| Volume 10, No. 4 | St. Cloud, Minnesota | Sunday, August 6, 2006 |
| Three
Remain in Division 1 Title Hunt Prairie, Rapids, Burnsville hope for Minnesota Title |
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| At the Wednesday night
banquet, featured speaker Rob Fornasiere asked any team
who thought it could win the state title to stand up. All 16 teams rose to their feet. Today, only three are left standing. Coon Rapids will play Burnsville in the semi-final game at 12:30 at Big Willow Park in Minnetonka. The winner will advance to the championship game at 3:30 against undefeated Eden Prairie, who |
is seeking its third
straight state title. Coon Rapids ran into a buzzsaw in the semi-final of the winner's bracket, losing to Eden Prairie 15-1 in seven innings. Burnsville, meanwhile, has fought its way back through the losers' bracket to make it to the final day. Burnsville defeated Richfield 14-2 and then topped the Rochester Redhawks 17-11 to advance to the final day. The winner and the runner-up will advance to national regional |
American Legion play in
Aberdeen, SD or Evansville, IN. Prairie has alreaday
qualified to move on to the next level of competition. Those eight-team tournaments will each supply one entrant for the World Series, to be held in Cedar Rapids, IA. In Division II play at Willmar, Jordan and Montevideo advanced to the championship game. Dilworth and Nashwauk-Keewatin will play for the third-place hardware, and Windom and Fairfax will play today for the consolation title. |
| Eden Prairie goes for 3-peat | |||
| In the long history of the
American Legion Baseball Tournament, no team has ever won
the Minnesota state championship three years in a row. Eden Prairie will try to be the first, when it plays in the state championship game at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Big Willow Park in Minnetonka. "This is the reason some of our college kids |
decided to come back,"
said head coach Jeff Gagstetter. The college kids -- Cole
Hytjan, Jay Anderson, Justin Milo, Greg Laughlin, and
Adam Vortherms -- are perhaps just a few hours from
making the historic breakthrough. Eden Prairie advanced easily by downing Coon Rapids 15-1 in the winners' bracket final Saturday night. Laughlin had two-out, two-run |
singles in the third and
fourth innings to help Eden Prairie bust the game open. Meanwhile, Blake DeVries pitched the win. "I just went out and threw strikes," he said. "Our defense made some excellent plays. The championship game is big to us because it's the third time if we can do it. I was happy I could |
help get us to the big
dance." Coon Rapids head coach Tom Yelle reflected on the loss, but didn't dwell on it. "We didn't make the pitches we had to with two outs...and that was the game," he said. "Pitching in the twilight tonight a fastball pitcher like DeVries is tough to hit. Tomorrow, we have to be precise. We can't give up a lot of extra outs." |
| Just
plain Senne-sational By John Sherman |
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| Aaron Senne is a
name every baseball fan in Rochester knows. Now every
American Legion Baseball fan in the state knows his name,
as well. Senne has been a dominant performer this week. His final numbers for six games would make BabeRuth pale by comparison. In leading the Rochester Redhawks to fourth place in state, Senne batted .613 with 19 hits in 31 at-bats. His ppower numbers were off the charts -- five homes, six doubles and a slugging percentage of 1.290. "Making it to the state tournament for the first time was a great accomplishment for our team, " said Senne. "This week, I just wanted to relax and enjoy it." Senne enjoyed his hitting spree, while also picking up a win and a save on the mound. He proved himselft as an all-around player and showed why the University of Misouri has given him an 85 per cent scholarship. Drafted by the Twins in the 13th round in June, Senne said he has chosen the college route. While getting to state was a monumental highlight for Senne and his Redhawk teammates, an even bigger feat was beating the perennial District champion Rochester A's. "Beating the A's was the best feeling in the world, " said Senne. "We got revenge for last year, when we came so close to beating them. This year, we had the team to get the job done." Senne was asked if the A's have a mystique in Rochester. "If you believe in superstitions, maybe they do have a mystique, but this year we overcame that," said Senne. Our team has more heart than any team I've ever played for." After the loss to Burnsville Saturday, Senne took time to visit with fans and take the final pictures of |
the season with
his teammates. "I didn't want to stop playing
