sf 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 26 12

Pitching ip h Boser, Ben 4.0 12 Boser, Noah 5.1 6 Cekalla, Noah 30.2 22 Dickman, Austin 74.1 60 Kahl, Travis 19.0 25 Rueckert, Andrew .2 0 Suska, Jack 1.0 1 Tautges, Matt 3.2 6 Weber, Aaron 7.0 8 Winscher, Andrew 1.1 3 Schomer, Peter-d 1.1 5 Team 149.0 148

r 12 6 11 44 12 0 1 2 3 3 4 98

so 5 6 36 56 4 0 0 2 9 1 0 119

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

avg .250 .000 .349 .324 .182 .368 .250 .260 .432 .283 1.000 .403 .327 .267 .327 .348 .000 .000 .319

slg .250 .000 .889 .378 .273 .397 .417 .360 .523 .321 1.000 .597 .527 .267 .519 .522 .000 .000 .477

bb hbp w 3 1 0 3 0 0 15 3 2 50 3 7 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 82 9 14

obp .250 .750 .450 .400 .289 .429 .297 .351 .480 .361 1.000 .448 .397 .313 .500 .423 .111 .000 .444 l 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

s 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

trolled pitching. be beaten, but it takes a The Billygoats can good team to do so.

April 20, 2022 Royalton Liebold, Zach Psyck, Nate Walcheski, Ethan Young, Hunter Totals

Royalton Riverdogs

ip h r 45.0 52 28 73.0 75 44 2.0 3 2 0.1 2 6 129.1 144 87

so 39 64 6 0 109

bb hbp w l 17 6 1 5 32 3 4 5 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 55 10 5 10

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Lakers from page 18

s 0 0 0 0 0

Pitching Diers, Ryan Herman, Peter Kapsner, Reese Litke, Reggie Petron, Brady Petron, Carter Rocheleau, Preston Weiss, Chad Ruedisili, Kody-D Team

Royalton maybe a team some under rate.

They can also be a team that can, and will, upset opponents. They have the elements to be a competitive team. With the bats of Cole Jendro, 17 hits; Nate Psyche, 13 hits, and Grayson Suska, 16 hits, coming to the plate the team is always a threat to score. The offense should only be helped by addition of Tyler Jendro, who played with the Sobieski Skis.

The Riverdogs use defense and pitching to keep opponents off base. Pitcher Nate Psyck logged 73 innings last year; and Zach Liebold pitched 45 innings while combining to strike out 100 batters. The staff will be helped by the addition of Tyler Jendro.

That the team gets runners on is not doubted.

When the team hits with runners on, most teams find them tough to beat.

The VL-North/East has good quality teams, and this year Royalton may be among them.

Pitching ip Becker, Chase 3.0 Becker, Mitch 1.2 Dehler, Teddy 0.0 Eschenbacher, Justin 2.1 Fischer, Kirby 5.0 Gohl, Austin 18.1 Herman, Mitchell 15.0 Herold, Mason 4.0 Leidenfrost, Andy 15.0 Meyer, Logan 4.0 Skiba, Dave 4.0 Toops, George 7.0 Woitalla, Evan 1.1 Totals 80.2

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ab r h 41 6 9 45 2 10 42 3 13 21 2 2 3 1 1 56 12 17 52 2 9 59 5 13 8 0 3 34 5 4 5 0 2 52 7 16 37 7 6 2 0 0 16 2 4 8 1 4 5 0 0 486 55 113

rbi bb 6 3 5 6 6 3 3 3 0 0 16 4 5 2 3 6 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 4 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 51 47

2b 5 2 4 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 19

hr 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

2021 Area

sb 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6

r 11 4 5 15 7 4 18 16 0 80

so 10 2 4 19 4 33 39 44 8 163

bb hbp w l 12 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 5 2 0 1 15 0 2 0 9 2 3 3 7 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 57 11 8 10

s 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

Bulldogs from page 18

Nathan Psyck pitching is a reason the Riverdogs can compete with most teams. He consistently hold batters in check and can go deep into games.

