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Page 2 | Amateur Baseball: Stearns County League - North

June 17, 2020

ELROSA SAINTS Elrosa Saints Aaron Vogt AJ Hadley Austin Imdieke Brady Weller Brandon Roelike Cody Eichers Derek Wiener Edwin Martin Ethan Vogt Evan Wiener Jackson Peter James Kuefler James Weller Kevin Kuefler Matt Schmitz Michael Bendix Payton VanBeck Ryan Illies Ryan Olmscheid Team

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Elrosa will be challenged this year in the SCL-North, but the team also has the people to stay with the league leaders.

The team has consistent hitting with two of the top power hitters in the league in its lineup in Cody Eichers (five home runs, .750 slugging percentage, 18 RBI) and Ethan Vogt (six home runs, 18 RBI, .576 slugging).

Hitters Matt Schmitz (.305 ave, 12 runs, 15 RBI) and Kevin Kuefler (.311 ave, 15 runs) are effective at getting on base, getting around the bases and driving in runs. Also putting PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING the ball in play regularly Jackson Peter has the speed to beat out infield hits, and are Brandon Roelike (10 the ability to come through in the clutch. He scored 15 hits), Brady Weller (13 runs for the Saints last year. hits) and Jackson Peter (17 hits). Last year, those Pitching ip h r er so bb hp w l s era hits often led to runs and Elrosa 127.1 103 56 37 120 50 0 8 7 2 2.62 allowed Elrosa to outscore Austin Imdieke 16.1 10 5 5 14 9 0 2 2 0 2.75 Aaron Vogt 48.0 41 23 14 38 20 0 3 1 0 2.63 their opponents 106-56.

The difference in runs Brady Weller 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .00 Edwin Martin 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .00 came because leads proEthan Vogt 50.2 48 27 18 56 16 0 2 3 1 3.20 vided by the offense are Payton VanBeck 10.1 4 1 0 8 5 0 1 1 1 .00 protected by the pitching of Aaron Vogt, Ethan Vogt, Austin Imdieke and Peyton Van Beck. The Vogt brothers are established pitchers in the league, and few teams have ever easily scored on them. Both were drafted by the team for state play, and both pitched well as draftees. Ethan ATM, LOTTERY, LP, finished the year with 56 CAR WASH, FUEL & DELI strikeouts in 50.1 innings • Broasted Chicken • Bone-In Wings and a 3.2 ERA. Aaron had • Pizza • Appetizers & More! an ERA of 2.63 across 48 innings.

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Amateur Baseball: Stearns County League - North | Page 3

SPRING HILL CHARGERS The Chargers won 12 games last year and could improve on that this year.

Built around a veteran corps of infielders and hitters, Spring Hill is very capable of doing well in the Stearns County League this year. A quartet of Terreses always has the Chargers putting someone on base.

Jamie Terres’ .410 average and .489 on base percentage led the team as did his 25 hits. Others stinging the ball were Brent Terres (12 hits), Eric Schoenberg and Owen Meyer (13 hits each), Eric Terres (17 hits) and Nathan Terres (19 hits).

The offense is where the Chargers hope to improve. The team saw more than one late-game victory slip away because of strikeouts, or just failing to push runs across the plate. Producing more runs will take pressure off the pitching staff, a staff built around Anthony Revermann, Carter Tschida and Reagan Nelson. Revermann was impressive with over 80 innings and a 1.80 ERA. Tschida finished with a 2.613 ERA and Nelson a 1.421 ERA. Veteran Jordan Welle will also be coming to the mound for the Chargers, bringing experience and durability. Tschida was drafted by Lake Henry for state play last year.

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Meyer has emerged as a very reliable centerfielder.

The talents of the veterans at Spring Hill are proven. If the potential of players such as Tschida, Nelson, Jordan Orbeck and Ben Welle come through, the Chargers will be a team that cannot be overlooked.

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Greenwald W 5-2 Richmond L 4-6 Elrosa L 1-3 St. Martin-15C L 1-4 Meire Grove-15C W 9-3 New Munich-15C L 8-10

Elrosa from pg. 2 are expected to see more action this year The team should also benefit from the additions of Abe Peter, Riley Lenarz, Gavin Kampsen and Luke Van Beck. Luke Van Beck played with the statebound Sauk Centre Titans last, but is a product of the Elrosa Little League and Legion programs.

The Saints have been a powerhouse for a few years, and if their talent gels, they will be at it again in 2020.

Elrosa Opponent W/L Score Greenwald W 16-2 Spring Hill W 3-1 New Munich W 5-1 St. Martin L 2-3 Lake Henry L 2-3 Greenwald W 19-1 Meire Grove L 0-5 Farming W 10-0 New Munich L 1-5 Roscoe W 14-4 Meire Grove L 15-16 Spring Hill W 3-1 Richmond W 7-3 Lake Henry-15C L 4-5 Richmond-15CL 5-6

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June 17, 2020

FARMING FLAMES Pitching ip Adam Winkels 30.0 Brad Mergen 58.2 Chad Mergen 7.2 Dylan Panek 16.2 Dale Schroeder 2.0 Taylor Fourre 11.0 Tylor Schroeder 38.0 Ethan Navratil 6.0 d-Scott Lieser 18.0 d-Eli Emerson 3.2 Team 191.2

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When Farming topped Lake Henry for the Region 15C crown last year, many felt they were seeing a team that could dominate the SCL for the next few years.

That is not an unwarranted prediction.

The Flames seemed to improve each week last year as they blended proven, experienced talent with promising, productive younger players. The team reached state and played in three games before state runner-up Buckman stopped them in the quarterfinals.

The team will miss the talents of Brad Mergen, a veteran pitcher and .349 hitter this year, but he is not the only offensive threat the team has. Isaac Nett, .460, and Ethan Navratil, .418, both had over 20 hits last year and were among the best hitters in local area.

Taylor Fourre, was also a member of the 20 plus hit club.

Those hits not only came often, but were productive as Mergen, Navratil and Fourre all had 10 or more RBIs. Nett is particularly effective at getting on and around the bases, having scored 21 runs in 22 games last season.

The Flames have the depth of pitchers to play the many games in a season. Before the season ended, eight different Flames pitchers had come to the mound. Mergen was the workhorse with 58.2 innings and a 4-4 record.

Both Tylor Schroeder (38.0 IP, 3-3, with three saves) and Adam Winkels (30.0 IP, 1-1) showed their

durability and that they, too, can hold teams and produce wins.

The Flames finished 12-10 last year with most of their losses coming in the early season. This year they very well could surpass last year’s record and be the team to beat all year long.

Farming Opponent W/LScore New Munich W 3-1 Roscoe W 15-12 Meire Grove L 2-11 Spring Hill L 1-7 Elrosa L 0-10 St. Martin L 4-14 Roscoe W 10-2 Greenwald W 6-3 Richmond L 9-10 Lake Henry W 3-0 St. Martin L 0-5 Roscoe-SCL PlayoffW 12-5 Meire Grove-15C W 5-0 St. Martin-15C W 4-1 Lake Henry-15C L 7-10 New Munich-15C W 11-4 Lake Henry-15C W 9-1 PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING CS Rockies-State W 2-1 Isaac Nett led the Flames with a .460 average and 28 hits Raymond-State W 5-1 during the 2019 season. These hits led to him scoring 21 Buckman-State L 5-8 runs and driving in 16 runs.

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Relying on veteran leadership and some talented young players, the Roscoe Rangers head into the 2020 season with high hopes.

The team struggled in a 3-12 season last year, but still managed to top region-bound Spring Hill in the regular season and won a 10-8 contest with Greenwald in the single elimination playoffs.

The Rangers have usually had good team defense and now mix the talent of younger players with the experience of veterans such as Brent Heinen and Russ Leyendecker.

Jordan Schleper showed his adaptability in moving to third base. His leadership in the infield was appreciated.

“Our biggest challenge will be timely hitting, and mixing in some of the young talent we have coming up,” said manager Lee Schleper.

The at bats of Chris Vanderbeek (.344, 11 hits) and Jordan Schleper (.367, 22 hits) and the 12 hits by Brent Heinen and Russell Leyendecker enabled the

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Jordan Schleper’s 22 hits and .364 average from last year give Ranger fans hope for a few more runs and wins this coming season.

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June 17, 2020

ST. MARTIN MARTINS St. Martin has a problem most teams would love to have.

It has to find ways to get enough playing time for all team members – and it has a number of good players it can bring to a game.

Offensively the team has is led by the consistent hitting of Kyle Lieser and Matthew Schlangen.

Lieser is simply one of the most productive offensive players in the area with a .415 batting average and .717 on base percentage. His 22 hits included eight homeruns and drove in 17 runs.

Schlangen, constantly found ways to get on base, .491 on base percentage, and scored as the bats of Lieser and Nathan Schlangen, 13RBI came through.

They are not the only solid hitters on the team as Bryan Schlangen, Dan St. Martin ab Avery Schmitz 28 Brady Goebel 3 Bryan Schlangen 58 Chas Hennen 33 Dan Sargent 35 Derek Stroeing 18 Jaylyn Arceneau 48 Kyle Lieser 53 Matthew Schlangen 53 Michael Schlangen 52 Nathan Schlangen 48 Ryan Messer 8 Ryan Nett 4 Scott Lieser 42 Scott Schlangen 57 Tanner Arceneau 18 Team 558

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The pitcher everyone wanted was Scott Lieser.

Counting his games when drafted by Farming, he finished with eight wins and a 0.66 ERA. Scott Schlangen, 1.00 ERA, was drafted by New Munich. He struck out 21 batters in 27 innings. Bryan Schlangen, drafted by Lake Henry, had 21 strikeouts in 26.2 in nings. Kyle Lieser pitched

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by Farming, and had a 1.69 ERA. Also returning to the mound is Jaylyn Arceneau.

Ryan Nett has announced his retirement, but the team should benefit from the re turn of Ben Schroeder, who struck out 37 in 42 innings in 2018.

The talent is not confined to seasoned veterans. High schoolers Tanner Arceneau, Avery Schmitz and Ryan Messer are year older and could very well be impact player; and Derek Koll, who joined the team this year, is a versatile player who’s speed and baseball smarts, will help the team.

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Supporting All Area Teams Dr. Jason Spychala

from pg. 6 Rangers to get runners on base. However, they were often stranded there as the following batters were not always able to deliver run-producing hits. This year, that may change as Zack Mackedanz and Spence Evans have shown promise and potential.

Schleper sees further potential in Bennett Evans, Max Athmann and Austin Pauls, who are presently underclassmen in high school and have played well in youth levels.

