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Stearns County League - North Many predicted Elrosa would be with the leaders in the Stearns County League. Very few foresaw who would be leading them.

When injuries and illness pulled the bats of Ethan Vogt and Cody Eichers from the line-up, Kevin and James Kuefler put the bat on the ball and themselves on the bases.

Younger players such as Jackson Peter and Will Van Beck made their presence known. Peter, with 20 hits, batted .465 and is among the better batters in the area. The addition of former Sauk Centre Titan Luke Van Beck brought 10 hits to the team and Matt

Schmitz had 11 more The offense is multi-dimensional, being able to keep slapping out hits or using small ball play to score.

Elrosa might not have the power they had in their line-up in the past, but they get into position to score runs. The Saints had 21 steals this year.

The pitching staff also made a transition and learned to depend on Payton Van Beck and Peter.

Austin Imdieke was reliable and the team still has the arm of veteran hurler Aaron Vogt. The team had five pitchers with at least 10 innings.

Payton Van Beck’s 1.09 era across 33 innings is among the area’s best.

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Shortstop Matt Schmitz is a vital part of the Saints’ defense. Offensively, he can be counted on for hits to get on base or drive in runs.

Pitching Aaron Vogt Aus n Imdieke Jackson Peter Payton Van Beck Luke Van Beck Ed Mar n Evan Wiener Will Van Beck Cody Douvier Team

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MEIRE GROVE GROVERS Meire Grove can hit.

They did so all year long, even in their playoff loss to Spring Hill.

The Grovers had 88 hits in 10 games, and hit throughout the line-up.

Tanner Klaphake finished the season leading the team with 15 hits; he had six in one game. His .536 average is among the best of the teams profiled in this review.

Others consistently putting the bat on the ball were Alex Welle, who had 12 hits, and Jordan Klaphake with 10 hits.

The team’s power hitting came from Colton Meyer, who had three of the team’s six home runs. The Grovers also benefitted from the speed of Ryan Olmscheid and the experience Josh Roelike brought to the team.

The offense helped provide runs while the Meire Grove-2020 ab Aaron Meyer 3 Alex Welle 35 Andrew Welle 36 Anthony Carpenter 5 Anthony Welle 5 Bob Deters 5 Colton Meyer 17 Gabe Schwieters 6 Jacob Imdieke 1 Josh Roelike 25 Jaron Klaphake 7 Jordan Klaphake 35 Josh Olmscheid 25 Kurt Marthaler 34 Ma Imdieke 4 Ryan Olmscheid 37 Tanner Klaphake 28 Tyler Moscho 31 Totals 339

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pitching staff, led by Matt Imdieke, Jacob Imdieke and Ben Klaphake, generally kept teams in check.

Matt Imdieke finished with 39.1 innings and struck out 27 batters. The defense played well behind their pitchers. When the offense, defense and pitching came together, the Grovers were hard to beat and were in most of the game they played.

Pitching Ben Klaphake Jacob Imdieke Josh Roelike Ma Imdieke Gabe Schwieters Colton Meyer Jordan Klaphake Andrew Welle Aaron Meyer Jaron Klaphake Meire Grove-2020

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He finished with a .320 batting average and earned a win as a pitcher.

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FARMING FLAMES

Pitching Adam Winkles Ethan Navra l Robert Schleper Tylor Schroeder Cody Fourre Dylan Panek Brad Mergen Team

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That leads to runs and victories when it comes to play. Led by the hitting of Isaac Nett (.447) and Ethan Navratil (.423), the Flames are always a threat to start a rally. Taylor Fourre and Cody Fourre are equally effective in getting on base and then getting home to score runs.

Farming has not had a lot of power shots, but their speed has produced 18 doubles (Nett, Taylor Fourre and Adam Winkles each had three) and 12 steals. Getting to second leads to runs. In the team’s nine games, seven different players scored at least six runs. Nett led the team with 11 runs and had 12 RBI. Defensively sound, the Flames rarely make mistakes behind the pitchers. The mound duties are led by Winkles and Tylor Schroeder.

Both threw over 20 innings in the shortened regular season. Navratil also saw mound duty and threw 13 innings in the regular season. All of them have done well protecting leads or keeping games close and giving the Flames a chance to win.

Winning is something they have done often this year. When PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING region play begins, they will again be a team to Will Mergen and other Flames are adept at moving around the bases and taking chances to score runs. beat.

Mergen was one of three Flames scoring seven runs in nine game

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RICHMOND ROYALS Richmond-2020 ab Aaron Budde 3 Andrew Luethmers 1 Aus n Larson 3 Blaine Athmann 1 Brady Bla ner 10 Brady Klehr 20 Carter Thelen 2 Chase Aleshire 27 Cole Schmitz 37 Dalton Thelen 39 Dusty Adams 31 DJ Schleicher 7 Jus n Schroeder 31 Kenny Mooney 3 Kyle Budde 27 Lane Myer 2 Logan Aleshire 31 Mason Primus 27 Reid Emerson 1 Trent Gertken 26 Totals 329

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Kyle Budde’s infield play has retired lead runners, and ended batters’ hopes of a hit. He is also a solid hitter and scored four runs this year.

Pitching Richmond-2020 Eli Emerson Aus n Larson Logan Aleshire Dalton Thelen DJ Schleicher Blaine Athmann Brady Klehr

ip 80.7 29.0 9.0 6.0 12.3 14.7 8.0 1.7

h 85 38 8 5 7 17 5 5

r 47 15 9 5 3 9 0 6

er 35 13 5 4 3 4 0 6

so 72 35 8 0 10 9 8 2

bb 26 3 5 1 9 3 3 2

hp w 4 7 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0

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hp 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 8

ave slg .333 1.333 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 .700 .100 .150 .000 .000 .222 .407 .432 .676 .282 .564 .290 .258 .714 .714 .516 .710 .000 .000 .296 .370 .500 .500 .226 .387 .333 .519 .000 .000 .346 .692 .313 .492

obp .500 .500 .250 .000 .300 .357 .000 .323 .447 .378 .405 .750 .571 .250 .457 .800 .442 .419 .500 .393 .425

Look to Richmond as one of the teams to beat in the upcoming Region 15C playoffs.

The Royals have a solid offence, hitting .313 as a team, and can hit the long ball. Cole Schmitz led the team with three home runs in their 10 games. Dalton Thelen, Trent Gertken and Mason Primus had two home runs as the team pushed out 15 round trippers.

That power is just part of an offense that has two batters, Schmitz and Justin Schroeder, with more than 15 hits. A third batter with more than 10 hits is Thelen, and Trent Gertken and Chase Aleshire both drove in 10 or more runs. Logan Aleshire is among those who benefit from those as he, Schmitz and Thelen all have scored more than 10 runs.

With that kind of scoring, Richmond pitchers have usually pitched with a lead and protected it. Eli Emerson and DJ Schleicher have kept control of games and combined to strike out 45 of the 72 batters Royals pitchers have struck out. Thelen and Austin Larson have also put in time on the mound.

