2006 Gopher Classic
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2006 Tournament Site/Dates:

The Gopher Classic is the largest American Legion tournament held in the United States, featuring 48 teams in pool play format, with single elimination for eight pool winners.

The 2006 Gopher Classic will be held July 7th through 11th, 2006, with the championship game held in the Metrodome.

Link to Tournament Photographer, Steve Nord: Rollingphoto.com

Tournament Sites: Site #: Location: Host:


1 Apple Valley: Legion Field Apple Valley 76ers
2 Maple Grove: High School Field Maple Grove
3 Bloomington: Red Haddox Field Bloomington Gold
4 Edina: Braemar Edina
5 Bethel University: Hargis Park Field Coon Rapids
6 North St. Paul: McKnight Legion Field North St. Paul
7 Eden Prairie: High School Field Eden Prairie
8 Excelsior: Big Willow and Bennett Park Excelsior

Click on Park Name for Map/Directions

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2006 Team Registration Information:

19 and under. $500 entry fee.
Sponsored by Excelsior American Legion Post 259

For further information, contact Jim Peck (952-474-5071)

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2006 Participants & Tournament Records:
(Click on Team Name for Team's Website)

Tournament Pool Play Records, through Sunday, 7/9/06:
Tie-breakers: 1) Head-to-head;
2) Least Runs Allowed Per Innings Played, between tied teams only;
3) Most Runs Scored Per Innings Played, between tied teams only.

Site Pool Record Team   Site Pool Record Team
1 4-1 Apple Valley (@ AV Legion Field)   5 3-2 Coon Rapids (@ Hargis Park)
1 4-1 Pawtucket, Rhode Island   5 4-1 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO
1 4-1 Billings, MT Scarlets   5 1-4 Alexandria
1 0-5 Richfield   5 2-3 Bloomington Blue
1 2-3 Rochester A's   5 3-2 Lakeville North
1 1-4 Wayzata   5 2-3 Sioux Falls (West), South Dakota
 
2 3-2 Maple Grove (@ Maple Grove HS)   6 2-3 North St. Paul (@ McKnight Legion Field)
2 4-1 Papillion, Nebraska   6 4-1 Champlin Park
2 3-2 St. Louis Park   6 0-5 Holy Angels Stars
2 (1-3) Sartell   6 2-3 Hopkins
2 (1-3) Sioux Falls (East), South Dakota   6 4-1 Eagan
2 2-3 Forest Lake   6 3-2 Omaha, Nebraska - West Side
 
3 1-4 Bloomington Gold (@ Red Haddox Field)   7 3-2 Eden Prairie (@ Eden Prairie HS)
3 4-1 Billings, MT Royals   7 2-3 Anoka
3 0-5 Elk River   7 2-3 Burnsville
3 2-3 St. Paul Hamline   7 4-1 Fargo, North Dakota
3 4-1 Omaha, Nebraska - Roncalli   7 2-3 Omaha, Nebraska - Central
3 4-1 West St. Paul   7 3-2 Rochester Patriots
 
4 1-3 Edina (@ Braemar Park)   8 1-4 Excelsior (@ Bennet & Big Willow)
4 2-2 Bemidji   8 2-3 Yankton, South Dakota
4 4-1 Chaska   8 2-3 Grand Rapids
4 0-5 Cranston, Rhode Island   8 2-3 New Ulm Gold
4 4-1 Napoleon, Ohio   8 5-0 Rapid City, SD - Post 22 Varsity
4 3-2 Tri-City Red, New Brighton   8 3-2 West Warwick, Rhode Island

If your team has a website, please e-mail the URL address for its listing in a future Minnesoa team web links page.