“Bennett is a big kid who can play infield and pitch. Max is a catcher and infielder and Austin is an outfielder,” Schleper said.

“Of course, they are young, but all three have great potential.”

Evans will be join-

Pitching Roscoe Brent Heinen Brady Klingfus Brandon Schleper Cody Mackedanz Chris Vanderbeek Devon Savage Josh Mackedanz Jordan Schleper Nick Gabrielson RJ Leyendecker

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ing the mound staff led

by Brandon Schleper (22 IP) and Josh Mackedanz (48.1 IP). Jordan Schleper and Brady Klingfus, along with Brandon Schleper had some good relief outings last season. The team also has the reliable experience of Brent Heinen to help from the mound.

Roscoe, playing in the SCL-South, will be challenged to win games, but they have players who can win games and may well surprise people this year.

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Roscoe Opponent W/L Score Richmond L 1-17 Lake Henry L 3-15 Farming L 12-15 Greenwald W 7-1 New Munich L 1-1 Spring Hill W 6-3 Meire Grove L 0-21 Richmond L 2-11 Farming L 2-10 Lake Henry L 3-9 Elrosa L 4-14 St. Martin L 1-14 St. Martin L 0-10 Greenwald -Playoff W 10-8 Farming-PlayoffL 5-12

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St. Martin Opponent W/L Score Richmond L 1-7 Greenwald W 3-0 Elrosa W 3-2 Spring Hill L 2-7 New Munich W 11-0 Farming W 14-4 Meire Grove L 3-4 Richmond L 0-3 Lake Henry W 8-4

Lake Henry W Roscoe W Spring Hill-15C W Pitching ip h St. Martin 144.1 106 Bryan Schlangen 26.2 26 Jim Arceneau 8.0 9 Kyle Lieser 16.0 9 Ryan Nett 14.0 10 Scott Lieser 50.2 23 Scott Schlangen 27.0 23 Tanner Arceneau 2.0 6

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RICHMOND ROYALS

Depth of talent will help the Royals to another successful SCL season.

The Royals have that depth in all areas; with the battery of pitchers, DJ Schleicher and Eli Emerson, and catcher Cole Schmitz returning, Richmond has a strong start to their defense.

Emerson, drafted by Farming for state play last year, has a proven record of keeping batters off base.

A workhorse pitcher with great control and command of his pitches, he struck out 60 batters in 55.1 innings last year. Schleicher earned five wins for the Royals, pitching 47.1 innings. In addition, Brady Klehr, Blaine Athmann, Austin Larson and Dalton Thelen all contributed from the mound. This year, Luke Jokela returns to the mound for the Royals.

The team benefits from the experience and game knowledge of Schmitz.

Schmitz not only helps in calling pitches, but is also an effective hitter, picking up 16 hits and driving in 18 runs last season.

Schmitz was only part of a team that had eight players with at least 10 hits in 15 games. Adam Backes (25 hits, .362 ave) and Trent Gertken (24 hits, .318 Richmond Aaron Budde Adam Backes Alex Budde Andrew Luethmer Andy Hadley Brady Klehr Cole Schmitz Conner Dols Dalton Thelen Dusty Adams Dylan Adams Dylan Jude Justin Schroeder Kenny Mooney Kyle Budde Mason Primus Max Hansen Trent Gertken Team

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Amateur Baseball: Stearns County League - South | Page 9 Pitching ip h r Richmond 159.2 142 63 Alex Budde 9.0 7 5 Blaine Athmann 19.2 21 5 Brady Klehr 3.0 2 3 DJ Schleicher 47.2 60 26 Dalton Thelen 4.0 1 0 Eli Emerson 55.1 50 24 Mason Primus 21.0 1 0

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Kyle Budde is a hard Royal to keep off the bases. He can hit for average, and is also good enough to reach with walks, making him a threat to score anytime he bats.

ave) were often on base last year. With Schmitz (16 hits, six home runs, 18 RBI) and Andy Hadley (25 hits, 10 RBI) following the hitters who get on base, the Royals almost always found ways to score. The Royals hit consistently, averaging over 10 hits a game, and hit hard with 29 doubles and 11 home runs.

The offense puts runs on the board and the pitching and defense can protect the lead. The Royals also use their experience the stay in and win games.

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managed by Kyle Budde and Blaine Athmann, as Kirby Hemmesch has retired. They inherit a team with a proven track record and a lot of talent.

The Royals will be a tough team to beat this year.

Richmond Opponent W/LScore Roscoe W 17-1 St. Martin W 7-1 Lake Henry L 3-4 New Munich W 7-1 Meire Grove L 0-3 Roscoe W 2-11 Lake Henry L 6-8 St. Martin W 3-0 Farming W 10-9 sf hp ave 0 0 .250 0 1 .362 0 2 .262 0 0 .000 0 5 .359 0 1 .196 0 1 .276 0 0 .171 0 0 .281 0 0 .225 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .167 0 0 .333 0 0 .231 0 3 .267 0 0 .500 1 0 .381 1 13 .275

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The team comes loaded with a wealth of experience and a history of winning games. With the at bats of Caleb Curry (.433) and Taylor Holthaus (.347) in the lineup, the Lakers are usually poised to score runs. Curry scored 20 runs last year and Holthaus drove in 25 runs.

They are not the only offensive punches the Lakers sent to the plate. Carter Holthaus, Cody Stich, Josh Becker, Matt Meyer and Riley Voit all had at least 15 hits before the season ended. The team had a respectable .267 average and had 45 extra-base hits.

That offense gives the pitching staff a margin of runs to work with – and the staff is good at protecting a lead. Matt Pichelmann, Putter Harlander, Will Kleinschmidt and Cody Stich have shown many times that they know how to get batters out and not give up runs. Adam Harlander’s return could also make a difference for the team.

The Lakers have a solid team already. If Adam Harlander and Riley Voit return to form, and potential newcomers Bjorn Hanson and Cole Fuecker come around, they will be formidable.

The problem for manager Reed Voit may not be how to put a winning team on the field, but who should be playing on the field.

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Avon Opponent W/L Score Opole W 6-4 St. Stephen W 2-1 Freeport W 10-1 Freeport W 15-4 St. Martin-EX W 6-5 Dassel-EX L 1-7 CS RockIes-EX W 5-1 Nisswa W 6-5 St. Joseph-EX L 5-6 St. Wendel W 11-0 St.Wendel W 6-1 Regal-EX W 4-2 Raymond-EX W 7-2 Aitkin W 5-2 St. Mathias W 9-0 St. Stephen L 4-5 Ft. Ripley L 1-4 Opole W 5-1 Sartell Stone Ponies-EX W 11-1 Opole-Playoffs W 10-1 Freeport-Playoff W 6-1 St. Stephen -Playoff L 2-3 Buckman-8C W 4-3 Ft. Ripley-8C L 4-15 Pierz-8C W 3-1 Buckman-8C L 2-3 Lake Henry-StateW 1-3 PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING Red Wing-State L 3-1 Matt Pichelmann is just one of the pitchers the Lakers can count on to shut batters down.

Avon ab Adam Harlander 6 Caleb Curry 60 Carter Holthaus 55 Carter Huberty 10 Carter Philippi 36 Cody Stich 73 Connor Huberty 13 Jon Bauer 6 Josh Becker 78 Kyle Collins 1 Matt Meyer 77 Matt Pichelmann 9 Reed Voit 37 Riley Voit 75 Shane Olmscheid 4 Taylor Holthaus 75 Tony Harlander 22 Tony Schoenberg 8 Tyler Ritter 13 Will Kleinschmidt36 Zac Tomsche 22 Team 716

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St. Wendel ab Jacob Wolter 36 Jordan Gombos 33 Jon Ethen 32 Tyler Huls 33 Jake Ethen 29 Peter Schumer 28 Cole Wunderlich 21 Hunter Welle 15 Will Ethen 10 Jack Opatz 23 Braden Bomgaars14 Steven Benkowski14 Rolando Ramos 15 Aaron Welle 11 Drew Soltis 4 Kyle Gryzbowski 3 Team 323

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FREEPORT BLACK SOX The Black Sox bring experience and know how to win.

Most of the players are in their mid-20s and know what to expect when coming between the lines.

The position players are back. Carter and Brandon Sawyer help ignite the team with their offensive and defensive play. Bryan Nelson, Nate Mettenburg, Dylan Carlson, Trevor Sawyer, Jake Braegelmann and Alex Martinez have all shown they can get on base. All of them, as well as Trevor Sawyer, had 10 or more hits last season.

Braegelmann was one of the area’s best for getting on base as he also had 13 walks.

The team will lose the experience of TJ Frericks and Mitch Reller; both were key pitchers in the lineup. The pitching staff still has depth with Taylor Erickson, Craig Meyer, Martinez and Cody Rose taking to the mound.

In four of their Victory League wins last year, they allowed only one run and it did not give up a home run to power-hitting Nisswa in a 5-4 loss.

The experience of the veteran players is a plus and only part of the reason the team should do well.

Erickson showed potential

for another strong season.

Newcomers Carter Neuenschwander, a pitcher/outfielder, and infielder Tyler Hemker should help with the defense.

The Black Sox did have did have some rough games last year, but also showed they can win and should continue to do so.

Freeport Opponent W/L Score Aitkin W 21-1 Avon L 4-15 Pitching ip Freeport 127.0 Mitch Reller 57.0 TJ Frericks 33.3 Bryce Stalboerger 3.0 Ed Zumbrona 14.0 Craig Meyer 3.0 Taylor Erickson 5.7 Cody Rose 6.0 Nate Winter 1.0

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Freeport ab Alexander Martinez 45 Brandon Sawyer 37 Bryan Benson 46 Bryce Stalboerger 20 Carter Sawyer 27 Christian Botello 9 Cody Rose 36 Dylan Carlson 32 Gavin Sawyer 5 Ike Sawyer 32 Jake Braegelmann 35 Nate Mettenburg 42 Nate Winter 4 Rob Mettenburg 3 Taylor Erickson 6 TJ Frericks 2 Trevor Sawyer 41 Team 451

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Avon L 1-10 Ft. Ripley L 3-8 St. Mathias W 21-15 St. Stephen W 5-4 St. Wendel W 2-1 Nisswa L 1-5 Opole W 11-2 Opole W 2-1 St. Stephen L 0-16 St. Wendel W 11-1 St.Stephen -Playoffs L 0-10 Opole-PlayoffsW 10-5 Avon-Playoffs L 1-6 so 107 58 18 6 8 0 7 8 2

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s era 3 3.76 0 2.84 0 5.67 0 3.00 2 1.29 0 .00 1 .00 0 9.00 045.00

Ike Sawyer’s chasing down ground balls at the shortstop position is one of strengths of the Black Sox defense this season. He also scored eight runs and drove in seven more last season.