Good defense, with fast, strong-armed outfielders and quick infielders have backed up the pitching efforts.

The Royals come into Region 15C having shown they can play well in all areas of the game. Don’t be surprised if they are one of the four teams reaching the state tournament.

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Stearns County nty L League eague - South

ST. MARTIN MARTINS The pitching of St. Martin has been great this year.

When Scott Lieser, Ben Schroeder or Bryan Schlangen are on the mound, teams find it hard to score. Lieser, a former minor league pitcher, has a 1.15 ERA across 31.1 innings, striking out 43 batters and walking only five.

With an ability to locate pitches he keeps batters off balance and allowed only four runs.

Schroeder’s 1.62 ERA comes after 16.2 innings and, like Lieser, he has allowed four runs this year and walked only five. Schlangen, who has appeared in relief, pitched 21 innings and allowed five runs with four walks. All three have earned wins this year and Jaylyn Arceneau has had good innings in relief.

Sometimes forgotten about the Martins this year is that the team can hit.

Most think of Kyle Lieser with 12 hits and eight RBI. He has a knack for getSt. Mar n-2020 Avery Schmitz Brady Goebel Bryan Schlangen Chas Hennen Derek Koll Derek Stroeing Jaylyn Arceneau Kyle Lieser Ma hew Schlangen Michael Schlangen Nathan Schlangen Ryan Messer Sco Lieser Sco Schlangen Tanner Arceneau Zach Moritz Totals

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He has also struck 43 will eventually tually score.

The Martins have batters and earned four learned to o trust their de- wins. fense whether hether trying to stay in a game or protect- play means they have what ing a lead. Their hitting, it takes to advance beyond pitching, defense and team the regions.

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ip 21.0 9.0 31.1 16.2 1.0 1.0 80.0 2b 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0

h 23 7 16 8 0 0 54

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ab 30 28 7 1 10 0 38 10 5 26 3 38 35 2 31 28 25 0 317

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Victory League - West

UPSALA BLUE JAYS

The Upsala Blue Jays have high hopes for their appearance in the 2020 Region 8C tournament.

They are not without merit. The team is hitting a .310 clip and their pitchers have seldom allowed a game to get away from them.

Three .400-plus hitters are a part of the Blue Jays’ line-up. Brock Cichon brings a .500 average into regions with 10 hits, three walks and d having scored nine runs.

Matt Swanson hits at a .410 clip and usually with runners head of him. He has 12 RBI. Justin Cichon leads the team in hits with 12 and with

nine runs scored. Others that contribute to the attack are Brock Cichon, who has 10 hits and seven runs; and the .300 plus bats of Justin Lampert, Justus Nelson and Levi Lampert, Upsala-2020 ab BJ Lange 4 Brady Burggraff 22 Brandon Welinski 32 Brock Cichon 20 Charlie Kurowski 4 Dus n Biniek 2 Eric Lampert 1 Gavin Koe er 1 Haden Chuba 11 John Fuchs 25 Jus n Cichon 29 Jus n Lampert 12 Justus Nelson 13 Levi Lampert 13 Ma Swanson 19 Myron Ripplinger 27 Nick Frieler 10 Totals 245

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h 2 5 9 10 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 4 4 4 8 9 2 76

The pitching staff is experience with Matt Swanson, John Fuchs and Myron Ripplinger doing most of the pitching.

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slg .750 .227 .406 .450 .000 .000 .000 .000 .091 .200 .345 .583 .538 .231 .684 .333 .200 .355

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h 5 13 3 2 13 12 1 79

Swanville 2020 ab r Arik Schwanke 14 2 Aus n Johnson 2 0 Brady Shelstad 1 0 Carter Loven 2 0 Colten Kruzel 8 0 Gunnar Gustafson 8 0 Hudson Pung 24 0 Jackson Thieschafer10 0 Jordan Sales 16 3 Levi Beseman 15 5 Nathan Lambrecht 8 1 Nathaniel Koe er 1 0 Peyton Jackson 7 0 Preston Pung 8 0 Ryan Buckallew 16 0 Shane Lambrecht 9 0 Travis Barthel 22 2 Tren Dinius 7 1 Troy Evans 14 1 Tyler Evans 7 0 T. Koe er 2 0 E. Koe er 1 0 Totals 202 34

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bb 2 7 1 1 2 4 0 17

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l 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 6

ip 12.0 3.1 17.0 17.2 5.0 2.0 1.0 58.0

h 15 3 27 12 11 1 2 80

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er 10 2 15 5 9 0 0 41

so 12 3 9 8 5 1 0 38

bb 8 1 4 6 4 0 0 23

h 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 0 43

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slg .357 .000 .000 .000 .000 .125 .250 .200 .250 .133 .125 .000 .000 .125 .000 .111 .227 .286 .143 .000 .000 .000 .203

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Stearns County League - South

Stearns County League South from pg. 7 LAKE HENRY LAKERS Lake Henry started slow but caught fire at the end of the season to keep post-season hopes alive.

The Lakers pounded out a 10-0 victory over Greenwald and then held on for a 6-5 victory over New Munich in the playoffs. That qualified them for the SCL-Central Valley play-in game to determine the final team in the eight-team Region 15C tournament.

Clutch hitting has highlighted the team’s attack in the past few weeks. Shane Kampsen, Lake Henry-2020 Adam Jaeger Adam Miller Carter Wessel Colin Spooner Cooper Bast Cory Olmscheid Grant Ludwig Levi Bast Mathew Quade Ma hew Lieser Michael Ludwig Nic Reiman Nick Dingman Sam Hopfer Shane Kampsen Shaye Olmscheid Tori Olmscheid Trent Wendlandt Totals

ab 1 15 40 11 17 1 36 37 40 31 1 5 40 34 38 4 10 10 371

who was hitting above .400, is well known for his ability to drive the ball. His four doubles place him among the area leaders in that category. He made his 17 hits count, scoring 11 runs and driving in another six.

Actually, the team hit well all year long with Carter Wessel, Levi Bast, Mathew Quade and Matthew Lieser joining Kampsen in the 10-or-more hit club.

They did have problems keeping other teams from scoring until late

r h bi bb so 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 1 6 13 4 4 0 10 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 5 6 0 7 8 12 2 5 0 11 8 12 8 4 0 10 2 11 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 1 0 6 1 4 5 3 0 3 11 17 6 9 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 52 91 41 41 0 74

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

hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5

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in the regular season.

As the season wound down, the pitching staff showed more control and was able to help contain opponents’ offense. Wessel and Grant Ludwig did the bulk of the pitching as the Lakers came on strong late in the year, hoping to reach the Region 15C tournament.

Carter Wessel has kept Lake Henry in games with his pitching.

O ffensively, he is also among the top hitters on the team.