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2006 Tournament Game Schedule/Results

Date/Game Team Score vs. Team Score Field
Site 1 - Apple Valley         All @ Legion Field
Friday, 7/7/06 - 9:30 a.m. Richfield 1 Wayzata 3  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 12 noon Richfield 0 Rochester A's 3  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 2:30 p.m. Billings MT Scarlets 8 Rochester A's 2  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 5:00 p.m. Billings MT Scarlets 1 Apple Valley 6  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 8:00 p.m. Pawtucket, RI 6 Apple Valley 2  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 9:30 a.m. Pawtucket, RI 5 Rochester A's 0  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 12 noon Pawtucket, RI 2 Billings MT Scarlets 4  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 2:30 p.m. Billings MT Scarlets 6 Wayzata 0  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 5:00 p.m. Wayzata 1 Apple Valley 9  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 8:00 p.m. Richfield 1 Apple Valley 8  
           
Sun, 7/8/06 - 9:30 a.m. Richfield 0 Billings MT Scarlets 6  
Sun, 7/8/06 - 12 noon Richfield 0 Pawtucket, RI 12  
Sun, 7/8/06 - 2:30 p.m. Wayzata 1 Pawtucket, RI 5  
Sun, 7/8/06 - 5:00 p.m. Wayzata 0 Rochester A's 8  
Sun, 7/8/06 - 8:00 p.m. Rochester A's 0 Apple Valley 8  
           
Site 1 (Apple Valley) Winner: Pawtucket, RI 4-1      
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Site 2 - Maple Grove         All @ Maple Grove HS
Friday, 7/7/06 - 8:30 a.m. Maple Grove 6 St. Louis Park 7  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 11 a.m. Sartell 2 St. Louis Park 7  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 1:30 p.m. Sartell 2 Papillion NE 10  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 4:00 p.m. Sioux Falls (East) SD 4 Papillion NE 5  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 6:30 p.m. Maple Grove 6 Forest Lake 5  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 8:30 a.m. Sioux Falls (East) SD 2 St. Louis Park 3  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 11:00 a.m. Sioux Falls (East) SD 0 Maple Grove 11 5 inn. (8-run rule)
Sat, 7/8/06 - 1:30 p.m. Sartell 5 Maple Grove 2  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 4:00 p.m. Sartell   Forest Lake 4  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 6:30 p.m. Papillion NE 3 Forest Lake 2  
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 8:30 a.m. Maple Grove 7 Papillion NE 1  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 11:00 a.m. St. Louis Park 5 Papillion NE 10  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 1:30 p.m. St. Louis Park 0 Forest Lake 8  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 4:00 p.m. Sioux Falls (East) SD 2 Forest Lake 0  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 6:30 p.m. Sioux Falls (East) SD   Sartell   Score unknown yet.
           
Site 2 (Maple Grove) Winner: Papillion NE 4-1      
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Site 3 - Bloomington         All @ Red Haddox Field
Friday, 7/7/06 - 9:30 a.m. Bloomington Gold 1 West St. Paul 8  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 12 noon Elk River 3 West St. Paul 11 5 inn.(8 run rule)
Friday, 7/7/06 - 2:00 p.m. Elk River 2 Billings MT Royals 5  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 5:30 p.m. St. Paul Hamline 1 Omaha Roncalli 9  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 8:00 p.m. Bloomington Gold 5 Omaha Roncalli 6  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 9:30 a.m. Bloomington Gold 5 St. Paul Hamline 7  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 12 noon Billings MT Royals 14 St. Paul Hamline 1  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 2:00 p.m. Billings MT Royals 1 Omaha Roncalli 2  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 5:30 p.m. Omaha Roncalli 1 West St. Paul 12  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 8:00 p.m. Bloomington Gold 6 Elk River 1  
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 9:30 a.m. Elk River 2 Omaha Roncalli 6  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 12 nooon Elk River 5 St. Paul Hamline 7  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 2:00 p.m. St. Paul Hamline 4 West St. Paul 11  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 5:30 p.m. West St. Paul 4 Billings MT Royals 5  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 8:00 p.m. Bloomington Gold 1 Billings MT Royals 10  
           