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St. Wendel from pg. 10 Wolter can, and do, play multiple positions, enabling them to stay in the lineup. Wolter, a .306 hitter, led the team with 11 hits last year. Gombos not only had hits, but reached base in almost evert way.

Schumer hit five doubles and led the team in RBIs. Gombos, Jake Ethen and Schumer are the core of the pitching staff.

Ethen, a 2020 graduate from Holdingford, pitched 16 innings last year and had a 1.13 ERA with 16 strikeouts. Few of the other Saints pitchers were that effective. Experienced batters learned to wait for a pitch before hitting.

The Saints should be bolstered by the additions of Alex Dalbec, a new

player who shows promise as a solid hitter; Charlie Slivnik, who played with St. Stephen and Matt Catlin, who is also an experienced player.

St. Wendel will again take to the field, but this year they may very well surprise teams expecting an easy win.

St. Wendel Opponent W/L Score Opole L 3-13 St. Stephen L 0-9 St. Stephen L 0-11 Nisswa L 1-11 Ft. Ripley L 1-16 Freeport L 1-2 Avon L 0-11 Avon L 1-6 St. Mathias L 1-6 Aitkin L 2-3 Opole L 6-22 Freeport L 1-11

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Pete Schumer provided needed hits for the Saints, recording five doubles and hitting over .300. He also led the team in RBIs.

Pitching ip St. Wendel 80.2 Jordan Gombos 21.0 Jack Opatz 19.0 Jake Ethen 16.0 Peter Schumer 9.1 Cole Wunderlich 5.2 Tyler Huls 5.1 Rolando Ramos 3.0 Jacob Wolter 1.0 Will Ethen .1

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Lake Henry ab Aaron Savelkoul 55 Adam Jaeger 44 Adam Miller 37 Carter Wessel 60 Collin Spooner 7 Grant Ludwig 53 Jason Kampsen 66 Jordan Lieser 3 Josh Kampsen 42 Matt Lieser 35 Matt Quade 40 Mike Ludwig 3 Nic Reiman 7 Nick Dingman 68 Sam Hopfer 29 Shane Kampsen 64 Shaye Olmscheid 4 Tom Ludwig 0 Team 617

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With a combination of pitching and offensive depth, Lake Henry will again be a Stearns County League power.

The pitching staff, led

by Jason Kampsen, has four pitchers who had 20 or more innings last year, and they were effective.

Kampsen’s 49.2 innings resulted in opponents scoring only 18 runs and striking out 15 times. His 2.54 ERA was no small part of the Lakers’ 11-7 season.

Grant Ludwig (three wins and two saves) and Carter Wessel (2-1) each had at least 30 innings.

Aaron Savelkoul (22 IP) was 3-0 on the year. One reason, from the impressive showing by the Lakers, is a solid defense that rarely makes mistakes.

The Lakers’ offense is consistent and their players drive in runs when the chance presents itself.

Almost every player on

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the team had an RBI, with Matt Quade (five home runs) and Jason Kampsen (22 hits) pushing the team across to 16 RBIs. The top batting average came from Josh Kampsen with .357, but Shaye Olmscheid (21 hits) and Nick Dingman (20 hits) also gave opponents reason to worry. The Lakers don’t sit idly on bases when they get on; the team had 30 steals and 14 sacrifices.

With pitching staff that can shut out opponents, and an offense that knows how to score enough runs to win, the Lakers are never out of a game.

Lake Henry Opponent W/L Score Meire Grove L 2-3 Roscoe W 15-3 Richmond W 4-1 Elrosa W 3-2 Greenwald W 11-4 Spring Hill L 1-2 Richmond W 8-6 Roscoe W 9-3 Farming W 10-2 St. Martin L 4-8 St. Martin L 2-9 Farming L 0-3 New Munich W 14-5 Elrosa-15C W 5-4 New Munich-15C W 7-6 Farming-15C W 10-7 Farming-15C L 1-9 Avon-State L 1-3

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Mat Meyer’s versatility showed as he played infield and as a catcher last season. He also hit well with 18 hits and a .391 average.

St. Stephen ab Alan Justin 12 Alex Wolhart 15 Austin Guggenberger59 Ben Bierscheid 29 Ben Omann 73 Blake Guggenberger 62 Bo Schmitz 74 Brandon Waldvogel 47 Brody O’Hara 2 Charlie Slivnik 16 Chris Belling 11 Cody Wolhart 59 Jake Schelonka 34 Jonah Nebosis 10 Mat Meyer 46 Nathan Shaw 8 Nick Krippner 26 Riley Hartwig 67 TJ Bevens 6 Tony Schmitz 66 Troy Monson 21 Zach Omann 7 Team 750

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Opole r Alex Lange 8 Opole is no exception. Last Opponent W/LScore Austin Gerads 0 year, both Jake Nelson and Avon L 4-6 Austin Lange 5 Isaiah Folsom put in innings St. Wendel W 13-3 Blake Niemeyer 1 1 for the Bears and combined St. Mathias W 5-0 Bryce Binek 0 to strike out 51 batters in Ft. Ripley L 0-4 Cody Skwira David Bialka 1 53.2 innings. Zach Bialka, St. Stephen W 4-3 Derek Thielen 3 Sam Butler, Tate Lange Aitkin W 14-3 Dominick Hoikka 0 and Blake Niemeyer also Freeport L 2-11 Drew Lange 0 pitched for the team.

St. Stephen L 2-3 Isaiah Folsom 3 Playing in the same Freeport L 1-2 Jake Klein 3 4 division as St. Stephen, Nisswa L 3-8 Jake Nelson 7 Avon, Freeport and St. St. Wendel W 22-6 Joel Klein Wendel means the Bears Avon L 1-5 Jordon Schmitz 4 1 would not have many easy Avon-Playoffs L 1-10 Max Posch Peter Schumer 1 games. With the young Freeport-Playoffs L 5-10 Sam Butler 2 talent they have, they could Scott Binek 8 well be a team that surprises Tate Lange 2 people.

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bb 2 1 11 2 11 7 9 5 0 0 3 2 3 2 6 3 2 3 0 4 1 0 77

1b 2b 3b hr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 15 2 0 0 23 5 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 17 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 8 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 164 28 1 8

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change the look of the team, but there is talent coming up with younger players. Most of the players from Region 8C last year have returned, and St. Stephen will again be tough to defeat. The pitching staff of Nick Krippner (2.68 ERA, three wins), Riley Hartwig (42.2 IP), and Chris Belling (three wins, 41 strikeouts, 2.52 ERA) all earned wins last year and kept opponents’ runs down. Helping bolster the mound staff are Bo Schmitz and Jake Schelonka. Both are expected to do a bit more pitching this year.

Offensively, the Steves are hard to keep off the bases. Bo Schmitz (30 hits, .405 ave) and Mat Meyer (18 hits, .462 OBP) both reach base plenty of times. Tony Schmitz developed into a player to whom opponents had to pitch carefully with runners on, as he drove in 17 with his 21 hits (eight doubles, three home runs). Hartwig also had 21 hits and five other

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

ave .167 .000 .203 .138 .192 .274 .405 .277 .000 .125 .455 .254 .265 .400 .391 .250 .269 .313 .167 .318 .143 .143 .268

slg .167 .000 .203 .138 .219 .306 .541 .277 .000 .125 .455 .305 .265 .400 .609 .250 .308 .433 .167 .576 .190 .143 .340

obp .333 .063 .342 .194 .306 .357 .459 .340 .000 .125 .571 .302 .324 .571 .462 .455 .321 .352 .167 .366 .182 .143 .345

Steves had at least 10 hits.

The team has extra-base power, but with 20 steals, they showed the Steves will do what it takes to get into scoring position.

With a solid returning corps – a group used to winning – the Steves will clearly be a team to contend with when the Victory League season opens.

St. Stephen Opponent W/L Score Nisswa L 3-4 Avon L 1-2 St. Wendel W 9-0 St. Wendel W 11-0 St. Mathias L 10-11 Freeport W 5-4 Opole L 3-4 Aitkin W 15-2 Ft. Ripley L 4-11 Opole W 3-2 Avon W 5-4 Freeport W 16-0 Freeport -Playoffs W 10-0 Avon-Playoffs W 8-0 Avon-Playoff W 3-2 Pierz Bulldogs-8C W 8-5 Nisswa-8C L 0-20 Buckman-8C L 1-4

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r 84 2 14 19 12 0 23 3 3 8

er 68 2 11 14 9 0 19 2 3 8

so 141 12 41 37 12 0 28 6 1 4

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June 17, 2020

SOBIESKI SKIS Something that will be certain in the Victory League is that Sobieski will again be a strong team.

The Skis are a wellknown and respected team in Victory League.

They have also been a dominator there for a number of years.

With a .316 team batting average, the Skis have shown they have a lineup that gets on base.

Scoring an average of Sobieski ab Alex Gwost 22 Austin Weisz 55 Brad Czech 2 Chris Reller 24 Collin Eckman 61 Dan Marod 34 Dusty Parker 63 Gabe Hirsch 11 Jake Kapphahn 46 Joey Hanowski 54 Matt Baier 53 Riley Hirsch 55 Scotty Litchy 61 Thomas Miller 41 Tyler Jendro 63 Zach Opatz 17 Team 662

r 2 13 0 1 18 14 14 3 11 9 10 10 19 11 17 3 155

h 2 19 1 9 23 11 15 1 11 22 18 19 22 9 23 4 209

over seven runs a game shows they know how to get those hitters around the diamond.