yet," he said softly. While one chapter in Senne's baseball career has come to a close, another is about to begin. "I'm looking forward to playing college baseball, facing tougher pitchers," he said. "In college, I would prefer to be a position players because that way I can have an impact on the game every day." Senne was an all-around athlete in high school, playing football and basketball in addition to baseball. "I game up basketball after my sophomore year, so I could spend the winter training for baseball," he said. "I live and die for baseball." Many honors cam Senne's way this season. He was named All-big Nine Conference for the second year in a rown and won Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year honors. After making the Lions' All-Star game in June, he won the MVP Award at the Red Haddox Wood Bat Tournament in Bloomington with the Redhawks Legion team. Kathy Senne, Aaron's mom, noticed his love for the game when he was only 2 years old. "Aaron has three older brothers," she said. "Our neighborhood was full of kids and there was alsways a game going on. Aaron played a lot with older kids. He had to play up and he couldn't be a baby." No one has ever called Senne a "baby," but someday they may call the smooth outfieldr a "bonus baby." Even though he has chosen not to sign a pro contract at this juncture, playing pro ball remains a goal. "Aaron is the kind of player you don't have every year," said Redhawks head coach Jim Sonju. "It has been a pleasure to coach him. He's smart, he's a great person, and he's a very talented player. Even with all the success he's had, he has never gotten a big head. Aaron is a leader on and off the field." |
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| Scrappy Richfield goes down swinging | ||
| Richfield wasn't
expected to make it to the State Legion Baseball
ournament this year, despite the program's winning
tradition. Holy Angels, the defending Fifth District champion, had almost every kep player back from last year's team, and Richfield entered the 2006 season with one of its youngest teams ever. The Reds have no college-age players this season and only four 2006 graduates, but that didn't stop them from finishing sixth in the state tourney with a 3-2 record. The Reds lost a heart-breaker to Moorhead 11-10 in their first game, then reeled off wins over Westphal Armstrong (17-15), Excelsior (17-15) and Bemidji (12-4) before losing to Burnsville (14-2) Saturday morning at Big Willow Park. "It was a good run," said Reds head coach Mike Karnas. During that run, Adan Seaman and Steven Fischer carried the offense. Seaman was incredible throughout the tournament, with 15 hits, |
while Fischer
added 12. Also contributing to a potent attack were
Pierce Book, Kyle Bruley, Sam Carlson, Carl Ermisch, Alex
Gruetmacher, Phil Paszkiewicz, Kelly Warren and Steve
White. Bruley's grandslam homer ened the game with Excelsior and pushed Richfield forward in the tournament play. "The highlights were Bruley's grandslam and placing in the top six," said Gruetzmacheer, one of four 2006 graduates on the team. "This is th best tournament in Minnesota and we proved we belonged here." White, who pitched his maximum of 12 innings over the first three days of the tourney, said, "My arm feels great. If we would have advanced to tomorrow [Sunday], I could have pitched more." "We went with a four-man rotation," said Gruetzmacher. "And it became a five-man rotation when Kevin Roth pitched against Bemidji." |
Roth an
untested junior-to-be, pitched the win against Bemidji to
keep the Reds alive. |
| "Pitching coach" patiently
patrols the bullpen stats By John Sherman |
Berg says tourney is popping By John Sherman | ||
| Just as every baseball team
needs a good pitching coach, the State American Legion
Baseball staff needs a "coach" to coordinate
pitching stats for the State Tournament. Roger Niebeling, the Ninth District Baseball Director from Ada, is the "Pitching Coach" at this year's state tourney. For the third straight year, he is responsibel for coordinating pitching stats for a 30-game, double-elimination event. I't a big job that has to be done precisely to ensure fair competition through enforcemtn of the rules. For those unfamiliar with Legion Baseball pitching rules, they are fairly simple. In a three-day period, a pitcher may not exceed 12 innings or four appearances. These rules are in place to protect pitchers from injury more than anything else. A side benefit is that a team has to develop more than one or two good pitchers. "The rules have good intentions," Niebeling said. "But there are instances when pitchers still can be over-used. When a pitchers throws 12 innings in one day, it's within the rules, but is it healthy for him to throw 200 or 250 pitches? If a Major League pitcher, who is trained for this, is liminted to 100 or 125 pitches a day, with five days' rest in-between appearances, shouuld a Legion pitcher's arm be more resilient than a professional's arm? Even though we have rules to protect our pitchers, they still can be over-used in my opinion. "I think it's up to the coach's judgment to protect the pitcher," Niebeling continued. "Even if he's aleready thrown 200 pitches, there's not a kid out there who would tell his coach he's reaady to come out of the game." Niebeling said his job is easier than it looks, because scorekeepers for each game supply him with all the information he needs for his pitching sheets. "It takes me about five to 10 minutes per game," he said. "The biggest thing is to do it right away while the |
