2007 Jim Hanus
Gopher Classic
Baseball Tournament


The largest Legion Baseball Tournament
in the United States!!!

 

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Last Updated: 7/17/07, 1:00 p.m.

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2007 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 2007 Gopher Classic will be held Friday, July 13th through Tuesday, July 17th, 2007, 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 Bethel College
6 North St. Paul: McKnight Legion Field North St. Paul
7 Eden Prairie: High School Field Eden Prairie
8 Minnetonka: Mtka HS, Veterans Field Excelsior

Click on Park Name for Map/Directions

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2007 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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2007 Participants & Tournament Records:
(Click on Team Name for Team's Website)

Tournament Pool Play Records:
Tie-breakers: 1) Head-to-head;
2) Least Runs Allowed Per Innings Played, using all games played;
3) Most Runs Scored Per Innings Played, using all games played; 4) coin flip.

Site Pool Record* Team   Site Pool Record* Team
1 3-2 Apple Valley (@ AV Legion Field)   5 4-1 Bemidji (@ Hargis Park)
1 0-5 St. Louis Park   5 1-3-1 Billings, MT Royals
1 3-2 Blissfield Gold, MI   5 4-1 Napoleon, OH
1 3-2 White Bear   5 1-3-1 Hopkins
1 4-1 Woodbury Blue   5 4-1 Eagan
1 2-3 Papillion, NE   5 0-5 Mahtomedi
 
2 2-3 Maple Grove (@ Maple Grove HS)   6 3-2 North St. Paul (@ McKnight Legion Field)
2 4-1 Chaska   6 1-4 Anoka
2 3-2 Grand Rapids   6 4-1 Billings Scarlets, MT
2 5-0 Omaha, NE - Millard West   6 2-3 Rochester A's
2 0-5 Wayzata   6 4-1 Bloomington Blue
2 1-4 Yankton, SD   6 1-4 Anchorage, Service Cougars, AK
 
3 3-2 Bloomington Gold (@ Red Haddox Field)   7 4-1 Eden Prairie (@ Eden Prairie HS)
3 3-2 Alexandria   7 3-2 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO
3 4-1 Coon Rapids   7 0-5 Forest Lake
3 1-4 Fargo, ND   7 5-0 Lakeville North
3 1-4 Viroqua, WI   7 2-3 Omaha, NE - Roncalli
3 3-2 Eastview   7 1-4 Sartell
 
4 1-4 Edina (@ Braemar Park)   8 2-3 Excelsior (@Veterans Field, Mtka HS)
4 3-2 New Ulm Gold   8 2-3 Adrian, MI
4 1-4 St. Paul Hamline   8 5-0 Rapid City, SD - Post 22 Varsity
4 3-2 Burnsville   8 3-2 Richfield
4 4-1 DePere, WI   8 2-3 Rochester Patriots
4 4-1 Plymouth, IN   8 1-4 Tri-City Red, New Brighton


*Through Sunday's games.

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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2007 Tournament Game Schedule/Results

Date/Game Team Score vs. Team Score Field/Notes
Site 1 - Apple Valley         All @ Legion Field
Friday, 7/13/07 - 9:30 a.m. St. Louis Park 1 Woodbury Blue 9 5 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 12 noon St. Louis Park 1 Papillion, NE 15 5 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 2:30 p.m. Blissfield, MI 11 Papillion, NE 3 6 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 5:00 p.m. Blissfield, MI 1 Apple Valley 2 11 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 7:30 p.m. White Bear 9 Apple Valley 5  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 9:30 a.m. White Bear 2 Papillion, NE 1  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 12 noon White Bear 1 Blissfield, MI 10 5 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 2:30 p.m. Blissfield, MI 3 Woodbury Blue 6  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 5:00 p.m. Woodbury Blue 8 Apple Valley 5  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 7:30 p.m. St. Louis Park 10 Apple Valley 12  
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 9:30 a.m. St. Louis Park 1 Blissfield, MI 11  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 12 noon St. Louis Park 5 White Bear 11  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 2:30 p.m. Woodbury Blue 5 White Bear 1  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 5:00 p.m. Woodbury Blue 1 Papillion, NE 4  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 7:30 p.m. Papillion, NE 3 Apple Valley 10  
           