Site 3 (Bloomington) Winner: Billing MT Royals 4-1      
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Site 4 - Edina         All @ Braemar Park
Friday, 7/7/06 - 9:30 a.m. Chaska 9 Edina 1 6 inn. (8-run rule)
Friday, 7/7/06 - 12 noon Edina 1 Tri-City Red 9 6 inn. (8-run rule)
Friday, 7/7/06 - 2:30 p.m. Bemidji 9 Tri-City Red 6  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 5:30 p.m. Bemidji 2 Napoleon OH 18  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 8 p.m. Napoleon OH 10 Cranston, RI 9  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 9:30 a.m. Chaska 11 Tri-City Red 1 6 inn. (8-run rule)
Sat, 7/8/06 - 12 noon Chaska 12 Bemidji 0  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 2:30 p.m. Bemidji 8 Cranston, RI 5  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 5:30 p.m. Cranston, RI 3 Edina 4  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 8 p.m. Edina 0 Napoleon, OH 8  
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 9:30 a.m. Chaska 11 Cranston, RI 3  
Sunday, 7/9/06 - 12 noon Cranston, RI 5 Tri-City Red 6 9 innings
Sun, 7/9/06 - 2:30 p.m. Tri-City Red 12 Napoleon, OH 7  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 5:30 p.m. Napoleon, OH 7 Chaska 2  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 8:00 p.m. Bemidji   Edina   CANCELLED
           
Site 4 (Edina) Winner: Napoleon, OH 4-1      
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Site 5 - Bethel         All @ Hargis Park
Friday, 7/7/06 - 8:30 a.m. Anheuser Busch MO 3 Sioux Falls (West) SD 0  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 11 a.m. Coon Rapids 6 Anheuser Busch MO 2  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 1:30 p.m. Sioux Falls (West) SD 10 Coon Rapids 8 8 innings
Friday, 7/7/06 - 4:00 p.m. Bloomington Blue 3 Lakeville 1  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 6:30 p.m. Alexandria 5 Bloomington Blue 1  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 8:30 a.m. Coon Rapids 1 Alexandria 0 10 innings
Sat, 7/8/06 - 11:00 a.m. Lakeville 4 Coon Rapids 3  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 1:30 p.m. Anheuser Busch MO 3 Lakeville 2  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 4:00 p.m. Alexandria 1 Anheuser Busch MO 3  
Sat, 7/8/06 6:30 p.m. Bloomington Blue 9 Sioux Falls (West) SD 1 5 innings
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 8:30 a.m. Lakeville 17 Alexandria 4 5 innings
Sun, 7/9/06 - 11:00 a.m. Alexandria 3 Sioux Falls (West) SD 9  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 1:30 p.m. Sioux Falls (West) SD 0 Lakeville 12 5 innings
Sun, 7/9/06 - 4:00 p.m. Anheuser Busch MO 12 Bloomington Blue 4 6 innings
Sun, 7/9/06 - 6:30 p.m. Bloomington Blue 5 Coon Rapids 7  
           
Site 5 (Bethel) Winner: Anheuser Busch 4-1      
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Site 6 - North St. Paul         All @ McKnight Legion Field
Friday, 7/7/06 - 9:00 a.m. Champlin Park 9 North St. Paul 1 5 inn. (8-run rule)
Friday, 7/7/06 - 11:30 a.m. Champlin Park 7 Omaha Westside 5  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 2:00 p.m. Omaha Westside 6 Hopkins 3  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 4:30 p.m. Hopkins 3 Eagan 8  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 7:30 p.m. North St. Paul 4 Holy Angels Stars 3  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 9:00 a.m. Holy Angels Stars 2 Eagan 10  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 11:30 a.m. Holy Angels Stars 4 Champlin Park 5  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 2:00 p.m. Champlin Park 2 Eagan 5  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 4:30 p.m. Hopkins 3 North St. Paul 0  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 7:30 p.m. North St. Paul 5 Omaha Westside 4  
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 9:00 a.m. Omaha Westside 8 Eagan 6  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 11:30 a.m. Omaha Westside 12 Holy Angels Stars 0  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 2:00 p.m. Holy Angels Stars 1 Hopkins 10  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 4:30 p.m. Hopkins 0 Champlin Park 6  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 7:30 p.m. North St. Paul 7 Eagan 9  
           