scorekeeper is still at the
park. If there are any details I need, they will still be
fresh in the scorekeeper's mind." Neiebeling became Ninth District Director in 2001 when the district commander asked him to replace Moorhead's Joe Baker, who had been appointed to the State Legion Baseball committee. "The first year was a real learning experience," said Niebeling. "Now I feel comfortable in the position, mainly because of the great mentors I've had -- Joe Baker, Tony Sipe, Huck Arneson." Niebeling's involvement in Legion Baseball began with scorekeeping and announcing duties at the local ballpark in Ada. Then Tony Sipe, a Legion Baseball Hall-of-Famer, asked him to take over the administration of the Ada Legion program. This year, Niebeling was pressed into service as Ada's head coach. "I have a whole new respect for coaches now," he said. "I had two choices this year -- fold the program or coach myself." For the sake of the players, he chose to coach the team. A parent and Niebeling's son, Robert, came into the fold as coaches, so Roger was able to sit back and relax a bit. Like most Legion Baseball volunteers, Niebeling has an understanding wife. "Kris does't like it when there's a mess in the office, but it'sonly during baseball season -- January through December," Niebeling quipped. "She is well with me doing this, and she loves coming to the State Tournament." How long does Niebeling plan to serve American Legion Baseball? "As long as they'll have me," he said. "I love baseball and I love kids. If God ever invented a better game than this, we'll probably have to wait 'till we get to Heaven to see it." |
State American Legion
Baseball Director, Darwin Berg, said he's surprised by
the offensive fireworks he has seen at the State
Tournament this week. The Foruth of July was a month ago, but balls have been flying out of Minnetonka's ballparks like bott rockets on the rise. "I am surprised by how many runs the teams have been scoring," said Berg. "Maybe it's because these ballparks are a little bit shorter." While Berg gives all of the teams high marks for their offensive prowess, he gives the host committee high marks, as well. "Jim Peck has been involved in Legion Baseball so long and knows how to run a big tournament," said Berg. "I don't know if I've ever seen a better banquet than the one we had the other night. The decorations were just great. Give the local committee a lot of credit." Peck, who has coached youth baseball in the Minnetonka area since the early 1960's, is hosting his first state tournament, along with co-director Mabel Rohr, and more than 100 local volunteers. "Darwin Berg is a great State Director," said Peck. "He's one of the best I've ever worked with because he's so calm. He deals with things rationally whenever we have issues." Red Haddox, the State Division I Baseball Director, is the other Legion member who has worked closely with Peck this week. The two are old friends from many years of working together in the Tenth District and South Hennepin Leauge. Haddox, a Bloomington resident, is old-school and administers the program by the book. His years of experience are invaluable in running the Legion program. "With Red, once you earn his respect, you're fine," said Peck. Peck said he has been pleased with the State Legion Baseball Committee's dedication and its ability to make adjustments to help the host. "One thing they did for us is allow us to play the games later tahn they are usually played on Sunday," Peck noted. The first ballgame Sunday will be played at 12:30 p.m. and the championship game will follow at 3:30. Peck said that by starting later, the host committee may do better at the gate. It's important to Peck to run a first-class tournament, and at the same time, he is keeping an eye on the bottom line. |
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| Stat Leaders thru Saturday | ||
| BATTING