Site 1 (Apple Valley) Winner: Woodbury Blue        
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Site 2 - Maple Grove         All @ Maple Grove HS
Friday, 7/13/07 - 9:00 a.m. Maple Grove 2 Wayzata 1  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 11:30 a.m. Chaska 9 Wayzata 3  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 2:00 p.m. Chaska 0 Omaha, NE - Millard West 6  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 4:30 p.m. Grand Rapids 0 Omaha, NE - Millard West 2  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 7:00 p.m. Maple Grove 4 Yankton, SD 1  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 9:00 a.m. Grand Rapids 3 Wayzata 1  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 11:30 a.m. Grand Rapids 6 Maple Grove 5  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 2:00 p.m. Chaska 4 Maple Grove 3 8 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 4:30 p.m. Chaska 6 Yankton, SD 1  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 7:00 p.m. Omaha, NE - Millard West 2 Yankton, SD 1  
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 9:00 a.m. Maple Grove 2 Omaha, NE - Millard West 10 6 innings
Sun, 7/15/07 - 11:30 a.m. Wayzata 5 Omaha, NE - Millard West 12  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 2:00 p.m. Wayzata 3 Yankton, SD 4  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 4:30 p.m. Grand Rapids 14 Yankton, SD 2 5 innings
Sun, 7/15/07 - 7:00 p.m. Grand Rapids 2 Chaska 9  
           
Site 2 (Maple Grove) Winner: Omaha, NE - Millard West        
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Site 3 - Bloomington         All @ Red Haddox Field
Friday, 7/13/07 - 9:30 a.m. Bloomington Gold 8 Fargo, ND 5  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 12 noon Alexandria 6 Fargo, ND 3  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 2:00 p.m. Alexandria 11 Viroqua, WI 3 5 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 5:30 p.m. Coon Rapids 8 Viroqua, WI 3  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 8:00 p.m. Bloomington Gold 6 Eastview 10  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 9:30 a.m. Bloomington Gold 6 Coon Rapids 3  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 12 noon Fargo, ND 5 Coon Rapids 8  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 2:00 p.m. Eastview 7 Alexandria 10  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 5:30 p.m. Eastview 9 Viroqua, WI 1  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 8:00 p.m. Bloomington Gold 11 Viroqua, WI 13  
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 9:30 a.m. Viroqua, WI 3 Fargo, ND 7  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 12 noon Eastview 12 Fargo, ND 5  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 2:00 p.m. Eastview 1 Coon Rapids 9  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 5:30 p.m. Alexandria 3 Coon Rapids 7  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 8:00 p.m. Bloomington Gold 13 Alexandria 4  
           
Site 3 (Bloomington) Winner: Coon Rapids        
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Site 4 - Edina         All @ Braemar Park
Friday, 7/13/07 - 9:30 a.m. Edina 3 Burnsville 9  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 12 noon New Ulm Gold 2 Burnsville 5  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 2:30 p.m. St. Paul Hamline 11 New Ulm Gold 10  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 5:30 p.m. St. Paul Hamline 1 DePere, WI 8  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 8 p.m. Edina 2 Plymouth, IN 8  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 9:30 a.m. Burnsville 9 St. Paul Hamline 1 6 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 12 noon Edina 7 New Ulm Gold 8  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 2:30 p.m. Plymouth, IN 3 New Ulm Gold 6  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 5:30 p.m. Plymouth, IN 1 DePere, WI 9 5 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 8 p.m. Edina 2 DePere, WI 6  
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 9:30 a.m. Plymouth, IN 5 St. Paul Hamline 2  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 12 noon Plymouth, IN 17 Burnsville 15  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 2:30 p.m. DePere, WI 6 Burnsville 0  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 5:30 p.m. DePere, WI 6 New Ulm Gold 8  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 8:00 p.m. Edina 7 St. Paul Hamline 2  
           