Site 6 (NSP) Winner: Eagan 4-1      
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Site 7 - Eden Prairie         All @ Eden Prairie HS
           
Friday, 7/7/06 - 8:30 a.m. Burnsville 5 Rochester Patriots 4  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 11 a.m. Fargo ND 5 Anoka 0  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 1:30 p.m. Omaha Central 0 Eden Prairie 1  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 4:00 p.m. Burnsville 3 Anoka 1  
Friday, 7/7/06 - 6:30 p.m. Rochester Patriots 6 Eden Prairie 5  
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 8:30 a.m. Omaha Central 1 Fargo ND 2  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 11:00 a.m. Eden Prairie 0 Fargo ND 1  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 1:30 p.m. Burnsville 5 Omaha Central 7  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 4:00 p.m. Rochester Patriots 7 Anoka 6  
Sat, 7/8/06 - 6:30 p.m. Anoka 6 Eden Prairie 7  
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 8:30 a.m. Fargo ND 6 Rochester Patriots 11  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 6:30 p.m. Eden Prairie   Burnsville    
Sun, 7/9/06 - 1:30 p.m. Rochester Patriots 6 Omaha Central 8  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 4:00 p.m. Anoka 6 Omaha Central 5  
Sun, 7/9/06 - 11:00 a.m. Fargo ND 7 Burnsville 6  
           
Site 7 (Eden Prairie) Winner: Fargo 4-1      
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Site 8 - Excelsior          
Friday, 7/7/06 - 9:30 a.m. New Ulm Gold 8 Grand Rapids 7 @ Bennett Family Park
Friday, 7/7/06 - 12 noon Rapid City 10 Yankton SD 7 @ Bennett Family Park
Friday, 7/7/06 - 2:30 p.m. Rapid City 4 Grand Rapids 1 @ Bennett Family Park
Friday, 7/7/06 - 3:00 p.m. Excelsior 10 West Warwick 13 @ Big Willow
Friday, 7/7/06 - 5:00 p.m. New Ulm Gold 6 Yankton SD 7 @ Bennett Family Park
           
Sat, 7/8/06 - 9:30 a.m. Excelsior 3 Rapid City 6 @ Bennett Family Park
Sat, 7/8/06 - 12 noon Excelsior 3 New Ulm Gold 9 @ Bennett Family Park
Sat, 7/8/06 - 12 noon Grand Rapids 8 Yankton SD 13 @ Big Willow
Sat, 7/8/06 - 2:30 p.m. New Ulm Gold 9 West Warwick 10 @ Bennett Family Park
Sat, 7/8/06 - 5:00 p.m. Rapid City 13 West Warwick 5 @ Bennett Family Park
           
Sun, 7/9/06 - 9:30 a.m. Yankton SD 1 West Warwick 5 @ Bennett Family Park
Sun, 7/9/06 - 12 noon Grand Rapids 6 Excelsior 5 @ Bennett Family Park
Sun, 7/9/06 - 12 noon New Ulm Gold 5 Rapid City 10 @ Big Willow
Sun 7/9/06 - 2:30 p.m. West Warwick 1 Grand Rapids 9 @ Bennett Family Park
Sun, 7/9/06 - 5:00 p.m. Excelsior 8 Yankton SD 7 @ Bennett Family Park
           