Pitching Cori Olmscheid Grant Ludwig Sam Hopfer Carter Wessel Tori Olmscheid Mathew Quade Adam Jaeger Lake Henry-2020

er 3 20 9 15 7 2 2 58

sb 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9

sf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

hp 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13

ave .000 .133 .325 .091 .059 .000 .222 .324 .300 .355 .000 .000 .175 .118 .447 .000 .100 .200 .245

ip 1.2 38.0 13.2 22.2 5.1 3.2 7.0 93.0

slg .000 .200 .400 .091 .059 .000 .306 .351 .450 .355 .000 .000 .200 .147 .711 .000 .100 .300 .318

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obp .000 .316 .400 .375 .111 .000 .349 .419 .417 .375 .000 .000 .214 .189 .571 .000 .100 .273 .341

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bb 2 9 7 21 4 3 4 50

hp w 1 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 14 4

l 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 7

s era 0 16.20 0 4.74 0 5.93 0 5.96 0 11.81 1 4.91 0 2.57 1 5.61

ROSCOE RANGERS The Rangers showed needed to earn wins. they could compete with Chris Vanderbeek, most teams, but were with a .359 average, and missing that last little bit Brandon Schleper (.343) were always a threats to get on base. Hits by Devon Savage (.343) and Jordan Schleper also provided the threat of pushing runs across the plate. Brandon Schleper was often the one to cross the plate and scored 11 runs.

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The Rangers had just one win this year, but showed they have the talent win more when they next take the field.

Roscoe-2020 Aus n Pauls Brady Klingfus Brandon Schleper Brent Heinen Bryce Vanderbeek Chris Vanderbeek Cody Mackedanz Cory Schmi Dawson Hemmesch Devon Savage Garth Utsch Jordan Schleper Josh Mackedanz Max Athmann Nick Hommerding RJ Leyendecker Russell Leyendecker Spence Eisenbraun Spence Evans Zach Mackedanz Totals

ab 11 18 35 20 9 39 1 7 23 35 1 31 10 4 5 17 25 2 22 8 323

r h bi bb so 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 11 12 1 0 0 9 1 6 3 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 14 7 1 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 5 12 7 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 3 3 6 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 34 75 27 25 0 57

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

ip 83.1 24.2 31.1 7.0 .1 2.0 1.2 5.1 4.2 4.1 2.0 hr 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

h r 100 77 24 15 40 34 7 7 2 2 5 1 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 2 0 0

er 61 13 27 4 2 1 5 5 3 1 0

sb 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8

sf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3

so 58 15 26 7 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 hp 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 16

bb 40 14 8 8 2 2 1 1 1 3 0

hp w 17 2 4 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0

ave .000 .167 .343 .300 .111 .359 .000 .143 .130 .343 .000 .226 .000 .000 .000 .235 .240 .500 .182 .125 .232

l 8 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

slg .000 .222 .429 .600 .222 .462 .000 .143 .174 .543 .000 .387 .000 .000 .000 .294 .240 .500 .182 .125 .322

s era 0 6.59 0 4.74 0 7.76 0 5.14 0 54.05 0 4.50 0 26.99 0 8.44 0 5.79 0 2.08 0 0.00 obp .214 .250 .395 .417 .200 .375 .500 .250 .200 .410 .000 .333 .167 .333 .167 .278 .321 .667 .250 .222 .319

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Victory League - South

ST. WENDEL SAINTS

AVON LAKERS

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Pete Schumer was able to pitch deep into games, sometimes e a r n i n g complete- game wins for the Saints. He had three of the team’s five wins this season.

No team showed as much improvement over the previous year than did the St. Wendel Saints.

Granted it was short season, but the Saints went from an 0-12 season in 2019 to coming within one win of a regional appearance.

Much of the improvement came from the defense that made plays and, more importantly, did not have as many errors. With the defense playing better behind them, the starting pitchers were able to go deeper into ball games.

Pete Schumer was the Saints’ primary pitcher, pitching complete games and earning three wins. His 32 innings led the team. He was backed up by Jack Opatz, who threw 26.2 innings and earned two wins.

Offensively, opponents began to notice the young Saints were not always overpowered by amateur pitchers.

St. Wendel page 13 Pitching Jake Ethen Jack Opatz Pete Schumer Tyler Huls Alex Dalbec St. Wendel-2020

ip 14.0 26.7 32.0 1.0 2.0 75.7

h 12 31 32 1 2 78

r 13 26 16 3 1 59

er 12 24 15 3 1 55

so 15 13 11 0 3 42

bb 19 14 14 2 1 50

hp w 9 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 13 5

l 1 2 1 0 0 4

s era 0 7.71 0 8.10 0 4.22 0 27.00 0 4.50 0 6.54

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The Avon Lakers dropped their seasonopening game, but from that point on were unbeatable, earning them sole possession of first place in the Victory League-South as they head into Region 8C competition.

As with any good baseball team, the Lakers combined a potent group of hitters with stingy pitching to go 7-1.

Josh Becker hit .536 to lead Avon in that statistic over eight games. He also led the game in RBI with 12. Another tough out in Avon Kyle Collins Carter Huberty Jon Bauer Cody S ch Shane Olmscheid Pu er Harlander Ma Pichelmann Noah Croaker Will Kleinschmidt Team Avon Bjorn Hansen Caleb Curry Carter Holthaus Carter Huberty Carter Philippi Cody S ch Cole Fuecker Jon Bauer Josh Becker Ma Meyer Noah Croaker Nolan Rueter Reed Voit Riley Voit Shane Olmscheid Taylor Holthaus Will Kleinschmidt Zac Tomsche Team

ip 2.0 0.0 6.0 11.2 1.1 6.0 28.0 1.0 12.0 68.0 ab 32 23 21 5 14 19 27 1 28 26 0 2 1 14 1 15 28 4 261

w 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 7 h 9 9 4 1 4 5 10 0 15 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 70

the lineup is shortstop Caleb Curry, who hit .391 over eight games. Another above .300 hitter (.370) is Cole Fuecker, who also played in all regular season games. He scored the most runs for the Lakers with 12 and hit three of the team’s five home runs. Others closing in on .300 (six or more games) were Carter Philippi (.286), Bjorn Hansen (.281) and Cody Stich (.263). Both Curry and Hansen scored 10 runs.

The pitching staff combined for an impressive 2.382 earned run average.

Leading the way is l 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1b 4 5 4 1 3 5 7 0 13 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 49

h 5 0 3 13 2 5 21 1 3 53 2b 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 14

r 2 0 2 4 4 1 8 1 3 25 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

er 2 0 2 3 4 0 6 1 1 18

bb 0 0 2 8 2 1 7 1 7 28

so 1 0 2 10 0 6 23 0 11 53

hr 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

hp 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 6

era 9.00 .00 3.00 2.31 27.00 .00 1.93 9.00 .75 2.38

bi 9 6 7 1 3 7 8 0 12 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 67

r 10 10 3 3 3 3 12 0 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 4 2 69

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Cole Fuecker receives congratulations from his Avon teammates after slugging a home run in the Lakers’ game against Opole. His .370 batting average is one of the best on the team, and he has slugged three of the team’s five home runs this season.