Site 4 (Edina) Winner: DePere, WI        
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Site 5 - Bethel         All @ Hargis Park
Friday, 7/13/07 - 8:30 a.m. Bemidji 4 Billings Royals, MN 2  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 11 a.m. Billings Royals, MT 3 Napoleon, OH 6  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 1:30 p.m. Napoleon, OH 8 Bemidji 4  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 4:00 p.m. Hopkins 1 Mahtomedi 0  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 6:30 p.m. Eagan 2 Hopkins 1  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 8:30 a.m. Bemidji 15 Eagan 12 9 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 11:00 a.m. Mahtomedi 3 Bemidji 4  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 1:30 p.m. Billings Royals, MT 7 Mahtomedi 4 8 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 4:00 p.m. Eagan 8 Billings Royals, MT 1  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 6:30 p.m. Hopkins 6 Napoleon, OH 7  
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 8:30 a.m. Napoleon, OH 14 Mahtomedi 3 7 innings
Sun, 7/15/07 - 11:00 a.m. Mahtomedi 2 Eagan 5  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 1:30 p.m. Eagan 8 Napoleon, OH 7 Eagan scored 5 in bottom of 7.
Sun, 7/15/07 - 4:00 p.m. Billings Royals, MT 3 Hopkins 3 Game called after 8 innings in order to complete final, pool- deciding 6:30 p.m. game
Sun, 7/15/07 - 6:30 p.m. Hopkins 1 Bemidji 2  
Due to 3 way tie between Napoleon, Bemidji and Eagan, 2nd tie breaker (after head-to-head) invoked to determine pool winner: least runs allowed in total innings of all five games (i.e., innings played divided by runs allowed.)
Site 5 (Bethel) Winner: Napoleon, OH        
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Site 6 - North St. Paul         All @ McKnight Legion Field
Friday, 7/13/07 - 9:00 a.m. Anoka 2 North St. Paul 5  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 11:30 a.m. Anoka 0 Billings Scarlets, MT 8 5 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 2:00 p.m. Billings Scarlets, MT 10 Rochester A's 7  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 4:30 p.m. Rochester A's 1 Service Anchorage, AK 2  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 7:00 p.m. Bloomington Blue 8 North St. Paul 7  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 9:00 a.m. Billings Scarlets, MT 16 Service Anchorage, AK 3 5 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 11:30 a.m. Service Anchorage, AK 2 Bloomington Blue 10 5 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 2:00 p.m. Bloomington Blue 5 Anoka 2  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 4:30 p.m. Rochester A's 7 North St. Paul 1  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 7:00 p.m. Billings Scarlets, MT 4 North St. Paul 6  
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 9:00 a.m. Bloomington Blue 3 Rochester A's 2  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 11:30 a.m. Bloomington Blue 0 Billings Scarlets, MT 7  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 2:00 p.m. Rochester A's 4 Anoka 3 Walk-off 3R HR bottom of 7.
Sun, 7/15/07 - 4:30 p.m. Anoka 12 Service Anchorage, AK 11  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 7:00 p.m. Service Anchorage, AK 0 North St. Paul 13 5 innings
           
Site 6 (NSP) Winner: Billings Scarlets        
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Site 7 - Eden Prairie         All @ Eden Prairie HS
           
Friday, 7/13/07 - 8:30 a.m. Lakeville North 9 Forest Lake 1  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 10:30 a.m. Sartell 1 Omaha, NE - Roncalli 4  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 1:00 p.m. Lakeville North 6 Omaha, NE - Roncalli 3  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 3:30 p.m. Forest Lake 2 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis MO 8  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 6:00 p.m. Eden Prairie 10 Sartell 1 5 innings
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 8:30 a.m. Sartell 5 Forest Lake 3  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 10:30 a.m. Lakeville North 9 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO 1 6 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 1:00 p.m. Eden Prairie 1 Lakeville North 5  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 3:30 p.m. Omaha, NE - Roncalli 3 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO 4  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 6:00 p.m. Eden Prairie 9 Omaha, NE - Roncalli 1 5 innings
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 8:30 a.m. Lakeville North 8 Sartell 6 8 innings
Sun, 7/15/07 - 10:30 a.m. Omaha, NE - Roncalli 9 Forest Lake 1  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 1:00 p.m. Eden Prairie 8 Forest Lake 5  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 3:30 p.m. Sartell 2 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO 10  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 6:00 p.m. Eden Prairie 3 Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO 1  
           