AVG 1. Adam Seaman, Richfield...................... .737 2. Joey Lindseth, Bemidji.......................... .733 3. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks.... .613 4. Kevin Johnson, Coon Rapids............... .583 5. Brian Olson, St. Paul Park.................... .545 6. Daniel Gastuch, Excelsior..................... .538 7. Madison Boer, Eden Prairie................. .533 8. Daniel Miller, Eden Prairie.................... .526 9. Sam Kinne, St. Paul Hamline............... .500 9. Jacob Leitch, Eden Prairie................... .500 SLUGGING PCT 1. Kevin Johnson, Coon Rapids...............1.333 2. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks....1.290 3. Joey Lindseth, Bemidji...........................1.067 4. Kyle Harrison, Coon Rapids................... .929 5. Carter Sackett, Burnsville....................... .913 6. Adam Dressel, Hopkins......................... .900 7. Adam Seaman, Richfield....................... .895 8. Joshua Threlkeld, Burnsville.................. .850 9. Mike Bormann, Moorhead..................... .786 10.Ben Braaten, Burnsville......................... .773 RUNS SCORED 1. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks......14 2. Benjamin Mattson, Burnsville................. 10 2. Mitchell Anderson, Roch. Redhawks......10 4. Steven Fischer, Richfield...........................9 4. Tim Shows, West St. Paul.........................9 6. Peter Usset, West St. Paul........................8 6. Adam Vortherms, Eden Prairie................8 6. Ryan Johnson, Bemidji..............................8 6. Benjamin Braaten, Burnsville....................8 6. Daniel Miller, Eden Prairie........................8 |
HITS 1. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks......19 2. Adam Seaman, Richfield........................ 14 3. Mitchell Anderson, Roch. Redhawks..... 13 4. William Stitz, Burnsville........................... 12 5. Brett Ferschweiler, Roch. Redhawks.....11 5. Steven Fischer, Richfield.........................11 5. Carter Sackett, Burnsville........................11 5. Joey Lindseth, Bemidji.............................11 9. Ben Braaten, Burnsville............................10 9. Daniel Miller, Eden Prairie.......................10 RBIs 1. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks.......15 2. Daniel Miller, Eden Prairie...................... 13 3. Carter Sackett, Burnsville.........................12 4. Luke Augustin, Rochester Redhawks.... 10 5. Mitchell Anderson, Roch. Redhawks........ 9 5. Charles Dubanoski, Burnsville.................. 9 7. William Stitz, Burnsville.............................. 8 7. Kevin Johnson, Coon Rapids.................... 8 9. Kyle Bruley, Richfield.................................. 7 10.5 tied at ...................................................... 6 ERA 1. Jay Anderson, Eden Prairie...................0.00 1. Matthew Brinka, Hopkins........................0.00 1. Ross Van Hauen, Willmar.......................0.00 1. Andrew LeBlanc, Hermantown.............. 0.00 5. Gary Wilfahrt, New Ulm Gold................. 1.00 5. Jason Kickhafer, St. Paul Park............. 1.00 7. Daniel Miller, Eden Prairie.................... 1.29 8. Phil Haig, West St. Paul..........................1.35 9. Erik Olson, Hopkins................................. 1.50 10.Kyle Berg, St. Paul Hamline.................. 1.80 |
BATTERS
STRUCK OUT 1. Steve Gerten, West St. Paul......................12 2. Nicholas Le, Coon Rapids.........................10 2. Daniel Miller, Eden Prairie.........................10 4. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks.......... 9 5. Jason Kickhafer, St. Paul Park................... 8 5. Kyle Berg, St. Paul Hamline........................ 8 5. William Dahlgren, Burnsville........................ 8 5. Brett Ferschweiler, Roch. Redhawks......... 8 9. 4 tied at ......................................................... 7 WINS 1. Phil Haig, West St. Paul.............................. 2 2. 26 tied at ...................................................... 1 SAVES 1. Nicholas Le, Coon Rapids.......................... 1 1. Madison Boer, Eden Prairie....................... 1 1. Aaron Senne, Rochester Redhawks.......... 1 1. Brett Ferschweiler, Roch. Redhawks......... 1 1. Sam Kinne, St. Paul Hamline...................... 1 1. Patrick Reid, Excelsior................................. 1 1. Louis Salmen, St. Paul Hamline.................. 1 APPEARANCES 1. Benjamin Becker, Rochester Redhawks.... 4 1. Justin Hackett, Burnsville.............................. 4 3. 9 tied at .......................................................... 3
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Game Summaries, Saturday,
Aug. 5, 2006
Game 22 (resumed from Friday evening)
Rochester Redhawks 7, St. Paul Hamline 6
In a game that took two days to complete, the Rochester Redhawks
eliminated St. Paul Hamline. The game started on Friday night and
was halted by darkness in the middle of the seventh inning at
Bennett Family Park. Action resumed Saturday morning at Bennett,
and the Redhawks scored two runs in the bottom of the ningth
inning for the win. RBI singles by Luke Augustine and Mitch
Anderson provided the victory margin. In addition to winning the
game as a relief pitcheer, Aaron Senne of the Redhawks hit a home
run and two doubles. Bret Ferschweiler had three hits for the
Redhawks. Richard Hall and Kyle Berg hit home runs for Hamline.