Matt Pichelmann who has pitched 28 innings for a 1.929 ERA. He gave up just six earned runs and struck out 23. Will Kleinschmidt, who pitched a total of 12 innings, gave up just one earned run for a .750 ERA. He struck out 11. Stich pitched 11 and two-thirds innings for a hp 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 11

bb 3 6 11 1 1 2 9 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 0 10 4 2 65

ave obp slg .281 .333 .563 .391 .545 .565 .190 .485 .190 .200 .333 .200 .286 .333 .357 .263 .364 .263 .370 .526 .704 .000 .000 .000 .536 .622 .607 .077 .242 .077 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 .000 .000 .000 .000 .143 .278 .143 1.000 1.000 1.000 .133 .500 .400 .179 .324 .321 .250 .500 .250 .268 .426 .395

2.314 ERA while striking out 10. Over six innings, Putter Harlander give up no runs and struck out six.

Another six-inning pitcher is Jon Bauer (3.00 ERA).

In four games the Lakers scored in double digits – 13-3 vs. Opole, 11-8 vs. St. Stephen, 12-6 vs. Freeport and 18-1 vs.

St. Wendel.

The Lakers allowed just one or fewer runs in four games.

The shortened season was a challenge.

“It was a different year, but the same mentality: win baseball games,” Lakers manager Reed Voit said after his team beat St. Stephen for the division title July 25 at Avon.

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Victory League - South The Steves took a while, but their quality finally showed through.

A favorite for the VLSouth crown this year, they

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ab 3 5 25 29 28 3 9 3 23 31 27 27 4 3 24 26 270

r 2 3 5 7 10 0 2 0 1 5 2 5 2 0 4 6 54

h 3 1 8 11 12 1 5 0 4 7 5 7 3 1 7 7 82

bi 0 1 6 4 4 0 2 0 2 7 3 6 0 0 5 12 52

bb 0 4 4 2 3 0 1 1 5 1 3 5 0 0 1 2 32

so 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1b 3 1 3 7 8 1 3 0 2 5 3 5 3 1 7 3 55

2b 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11

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

hr 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 13

sb 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 11

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

hp 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8

needed to come back from a slow start to clinch a spot in the Region 8C tournament.

With the bats of Bo Schmitz, Chris Belling and ave 1.000 .200 .320 .379 .429 .333 .556 .000 .174 .226 .185 .259 .750 .333 .292 .269 .304

slg 1.000 .200 .680 .586 .714 .333 1.222 .000 .304 .355 .333 .481 .750 .333 .292 .654 .511

obp 1.000 .556 .414 .455 .556 .333 .600 .250 .321 .250 .267 .375 .750 .500 .320 .321 .394

Pitching Riley Hartwig Nick Krippner Blake Guggenberger Jake Schelonka Chris Belling Derek Durant St. Stephen 2020

FREEPORT BLACK SOX Uneven play hurt the Black Sox at key moments of the season, ending it before the post-season began.

The team did have some bright spots in their play. Pitching was a bright point of the team this year. In wins and losses, the mounds-men generally kept control of the game, giving the Black Sox a chance win.

Taylor Erickson, Cody Rose and veteran Craig Meyer were particularly strong assets to the team’s pitching.

All threw more than 20 innings and Rose and Meyer had ERAs below 2.00. Bryce Stalboerger and, late in the year, Carter Neuenschwander proved their worth as pitchers.

The offense also had bright spots. Carter Sawyer’s .381 led the team average, but Bryan Benson’s 12 hits was the team’s top mark in that department. Those two and Jake Braegelmann all had two doubles. Tyler Hemker showed a lot of potential his first year out. Inserted into the leadoff spot, he finished with a .413 on base percentage, was second in hits with 11 and led the team in runs scored.

The Black Sox season ended when the

VL-South regular season concluded. In those games they more than once played better than the record indicates.

Cody Rose was one of three Freeport pitchers to throw at least 20 innings this year. He was also an area leader in ERA.

r 9 9 14 9 15 6 1 2 1 0 1 67

er 5 8 8 4 15 5 1 0 1 0 1 48

so 5 10 14 21 24 12 2 2 3 0 0 93

bb 4 10 9 2 11 7 5 1 2 1 1 53

Freeport--2020 ab r h bi bb so 1b Alexander Mar nez 23 2 5 6 6 0 4 Andrew Wollack 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 Ben Me enburg 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brady Pesta 28 4 3 1 3 0 3 Brandon Bokelman 18 2 6 2 5 0 6 Brandon Sawyer 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 Bryan Benson 40 6 12 6 5 0 8 Bryce Stalboerger 18 3 4 2 6 0 4 Carter Neuenschwander12 1 1 1 2 0 0 Carter Sawyer 21 2 8 6 1 0 6 Cody Rose 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 Connor Hemker 18 3 3 1 1 0 2 Dylan Carlson 33 3 4 3 4 0 4 Gavin Sawyer 9 3 1 0 1 0 1 Ike Sawyer 16 2 2 0 8 0 2 Jake Braegelmann 29 4 9 6 5 0 6 Nate Me enburg 18 5 5 6 6 0 5 Nikalas Neeser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Erickson 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 Trevor Sawyer 31 5 4 0 7 0 4 Tyler Hemker 38 9 11 2 8 0 10 Totals 392 59 83 45 73 0 69

ip 23.0 17.0 2.0 14.7 5.3 2.3 64.3

h 9 13 3 12 3 1 41

keeps opponents from reaching the bases. Riley Hartwig (23 innings) and Nick Krippner (17 innings) both have ERAs below 2.00 and Jack Schelonka had a 2.45 ERA in 14.2 innings.

Hartwig also struck out 32 batters.

None of the pitchers have allowed 10 runs as they kept games close and protected leads. That pitching will be needed, as some of the teams entering the Region 8C tournament are good hitting teams. The Steves should be a match for them. r 5 7 1 7 4 1 25

er 5 2 1 4 4 1 17

so 32 12 1 17 4 1 67

bb 12 11 3 9 5 2 42

hp 2 1 5 0 1 0 9

w 2 1 0 2 0 0 5

l 0 2 0 1 0 0 3

s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

era 1.96 1.06 4.50 2.45 6.75 3.86 2.38

Opole from pg. 11

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Pitching ip h Alexander Mar nez 3.2 5 Bryce Stalboerger 12.0 7 Carter Neuenschwander 11.2 13 Cody Rose 20.0 17 Taylor Erickson 23.0 23 Craig Meyer 25.0 19 Connor Hemker 3.0 2 Brandon Bokelman 2.0 1 Nate Winter 2.2 3 Nate Me enburg 1.0 0 Rob Me enburg 3.2 2 Freeport-2020 107.2 92

Blake Guggenberger, they have a core of players who can help them reach state.

Bo Schmitz hits in the .400s and he has already had 12 hits and scored 10 runs. He also has power, with two home runs. Guggenberger’s 11 hits included three doubles. Belling will bring a .556 average to the plate and also hit two home runs.