Joey Hanowski led the team in hitting .407 last year. He was just one of many players that hit often for the Skis. Ten Skis had at least 10 hits, and Collin Eckman, Hanowski, Scott Litchy and Tyler Jendro all had over 20 hits. They were, for the most part, run-producing hits. Collectively, the rbi hp/w 1 3 16 9 0 0 8 2 19 12 19 7 17 19 1 4 3 13 8 12 6 10 11 9 13 10 9 11 18 11 1 1 150 133

1b 2 10 1 9 14 1 12 1 7 20 16 17 15 8 17 2 152

2b 0 6 0 0 5 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 30

3b 00 21 00 00 04 08 01 00 02 01 00 00 12 00 05 00 324

hr 0 0 0 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 16

Pitching Sobieski Alex Gwost Chris Reller Collin Eckman Dusty Parker Jake Kapphahn Scotty Litchy Thomas Miller Tyler Jendro

RANDALL CUBS ip h 161.2 169 1.0 1 4.2 10 7.2 1 19.2 35 18.1 15 25.2 35 53.0 54 31.2 18

r 78 0 2 1 17 6 23 27 2

er 60 0 2 0 15 6 19 16 2

team had 150 RBIs. The Skis not only hit, but they hit hard. Austin Weisz had six doubles, Dusty Parker had eight sb 1 2 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 5 0 5 4 1 31

sf ave .091 .091 .345 .582 .500 .500 .375 .375 .377 .656 .324 1.088 .238 .317 .091 .091 .239 .413 .407 .481 .340 .377 .345 .382 .361 .557 .220 .244 .365 .619 .235 .353 .316 .479

slg .200 .438 .500 .423 .479 .439 .415 .333 .407 .515 .444 .438 .451 .385 .459 .278 .430

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bb hp w l s era 46 0 12 8 3 3.42 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 26.99 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 3 0 6.86 6 0 2 1 0 2.95 15 0 1 2 0 6.66 12 0 3 2 3 2.72 6 0 5 0 0 0.57

home runs and Jendro had five home runs.

The offense gave plenty of support to a solid and deep pitching corps. Thomas Miller, (53 IP, 2.72 ERA, 3-2) was the workhorse pitcher for the team. Tyler Jendro (31.2 IP, .57 ERA, 36 strikeouts, 5-0) is the pitcher most considered when discussing the Skis.

Those two are solid, but Parker, Jake Kapphahn and Scott Litchy all pitched 15 or more innings.

Most of those names are familiar, but this year some others may move into more prominent roles with the Skis. Sobieski has a tradition of throwing strikes, playing good defense and getting hits.

That tradition should only continue this year.

Sobieski Opponent W/L Score Randall L 1-2 Upsala W 4-1 Pierz Bulldogs W 5-1 Pierz Brewers W 12-1 Royalton W 14-9 Upsala W 3-0 Randall W 12-2 Swanville W 11-1 Buckman L 8-11 Pierz Lakers W 13-1 Flensburg W 5-1 Flensburg W 10-1 CS Springers -2B L 8-9 CS Springers -2B L 4-12 Brainerd-2B L 0-1

In the first game of the season last year, Randall showed they had the potential to play with good teams. The team started the season by upsetting Sobieski.

The Cubs have a tradition of playing well, and fans have come to expect that of the team.

Offensively, Cody Meyer, Rick Drew and Kyle Peterschick showed that the Cubs can put runners on base and bring them around. Drew has a knack for getting on base regularly and finished with 14 walks, among the best in the area.

When the Cubs take to the field, Brett Strack and Meyer can often be found on the mound. Both had over 30 innings last year. Along with Peterschick (25.1 IP) and Drew (22.2 IP), the team struck out 110 opponents.

Despite some rough outings, the Cubs finished the season in the Region Randall r Brett Strack 4 Caleb Strack 16 Charlie Strack 0 Cody Meyer 9 Dane Couture 2 Dane Peterson 0 Joshua Jennings 3 Kyle Peterschick 13 Matt Otremba 5 Ricky Drew 13 Samuel Nagel 5 Thomas Kunkel 9 Gabe Nagel 2 Kyle Boser 1 Team 82

h 15 19 1 25 1 6 5 20 10 23 12 9 2 6 154

Pitching Randall Rick Drew Brett Strack Cody Meyer Kyle Peterschick Kyle Boser Chuck Strack Caleb Strack Sam Nagel d-Travis Wenzel

ip 149.2 22.1 38.1 30.2 25.1 7.0 5.0 7.0 5.2 8.0

bi 13 6 0 12 0 5 3 7 2 8 10 2 0 4 72

h 157 33 40 32 16 3 6 10 9 8

8C tournament, and they have the talent to be that good again.

Randall Opponent W/L Score Sobieski W 2-1 Swanville W 3-2 Buckman L 0-5 Upsala L 2-4 Pierz Brewers W 11-1 Pierz Bulldogs L 4-7 Flensburg W 8-4 Flensburg W 8-7 Sobieski L 2-12 Royalton W 11-0 Pierz Lakers L 1-8 Swanville W 8-3 Upsala L 0-10 Swanville -Playoffs W 12-2 Upsala -Playoffs L 3-5 Flensburg -Playoff W 8-7 Upsala -Playoffs L 1-11 Nisswa-8C L 3-13 Pierz Bulldogs -8C L 3-4

bb 7 7 0 2 2 1 3 8 9 14 6 3 0 1 63

so 1b 2b 0 13 2 0 17 2 0 1 0 0 19 6 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 17 1 0 8 2 0 18 4 0 10 2 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 127 24

r so 101 110 25 12 25 24 17 26 8 26 1 10 6 2 15 3 1 5 3 2

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UPSALA BLUE JAYS

It’s hard to keep the Blue Jays from scoring runs.

Last season, there were only two teams who shut them out, and two of their six losses came in regionals.

The team’s offense is led by the consistent hitting of Brock Cichon, Justin Cichon, Justin Lampert and Matt Swanson. All of them had over 20 hits and five others had over 10 hits. Those hits usually came when the Blue Jays needed them most.

Swanson, with five doubles, pushed across 15 runs. Justin Lampert’s hits included five home runs

PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

John Fuchs pitched in 42 innings last year for the Upsala Blue Jays, striking out 30 and taking home five wins.

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Upsala ab r BJ Lange 1 2 Brady Burggraff 49 13 Brandon Welinski 68 12 Brock Cichon 80 16 Charlie Kurowski 6 0 Derek Biniek 27 5 Dustin Biniek 9 2 Eric Lampert 54 8 John Fuchs 33 3 Justin Cichon 81 17 Justin Lampert 63 10 Justus Nelson 21 3 Levi Lampert 2 2 Matt Swanson 73 15 Myron Ripplinger Jr 52 5 Nick Frieler 12 2 Paul Krebs 50 9 Tyler Evans 3 0 Team 684 124

h 0 14 18 24 1 6 4 18 5 28 25 3 0 25 14 0 14 0 199

and produced 14 RBIs. Not to be overlooked is timely hitting by Eric Lampert (13 RBIs), Brandon Welinski (11 RBIs) and Brock Cichon (10 RBIs).

One reason for them having those totals is Upsala’s base running. The team had 15 steals last season, with Welinski picking up five of them.

The Blue Jay pitching staff not only proved itself last year, but was also respected. Both Eric Lampert and Swanson were drafted for state play last season. Swanson, pitching for Buckman, earned a win at state. bi 0 8 11 10 0 1 0 13 4 9 14 1 0 15 9 0 5 0 100

bb 1b 1 0 9 11 5 12 4 19 2 1 4 6 1 4 2 15 2 5 9 23 0 19 4 3 0 0 10 19 2 12 1 0 8 12 1 0 65 161

2b 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 25

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sb 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15

Pitching ip Upsala 170.2 B.J. Lange 1.0 Brock Cichon 7.0 Eric Lampert 69.2 John Fuchs 42.0 Matt Swanson 39.0 Myron Ripplinger Jr 11.0 Lukas Thoma-d 1.0

h 139 0 8 49 34 34 11 3

r 61 0 0 23 15 14 6 3

er 47 0 0 22 6 11 5 3

Lampert was the pitcher the Jays called on a lot last year and finished 69.2 innings, seven wins and a 2.84 ERA. He showed his control, striking out 71 batters. Swanson is also a familiar name to VL batters. He struck out 60 batters in 39 innings.

The team is deep and sf 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 14

hp 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 28

ave slg .000 .000 .286 .429 .265 .412 .300 .388 .167 .167 .222 .222 .444 .444 .333 .426 .152 .152 .346 .407 .397 .651 .143 .143 .000 .000 .342 .452 .269 .308 .000 .000 .280 .360 .000 .000 .291 .385

obp .667 .426 .315 .356 .375 .344 .583 .390 .222 .436 .415 .333 .333 .429 .309 .077 .410 .250 .376

so 187 0 9 71 30 60 16 1

bb hp w l s era 40 10 15 6 3 2.48 0 1 0 0 0 .00 3 0 1 0 0 .00 14 4 7 2 0 2.84 10 1 5 2 0 1.29 11 3 2 1 2 2.54 1 1 0 1 1 4.09 1 0 0 0 0 27.00

effective in pitching with contributions from John Fuchs (42 IP, 1.29 ERA) and Brock Cichon.

Good defense backs up the Blue Jays staff. If all of those elements stay healthy, Upsala will still be a team to beat in Victory League play.

Upsala Opponent W/L Score Royalton W 7-1 Sobieski L 1-4 Pierz Lakers L 5-7 Swanville W 2-0 Buckman W 9-4 Sobieski L 0-3 Flensburg W 6-3 Pierz Bulldogs W 3-1 Flensburg W 17-0 Randall W 10-0 Swanville L 7-8 Flensburg -Playoffs W 7-3 Randall -Playoffs W 5-3 Randall -Playoffs W 11-1 Ft. Ripley-8C L 0-7 Buckman-8C L 5-8

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Flensburg played in a number of close games last year, but the team usually got edged out in the later innings.

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h 147 57 38 8 11 18 3 3 9

bi bb 1b 2b 0 5 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 6 4 11 1 1 0 3 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 2 7 0 15 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 8 2 10 1 11 6 20 5 0 1 6 0 52 30 93 15 r 125 54 22 5 11 18 7 3 5

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Flensburg r Andrew Marod 5 Anthony Vedder 1 Arik Schwanke 2 Braden Backowski 5 Brady Shelstad 0 Brent Carry 4 Calvin Sherwood 0 Dylan Lukasavitz 3 Evan J. Athman 0 Isaac Thoma 5 Jacob Thoma 0 Joshua Genske 2 Lucas Thoma 5 Travis Wenzel 5 Wesley Waytashek 3 Team 66

Swanville, despite their struggles last year, had something going for them.

The Swans had an upset win over region-bound Upsala last year, and during the year place in some close games. The offense features Jason Sales who had 18 hits. His speed resulted in 18 steals. Levi Beseman, Travis Barthel and Carter Loven also showed they could hit.

Beseman finished with 73.2 innings and was among the more durable pitchers in the area. Troy Evans and Peyton Jackson also were on the mound in many games.

The Swans will not have it easy this year, but they did show they are improving and could surprise Pitching Swanville Austin Johnson Levi Beseman Peyton Jackson Troy Evans Derek Pfeiffer

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h 143 2 64 22 28 2

r 120 0 58 19 37 1

so 61 1 40 8 12 0

bb 60 1 28 12 15 0

hp 14 0 8 1 4 0

w 3 1 2 0 0 0

l 12 0 8 1 3 0

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Amateur Baseball: Victory League - North | Page 17

FORT RIPLEY

Solid hitting with strong defense behind a good pitching staff are the reasons the Rebels are a force in the Victory League.