Royalton-2021 Benusa, Nate Brezinka, Brady Cekalla, Zack Gottwalt, Zach Grittner, David Jendro, Cole Leibold, Zach Psyck, Nate Snyder, Adam Snyder, Ryan Suska, Gavin Suska, Grayson Walcheski, Ethan Young, Hunter Yourczek, Drew Leibold, Nick Bzdok,John Totals

ip h 8.0 6 5.1 7 2.1 6 15.0 19 8.2 9 26.0 11 35.1 42 40.2 41 3.1 2 144.2 143

sf 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7

hbp 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 19

avg .220 .222 .310 .095 .333 .304 .173 .220 .375 .118 .400 .308 .162 .000 .250 .500 .000 .232

slg .341 .267 .405 .238 .333 .518 .192 .237 .375 .118 .400 .308 .216 .000 .313 .500 .000 .296

obp .304 .352 .370 .240 .333 .361 .204 .324 .375 .318 .400 .379 .340 .000 .250 .556 .167 .320

Leaders

Batting Average .519 Mitch Thompson(Min. 40 plate appearances) Alexandria Ave. Player-Team .515 Isaac Nett-Farming .508 Luis Massa-Foley .509 Matthew Meyer-St. .485 Matt Baier-Sobieski Stephen .482 Ryan Jansen-Avon .500 Drew Beier-Foley .463 Jake Haskamp-Sauk Centre .500 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk .461 Caleb Curry-Avon Centre .453 Colton Meyer-Meire Grove .500 Jamie Terres-Spring Hill .450 Isaac Nett-Farming Earned Run Average .457 Reese Gregory-Avon (Min. 26 Innings) .443 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk ERA Player-Team Centre 0.56 Scott Lieser-St. Martin .438 Devon Savage-Roscoe 1.64 Shane Trattles-Sauk Centre Slugging Percentage 1.65 John Fuchs-Upsala (Min. 40 plate appearances) 1.70 Caleb Strack Randall/ Slg% Player-Team Sobieski .968 Caleb Curry-Avon 2.23 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk .914 Matthew Meyer-St. Centre/Alex.

Stephen 2.35 Payton Van Beck-Elrosa/ .889 Noah Boser-Buckman Spring Hill .886 Reese Gregory-Avon 2.40 DJ Schleicher-Richmond .825 Luis Massa-Foley 2.43 Bryan Schlangen-St. Martin .806 Kody Ruedisili-Nisswa 2.52 Ty Reller-New Munich .797 Colton Meyer-Meire Grove 2.53 Ben Schroeder-St. Martin .700 Jake Haskamp-Sauk Centre Most Hits .700 Jamie Terres-Spring Hill Num. Player-Team .691 Zach Heidmann-Ft. Ripley 40 Matthew Meyer-St. Stephen On Base Percentage 34 Ben Hanowski-Sobieski (Min. 40 plate appearances) 33 Jamie Terres-Spring Hill OB% Player-Team 33 Matt Swanson-Upsala .581 Luis Massa-Foley 32 Luis Massa-Foley .542 Eric Carlsen-Alexandria Most Runs .540 Ryan Janzen-Avon Num. Player-Team .533 Colton Meyer-Meire Grove 29 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin .528 Matt Baier-Sobieski 26 Collin Eckman-Sobieski .528 Caleb Curry-Avon 26 Riley Hirsch-Sobieski

h r 3 5 0 0 0 2 8 11 4 6 23 22 16 19 1 3 19 13 3 8 4 7 7 7 4 7 92 110

so 3 0 0 2 3 14 8 2 4 5 3 2 1 47

bb hbp w l 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 18 1 0 3 14 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 7 1 1 6 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 79 15 1 12

Foley from page 17 Foley 2021 ab Beier, Drew 45 Beier, Mike 5 Buesgens, Brandon 58 Chmielewski,Ryan 51 Foss, Alex 4 Hackett, Charles 13 Johnson, Colby 8 Keeler, Sam 41 Keeler,Mitch 64 Loegering, Mitchell 59 Massa, Luis 63 Midas, Tyler 48 Plante, Chris 14 Rasmassen, Rich 7 Stay, Tony 6 Von Wald, Ean 42 Winkelman, Noah 5 Ziwicki, Joe 62 Ziwicki, Wyatt 31 Totals 626