Throw into that offense the bat of Tony Schmitz, who hit three home runs and drove in 12 runs with his 12 hits and you have an offense that will score runs.

The pitching staff

Jake Nelson’s 18 innings lead the team. He record a team-high 12 strikeouts. Blake Niemeyer and Alan Justin also pitched over 10 innings.

hp 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9

w 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5

l 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8

2b 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0

Pitching Isaiah Folsom Jake Nelson Blake Niemeyer Alan Jus n Cody Skwira Tate Lange Ma Huls Aus n Lange Opole-2020

s ERA 0 12.27 0 6.00 0 6.17 0 1.80 0 5.87 1 1.80 0 3.00 0 0.00 0 3.38 0 0.00 0 2.45 1 4.01 hr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

sb 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 13

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

hp 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 13

ave .217 .286 .000 .107 .333 .125 .300 .222 .083 .381 .067 .167 .121 .111 .125 .310 .278 .000 .167 .129 .289 .212

slg .348 .286 .000 .107 .333 .250 .300 .222 .167 .476 .067 .111 .121 .111 .125 .345 .278 .000 .167 .129 .263 .227

obp .379 .375 .000 .194 .478 .417 .417 .417 .214 .458 .125 .250 .256 .200 .417 .412 .458 .000 .286 .341 .413 .354

ip 9.2 18.0 11.2 11.2 1.1 8.0 3.0 2.0 65.1

h 12 19 18 11 0 22 3 3 88

r 13 15 14 10 0 16 3 2 73

er 10 13 13 8 0 14 3 1 62

so 5 13 2 11 3 5 2 0 41

bb 8 12 7 5 0 5 2 1 40

hp 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

w 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

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The improved offense, pitching and defense led to a 5-4 season, and nearly to a regional trip. Those elements Tyler Huls, Schumer and Jake Ethen hit over .300 and are something the Saints can built on. They are hoping to Jordan Gombos (.296) and Opatz (.294) just missed that start doing that this year. Their season was barely ended when they started looking for exhibition games to play. mark. Opatz, Schumer and Ethen all had 10 hits.

St. Wendel-2020 Aaron Welle Alex Dalbec Braden Bomgaars Carter Douvier Charlie Slivnik Hunter Welle Jack Opatz Jacob Wolter Jake Ethen Jon Ethen Jordan Gombos Ma Catlin Peter Schumer Rolando Ramos Tyler Huls Will Ethen Totals

ab 8 24 4 24 24 5 34 21 33 13 27 1 33 11 25 2 289

r 0 4 0 2 1 0 5 1 6 0 3 0 4 2 7 2 37

h 1 3 1 5 4 1 10 3 10 0 8 0 10 3 8 0 67

bi 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 5 0 3 0 4 2 2 0 28

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The pitching staff did its best to keep the team in the hunt for a win. In the six games of league play, the Austin Dickmann-led staff allowed only 51 runs and struck out 60 batters.

The Bulldogs fell did show that they have short of a regional ap- the talent to build a conpearance this year, but tending team.

Pitching Jonah Proko Aus n Dickmann Joseph Strauch Cody Meyer Logan Meyer Charles Boser Aus n Gohl Totals

ip 15.3 27.3 3.7 1.0 13.7 .7 2.7 73.3

h 14 20 4 2 6 6 1 70

r 13 9 4 0 5 2 2 51

er 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 14

so 11 29 4 0 15 0 1 60

bb 9 15 1 0 5 3 2 35

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ab 25 24 26 28 8 7 5 9 10 4 17 14 23 30 3 11 244

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

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sf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 11

hp 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5

ave .320 .250 .385 .429 .250 .143 .200 .444 .100 .250 .118 .214 .217 .233 .000 .364 .283

slg .320 .250 .385 .536 .250 .143 .200 .667 .200 .250 .059 .286 .130 .233 .000 .636 .311

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The team finished 6-2 in the Victory League, tying with the Pierz Brewers for the division lead.

Both teams will advance to the Region 8C playoffs.

Pitching Aaron Weber Andrew Rueckert Andrew Winscher Ma Tautges Noah Boser Shawn Lanners Travis Kahl Ma Kummet Noah Cekalla Buckman-2020 Buckman-2020 Aaron Weber Andrew Rueckert Andrew Winscher Jack Suska Joe Kahl Lane Girtz Luke O e Ma Kummet Ma Tautges Max Barclay Noah Boser Noah Cekalla Peter Suska Reese Young Shawn Lanners Travis Kahl Totals

ip 13.2 2.2 14.1 27.0 1.0 1.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 80.2 ab 29 20 5 26 3 35 10 33 25 2 28 31 2 2 21 31 303

h 15 2 7 20 1 3 5 10 10 73

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er 3 1 0 8 0 3 0 4 0 19

so 10 3 16 24 1 0 9 9 3 75

bb 4 7 15 8 1 1 1 3 0 40

r h bi bb so 1b 4 5 4 3 0 4 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 3 5 0 7 2 3 3 2 0 1 6 9 5 5 0 6 9 5 2 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 10 4 0 9 3 4 2 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 2 0 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 53 68 39 38 0 51

hp 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 9

w 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6

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

l 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

s era 0 1.98 0 3.37 0 0.00 0 2.67 0 0.00 0 27.00 2 0.00 2 5.14 0 0.00 4 2.12 hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

his five hits. Matt Kummett and Lane Girtz each had nine hits.

Led by that quartet, Buckman scored often and outscored opponents 53-37 in VL play. Holding the opposition at bay were the arms of Tautges, Andrew Winscher and Aaron Weber. That trio allowed a combined 18 runs and were among the reasons Buckman pitchers recorded 75 strikes.

The short season resulted in not many games being played. It is possible the Billygoats are just hitting their stride as they enter regionals. sf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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ROYALTON RIVERDOGS

Royalton, playing in the VL-East against Buckman and a trio of Pierz teams, faced a number of tough games this year.

The hitting of Ethan Walcheski, .360 with nine hits, led the team.

Adam Olson came in with a .300 average. The hitting was not consistent throughout the line-up and the Riverdogs had problems putting runners across the plate.

Nathan Psyck was again the go-to pitcher for Royalton pitching 23.1 innings. Zach Leibold also made appearances

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and put in 17.1 innings.

Royalton did win one game, a 6-2 contest over the Pierz Bulldogs, but showed they are a better team than their 1-7 record.