The team hits often as Bill Sather, Brad Waytashek, Zach Heidmann and Logan Kalis consistently put the bat on the ball for run-producing hits.

Sather, Kalis, Nick Jelacie and Heidmann each had at least 12 RBIs last season.

There is power in those bats as the team produced 32 doubles and 12 home runs. Speed on the bases resulted in 23 steals and the ability to outscore opponents 133-64 last season.

From the mound, the experience of Brett Kramer, Kalis and Ethan Branum have effectively limited the number of runs by opponents, allowing the Rebels to post big-margin wins, or rally for late-game victories.

When the season winds down, Ft. Ripley

Ft. Ripley Bill Sather Brad Waytashek Brett Kramer Brian Skluzacek Chris Smolke Chris Veith Ethan Branum Jack Schafer Jason Sather Jim Kramer Joseph Anderson Logan Kalis Mac Brink Nick Jelacie Ray Austin Rhett Williamson Rob Veith Sr. Zach Heidmann Team

ab 48 64 58 60 16 2 34 12 42 12 11 59 18 65 18 71 1 67 658

r 13 4 24 14 0 0 4 3 6 2 3 10 5 14 3 12 2 14 133

h 17 15 17 20 3 0 11 2 14 2 2 19 4 19 3 13 1 24 186

will again be a team people talk about.

Ft. Ripley Opponent W/L Score Aitkin W 16-1 St. Mathias W 11-0 Opole W 4-0 Aitkin W 11-1 Freeport W 8-3 St. Wendel W 16-1 Nisswa L 2-4 St. Mathias W 4-0 St. Stephen W 11-4 Nisswa L 7-8 Avon W 4-1

bi 16 5 10 11 2 0 11 4 12 2 1 15 0 13 1 11 1 14 129

bb 6 7 23 14 3 0 1 2 6 1 3 4 2 13 7 14 0 6 112

1b 10 12 14 13 2 0 9 1 14 1 2 17 4 17 3 11 1 19 150

2b 3b 5 0 1 0 3 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 32 2

Pitching Fort Ripley Brett Kramer Chris Smolke Ethan Branum Logan Kalis Mac Brink Zach Heidmann Jake Lynn-d

ip 165.0 36.2 5.0 44.2 53.0 14.0 7.0 4.2

Nisswa-Playoff Upsala-8C Avon-8C Nisswa-8C

h 115 17 6 31 35 9 8 9

W W W L

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r 64 8 7 14 19 6 5 5

sb sf 1 1 0 1 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 23 8

hp ave slg obp 3 .354 .583 .456 3 .234 .219 .338 2 .293 .517 .506 4 .333 .450 .487 0 .188 .250 .316 2 .000 .000 .500 1 .324 .618 .361 1 .167 .250 .333 2 .333 .333 .440 0 .167 .583 .231 0 .182 .182 .357 5 .322 .424 .412 0 .222 .222 .300 3 .292 .385 .432 1 .167 .167 .423 0 .183 .324 .318 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2 .358 .552 .427 29 .283 .407 .409

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bb hp w l s era 53 27 13 6 0 2.56 16 5 7 2 0 0.98 3 1 0 1 0 5.40 5 2 2 0 0 2.22 19 13 3 2 0 2.89 7 2 1 0 0 1.93 2 1 0 0 0 6.43 1 3 0 1 0 7.71

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2-1 Buckman-8C 7-0 Nisswa-8C 15-4 Lake City 5-6 Serpents-S

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5-0 PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING 5-2 Zach Heidmann’s 24 hits produced 14 RBIs last year for the Rebels. He also scored 14 runs of his own.

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AITKIN STEAM Aitkin had problems scoring runs, and preventing them, last year.

The potential for a season better than their 3-10 mark was there, evident when they upset Nisswa 6-4 and took a 5-2 loss late in the year at Avon.

Offensively, Quinn Miller, Taylor Whiteoak, Jeff Lehrke and Jon Blanchette came through often enough that the team Pitching Aitkin Jake Lynn Jeremy Janzen Logan Olson Mike Olson Nate Ehnstrom Taylor Whiteoak Will Wilson Zak Peterson

ip 85.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 3.0 .0 20.1 5.1 2.1

was never shut out.

Aitkin Steam Opponent W/L Score Ft. Ripley L 1-16 Freeport L 1-21 Nisswa W 6-4 Ft. Ripley L 1-11 St. Mathias L 3-5 St. Mathias W 6-5 Opole L 3-14 St. Stephen L 2-15 Nisswa L 2-23 Avon L 2-5 St. Wendel W 3-2 Nisswa-Playoff L 1-26 Nisswa-Playoff L 5-20

h r so 152 193 32 5 0 7 6 5 15 10 2 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 15 13 0 3 5 2 0 0 0

bb hp 30 5 0 0 5 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 8 3 9 0 0 0

w 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

l 12 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 1

s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Aitkin r Andrew Olson 1 Brian Burman 2 Caiden Kjelstrom 1 Carter Dox 1 Carter Olson 0 Evan Ferdelman 0 Greg Hannah 1 Jake Hyytinen 1 Jake Ince 2 Jake Lynn 5 Jeff Lehrke 0 Jeremy Janzen 0 Jesse Henline 2 Joey Simson 1 Jon Blanchette 0 Landon Janson 0 Logan Olson 4 Max Onyx 2 Michael R Olson Jr. 0 Mike Basile 1 Nathan Ehnstrom 1 Quinn Miller 2 Taylor Whiteoak 2 William Wilson 3 Wyatt Kokesh 0 Team 41

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Konnor Wicklund has not only played well on the field, but has helped with offense in the St. Mathias lineup.

St. Mathias features good hitters in Konnor and Hunter Wicklund. Dave Benson, Nate Eschenbacher also came through with hits last season.

NISSWA LIGHTNING It’s not hard to see why Nisswa is a powerful team in the VL-North.

The team is an offensive power house. With the bats of Drew Boland (.386), Jason Roepke (.479), Jeremiah Piepkorn (.435) and Adam Hardy (.418) in the lineup, the team simply outscores opponents. These are not cheap hits. The team had 53 doubles and 31 home runs last year.

The Lightning’s pitching staff, built around the talents of Tyler Wittwer, Nate DeChaine and Nick Cundy, has proven effective at stopping others from outscoring them and is backed by a good defense.

The Lightning can never be counted out of a game.

Nisswa Aaron Jenkins Adam Hardy Brett Jenkins Chris Pederson Drew Boland Eric Bolt Evan Bungum Jason Roepke Jeremiah Piepkorn Kolton Michalski Kyle Schaible Logan McElfresh Morgan Shepherd Nate DeChaine Nick Cundy Paul Jenkins Sam Jensen Sam Peterson Scott Sand Tory Miller Ty Swenson Tyler Wittwer Team

ab r 80 15 55 19 41 8 64 14 70 17 1 0 5 1 71 25 62 21 26 4 7 1 19 8 65 15 7 0 23 9 8 2 6 0 64 15 1 0 73 22 11 5 33 3 792 204

h 26 23 11 19 27 0 2 34 27 8 2 8 20 1 7 3 0 15 0 21 3 7 264

bi 19 16 9 7 24 0 0 18 21 8 1 2 7 0 8 2 0 20 0 11 2 3 178

bb 8 13 3 15 9 0 1 6 8 2 0 10 8 0 7 2 0 9 0 8 2 1 112

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Nisswa Opponent St. Stephen Aitkin

St. Mathias W/L Score Ft. Ripley W 4-3 Avon L 4-6 Freeport

W W L W

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PIERZ LAKERS Never count the Pierz Lakers out of a game.

The team has talent in hitting and pitching to play well against Victory League opponents and usually does so.

Luke Girtz and Preston Rocheleau both had 18 hits last year and Reese Kapsner and Brad Meyer were consistent enough to have 15 hits; Chad Weiss continued his solid career with 19 hits.

That offense, which more than once put 10 or more runs across the plate, supported a pitching staff that earned nine wins last year. The team had four pitchers – Kapsner, Reggie Litke, Meyer, Rocheleau and Weiss – who were drafted for post-season play last year. Weiss, who was 4-0 in the VL season and then won two more post-league contests, is the best known of the Lakers. The others

Pierz Lakers page 19

ROYALTON RIVERDOGS A fast outfield could very well mean runs for the Royalton Riverdogs.

Speed is the team’s biggest asset. Ryan Snyder, Austin Zapzalka, Brady Brezinka and Michael Petron all patrol the outfield, and none of them lack in the speed department.

That helps players get on base and around the diamond. Snyder and Petron both had over 10 hits last year. Their hitting was only part of the offensive attack for the Riverdogs. Nate Psyck is proven at hitting with 17 hits in 2019, and Cole Jendro provided a bit of power.

Psyck will return to the mound. He logged in 72.2 innings, striking out 66 batters. Adam Olson and Zack Liebold, both new to the team, will get their chances on the mound against the talents of the Victory League.

The team will have to find a way to replace some of the hits by Jendro, as he will miss some games this year.

There could well be a Pitching ip Royalton 114.0 Nate Psyck 72.2 Adam Olson 15.0 Cole Jendro 13.1 Hunter Young 7.0 Ethan Walcheski 3.0 Adam Snyder 3.0

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combination of players who can make up that difference.

Besides Psyck, Ethan Walcheski will bring his catching abilities to the plate.

While only a senior in high school, he is in his third year with the Riverdogs. Liebold may also see some action in the infield.

The Riverdogs will have tough games in most of their Victory League outings this year.

They also have the talent to meet those challenges.

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Almost unbeatable in the Victory League last year, the Billygoats did well in the state tournament showcase, reaching the semi-finals before falling to eventual state champion Jordan.

There are good reasons as to why the team will remain a tough one to beat. With Lane Girtz, Matt Kummet, Matt Tautges and Joe Kahl, the Billygoats showed they can get on base, as each had at least 30 hits; Travis Kahl finished with 28 hits. That quintet all reached double digits in runs scored and RBIs, and the team showed power with nine home runs.

Buckman is also blessed with speed, collecting 45 doubles and 32 steals. That speed and power led to runs, as most of their wins were by the 10 or more runs.

In addition, veterans Shawn Lanners, Jeremy Monson and Travis and Joe Kahl have done well for the team. Buckman can never be counted out if games are close. A reason for this is the pitching staff. Led

by Shawn Lanners, Jeremy Monson and Tautges, Buckman’s pitchers have all kept opponents from getting on or scoring a lot of runs.