25 Beau Hanowski-Sobieski 24 Matthew Meyer-St. Stephen 24 Josh Wenzel-Sobieski Most RBI Num. Player-Team 42 Matthew Meyer-St. Stephen 28 Collin Eckman-Sobieski 26 Noah Boser-Buckman 25 Luis Massa-Foley 22 Joey Hanowski-Sobieski Most Walks Num. Player-Team 22 Carter Holthaus-Avon 21 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin 20 Brett Kraemer-Ft. Ripley 19 Joe Dolan-Avon 17 Collin Eckman-Sobieski 17 Jared Gesell-Sauk Centre Most Doubles Num. Player-Team 12 Beau Hanowski-Sobieski 12 Matthew Meyer-St. Stephen 11 Collin Eckman-Sobieski 9 Andrew Ruckert-Buckman 9 Caleb Curry-Avon Most Triples Num. Player-Team 2 Kevin Kuefler-Elrosa 1 Several Players Most Home Runs Num. Player-Team 11 Matthew Meyer-St. Stephen 10 Noah Boser-Buckman 7 Caleb Curry-Avon 7 Kody Ruedisili-Nisswa 6 Luis Massa-Foley 6 Colton Meyer-Meire Grove

r 10 0 13 11 3 1 1 5 6 13 20 5 4 2 1 7 3 15 13 157

h 19 3 19 15 2 1 1 6 15 18 32 12 5 1 3 10 2 15 5 210

rbi bb 2b hr hbp sf 10 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 7 3 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 2 11 6 4 2 2 1 7 6 4 1 0 0 25 10 5 6 0 0 8 5 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 1 1 6 4 1 1 2 0 95 65 25 21 7 10

6 Matt Swanson-Upsala Most Stolen Bases Num. Player-Team 15 Carter Philippi-Avon 14 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 13 Jake Schelonka-St. Stephen 12 Derek Holm-Sauk Centre 11 Michael Leidenfrost-Pierz Brewers 11 Ryan Janzen-Avon Most Sacrifices Num. Player-Team 8 Collin Eckman-Sobieski 6 Jaron Klaphake-Meire Grove 5 Ben Hanowski-Sobieski 5 Tyler Jendro-Sobieski 4 Justin Cichon-Upsala 4 Paul Herman-Pierz Lakers 4 Riley Hirsch-Sobieski 4 Brandon Waldvogel-St. Stephen Most Hit By Pitches Num. Player-Team 9 Eric Carlsen-Alexandria 7 Jaron Klaphake-Meire Grove 7 Josh Hukriede-Ft. Ripley 6 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 6 Alex Kowski-Sauk Centre 6 Bryan Skulzacek-Ft. Ripley 6 Dusty Parker-Sobieski Most Innings Pitched Num. Player-Team 100.1 Caleb Strack-Randall/ Sobieski 95.2 Scott Lieser-St. Martin

sb 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 20

avg .422 .600 .328 .294 .500 .077 .125 .146 .234 .305 .508 .250 .357 .143 .500 .238 .400 .242 .161 .294

slg .511 .600 .466 .353 .500 .077 .125 .220 .359 .390 .825 .375 .357 .000 .500 .286 .400 .339 .258 .417

obp .500 .714 .409 .321 .600 .077 .222 .239 .319 .379 .581 .333 .471 .333 .625 .319 .625 .319 .257 .378