Royalton-2020 Adam Olson Adam Snyder Aus n Zapzalka Brady Brezinka Ethan Walcheski Gavin Suska Grayson Suska Michael Petron Nate Benusa Nathan Psyck Nolan Zimny Ryan Snyder Zach Go walt Zach Leibold Zack Cekalla Totals

ab 20 2 2 19 25 26 23 14 4 24 1 23 9 25 10 227

r h bi bb so 1b 1 6 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 9 1 4 0 8 2 6 1 1 0 5 2 4 3 4 0 4 4 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 2 20 54 13 28 0 48

PIERZ LAKERS Pitching Carter Petron Chad Weiss Peter Herman Preston Rocheleau Reggie Litke Jeremy Bingesser Reese Kapsner Dan Saehr Broc Peterson Jason Sadlovsky Pierz Lakers-2020

ip 4.1 21.1 10.0 27.1 5.1 2.2 13.1 3.0 1.0 1.0 98.2

Pierz Lakers-2020 ab Alex Haapajoki 31 Brad Meyer 0 Brady Petron 7 Broc Peterson 9 Carter Petron 14 Chad Weiss 24 Dan Rocheleau 2 Dan Saehr 3 Eric Hanneken 1 Jamie Litke 1 Jason Sadlovsky 9 Jeremy Bingesser 6 Kirby Fischer 4 Luke Girtz 41 Mitch Woitalla 30 Mitchell Smude 4 Nathan Janson 1 Paul Herman 34 Peter Herman 30 Preston Rocheleau 41 Reese Kapsner 36 Reggie Litke 9 Seth Vagts 6 Totals 343

h 3 19 11 21 4 2 10 4 2 0 86

r 4 3 4 11 3 9 6 1 2 0 47

er 1 0 4 4 1 1 6 1 2 0 20

so 9 29 7 32 4 1 13 3 0 1 99

bb 3 2 5 12 2 5 7 1 1 0 38

r h bi bb so 1b 4 10 3 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 5 2 12 7 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 5 1 0 6 3 10 6 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 8 4 0 11 4 6 0 3 0 6 4 11 5 2 0 5 8 8 2 7 0 7 2 1 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 54 92 45 40 0 72

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

w 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6

2b 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0

l 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4

s ERA 0 2.08 0 0.00 0 3.60 0 1.30 0 1.69 0 3.37 0 4.05 0 3.00 0 18.00 0 0.00 0 1.82 hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

PIERZ BREWERS

The Pierz Brewers are the No. 1 seed of the VLEast as they head into the Region 8C tournament.

They have the hitting and pitching to do well in the tournament and it will be no surprise if they advance to the state tournament. The pitching staff is anchored by the arms of Cody Kimman and Pete Schommer. Kimman is hard to score on.

He doesn’t strike out that many, but few reach base against him. In his 20.1 innings, only 20 batters reached base. His 0.89 ERA is among area’s lowest. Pete Schommer is another pitcher the Brewers are not afraid to give the ball to. He has struck out 20 in 21.2 innings.

While the pitchers and defense keep opponents from scoring, the Brew-

Pitching Royalton-2020 Nathan Psyck Zach Leibold Ethan Walcheski Adam Olson Grayson Suska

sb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6

ip 66.0 28.1 17.1 2.1 2.0 8.0

2b 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1

h 81 29 30 2 0 7

hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

r 51 18 21 3 0 2

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

Picking up on the example set by Chad Weiss, the Pierz Lakers developed a reputation of being tough to score on.

Weiss threw 21.1innings and finished the regular season with a 0.00 ERA. The Bulldogs, despite winning five games, did not qualsf 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7

ip 61.0 20.1 21.2 2.0 4.1 2.2 2.0 1.0 7.0

h 69 13 30 2 10 5 2 2 5

so 36 18 11 4 1 2

bb 29 15 8 0 1 5

hp 6 4 1 0 0 1

sf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

ave .300 .000 .000 .105 .360 .231 .174 .214 .500 .125 .000 .217 .000 .280 .200 .238

w 1 1 0 0 0 0

l 7 4 2 0 0 1

slg .350 .000 .000 .105 .400 .269 .174 .357 .500 .167 .000 .261 .000 .280 .200 .269

s era 0 5.45 0 3.18 0 10.38 0 7.72 0 0.00 0 1.13

obp .364 .000 .333 .105 .467 .259 .296 .421 .500 .300 .000 .333 .250 .308 .200 .332

ify for Region 8C play.

Most of that record came from the pitching staff.

Beside Weiss, Preston Rocheleau, Reggie Litke and Carter Petron had ERAs below 3.00.

The staff had a 1.82 ERA and combined to strike out 99 batters. Rocheleau stuck out 32 of them in 27.1 innings.

Offensively, the team also had a leader in Weiss, who finished with a .500 average and 12 hits. Alex Haapajoki, Mitch Woitalla, Paul Herman and Rocheleau were others with 10-plus hits. The team also drew 40 base on balls and usually had a runner on base.

Those runners and the pitching kept the Lakers competitive all year. They did not qualify for regions, but they played like they should have – and defeated those who did reach regions from the VL-East.

hp ave slg obp 2 .323 .323 .462 1 .000 .000 .000 0 .286 .286 .444 0 .222 .222 .364 0 .357 .357 .357 1 .500 .583 .586 0 .000 .000 .000 1 .333 .333 .500 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 .000 .000 .500 0 .000 .000 .182 0 .167 .167 .375 0 .000 .000 .000 0 .220 .244 .238 1 .333 .433 .355 0 .000 .000 .000 0 .000 .000 .000 0 .353 .382 .421 0 .200 .200 .273 0 .268 .415 .302 0 .222 .250 .349 1 .111 .222 .429 0 .167 .000 .167 7 .268 .309 .356

Pitching Team Cody Kimman Pete Schommer Rylee Rauch Isaac O e Mike Poser Preston Veith Brandon Stuckmayer Isaac O e

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r 33 6 14 1 9 1 0 1 1

er 22 2 7 1 9 1 0 1 1

so 37 7 20 0 2 1 1 0 6

bb 21 5 8 1 3 0 3 0 1

hp 8 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0

w 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

l 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

s era 1 3.25 1 0.89 0 2.91 0 4.50 0 18.69 0 3.37 0 0.00 0 9.00 0 1.29

ers offense gets on base and scores runs. Brandon Stuckmayer and Mike Poser are both tough outs and hit well; Stuckmayer is a .364 hitter with eight hits and Poser had nine hits. Rylee Rauch can also punch the ball through. or hardest-throwing pitch- produce wins. They will The Brewers may not ers, but they know how to be a factor the upcoming have the flashiest hitters, use the talents they have to tournament.

Pierz Brewers-2020 ab Alvin Kimman 8 Blake Kowalczyk 5 Brandon Stuckmayer 22 Cody Kimman 31 Eric Boser 12 Isaac O e 26 Jesse Marshik 10 Maverick Kowalczyk 5 Michael Burgraff 2 Mike Poser 28 Pete Schommer 28 Preston Veith 23 Ryan Stuckmayer 32 Rylee Rauch 27 Steve Kimman 1 Zach Jones 1 Totals 261

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

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

sb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3

sf 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8

hp 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

ave .125 .200 .364 .226 .250 .154 .100 .000 .000 .321 .179 .304 .219 .296 .000 .000 .234

slg .125 .200 .364 .258 .500 .154 .200 .000 .000 .321 .179 .304 .219 .370 .000 .000 .261

obp .125 .333 .481 .294 .500 .313 .182 .000 .000 .345 .361 .429 .286 .367 .000 .500 .342

ST. MATHIAS DEVILS With a 3-3 finish in the VL-North St. Mathias did not have enough wins to advance to the Region 8C tournament.