Site 8 (Excelsior) Winner: Rapid City Post 22        

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Quarter-Finals:
Monday, 7/10/06 - 9:30 a.m. Pawtucket, RI 3 Billings MT Royals 6 @ Red Haddox Field (Bloomington)
Monday, 7/10/06 - 12 noon Fargo, ND 0 Napoleon, OH 8 @ Red Haddox Field (Bloomington)
Monday, 7/10/06 - 2:30 p.m. Billings MT Royals 2 Napoleon OH 5 @ Red Haddox Field (Bloomington)
Semi-Finals:
Monday, 7/10/06 - 9:30 a.m. Anheuser Busch MO 5 Eagan MN 0 @ Bennett Family Park (Excelsior)
Monday, 7/10/06 - 12 noon Rapid City SD Post 22 6 Papillion NE 4 @ Bennett Family Park (Excelsior)
Monday, 7/10/06 - 2:30 p.m. Anheuser Busch MO 2 Rapid City SD Post 22 6 @ Bennett Family Park (Excelsior)
Championship:
Tuesday, 7/11/06 - 9:30 a.m. Napoleon OH 7 Rapid City SD Post 22 5 @ HHH Metrodome

Scores from Duluth Lakeview Tournament:

Friday, Pool Play:

Andover 9, Duluth Lakeview 5
Arcade-Phalen 4, Cloquet 3
Arcade-Phalen 9, Rochester Eagles 0
Ashland, WI 5, Duluth Central 0
Ashland, WI 9, Woodbury White 0
Centennial 11, Stillwater 0
East Grand Forks 5, Centennial 3
East Grand Forks 6, Superior, WI Blue 5
Fridley 9, Detroit Lakes 5
Fridley 10, St. Paul Park 2
Hermantown 16, Detroit Lakes 3
Hermantown 3, St. Paul Park 2
Osseo 4, Cloquet 0
Osseo 13, Rochester Eagles 4
Park Center 15, Red Wing 6

Park Falls 11, Thunder Bay, Ont. 19U 7
Perham 6, Park Falls 0
Red Wing 15, Thunder Bay, Ont. 17U 0
Rosetown 4, Duluth Lakeview 1
Rosetown 2, Willmar 1
St. Francis 5, Perham 4
St. Francis 7, Thunder Bay, Ont. 19U 6
Stillwater 10, Superior, WI Blue 0
Suuperior, WI Red 8, Park Center 3
Thunder Bay Ont. 17U 11, Superior WI Red 0
Tri-City Blue 11, Duluth Central 9
Tri-City Blue 14, Woodbury White 13
Waite Park 12, Chisago Lakes 9
West Duluth 4, Chisago Lakes 3
Willmar 10, Andover 2
Woodbury Blue 6, Waite Park 3
Woodbury Blue 11, West Duluth 3
Saturday:

Ashland WI 14, Tri-City Blue 5
Centennial 18, Superior WI Blues 2
Cloquet 8, Rochester Eagles 3
Duluth Central 13, Woodbury White 3
Duluth Lakeview 9, Willmar 0
East Grand Forks 2, Stillwater 0
Fridley 11, Hermantown 1

Osseo 4, Arcade-Phaalen 3
Park Center 22, Thunder Bay Ont 17U 1
Perham 6, Thunder Bay Ont 19U 5
Red Wing 7, Superior WI Reds 5
Rosetown 2, Andover 1
St. Paul Park 7, Detroit Lakes 1
Waite PArk 3, West Duluth 2
Woodbury 12, Chisago Lakes 3

 


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2006 Minnesota State American Legion Tournament

The 2006 Minnesota American Legion State Tournament will be hosted by Excelsior, August 3rd through 6th.
Follow the action at
www.mnlegion.org (Minnesota Deapartment American Legion Baseballl Web Site) or visit the Official 2006 Minnesota American Legion State Tournament website!



2006 American Legion Regional Championship Tournaments

The 2006 Regional American Legion Tournaments will be held as follows:

Central Plains: Aberdeen, South Dakota Thursday, 8/10/06 - Monday, 8/14/06
Great Lakes: Evansville, Illinois Thursday, 8/10/06 - Monday, 8/14/06

Follow the action at www.baseball.legion.org! (National American Legion Web Site)



2006 World Series National Championship Tournament

The 2006 American Legion World Series will be held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on
Friday, August 18, 2006 through Tuesday, August 22, 2006.

For more information on the Regional and National Tournaments, visit Cedar Rapids' official web site,
or take this link to the
National American Legion Baseball Web Site.


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