84.2 Matt Pichelmann-Avon 78.2 Ty Reller-New Munich 77.2 Anthony RevermannSpring Hill Most Batters Struck Out Num. Player-Team 125 Caleb Strack-Randall/ Sobieski 118 Scott Lieser-St. Martin 86 Ty Reller-New Munich 76 Bryce Flanagan-Ft. Ripley/ Avon 75 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk Centre/Alexandria Most Wins Num. Player-Team 11 Scott Lieser-St. Martin 9 Matt Pichelmann-Avon 8 Caleb Strack-Randall/Sobieski 8 Ty Reller-New Munich 7 Bryce Flanagan-Ft. Ripley/ Avon 7 Austin Dickman-Buckman 7 Anthony Revermann-Spring Hill 7 Blake Stockhert-Alexandria Most Saves Num. Player-Team 3 Drew Beier-Foley 3 Chad Weiss-Pierz Lakers/ Sobieski 3 Cole Wellmann-Avon 2 Brett Kramer-Ft. Ripley/St. Stephen 2 Jake Schelonka-St. Stephen 2 Eric Terres-Spring Hill 2 Josh Roelike-Meire Grove

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Jake and Dylan Haskamp are proven get-onbase batters, both hitting over .400; Rousslange, Beuning, Holm and Andrew Primus all hit near or above the .350 mark. They not only hit often, but also when it counted; the Titans had 151 team RBI last year, 17 coming from home runs.

The Titans saw a lot of potential in the play of Jared Gesell at first base and pitcher Matthew Warring.

The Titans played well last year, but had struggles Sauk Centre Beuning, Brian Crider, Payton Gesell, Jared Haskamp, Dylan Rousslange, Andrew Schwinghamer Joe Trattles, Shane Warring, Matthew Totals

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Sauk Centre Haskamp, Jake Haskamp, Dylan Primus, Andrew Rousslange, Andrew Beuning, Brian Holm, Derek Gesell, Jared Trattles, Shane Fletcher, Hunter Crider, Payton Roelike; Isaac Kowski, Alex Fletcher, Eli Zollman, Jake Schwinghamer, Joe Fletcher, Noah Warring. Matthew Thompson, Alejandro Ritter, Dominic Weiers, Greg Totals

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April 20, 2022

Brad Czech retires at Sobieski

BY HERMAN LENSING STAFF WRITER

2021 Class C champion Sobieski has a different look this season.

Thirteen-year manager Brad Czech announced his retirement following the Skis’ title run. He has been at the helm since 2009.

“Before the 2021 season even started, I was about 95% sure that it was going to be my last year,” he said. “I took a day in October to call each one of the players to let them know that I was going to be retiring. We spent hours telling story after story about so many of the fun moments we’ve had at the ballpark over the years.”

Highlighted memories were Class C state championships in 2014 and last year. Sobieski has 22 state trips, 11 with Czech managing.

Czech, a Sobieski native, always wanted to play for the town team.

Baseball was part of the summer Sunday culture.

“When I was a kid, Sundays consisted of going to church in the morning, then to the ballpark for our little league baseball practice, then staying and watching the Skis games in the afternoon,” he said. “The ballpark was just a fun place to be.

I certainly wanted to play for the Skis when I grew up. I think many kids around our area felt the same way.”

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Brad Czech (top) joined the celebration pile Sept. 6, 2021, after Sobieski won the state Class C championship. It was the second state title for the Skis in Czech’s 13 years of managing.

Through the mid1960s to the 80s, there were two Sobieski teams, the Skis and the Poles.

The names reflected the community’s Polish heritage.

“People used to joke that there were 200 people that lived in town, but when the Skis played the Poles, there would be twice that many at the ballpark,” Czech said.

Czech started playing amateur ball at 17 years old. That was when the Skis weren’t always the favored team.

“Sometimes people don’t remember that,” he said. “When I started in 1995, we had about a .500 record, we didn’t have that many players, our field wasn’t in great shape and our team checkbook was $1,000 in the hole.”

The team eventually became a Victory League power. It is a team that mixes fundamentals and has the ability to learn and adapt. In one regard, the Skis are not typical of many dynasty-type teams.

It relies on small ball for its wins.

“Ask anyone around the state, they know that’s how we play baseball. We do it because it works for us,” said Czech. “It helps us win big games.”

With two state championships and two runner-up trophies under Czech, the Skis have won big games. Their smallball attack is known about as well as their pitching.

“In 2014, (pitcher) Tyler Jendro (winning six games) set state tournament pitching records that might never be broken,” he said. “Last year, every single pitch of our six games was thrown by a draftee. I don’t think that will ever be repeated either.”