Site 7 (Eden Prairie) Winner: Lakeville North        
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Site 8 - Minnetonka         All @ Mtka HS Veterans Field
Friday, 7/13/07 - 9:00 a.m Adrian, MI 2 Tri-City Red 6  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 11:30 a.m. Excelsior 5 Richfield 2  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 2:00 p.m. Rapid City, SD 2 Rochester Patriots 1  
Friday, 7/13/07 - 5:00 p.m. Rapid City, SD 1 Tri-City Red 0 8 innings
Friday, 7/13/07 - 7:30 p.m. Adrian, MI 2 Rochester Patriots 1  
           
Sat, 7/14/07 - 9:00 a.m. Richfield 11 Adrian, MI 10 Walk-off HR
Sat, 7/14/07 - 11:30 a.m. Excelsior 11 Adrian, MI 15  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 2:00 p.m. Tri-City Red 3 Rochester Patriots 5  
Sat, 7/14/07 - 5:00 p.m. Richfield 2 Rapid City, SD 10 5 innings
Sat, 7/14/07 - 7:30 p.m. Excelsior 5 Rapid City, SD 6 10 innings
           
Sun, 7/15/07 - 9:00 a.m. Rochester Patriots 6 Richfield 7  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 11:30 a.m. Excelsior 7 Rochester Patriots 9 12 innings
Sun, 7/15/07 - 2:00 p.m. Rapid City, SD 5 Adrian, MI 4 3R HR in 7th for RC
Sun, 7/15/07 - 5:00 p.m. Richfield 6 Tri-City Red 5  
Sun, 7/15/07 - 7:30 p.m.. Excelsior 8 Tri-City Red 4 Game called one out shy of 5 complete, due to light curfew.
           
Site 8 (Excelsior) Winner: Rapid City, SD        

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Quarter and Semi-Finals:
Monday, 7/16/07 - 9:30 a.m. AV Winner - Woodbury Blue 0 Bloomington Winner - Coon Rapids 2 @ Red Haddox Field (Bloom.)
Monday, 7/16/07 - 12 noon EP Winner - Lakeville North 9 Edina Site Winner - DePere, WI 4 @ Red Haddox Field (Bloom.)
Monday, 7/16/07 - 2:30 p.m. Winner 9:30 - Coon Rapids 10 Winner Noon - Lakeville North 9 @ Red Haddox Field (Bloom.)
 
Monday, 7/16/07 - 9:30 a.m. NSP Winner - Billings MT Scarlets 7 Bethel Winner - Napoleon, OH 1 @ Veterans Field, Mtka HS
Monday, 7/16/07 - 12 noon MG Winner - Omaha, NE Millard West 5 Mtka Winner - Rapid City, SD 9 @ Veterans Field, Mtka HS
Monday, 7/16/07 - 2:30 p.m. Winner 9:30 - Billings MT Scarlets 5 Winner Noon - Rapid City 4 @ Veterans Field, Mtka HS
Championship:
Tuesday, 7/17/07 - 9:30 a.m. Bloom. Semi-Winner - Coon Rapids 8 Mtka. Semi-winner - Billings Scarlets 4 @ HHH Metrodome

 


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2007 Minnesota State American Legion Tournament

The 2007 Minnesota American Legion State Tournament will be hosted by Bloomington, August 8th through 12th:
Follow the action at www.mnlegion.org (Minnesota Deapartment American Legion Baseballl Web Site) or visit the Official 2007 Minnesota American Legion State Tournament website!



2007 American Legion Regional Championship Tournaments

The 2007 Regional American Legion Tournaments will be held as follows:

Central Plains: Marshall, MN Thursday, 8/16/07 - Monday, 8/20/07
Great Lakes: Menominee, MI Thursday, 8/16/07 - Monday, 8/20/07

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



2007 World Series National Championship Tournament

The 2007 American Legion World Series will be held in Bartlesville, OK on
Friday, August 24, 2007 through Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

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


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