In many of their wins, the Billygoats allowed two or fewer runs. Their pitchers recorded 180 strikeouts in their 26 games.

The Billygoats have a tradition of wins, and that legacy should continue this year.

Buckman Opponent W/L Score Pierz Brewers W 19-2 Royalton W 4-2 Randall W 5-0 Upsala L 4-9 Swanville W 6-2 Pierz Bulldogs W 17-1 Pierz Lakers W 6-3 Flensburg W 12-1 Royalton W 12-1 Sobieski W 11-8 Pierz Brewers W 5-0

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One of the best all-around players in the area, Matt Tautges, had 31 hits and 18 runs for Buckman last year. He was also durable on the mound with 70.2 innings pitched.

Buckman Aaron Weber Adam Funk Alex Funk Andrew Rueckert Andrew Winscher Ben Boser Jackson Suska Jeremy Monson Joe Kahl Lane Girtz Lukas Otte Mark Kahl Matt Kummet Matt Tautges Noah Boser Noah Cekalla Pat Oldakowski Peter Suska Shawn Lanners Travis Kahl Team

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Brewers fans have every reason to think the team is better than its 1-12 finish last year.

The team has some solid hitters in Eric Boser, who had 15 hits on the year, Maverick Kowalczyk, Ryan Stuckmayer, Jesse Marshik and Mike Poser.

Poser (30.1 IP) and Calvin Kruschke (22.1 IP) did the bulk of the pitching. Rylee Rauch, Cody Kimman and Simon Gruber also pitched at least nine innings last year.

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PIERZ BULLDOGS Like their mascot, the Bulldogs can be tenacious when they get their teeth into a win.

The team’s potential for a strong season this year showed last year as they got hot in the post season and won a game in the Region 8C tournament.

Led by the hitting of Austin Dickman, Ryan Foreman, Logan Meyer and Craig Luberts, the Bulldogs put runners on the bases and drove in those who had reached base. Foreman’s performance (24 hits) resulted in 10 RBIs, and both Dylan Kummet and Charles Boser had 13 runs.

The durability of Dickman (62 IP) and the efforts of Joe Strauch (27 IP), Logan Meyer (24 IP) and Jonah Prokott (28 IP) assisted in the Bulldogs in making a showing in Region 8C. The staff comPHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING

Pierz Bulldogs page 19

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Eric Boser was often on base for the Brewers last year with15 hits against Victory League opponents.

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Pierz Brewers Opponent W/L Score Buckman L 2-19 Pierz Bulldogs L 3-9 Swanville L 5-8 Royalton L 0-10 Sobieski L 1-12 Randall L 1-11 Flensburg L 2-5 Royalton L 2-3 Pierz Lakers W 7-6 Buckman L 0-5 Upsala L 1-11 Pierz Bulldogs L 4-5 Pierz Lakers L 2-10

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Nisswa from pg. 17 Opole St. Mathias Aitkin-Playoff Aitkin-Playoff Ft. Ripley-Playoff Randall-8C

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Adam Hardy is just one of a platoon of batters on the Lightning roster who can put up a lot of runs in a hurry.

He was one of three Nisswa batters to hit over .400 last year.

Pitching Nisswa Ty Swenson Nick Cundy Logan McElfresh Tyler Wittwer Morgan Shepherd Jason Roepke Kyle Schaible Eric Bolt Aaron Jenkins Brett Jenkins Nate DeChaine Scott Sand Sam Jensen Logan Olson-d

Pierz Bulldogs from pg. 18 Pitching ip Pierz Bulldogs 170.0 David Skiba .0 Derek Schommer 4.0 Joe Stauch 27.0 Logan Meyer 24.0 Pete Schomer .0 Austin Dickman 62.0 Jonah Prokott 28.0 George Skip Toops 6.0 Chuck Boser 3.0 d-Preston Rochelaue16.0 Pierz Bulldogs Austin Dickman Brandon Dickman Charles Boser Craig Luberts David Skiba Derek Schomer Dylan Kummet George Skip Toop Jared Prokott Jonah Prokott Jonny Kasper Joseph Strauch Logan Meyer Michael Leidenfrost Michael Meyer Nicholas Herold Peter Schomer Ryan Foreman Teddy Dehler Team

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Royalton from pg. 18 Royalton Adam Olson Adam Snyder Austin Zapzalka Brady Brezinka Brady Moulzoff Brett Bursch Cole Jendro David Grittner Emil Trutwin Ethan Walcheski Gavin Suska Hunter Young Michael Petron Nate Benusa Nathan Psyck Nolan Zimney Ryan Snyder Steve Hoff Zachary Cekalla Team

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bined to strike out 93 batters and gave every indication they could well finish with better than .500 this year.

Pierz Bulldogs Opponent W/L Score Pierz Lakers L 0-10 Pierz Brewers W 9-3 Sobieski L 1-5 Flensburg W 16-5 Randall W 7-4 Royalton W 10-5 Buckman L 1-17 Pierz Lakers L 7-13 Swanville W 9-0 Upsala L 1-3

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3-13 7-3 8-11 5-8 4-3 1-3

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2-4 4-8 5-16 5-2 4-8 7-8 3-6 2-12 0-17 7-3 1-5 1-10 3-7 10-5 7-8

St. Mathias from pg. 17

Conner Knettel, Jake Zontelli and Hunter Wicklund form the core of the pitching staff.

When those elements click, the Devils are competitive. Among the team’s victories was an upset win over region-bound St. Ste5-4 phen and a 6-1 win over St. 11-1 Wendel.

6-10 St. Mathias Opponent W/L Score 10-8

Pierz Lakers from pg. 18 are not to be easily dismissed as they struck out 114 batters in the team’s 16 games.

The Lakers played and won close games last year, and will not lose many this year.

Pierz Lakers Opponent W/LScore Pierz Bulldogs W 10-0 Flensburg W 4-2 Upsala W 7-5

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16 games.

Ike Thoma’s two wins included 47 strikeouts in 57.2 innings and Luke Thoma put in 32.2 innings. Wenzel and Ike Thoma were both drafted for postleague play.

The Falcons have the talent to play with most teams, and this year they should put up a few more wins.

Flensburg

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Swanville from pg. 16 some with their play.

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Pierz Brewers from pg. 18 Pierz Brewers r Unknown 7 Alvin Kimman 0 Blake Kowalczyk 2 Brandon Stuckmayer1 Calvin Kruschke 1 Carter Moulzolf 1 Cody Kimman 3 Cody Weiss 0 Eric Boser 1 Greg Pohlkamp 0 Jeremy Payne 0 Jerron Boser 0 Jesse Marshik 1 Johnathan Hopkins 1 Joshua Stanton 0 Mark Wawrzyniak 0 Mike Garber 0 Mike Poser 1 Ryan Stuckmayer 3 Rylee Rauch 0 Simon Gruber 0 Steve Kimman 2 Zachary Jones 1 Maverick Kowalczky 3 Team 28

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The team’s 21-win season last year ended at the state tournament when they fell to Hutchinson, the state runners-up. That level of Pitching Sauk Centre Andrew Rousslange Brian Beuning Dylan Haskamp Joe Schwinghamer Luke Van Beck Shane Trattles Tanner Schmiesing

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(.450) and reaches base over 50% of the time he comes to plate. He not only scores, but his at bats drove in 30 runs last season. Almost one-third of his hits were for extra bases.

Another player with 40 hits was Derek Holm.

His ability to get on base, his speed and his 20 steals, often have him in scoring position.

With the bats of Brian Beuning (30 hits), Dylan Haskamp (23 hits), Jake Haskamp (29 hits) and Shane Trattles (20 hits), Sauk Centre can keep its offense rolling. The Titans finished last season with 256 hits and 15 home runs.

No batter had more than five home runs.

Trattles and Dylan Haskamp give the Titans one of the best starting combinations in the area. They can shut down opposing batters with their combined 200 strikeouts (109 for Haskamp and 91 for Trattles) across 166.1 innings (91.1 for Trattles and 75 for Haskamp). They are hard to score on and both finished last season with an ERA below 3.00.

The lowest ERA on the team came from Brian Beuning, who pitched 23.0 innings with 36 strikeouts and a .78 ERA. Sauk Centre’s experienced talent will be blended with some promising youthful players, Jake Haskamp and Jacob Zollman among them. They will bring youth, energy and speed to the lineup. Bryan Zollman has announced his retirement as a player, but will

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Derek Holm (facing camera) was often greeted at the plate by Shane Trattles (18) and Joe Schwinghamer (15) after scoring runs. Holm’s 20 steals and 40 hits are among the best in the area.

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Sauk Centre Opponent W/LScore Urbank-Parkers Prairie W 10-2 Millerville W 13-3 Alexandria L 3-7 Long Prairie W 3-2 Carlos W 11-1 Long Prairie W 4-2 Alexandria W 12-3 Carlos W 12-1 Ashby W 15-13 Osakis L 3-5 Alexandria L 2-3 Kensington W 1-0 Millerville-16C W 10-0 Dent -16C W 5-1 Osakis-16C W 5-3 Fergus Falls-16C W 3-2 Fergus Falls-16C L 8-14 Green Isle-State W 5-3 Sartell Muskies -State W 1-0 Hutchinson-StateL 2-5

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Other Resorters Leagues ALEXANDRIA BLACK SOX Alexandria proved themselves last year, defeating the state-bound Sauk Centre Titans and coming close to topping Carlos. The team can hold opponents in check

and also score runs in bunches.

Alexandria Opponent W/L Score Score Kensington W 11-1 Osakis L 5-7

Long Prairie Sauk Centre Carlos Long Prairie Carlos Sauk Centre Ashby

W W W L W L W

3-0 7-3 5-4 0-16 5-3 3-12 10-3

Sauk Centre W Urbank-Parkers Prairie L Millerville W Long Prairie-16C L

3-2 6-7 5-3 4-7

LONG PRAIRIE PREDATORS Long Prairie at times can be hard to beat.

They have had some impressive wins, including an 11-1 record in regions and a record four shutouts against Resorters opponents. The team generally

keeps opponents in check and rarely gives up more than five runs in a game.

Long Prairie Opponent W/LScore Alexandria L 0-3 Osakis L 0-6 Kensington W 10-0

Sauk Centre Carlos Alexandria Sauk Centre Ashby Millerville Urbank-Parkers Prairie

L 2-3 W 5-0 W 1-6 L 2-4 W 10-0 L 2-6 L

Alexandria-16C W 7-4 Fergus Falls-16C L 4-5 Urbank-Parkers Prairie W 7-2 Frazee-Vergas -16C W 11-1 Fergus Falls-16C L 5-12

2-6

OSAKIS HAWKS The Osakis Hawks are in the strongest position for a good seed with games played through July 7 of the Resorters season. Their 10-1 record in the league has seen a solid offense and an equally impressive de-

fense. The Hawks have recorded three shutouts and only once has any opponent scored more than four runs against them.