St. Mathias’ Kolton Happke and Kyle Wicklund were leaders in team hits. Also putting the bats to the ball were Kamden Happke and Luke Zontelli.

Hunter Wicklund and Connor Knettel did the pitching for the team, recording 18 and 11 innings, respectively.

The team did post three wins, including one over Region 8C bound Ft. Ripley Pitching Dillon Solid Hunter Wicklund Jacob Zontelli Connor Kne el Marcus Lennartson Konnor Wicklund St. Mathias-2020

ip 3.1 18.0 .0 11.0 6.1 3.1 56.0

h 6 8 0 11 6 5 53

r 5 6 0 12 9 6 46

er 4 4 0 9 9 1 27

so 1 1 0 5 3 1 11

bb 0 0 0 9 9 2 20

hp 2 0 0 2 1 1 6

w 1 2 0 0 0 0 3

l 0 1 1 1 0 0 3

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Region 16C Amateur baseball changes state site, fan guidelines Schedule

BY HERMAN LENSING STAFF WRITER

Region 16C will be played at Carlos and Urbank. The 11-team regional has teams from the Resorters League and the Countryside League.

The first three games played Aug. 1, were single elimination. Games 4 to 8, played Aug. 2 in Carlos and Urbank, started the double- elimination phase. The games of Aug. 1 and 2 were played after the publication went to press.

The schedule is as follows: Aug. 1 at Carlos Game 1-2 pm: Kensington-R6 v Dent-C4 (Loser eliminated) Game 2-5 pm: Urbank-R5 v Long Praiire-R4 (Loser eliminated) Game 3-8 pm: Carlos-R7 v Pelican Rapids-C3 (Loser eliminated) Aug. 2 at Carios and Urbank Game 4-2 pm: at Carlos: Winner Game 1 v Osakis-R1.

Game 5-5 pm: at Urbank: Alexandria-R3 v Frazee-Vergas-C2 Game 6-2 pm: at Urbank: Winner Game 2 v Fergus Falls-C1 Game 7-5 pm: at Carlos: Winner Game 3 v Sauk Centre-R2 Aug. 8 at Carlos Game 8-11 am: Losers Games 4 and 5 (loser eliminated) Game 9-2 pm: Losers Games 6 and 7 (loser eliminated) Game 10-5 pm: Winners Games 4 and 5 Game 11-8 pm: Winners Games 6 and 7 Aug. 9 at Carlos: Game 12-11 am: Winner Game 9 v Loser Game 10 (loser eliminated) Game 13-2 pm: Winner Game 8 v Loser Game 11 (loser eliminated) Game 14-5 pm: Winners Games 10 and 11 (winner is state qualifier) Game 15-8 pm: Winners Game 12 and 13 (loser eliminated) Aug. 15 in Carlos: Game 16: 2 pm: Winner Game 15 v Loser Game 14 (winner is state qualifier, loser eliminated) Game 17: 5 pm: Winners Games 14 and 16 (winner is first seed, loser is second seed)

The Minnesota state amateur baseball site has been changed.

The Minnesota Baseball Association announced July 27 that Springfield and Milroy will host the 2020 Class C state tournament.

The Class B state tournament will take place in Shakopee.

New Ulm was schedule to host the tournament this year, but on July 24 the New Ulm City Council voted to not have the city host the tournament, according to an announcement from the MBA. Local playoffs and regional tournaments were still scheduled to continue. Region 8C,

being played at Pierz, and Region 15C, at Greenwald and Elrosa, will both send four teams to the state contest. Region 16C, being played in Carlos and Urbank, will send two teams to state.

The single elimination Class C state tournament will be held Aug. 21-23, Aug. 28-30 and Sept. 4- 7 in Springfield and Milroy.

The Minnesota Baseball Association Board also issued the following as decided upon at their July 27 meeting: Shakopee will host the Class B tourney. Gaylord and Marshall will serve as backup sites due to rainouts.

The following guidelines will be enacted at all state tournament sites to comply with the

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will be emailed to each team. Each ticket will have a COVID-19 checklist to be filled out prior to arrival at the game. All ticket sales are final and non-refundable. Ticket holders who do not enter the stadium by the end of the second inning will risk losing their seat to walk up ticket sales unless prior arrangements have been made. The MBA will have a cell number that ticket holders can call if they are running late. The second weekend will work the same. The final weekend of ticket sales will be all at the gate due to teams having multiple games with more details to follow.

Region 8C Schedule Region 8C will be at Pierz. The 11-team regional has teams from the four Victory League divisions.

The first weekend, Aug. 8- 9, will be double elimination. The second weekend, Aug. 14-15, will be single elimination. There are four teams that qualify for state.

Aug. 8 Game 1-11 am: Randall-W1 v Buckman E2 Game 2-1:30 pm: Pierz Brewers E1 v Upsala-W2 Game 3-4:30 pm: Nisswa-N1 v St. Stephen-S2 Game 4-7 pm: Avon-S1 v Ft. Ripley-N2.

Aug. 9 Game 5-11 am: Losers Games 1 and 3 (loser eliminated) Game 6-1:30 pm: Winners Games 1 and 3 (winner is state qualifier)

Season Leaders

Best Batting Average Need at least 28 appearances .538 Joey Hanowski-Sobieski .536 Josh Becker-Avon .536 Tanner Klaphake-Meire Grove .523 Austin Schoenberg-Spring Hill .516 Justin Schroeder-Richmond .500 Chad Weiss-Pierz Lakers .500 Thomas Kunkel-Randall .500 Brock Cichon-Upsala .481 Travis Wenzel-Randall .465 Jackson Peter-Elrosa Best Slugging Percentage Need at least 28 appearances .828 Sam Nagel-Randall .778 Travis Wenzel-Randall .750 Tanner Klaphake-Meire Grove .714 Bo Schmitz-St. Stephen .711 Shane Kampsen-Lake Henry .710 Justin Schroeder-Richmond .676 Cole Schmitz-Richmond .692 Trent Gertken-Richmond .680 Ben Omann-St. Stephen .654 Tony Schmitz-St. Stephen

COVID-19 guidelines: 250 fans will be admitted for each game; this includes all children.

Ticket prices will be $7 across the board; this includes all children.