| St. Paul Hamline | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rochester Redhawks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
Selim, Hall (4), Punch (5), Berg (7), Kinne (9) and Kelly. Ferschweiler, Senne (8) and Nesler. WP Senne. LP Kinne. Home runs: Kyle Berg, Richard Hall (St. Paul Hamline). Aaron Senne (Rochester Redhawks.)
Game 25
Burnsville 14, Richfield 2
Burnsville jumped on Richfield for three runs in the first inning
with the help of home runs from Billy Stitz and Ben Braaten.
Stitz had a monster batting line for Burnsville, going five for
six with three runs scored and four RBI. Ben Mattson, Carter
Sackett, MArcus Traetow and Matt Trocke each added two hits for
Burnsville, which had 20 hits in all. Adam Seaman was two for two
with a triple for Richfield.
| Burnsville | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Siegfried, Lehnen (8) and Sackett. Eid, Book (3), White (5), Ermisch (8) and Seaman. WP Siegfried. LP Eid. Home runs: John Threlkeld, Billy Stitz, Ben Braaten (Burnsville).
Game 26
Rochester Redhawks 17, West St. Paul 15
The wind was blowing out Saturday afternoon at Big Willow Park,
and with a cool breeze behind them, the hitters from Rochester
and West St. Paul combined for 42 hits, 21 by each team. Mitch
Anderson and Mitch Lund each had four hits for the Redhawks,
while Aaron Senne had five hits, including a home run, his fourth
of the tournament. Alex Russell was the winning pitcher for the
Redhawks. Tim Shows of West St. Paul had three hits and had his
10th stolen base of the tournament. Phil Haig and Ryan Pribble
also had three hits each for the losers and Haig had three RBI.
| Rochester Redhawks | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 6 | ||||||||
| West St. Paul | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 7 |
Becker, Russell (2), Senne (9) and Nesler. Solberg, Casper (5) and Usset. WP Russell. LP Casper. Home runs: Aaron Senne, Luke Augustin (Rochester Redhawks); Zack Leitner, Steve Gerten (West St. Paul).
Game 27
Burnsville 17, Rochester Redhawks 11
Two of the hardest-hitting teams in the state tournament
met in an elimination game Saturday at Big Willow Park in
Mennetoka. Burnsville pounded out 22 hits to defeat the Rochester
Redhawks, who had 18 hits. Burnsville got four hits from
designated hitter Josh Threlkeld and three each from Billy Stitz,
Will Dahlgren, Ben Mattson and Charles Dubanoski. Noah Nesler had
five hits and two RBI to lead the Rochester club. Aaron Senne,
center fielder for the Redhawks, went four for six, scored four
runs and drove in two. He had his fifth home run of the state
tournament. Ben Beckeer had three hits for the Redhawks.
| Burnsville | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 2 | |||||||||
| Rochester Redhawks | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 11 | 18 | 5 |
Meacham, Lehnen (7), Hacket (8) and Braaten. Russell, Palmer (1), Levisen (4), Herold (9), Anderson (9) and Nelser. WP Meacham. LP Russell. Home Runs: Charles Dubanoski (Burnsville); Aaron Senne (Rochester Redhawks).