The Skis will not be defending their Class C title this year. They have been classified as a Class B team for next year.

Czech, while not managing, plans to stay with the team, helping raise funds and with ballpark improvements. Additionally, he coaches JV baseball at Little Falls and helps with his son’s youth program.

“I’ll still be at the ballpark quite a bit,” he said. “A lot of what you remember is what happens off the field with the guys. You become one big family with the guys in the dugout, and the stories about the good old days usually get better as time goes on.”

For Czech, those are already good memories, and he will help others create their own.

Other Resorters Leagues Kensington Norsemen Kensington’s late-season surge showed that this year could be a strong one for the club.

The team won three games in region play and has the returning players for a good year.

Infielders Alan Strom, Kevin Jenks, Joe Snaza and Eric Paulzine have all shown they can play their positions. In the outfield, the talents of Eric Elbe, Teigen Mortiz and Devin Nelson have proven their worth. The pitching staff benefits from the experience of Caden Fernholz behind the plate.

Those talents are augmented by the play of Isaiah Sykora, Gaven Jacobson, Tanner Bennet, Hunter Schoenrock and Trappier Botz. All of them have shown potential to be big contributors this year.

Those veterans provide offensive production and continuity for the team.

Snaza, Isaiah Sykora and Jenks have been consistent leaders offensively.

Offensively and defensively, they understand their roles and what needs to be done to win games. They should be helped with incoming talents of Dane Anderson, Jack Courrier and Anthony Sykora.

If the Norsemen’s pitching improves, they will be tough with established veterans in Elbe, Mortiz, Snaza

and Schoenrock; hopefully, the young arms of Blake and Trent Koloski, Austin Ballhagen and Cole Bruss can give quality innings.

Long Prairie Predators Long Prairie has the talent to compete and win in the Resorters League.

With the hitting of Mitchell Heid in the line-up, the team can get runners on base. Pitchers Brady Johnson, Ted Gray, Trent Johnson and Zachery Miller have given good innings. Long Prairie has done well when they score big; six times last year, they plated 10 or more runs in a victory.

Osakis Hawks With consistent play, the Hawks could be a factor in the Resorters League final standings. Players such a Luke Imdieke, Colton Fortenberry and Matt Kruse give the basis of a good offense. Derek Waldvogel, Hunter Infanger and Lane Berberich provide pitching.

Urbank-Parkers Prairie Bombers The Bombers are a team no one in the Resorters League takes lightly.

The team, with Alex Koep, Hunter Arnold and Jacob Thoennes, has consistent offense. That offense has shown it can manufacture runs. The team also has the talents of Koep, Levi Arnold and Hunter Haggenmiller available to keep opponents in check.

Victory League

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May 1 2:00 pm Ashby @ Osakis May 8 2:00 pm Sauk Centre @ Ashby 2:00 pm Kensington @ Osakis May 13 7:30pm Urbank-Parkers Prairie @ Carlos May 15 1:00 pm Osakis @ Sauk Centre 2:00 pm Carlos @ Long Prairie May 21 1:00 pm Alexandria @ Sauk Centre 7:00 pm Kensington @ Urbank-Parker's Prairie May 22 2:00 pm Alexandria @ Osakis 3:00 pm Long Prairie @ Kensington 4:00 pm Ashby @ Carlos May 28 1:00 pm Kensington @ Sauk Centre May 29 2:00 pm Osakis @ Ashby June 3 7:30pm Alexandria @ Carlos June 4 2:00 pm Urbank-Parkers Prairie @ Kensington June 5 2:00 pm Ashby @ Kensington 4:00 pm Osakis @ Carlos June 11 1:00 pm Ashby @ Sauk Centre June 12 2:00 pm Sauk Centre @ Osakis 4:00 pm Long Prairie @ Carlos June 17 7:30pm Carlos @ Urbank-Parkers Prairie June 19 2:00 pm Long Prairie @ Osakis 4:00 pm Carlos @ Kensington June 25 7:00 pm Sauk Centre @ Urbank-Parkers Prairie June 26 1:00 pm Carlos @ Sauk Centre 2:00 pm Osakis @ Kensington July 2 1:00 pm Urbank-Parkers Prairie @ Sauk Centre July 8 8:00 pm Sauk Centre @ Long Prairie July 9 2:00 pm Sauk Centre @ Kensington July 10 2:00 pm Carlos @ Osakis July 15 Noon Sauk Centre @ Alexandria 7:30pm Kensington @ Carlos July 16 7:00 pm Osakis @ Alexandria July 17 2:00 pm Kensington @ Long Prairie July 23 7:00 pm Osakis @ Urbank Parkers Prairie July 24 2:00 pm Carlos @ Ashby