There will be no player or league officer passes this year. Tickets will be sold mainly online. Tickets will be offered to the two teams playing in the tournament game first; if they do not purchase all 250, the remaining tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis at the ballpark. Teams involved in the games on the first weekend of the state tourney will have until 5 p.m. Wednesday of that week to wire the money for their ticket order to the MBA bank in Hamburg. Once the money is received, the tickets

Best On Base Percentage Need at least 28 appearances .649 Thomas Kunkel-Randall .639 Josh Becker-Avon .613 Joey Hanowski-Sobieski .586 Chad Weiss-Pierz Lakers .571 Justin Schroeder-Richmond .571 Shane Kampsen-Lake Henry .567 Tanner Klaphake-Meire Grove .565 Brock Cichon-Upsala .565 Caleb Curry-Avon .563 Two Players Best Earned Run Average Need at Least 15 Innings 0.00 Chad Weiss-Pierz Lakers 0.53 Jake Kapphahn-Sobieski 0.89 Cody Kimman-Pierz Brewers 1.06 Nick Krippner-St. Stephen 1.15 Scott Lieser-St. Martin 1.30 Preston Rocheleau-Pierz Lakers 1.62 Ben Schroeder-St. Martin 1.71 Bryan Schlangen-St. Martin 1.80 Cody Rose-Freeport 1.80 Craig Meyer-Freeport

Game 7-4:30 pm: Winners Games 2 and 4 (winner is state qualifier) Game 8-7 pm: Losers Games 2 and 4 (loser eliminated) Aug. 14 Game 9-7:30 pm: Winners Games 6 and 7 (winner is champion, losers are second seed.

Aug. 15 Game 10-1 pm: Winner Game 5 v Loser Game 7 (winner is state qualifier, loser is eliminated) Game 11-4 pm: Winner Game 8 v Loser Game 6 (winner is state qualifier, loser is eliminated) Game 12-7 pm: Winners Games 10 and 11 (winner is third seed, loser is fourth seed).

(Through July 29) Includes some exhibition and playoff games

Most Hits 23 Austin Schoenberg-Spring Hill 20 Jackson Peter-Elrosa 17 Three Players Most Doubles 5 Adam Stangler-New Munich 4 Five Players Most Triples 2 Bjorn Hansen-Avon 2 Jack Schelonka-St. Stephen 1 Seven Players Most Home Runs 4 Jason Roepke-Nisswa 3 Five Players Most Runs 12 Cole Fuecker-Avon 12 Travis Wenzel-Randall 12 Dalton Thelen-Richmond Most RBIS 14 Sam Nagel-Randall 14 Travis Wenzel-Randall 12 Four Players Most Steals 7 Austin Schoenberg-Spring Hill

6 Three Players Most Walks 11 Carter Holthaus-Avon 10 Three Players Most Hit by Pitch 5 Bo Schmitz-St. Stephen 4 Brandon Roelike-Elrosa 4 Matt Quade-Lake Henry Most Sacrifices 3 Eric Schoenberg-Spring Hill 3 Kyle Peterschick-Randall 3 Nick Mergen-Farming Most Innings 46.0 Jim Thull-New Munich 44.2 Tyler Hoffman-Greenwald 39.1 Matt Imdieke-Meire Grove Most Strikeouts 44 Ty Reller-New Munich 43 Scott Lieser-St. Martin 41 Dylan Haskamp-Sauk Centre Most Wins 4 Four Pitchers

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2020 Single Game Leaders INDIVIDUAL Most Hits 6 Tanner Klaphake-Meire Grove v Roscoe 5 Justin Schroeder-Richmond v St. Martin 4 Several Players Most Doubles 4 Sam Nagel-Randall v Flensburg 2 Seven Players Most Triples 1 Six Players Most Home Runs 2 Five Players Most Runs 4 Four Players Most Runs Batted In 7 Bjorn Hansen-Avon v St. Wendel 5 Seven Players Most Steals

3 Isaac Nett-Farming v Richmond 3 Carter Sawyer-Freeport v Sauk Centre 3 Caleb Curry-Avon v Freeport Most Walks 4 Ike Sawyer-Freeport v Sauk Centre 3 Several Players Most Hit By Pitchers 3 Andrew Welle-Meire Grove v Spring Hill 2 Several Players Most Sacrifices 2 Four Players Most Innings 11 Levi Arnold-Urbank-Parkers Prairie 10 Austin Dickmann-Piers Bulldogs v Pierz Lakers 10 Scott Lieser-St. Martin v Elrosa Most Strikeouts 15 Carter Rost-Osakis v Sauk Centre

15 Scott Lieser-St. Martin v Elrosa 12 Two Pitchers TEAM Most Hits 20 Randall v Flensburg 20 St. Martin v Greenwald 18 Three Teams Most Doubles 4 Six Teams Most Triples 1 Five teams Most Home Runs 5 Richmond v New Munich 4 Avon v St. Wendel 4 Nisswa v Aitkin Most Runs 22 Randall v Flensburg 18 St. Martin v Greenwald 18 Avon v St. Wendel Most Steals

(Through July 28) Includes Some Exhibition and Playoff Games

8 Avon v Freeport 6 Five Teams Most Walks 12 Freeport v New London-Spicer 11 Three Teams Most Hit by Pitches 7 Elrosa v Meire Grove 5 Four Teams Most Sacrifices 6 Ft. Ripley v St. Mathias 4 Three Teams Most Innings 16 Urbank-Parkers Prairie 12 Lake Henry v Spring Hill 12 St. Martin v Elrosa Most Strikeouts 17 St. Martin v Greenwald 16 Pierz Lakers v Pierz Bulldogs 15 Freeport v St. Wendel

Region 15C Schedule Region 15C will be played at Greenwald and Elrosa. The eightteam double-elimination tournament has teams from the Stearns County League and Central Valley League South. There will be a minimum of five SCL teams and two CVL teams. A playoff game, played Aug. 2 in Greenwald, between St. Augusta, CVL-3 and Lake Henry-SCL6 will determine the final team. That game was played after this publication went to press.

Four teams qualify for state. The schedule is as follows: Aug. 7: Game 1-8 pm in Elrosa: Farming-SCL4 v Watkins-CVL2 Aug. 8: Game 2-11 am in Gre-

enwald: St. Martin-SCL2 v Richmond-SCL3 Game 3-1:30 pm in Greenwald: Spring HillSCL5 v Kimball-CVL1 Game 4-4 pm in Greenwald: Elrosa-SCL1 v St. Augusta-CVL3 or Lake Henry-SCL6.

Game 5-8 pm in Elrosa: Winners Games 2 and 3 (winner is state qualifier) Aug. 9: Game 6-11 am in Greenwald: Winners Games 1 and 4 (winner is state qualifier) Game 7-1:30 pm in Greenwald: Losers Games 1 and 4 (loser eliminated) Game 8-4 pm in Greenwald: Losers Games 2 and 3 (loser eliminated) Aug. 14: Game 9-8 pm in El-

rosa: Winners Games 5 and 6 (winner is in championship) Aug. 15: Game 10-11 am in Greenwald: Winner Game 7 v Loser Game 5 (winner is state qualifier, loser is eliminated) Game 11-1:30 pm in Greenwald: (winner is state qualifier, loser is eliminated).

Game 12-4 pm in Greenwald (loser is fourth seed) Aug. 16: Game 13-11 am in Greenwald: Winner Game 12 v Loser Game 9 (loser is third seed).

Game 14-1:30 pm in Greenwald: Winners Games 9 and 13 (winner is champion, loser is second seed).

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