Game 28
Eden Prairie 15, Coon Rapids 1
Blake DeVries dominated on the mound as Eden Prairie advanced to
Sunday afternoon's 3:30 p.m. championship game. The right-hander
struck out seven and reliever, Anthony Eicher, pitched two
scoreless innings. Danny Miller went three for five with a home
run and five RBI for Eden Prairie, while Greg Laughlin had four
RBI on two two-out singles.
| Eden Prairie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Coon Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
DeVries, Eicher (6) and
Anderson, Mohn (6). Nienaber, Baumgartner (4), Kraft (5), Sather
(6), Miller (7), and Oberfoell. WP DeVries. LP Nienaber. Home
runs: Dannie Miller (Eden Prairie); Andrew Kinney (Coon Rapids).
Game Summaries, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006
Game 29 - SEMI-FINAL GAME (LOSERS')
Coon Rapids 9, Burnsville 2
Minnesota's two national qualifiers were determined following
today's first game at Big Willow Park in Minnetonka. Coon Rapids
defeated Burnsville 9-2 in the semi-final game of the Minnesota
Division I State Tournament. Coon Rapids and Eden Prairie, who
will play each other in today's 3:30 p.m. title game, will
represent Minnesota in national American Legion regional play.
The winner will likely play at Aberdeen, SD in a national
regional starting August 10th. The second place team will
probably play at Evansville, IN starting the same day. The
winners of those eight-team, double-elimination regionals will
advance to the American Legion World Series, beginning August
18th, in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Coon Rapids made the most of its 11 hits in a game to win a
regional American Legion tournament berth Sunday afternoon at Big
Willow Park in Minnetonka. Burnsville also had 11 hits, but was
outscored 9-2. Dylan Blake was the impact player for the winners.
In addition to pitching eight innings for the win, he contributed
two singles and two doubles on offense. Andrew Kinney, the
clean-up hitter for Coon Rapids, hit the only home run of the
game, a towering shot over the right-field fence that cleared a
row of parked cars. Jacob Poehler added two hits for Coon Rapids.
Billy Stitz, Carter Sackett and Josh Threlkeld each had two hits
for Burnsville.
| Coon Rapids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Burnsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Blake, Le (9) and Oberfoell. Solyntjes, Threlkeld (7), Hackett (9) and Braaten. WP Blake. LP Solyntjes. Home runs: Andrew Kinney (Coon Rapids).
Game 30 - CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Eden Prairie 9, Coon Rapids 3
Eden Prairie captured an unprecedented third consecutive
Minnesota Division I American Legion Baseball state title with a
9-3 victory over Coon Rapids.
Eden Prairie will represent Minnesota as the champion in the
Central Plains national regional (Region 6) in Aberdeen, SD
beginning August 10th. Coon Rapids, as runner-up, will represent
Minnesota in the Great Lakes national regional (Region 5) in
Evansville, IN beginning the same day.
Justin Milo's three-run homer boosted Eden Prairie's lead to 6-2.
"We set a goal to win state at the beginning of the
year," said Eden Prairie's head coach, Jeff Gagstetter.
"This is wonderful. Our guys came a long way this season and
they deserved to win."
Eden Prairie's deep pitching staff was one reason fro the state
success.
"This is the deepest team we've had in terms of pitching and
hitting," said Gagstetter, who started five different
pitchers in Eden Prairie's five state games. "And toward the
end of the season, we really started to click offensively. The
people who've led us all season led us in the state tournament.
If I had to name a team MVP for the tournament, it would be Danny
Miller."
Eden Prairie's season record going into regional play is 43-6,
while Coon Rapids advances with a 45-11 mark.
| Coon Rapids | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eden Prairie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 9 | 9 | 1 |
S. Eicheer, Miller (6) and Anderson. Frogner, Baumgartner (6), Kinney (7) and Oberfoell. WP S. Eicher. LP Frogner. Home runs: Justin Milo (Eden Prairie); Kevin Johnson (Coon Rapids).
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