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Alexandria Black Sox The Alexandria Black Sox emerged as one of the top teams in the area.

They did well in the regular season, went unbeaten in the Region 16C tournament and won four games at state. Their only state loss was to eventual champion Sobieski.

The Black Sox have a solid offense led by Mitch Thompson and Eric Carlsen. Both hit over .400 last year. The pitching of Blake and Carter Stockert keeps them in games.

Those elements should again make the Black Sox a strong and favored Ashby A’s The A’s struggled last year trying to stay with teams. The team has problems plating runs, but did have a 12run game against Kensington. They also threw a scare into Long Prairie, scoring eight in a one-run loss.

Carlos Cougars The Cougars were challenged in most games they played last season.

The team’s highlights included a onerun win over Kensington and a shutout over Osakis.

Schedules Subject to change

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Exhibition Games April 9 1:30pm Greenwald @ St. Nicholas 1:30pm Lake Henry @ St. Wendel April 16 3pm Montrose-Waverly vs Meire Grove @ Marty 2:30pm Clear Lake @ Roscoe April 23 Cold Spring Rockies @ Roscoe 2pm Swanville @ Clear Lake 2:30pm Sartell Stone Poneys @ St.Wendel April 24 2pm Clearwater @ Carlos April 29 6pm Clearwater @ Roscoe April 30 1:30pm Royalton @ Sartell Stone Poneys 2:30 pm Clear Lake @ Flensburg May 1 1:30pm Paynesville @ Farming May 7 7pm Kensington vs. Dumont @ Wheaton 3pm Royalton @ Clear Lake 3pm Sartell Stone Poneys @ Roscoe May 11 6:15pm Farming v Pearl Lake @ Marty May 13 6:30 pm Clear Lake @ Opole 7:30pm St. Wendel @ Eden Valley May 14 2pm Starbuck @ Kensington May 15 2pm Chokio @ Kensington May 20 7:30pm Carlos @ Chokio May 21 2pm Freeport v Mora @ Quamba May 22 1pm Sauk Centre @ Lake Henry May 25 7:30pm Carlos @ Breckenridge May 29 2pm Fergus Falls @ Kensington June 4 1pm Nisswa vs. Isanti @ Sartell Noon Spring Hill @ Cologne 2pm St. Paul Mudhens @ Roscoe June 8 7:30pm Cold Spring Springers @ Avon 6pm East Bethel vs. Greenwald @ Hinckley 7:30pm Detroit Lakes @ Carlos 7:30pm St. Clair @ Nisswa 7:30pm Cold Spring Rockies @ Farming June 15 6:30pm St. Joseph @ Foley 6:45pm St. Wendel @ New Munich June 17 7:30pm Cold Spring Rockies @ Avon 7:30pm Lake Henry @ Paynesville 8:30pm Royalton vs. Fergus Falls @ Elrosa June 18 7:30pm Lake Henry vs. Regal @ Paynesville 10am Sauk Centre vs. Jordan @ Farming June 24 7:30pm Farming @ Cold Spring Springers June 25 1:30pm Fort Ripley @ Roscoe 8pm Kensington @ Starbuck June 29 7:30pm Fergus Falls @ Carlos July 1 7:30pm Sobieski @ Brainerd July 6 7:30pm Pierz Lakers @ Sartell Stone Poneys July 8 7:30pm Foley @ Sauk Rapids 7:30pm Chokio @ Carlos 7:30pm Eden Valley @ Farming July 13 Noon Avon @ St. Joseph Luxemburg @ St. Stephen July 15 6:45pm St. Wendel @ New Munich 7:30pm Farming @ Avon July 16 1:30pm Cold Spring Rockies @ Richmond July 17 4pm Breckenridge @ Carlos