Osakis Opponent W/L Score Carlos W 7-3 Alexandria W 7-5

Long Prairie W Urbank Parkers Prairie L Ashby W Kensington W Millerville W Urbank-Parkers Prairie L Ashby W

6-0 9-4 11-0 10-0 0

Millerville W Sauk Centre W Kensington W Frazee-Vergas -16C W Sauk Centre -16C L

5-3 5-3 12-3 14-0 3-5

3-2 8-3

URBANK-PARKERS PRAIRIE BOMBERS Urbank-Parkers Prairie has been effective in their offensive production. The team had four games where they scored 10 or more runs. The team started their season with a winning streak on July 7 by defeating Osakis. How-

ever, the streak ended by losing a game 3-2 in a rematch with the Hawks.

The team can also be effective defensively and recorded three shutouts.

Urbank-Parkers Prairie Opponent W/L Score Sauk Centre L 2-10

Osakis Millerville Ashby Osakis Kensington Ashby Millerville Kensington

W W W L W W W W

4-0 10-0 9-8 2-3 11-0 3-2 6-5 11-6

Long Prairie W Alexandria W Carlos W Pelican Rapids -16C L Long Prairie -16C L

6-2 7-6 17-6

Avon...................................10-2 Freeport ...............................6-6 St. Stephen...........................6-6 Opole ...................................5-7 St. Wendel ..........................0-12 North Ft. Ripley ............................10-1 Nisswa .................................8-3 Aitkin ...................................3-8 St. Mathias ...........................2-9 East Buckman ............................12-1 Pierz Lakers ..........................9-4 Pierz Bulldogs ......................8-5 Royalton...............................4-9 Pierz Brewers .....................1-12

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West Sobieski..............................11-2 Upsala ..................................9-4 Randall.................................7-6 Swanville ...........................3-10 Flensburg ...........................2-11 Playoffs - East Buckman ..............................4-0 Pierz Bulldogs ......................2-2 Pierz Lakers ..........................1-2 Royalton...............................0-2 North Ft. Ripley ..............................1-0 Nisswa .................................2-1 Aitkin ...................................0-2 Stearns County League North Meire Grove ........................10-3 Elrosa ...................................8-5 Spring Hill ............................8-4 New Munich .........................6-7 Greenwald..........................0-13 South Richmond ............................9-4 St. Martin .............................9-4 Lake Henry ...........................8-5 Farming................................5-8 Roscoe................................2-11 Playoffs Farming................................1-0 Roscoe..................................1-1 Greenwald............................0-1 Region Results Region 8C Nisswa .................................4-0 Ft. Ripley ..............................3-2 Buckman ..............................3-2

Ashby has, at times, been an offensive powerhouse, scoring 10 or more runs three times last year, showing they can score against most teams.

They have had problems preventing runs and have floated near a .500 mark all season.

Ashby Opponent W/LScore Carlos W 11-6 Kensington W 9-8

Osakis L UrbankParkers Prairie L Millerville W Long Prairie L Kensington W Osakis L Urbank-Parkers Prairie L Sauk Centre L Millerville W Alexandria L Frazee-Vargas -16C L

0-11 8-9 5-3 0-10 11-10 3-8 2-3 13-15 9-8 3-10 3-10

CARLOS COUGARS Carlos looks to rebound from a tough season last year.

The team has a good start, as they have a full roster from which to select their nine starters. A big concern for the team is filling the centerfield position, but they have candidates to choose from.

The team has depth in pitching with Brady Burgau and Hunter Schoenrock at the mound along with the experience of Noah Hittle, Isaac Peterson and Landon Olson. There could well be a few others who help keep opponents in check.

Schoenrock showed a lot of potential last year and could be a factor in the team’s success.

Offensively, the team should be improved with

the addition of Blake Radke and Austin Johnson.

Both could also contribute to the pitching staff.

Peterson, besides athletic skills, brings energy and enthusiasm to the game.

That talent, blended with experienced players, and the Cougars could be a team to follow this year.

Carlos Opponent W/L Score Osakis L 3-7 Millerville L 5-6 Kensington L 4-5 Ashby L 6-11 Alexandria L 4-5 Long Prairie L 0-5 Sauk Centre L 1-11 Long Prairie L 2-4 Alexandria L 3-5 Sauk Centre L 1-12 Urbank-Parkers Prairie L 6-17 Kensington -16C L 0-9

4-8 2-7

2019 Standings Resorters League Team............................ W-L Osakis Hawks .....................11-1 UrbankParkers Prairie Bombers .......9-2 Sauk Centre Titans ................8-3 Alexandria Black Sox ............7-4 Long Prairie Predators ..........5-5 Ashby A’s ..............................5-7 Millerville Millers .................3-7 Kensington Norsemen..........1-9 Carlos Cougars ....................0-10 Playoffs Kensington...........................1-0 Carlos ...................................0-1 Victory League South

ASHBY A'S

Avon.....................................2-2 St. Stephen...........................1-2 Pierz Bulldogs ......................1-2 Randall.................................0-2 Upsala ..................................0-2 Region 15C Farming................................4-1 Lake Henry ...........................3-1 New Munich .........................3-2 St. Martin .............................2-1 Richmond ............................1-2 Spring Hill ............................1-2 Elrosa ...................................0-2 Meire Grove ..........................0-2 Region 16C Fergus Falls ..........................4-1 Sauk Centre ..........................4-1 Long Prairie ..........................4-2 Frazee-Vergas ......................3-2 Pelican Rapids ......................2-2 Osakis...................................1-2 Dent .....................................0-2 Urbank-Parkers Prairie .........0-2 Alexandria............................0-1 Kensington...........................0-1 Ashby ...................................0-1 Millerville.............................0-1 Area Team State Finishes Buckman ..............................4-1 Farming................................2-1 Sauk Centre ..........................2-1 Avon.....................................1-1 Ft. Ripley ..............................0-1 Lake Henry ...........................0-1 New Munich .........................0-1 Nisswa .................................0-1

KENSINGTON NORSEMEN Kensington experienced growing pains of sorts last year as they struggled to earn wins.

They were young with about half the team being new to amateur baseball. This season, they could be improved as some veterans have rejoined the team.

Eric Elbe, Kevin Jenks, Eric Paulzine, Caden Fernholz and Alan Strom will all provide leadership. Elbe has proven his pitch can and should be a plus for the

Norsemen pitching staff.

Kensington Opponent W/LScore Alexandria L 1-11 Carlos W 5-4 Sauk Centre L 0-1 Long Prairie L 0-10 Ashby L 8-9 Osakis L 0-10 Millerville L 9-11 Ashby L 10-11 Urbank-Parkers Prairie L 0-11 Osakis L 3-12 Sauk Centre L 0-1 Carlos-Playoffs W 9-0 Park Rapids-16C L 0-5

MILLERVILLE MILLERS Few teams shut out Millerville last year. That is a definite plus for the team, and they can score runs. A big reason for that is the ability of Kevin Campbell to reach base and get home.

However, the runs didn’t always translate to wins, one reason being the Millers’ lack of experience and depth in the pitching staff. The team will again be young this year, with the oldest player at 27 years old.

Campbell and Dan Schaffer come to the mound for the Millers, bringing experience and durability. There are oth-

ers who pitch as needed. The team also has a promising player, Kannen Lund, who should see more playing time this year.

Millerville Opponent W/LScore Carlos W 6-5 Sauk Centre L 3-13 Urbank-Parkers Prairie L 0-10 Ashby L 3-5 Osakis L 4-9 Sauk Centre-16CL 0-10 Kensington W 11-9 Osakis L 3-5 Urbank-Parkers Prairie L 5-6 Ashby L 6-7 Sauk Centre-16CL 0-10

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2019 Area Leaders

Most RBIs 30 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 25 Taylor Holthaus-Avon 24 Drew Boland-Nisswa 21 Jeremiah Piepkorn-Nisswa 21 Matt Kummet-Buckman Most Steals 20 Derek Holm-Sauk Centre 9 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 9 Shane Kampsen-Lake Henry 8 Brett Kramer-Ft. Ripley 8 Matt Tautges-Buckman 8 Nathan Terres-Spring Hill Most Walks 23 Brett Kramer-Ft. Ripley 20 Shane Kampsen-Lake Henry 15 Bryan Benson-Freeport 15 Chris Peterson-Nisswa 14 Josh Becker-Avon 14 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin 14 Matt Tautges-Buckman 14 Tylor Schroeder-Farming Most Hits By Pitch 10 Morgan Shepard-Nisswa 8 Jason Roepke-Nisswa 8 Joe Stangler-New Munich 7 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 7 Kurt Marthaler-Meire Grove 7 Lane Girtz-Buckman Most Sacrifices 5 Brett Strack-Randall 5 Riley Hirsch-Sobieski 5 Thomas Miller-Sobieski 4 Nine Players Pitching Best ERA (20 plus innings) 0.57 Tyler Jendro-Sobieski 0.66 Scott Lieser-St. Martin/ Farming 0.78 Brian Beuning-Sauk Centre 0.98 Brett Kramer-Ft. Ripley 1.00 Scott Schlangen-St. Martin 1.17 Tyler Witter-Nisswa 1.29 John Fuchs-Upsala 1.80 Anthony RevermannSpring Hill 2.07 Shane Trattles-Sauk Centre 2.22 Ethan Branum-Ft. Ripley Most Innings (20 plus innings) 96.0 Matt Pichelmann-Avon 91.1 Shane Trattles-Sauk Centre 80.0 Carter Tschida-Spring Hill/Lake Henry 75.0 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk Centre 73.2 Levi Beseman-Swanville Most Wins 9 Shane Trattles-Sauk Centre 8 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk Centre 8 Scott Lieser-St.Martin/ Farming 8 Tyler Wittwer-Nisswa 7 Eric Lampert-Upsala 7 Brett Kramer-Ft. Ripley Most Saves 3 Brian Beuning-Sauk Centre 3 Tyler Jendro-Sobieski 3 Tylor Schroeder-Farming 2 Grant Ludwig-Lake Henry 2 Jaron Klaphake-Meire Grove Most Strikeouts 109 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk Centre 91 Shane Trattles-Sauk Centre 71 Eric Lampert-Upsala 64 Chad Weiss-Pz. Lakers/ Buckman 63 Ethan Vogt-Elrosa/Lake Henry

Amateur means playing for love The term “amateur baseball” is a pretty correct one for the game played throughout the state on weekends, and some mid-week nights.