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Schedules

Schedules Subject to change

Stearns County League April 24 1:30 pm Spring Hill @ Meire Grove April 25 1:30 pm New Munich @ Roscoe April 26 1:30 pm Richmond @ Lake Henry May 1 1:30 pm Elrosa @ New Munich 1:30 pm Lake Henry @ Spring Hill 1:30 pm Meire Grove @ Greenwald 1:30 pm St. Martin @ Richmond May 6 8:00 pm Lake Henry @ Farming May 7 1:30 pm New Munich @ Meire Grove May 8 1:30 pm Greenwald @ Spring Hill 1:30 pm Richmond @ Elrosa 1:30 pm St. Martin @ Roscoe May15 1:30 pm Farming @ Richmond 1:30 pm Greenwald @ St. Martin 1:30 pm Meire Grove @ Elrosa 1:30 pm Roscoe @ Lake Henry 1:30 pm Spring Hill @ New Munich May 20 8:00 pm Meire Grove @ Farming May 21 1:30 pm Elrosa @ Lake Henry May 22 1:30 pm Elrosa @ Spring Hill 1:30 pm New Munich @ Greenwald 1:30 pm Richmond @ Roscoe

May 27 8:00 pm Spring Hill @ Farming May 28 1:30 pm Lake Henry @ New Munich 1:30 pm Richmond @ Meire Grove 1:30 pm Roscoe @ Greenwald 1:30 pm St. Martin @ Spring Hill 7:30 pm Farming @ Elrosa 8:15 pm New Munich @ St. Martin May 29 1:30 pm Elrosa @ Roscoe 1:30 pm Greenwald @ Richmond 1:30 pm Meire Grove @ Lake Henry June 3 7:30 pm Greenwald @ Elrosa 8:00 pm Lake Henry @ St. Martin 8:00 pm Roscoe @ Farming June 5 1:30 pm Farming @ New Munich 1:30 pm Roscoe @ Meire Grove 1:30 pm Spring Hill @ Richmond June 10 8:15 pm Roscoe @ St. Martin June 11 1:30 pm Meire Grove @ Spring Hill 1:30 pm Lake Henry @ Richmond June 12 1:30 pm Elrosa @ Greenwald 1:30 pm Farming @ Lake Henry 1:30 pm Richmond @ New Munich 1:30 pm Spring Hill @ Roscoe June 17 8:00 pm Richmond @ Farming

June 18 1:30 pm Spring Hill @ Greenwald June 19 1:30 pm Greenwald @ Meire Grove June 24 8:15 pm Richmond @ St. Martin June 26 1:30 pm Meire Grove @ New Munich 1:30 pm Farming @ Roscoe July 1 8:00 pm New Munich @ Elrosa 8:15 pm Farming @ St. Martin July 2 11:00 am Lake Henry @ Greenwald July 8 8:00 pm St. Martin @ Elrosa July 9 8:00 pm Greenwald @ Farming July 10 1:30 pm Elrosa @ Meire Grove 1:30 pm New Munich @ Spring Hill 1:30 pm Roscoe @ Richmond 1:30 pm St. Martin @ Lake Henry July 15 7:30 pm Spring Hill @ Elrosa 8:15 pm Meire Grove @ St. Martin July 16 8:15 pm St. Martin @ Farming July 17 1:30 pm Greenwald @ New Munich 1:30 pm Lake Henry @ Roscoe

Victory League April 24 May 29 1:30 pm Avon @ Ft. Ripley 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ St. Wendel 1:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ Sobieski 1:30 pm Opole @ Foley 1:30 pm Randall @ Pierz Lakers 1:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ Flensburg 1:30 pm St. Stephen @ St. Mathias 1:30 pm St. Mathias @ Avon 1:30 pm St. Wendel @ Aitkin 1:30 pm St. Stephen @ Aitkin May 1 1:30 pm Sobieski @ Pierz Bulldogs 1:30 pm Avon @ Flensburg 4:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ Swanville 1:30 pm Buckman @ Aitkin 7:30 pm Upsala @ Pierz Lakers 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ St. Mathias May 30 1:30 pm Opole @ Swanville 1:30 pm Aitkin @ Avon 1:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ Nisswa 1:30 pm Freeport @ St. Mathias 1:30 pm Royalton @ Pierz Bulldogs 1:30 pm Opole @ Ft. Ripley 4:30 pm Foley @ Pierz Lakers 1:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Swanville May 8 1:30 pm St. Wendel @ Nisswa 1:30 pm Aitkin @ Opole June 4 1:30 pm Avon @ Foley 1:30 pm St. Wendel @ Swanville 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ Freeport June 5 1:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Sobieski 1:30 pm Nisswa @ Aitkin 1:30 pm Randall @ Pierz Brewers 1:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ St. Mathias 1:30 pm St. Mathias @ St. Wendel 1:30 pm Pierz Bulldogs @ Foley 4:30 pm Flensburg @ Pierz Bulldogs 1:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Ft. Ripley May 14 1:30 pm Sobieski @ Flensburg 1:30 pm Pierz Bulldogs @ Pierz 1:30 pm Swanville @ Freeport Brewers June 10 7:30 pm Upsala @ Avon 1:30 pm Foley @ Pierz Brewers May 15 June 11 Noon Sobieski @ St. Wendel 1:30 pm St. Mathias @ Pierz Bulldogs 1:30 pm Aitkin @ Pierz Lakers June 12 1:30 pm Foley @ St. Mathias 1:30 pm Aitkin @ Ft. Ripley 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ Buckman 1:30 pm Avon @ Sobieski May 20 1:30 pm Royalton @ Pierz Lakers 7:30 pm Randall @ Avon 1:30 pm St. Wendel @ Opole May 22 1:30 pm Upsala @ Flensburg 1:30 pm Nisswa @ Foley June 17 1:30 pm Pierz Bulldogs @ Aitkin 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ Pierz Bulldogs 1:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Pierz Brewers June 18 1:30 pm Royalton @ Ft. Ripley 1:30 pm Aitkin @ Pierz Brewers 1:30 pm St. Mathias @ Buckman 1:30 pm Swanville @ Avon 1:30 pm St. Wendel @ Upsala 1:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Nisswa 1:30 pm Sobieski @ Swanville 1:30 pm St. Mathias @ Royalton

June 19 1:30 pm Freeport @ Aitkin 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ St. Stephen 1:30 pm Nisswa @ Avon 1:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Flensburg 1:30 pm St. Mathias @ Opole 1:30 pm St. Wendel @ Foley 1:30 pm Swanville @ Pierz Bulldogs June 24 7:30 pm Freeport @ Avon June 25 7:30 pm St. Wendel @ Freeport June 26 1:30 pm Foley @ Aitkin 1:30 pm Nisswa @ Ft. Ripley 1:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ Royalton 4:30 pm St. Mathias @ Pierz Lakers 1:30 pm St. Stephen @ St. Wendel 1:30 pm Swanville@ Flensburg July 1 7:30 pm Upsala @ Pierz Brewers July 8 7:30 pm Buckman @ Pierz Brewers July 9 1:30 pm Avon @ St. Wendel 7:30 pm Pierz Lakers @ Pierz Bulldogs June 10 1:30 pm Avon @ St. Stephen 1:30 pm Aitkin @ Royalton 1:30 pm Flensburg @ St. Wendel 1:30 pm Ft. Ripley @ Foley 1:30 pm Nisswa @ St. Mathias 1:30 pm Upsala @ Swanville July 15 7:30 pm Buckman @ Pierz Lakers July 16 1:30 pm Aitkin @ St. Mathias 1:30 pm Avon @ Opole 1:30 pm Pierz Brewers @ Ft. Ripley 1:30 pm Randall @ Flensburg 1:30 pm Royalton @ Foley

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