The roots of the word “amateur” have nothing to do with meaning unpaid, uneven or non-polished. It means to do something out of love.

That’s why the term “amateur baseball” is a more comfortable fit than town ball. The people involved in the game are there because they like being there.

Few of the players are playing because of the hope to be discovered.

They are doing it, generally, because they love hitting, pitching, running and fielding. Fans are there to see people they know or work with, or to support friends doing something they love to do.

Growing up in central Minnesota summer meant baseball. To some degree, the pace of the game blended perfectly with the values and lifestyles of a local Sunday afternoon. At a time when most of these teams started, most of the area was populated by church-going people. In the Catholic culture, most communities had two Masses, which ended just in time for a dinner with family or at friends. That meal ended in time for a long afternoon, which was supposed be void of manual labor, but could be filled in with a ball game.

The ball games usually got done in time to start evening chores, and chores generally concluded in time to listen to the Sunday wrap of ball games on the radio.

The games themselves have served as sources of town pride – and occasionally depression, been used as life lessons and fueled countless retellings of unique plays, big moments and family memories. Some are true, some misplaced, but all reflect elements of what people like about amateur ball: community pride, home-grown success and the chance to see the game played up close.

Over the years, there have been theories that illustrate why the game has remained popular in those communities. There might be a number or reasons for the longevity, but two big ones have to be parochialism and symbiosis.

The parochialism is, usually, very easily manifested and seen as fans and family members come out to support the team simply because it is composed of, as one person said, “our boys.”

The symbiotic relationship is one that not everyone understands or sees. Those who do see

and understand the final reguit have built lar season high some great proschool baseball grams. Those game between who don’t, find Melrose and it hard to build Albany, somethem. The relabody said there tionship exists were six amwhen amateur ateur baseball teams and lo- A Peek at the Past teams between cal high school by Herman Lensing the two school coaches work districts. That together to started a quick build programs. count, and the realization This might mean that that there were actually everybody doesn’t always eight teams in the boundget what they want, but it aries of those districts. does mean that both pro- This did not count those grams are better off be- just a mile or two away cause they work together, from the borders. rather than being at loggerAnother reason the heads. Over the years it has teams have existed is they been rare for a good high do not really exist in a vacschool program in a rural uum or bubble away from area not to benefit from their community. For the amateur teams, and rarer most part, the players are for amateur programs to the same people whose continue without good high families live around and in school programs in their the area, or still have jobs area. A few years ago, at and careers in local com-

munities. They farm, hold jobs, live, go to church, are dating or married to the daughter of a local resident, and relax around the town they play in. Many have some connection to agriculture, but not all are farmers.

Over the last 30 years, a number of parks have improved and are a source of pride to these communities.

This year, amateur baseball is starting before Major League Baseball does. If you can get to a game, chances are there will be at least one memorable play, hit or string of events during one of those games. What you see will become a part of your family stories about a special moment of that day.

That’s why people are playing and watching amateur baseball; it is something they love to do.

TEAMS AT A

Team Pitching Aitkin Avon Buckman Elrosa Farming Flensburg Freeport Ft. Ripley Greenwald Lake Henry Meire Grove New Munich Nisswa Opole Pierz Bulldogs Pierz Lakers Randall Richmond Roscoe Royalton Sauk Centre Sobieski Spring Hill St. Martin St. Stephen St. Wendel Swanville Upsala

IP 85.0 186.2 231 127.1 191.2 129.1 127 165.0 114.1 159.1 128.2 162.0 187 * 170.0 138 149.2 159.2 116.2 114.0 208.1 161.2 191.1 144.1 173.1 80.2 125.0 170.2

Team offenses Aitkin Avon Buckman Elrosa Farming Flensburg Freeport Ft. Ripley Greenwald Lake Henry Meire Grove New Munich Nisswa Opole Pierz Brewers Pierz Bulldogs Pierz Lakers Randall Richmond Roscoe Royalton Sauk Centre Sobieski Spring Hill St. Martin St. Stephen St. Wendel St. Wendel St. Mathias Swanville Upsala

AB * 716 873 508 771 * 451 658 471 617 546 635 792 * * * * * 564 465 * 850 662 551 558 750 321 323 * * 684

H 152 161 194 103 177 147 137 115 146 160 126 186 139 * 156 124 157 142 196 * 173 169 167 106 138 139 143 139

R 41 107 196 106 114 66 92 133 41 105 100 93 204 77 28 120 115 82 109 57 49 155 155 75 94 118 17 17 45 51 124

R 193 74 71 56 128 125 100 64 128 82 65 108 65 * 119 74 101 63 173 * 78 78 83 41 84 110 120 61

H 79 191 289 131 216 116 122 186 111 161 167 150 264 127 80 193 161 154 155 100 101 256 209 144 149 201 57 57 71 75 199

ER * 52 * 37 100 * 53 47 98 61 52 88 50 * * * * 46 139 * 61 60 60 33 68 87 * 47

RBI 26 96 141 100 98 52 59 129 34 92 89 82 178 52 25 73 77 72 91 49 40 134 150 67 82 96 17 17 20 43 100

SO 32 146 180 120 147 83 107 148 53 124 83 115 127 80 93 114 110 109 62 97 257 116 116 132 141 44 61 187

BB 32 124 76 71 76 30 81 112 38 79 48 95 112 36 24 68 64 63 63 58 31 93 133# 38 54 77 16 16 25 34 65

BB 30 61 48 50 100 79 49 53 79 69 44 39 77 53 82 40 60 47 87 58 68 46 84 40 93 57 60 40

1B 66 146 231 92 173 93 108 150 94 133 136 128 178 120 69 168 140 * 115 83 85 212 152 116 118 164 46 46 * 61 161

HP 5 14 11 0 33 12 7 27 28 15 8 9 11 14 11 6 15 7 33 7 0 0 12 14 32 17 14 10

W 3 14 22 8 12 3 8 13 0 11 10 9 18 5 10 10 9 9 3 4 19 12 12 11 11 0 3 15

L 12 8 4 7 10 13 7 6 14 7 5 10 5 9 10 6 10 6 12 11 5 8 9 6 12 10 12 6

S 0 1 3 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 2 2 0 4 1 * 4 3 3 3 6 0 2 3

2B 11 37 45 23 34 15 12 32 13 15 26 18 53 6 11 22 18 127 29 13 14 32 30 19 19 28 10 10 2 7 25

3B 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 * * 1 24 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0

HR 0 7 9 15 9 7 2 12 4 13 5 3 31 1

SB 1 33 32 11 13 8 11 23 1 30 26 8 8 8 16 21 12 9 4 6 6 52 16 27 5 20 5 5 6 22 15

3 2 3 11 4 2 12 24 8 12 8 1 1 1 5 13

GLANCE

Team Offense Best Batting Average (Minimum 43 Plate Appearances) .479 Jason Roepke-Nisswa .460 Isaac Nett-Farming .450 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre .435 Jason Piepkorn-Nisswa .433 Caleb Curry-Avon .424 Lane Girtz-Buckman .418 Andy Hardy-Nisswa .418 Ethan Navratil-Farming .415 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin .410 Jamie Terres-Spring Hill .407 Joey Hanowski-Sobieski Best Slugging Percentage (Minimum 43 Plate Appearances) 1.088 Dan Manrod-Sobieski .877 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin .875 Jeremiah PiepkornNisswa .845 Jason Roepke-Nisswa .750 Cody Eichers-Elrosa .705 Jamie Terres-Spring Hill .700 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre .667 Taylor Holthaus-Avon .657 Drew Boland-Nisswa .656 Collin Eckman-Sobieski Best On Base Percentage (Minimum 43 Plate Appearances) .717 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin .582 Ethan Navratil-Farming .565 Jason Roepke-Nisswa .556 Isaac Nett-Farming .543 Andy Hardy-Nisswa .542 Jake BraegelmannFreeport .528 Caleb Curry-Avon .527 Jeremiah PiepkornNisswa .524 Brad Mergen-Farming .509 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre .505 Lane Girtz-Buckman Most Hits 45 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 40 Derek Holm-Sauk Centre 39 Lane Girtz-Buckman 35 Matt Kummet-Buckman 34 Jason Roepke-Nisswa Most Singles 32 Lane Girtz-Buckman 31 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 30 Derek Holm-Sauk Centre 27 Jake Haskamp-Sauk Centre 25 Matt Kummet-Buckman 25 Matt Tautges-Buckman Most Doubles 10 Drew Boland-Nisswa 9 Taylor Holthaus-Avon 8 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 8 Derek Holm-Sauk Centre 7 Six Players Most Triples 2 Austin Weisz-Sobieski 2 Brett Kraemer-Ft. Ripley 1 Several Players Most Home Runs 8 Dan Manrod-Sobieski 8 Kyle Lieser-St. Martin 7 Jason Roepke-Nisswa 7 Jeremiah Piepkorn-Nisswa 6 Cole Schmitz-Richmond 6 Ethan Vogt-Elrosa Most Runs 29 Andrew Rousslange-Sauk Centre 29 Derek Holm-Sauk Centre 28 Brian Beuning-Sauk Centre 25 Jason Roepke-Nisswa 21 Isaac Nett-Farming 21 Jeremiah Piepkorn-Nisswa

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ERA GM * 15 2.51 22 * 26 2.62 15 4.70 22 * 16 3.76 15 2.56 19 7.71 14 3.45 18 3.64 15 4.89 19 2.41 23 * 14 * 20 * 16 * 19 2.59 15 10.77 15 * 15 2.64 24 3.42 20 2.82 21 2.06 17 3.53 23 9.71 10 * 15 2.48 19

SF 8 15 22 7 14 12 5 8 2 14 4 11 0 6 5 17 16 18 1 8 3 19 31 10 10 9 0 0 * 3 14

BP 2 24 22 15 19 15 9 29 11 16 25 20 49 12 9 15 5 11 13 16 9 40 14 23 11 13 13 * 6 28

AVE * .267 .331 .258 .280 * .271 .283 .236 .261 .306 .236 .333 * * * * * .275 .215 * .301 .316 .261 .267 .268 .178 .175 * * .291

SLG * .351 .423 .396 .359 * 0.31 .407 .289 .348 .381 .282 .523 * * * * * .385 .269 * .388 .479 .343 .366 .340 .218 .217 * * .385

(Information obtained from team submissions, team and league websites) *=incomplete information

OBP * .392 .399 .365 .403 * .392 .409 .340 .360 .388 .417 .446 * * * * * .361 .323 * .396 .430 .325 .405 .345 .246 .244 * * .376

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