Posted on June 3, 2015
Recaps courtesy of Roger Mischke
CENTRAL VALLEY LEAGUE ROUND UP
Luxemburg Brewers 5 Kimball Express 4 (Luxemburg 5/31)
The Brewers topped the Express behind the pitching performances of Austin Klaverkamp and Isaac Matchinsky. Austin went 7 innings, he gave up 3 runs, walked 2, he recorded 9 strikeouts and he scattered 4 hits. Isaac Matchinsky was the pitcher of record, as he threw 2 innings of relief, he gave up 1 run, walked 4 and he recorded 1 strikeout. Ethyn Fruth went 1-4 with a huge grand slam in the 2nd inning to lead the Brewers offense. Luke Harren went 2-5 with a double and Colton Fruth went 1-5 with a RBI. Austin Ciccati went 1-3, Darrin Kiffmeyer went 1-4 and Derrick Orth went 1-2 with 2 walks. Cory Wenz went 1-3 walked once and he scored 2 runs, including the winning run. Zach Dingmann went 7 innings for the Express, he gave up 7 hits, walked 6 and he record 7 strikeouts. Andy Dingmann threw 2 innings of relief and he gave up 2 hits. Adam Beyer went 1-3 with a RBI and Austin Ruehle went 1-3 with a double. Brooks Marquardt went 1-5 with a stolen base and Scott Marquardt went 1-3, he walked twice and he had 2 stolen bases.
Watkins Clippers 9 Pearl Lake 1 (Pearl Lake 5/31)
The Clippers topped the Lakers behind the pitching performances of Matt Geislinger and Danny Berg. Matt threw 6 innings, he scattered 3 hits and he walked two and he recored 13 strikeouts. Dan threw 3 innings, he recorded 4 strikeouts. Matt Geislinger went 3-5 with a home run and a double for 3 big RBI’s. Kevin Kramer had a big game, as he went 4-6 with a double and he scored 2 runs. Ryan Tri went 3-4 with a walk, 1 stolen base and he scored 2 runs and Lincoln Haugen went 2-5 with a double, he scored 2 runs and he had 2 RBI’s. Gary Peters had a great day at the plate, as he went 4-4, with a home run and a double and a sacrifice. Travis Linn went 1-4 with a walk and Dan Berg went 1-6 with a double. For the Lakers Mitch Wiencke had a double for a RBI, Tommy Linn and Logan Schramel each had base hits.
St. Augusta Gussies 4 St. Nicholas Nicks 3 (St. Augusta 5/31)
The Gussies topped the Nicks in a close one; behind the pitching performance of Nate Laudenbach. Nate threw all 9 innings, he scattered 8 hits and he recorded 7 strikeouts. Matt Skaja had a big game as he went 3-4 with a RBI and Adam Gwost went 1-4 with a double for a RBI. Aaron Fruth went 1-4 with a RBI and Brady Graft went 1-1 with 4 walks. Nate Gwost went 1-3 and he scored a run and Nate Laudenbach went 1-2 and he scored a run. Zach Laudenbach went 1-3 and Dusty Schultzenberg went 1-4 and he scored a run. Travis Hanon was the pitcher of record for the Nicks. He threw 7 innings, gave up 6 hits, walked 3 and he record 2 strikeouts. Robert Lutgen had a very good game as he went 3-4 and he scored a run. Jon Hofer went 2-4 and Tommy Anderson went 1-4. Jeff Lutgen and Derek Kuechle both went 1-4.
CENTRAL VALLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
North
Eden valley Hawks 3-1
Cold Spring Rockies 2-0
Luxemburg Brewers 3-2
Pearl Lake Lakers 0-5
South
Kimball Express 4-1
Watkins Clippers 3-1
St. Augusta Gussies 3-4
St. Nicholas Nicks 0-5
VICTORY LEAGUE ROUND UP
Freeport Blacksox 6 Holdingford Express 5 (Freeport 5/30)
The Blacksox’s topped the Express behind the pitching efforts of Mitch Reller and Nate Winter. Mitch was the starter, he went 6 1/3 innings, he scattered 6 hits, walked 3, gave up 4 runs and he recorded 8 strikeouts. Nate got the win in relief, he threw 2 2/3 innings, gave up 2 hits, walked one and he recorded 3 strikeouts. Rookie Seth Noll had another big day at the plate, as he went 2-4 with a double, stolen base and he scored 2 runs. Mike Frericks went 1-5 with 2 RBI’s, Nate Mettenburg went 1-4, he had a stolen base and he scored a run. Isaac Sawyer went 1-3 with a stolen base, he walked once and he scored a run and Chad Hess had a sacrifice for a big RBI. Derek Thielen was the pitcher of record for the Express, he threw 8 innings, gave up 5 hits, he walked 4 and he recorded 9 strikeouts. Nate Brinker went 2-5 with a stolen base and 2 RBI’s and Derek Biniek went 2-3, he walked once and he scored 2 runs. Jake Klein went 2-4, Jon Springer went 1-5, he scored 2 runs and Travis Thielen, walked two times, he had a sacrifice fly for a RBI.
Freeport Blacksox’s 6 Royalton River Dogs 1 (Royalton 5/31)
The Blacksox’s topped the West division foe River Dogs behind the strong pitching efforts of Mike Frericks, he threw 8 innings, he gave up just 3 hits. Ryan Tschida had a great day as he went 3-4, scored 2 runs and he had a RBI. Troy Frieler went 2-4 with a double and he scored a run, Carter Sawyer went 2-4 with a RBI and Isaac Sawyer went 2-3 with a RBI.
St. Wendell Saints 9 Pierz Bulldogs 1 (St. Wendell 5/31)
The Saints won their league game officially by forfeit as two players did get ejected from the game for the Bulldogs. They only had 8 players to continue, thus the forfeit. Nick Konz, John Pogatchnik and Ryan Bloomer all pitched for the Saints. John Pogatchnk went 3-5 with a double and he score 3 runs and Lee Maciej went 3-5 with a home run, double and 3 big RBI’s. Hunter Bloomer went 1-4 with a big 3 run homer, he stole a base and he had a total of 4 RBI’s. Taylor Nitz went 1-4 and he walked, and D. J. Brown walked 2 times and he scored 2 runs.
VICTORY LEAGUE SOUTH STANDINGS
Freeport Blacksox’s 3-2
Holdingford Express 3-2
Avon Lakers 2-0
St. Wendell Saints 2-4
St. Stephen Steves 1-3
STEARNS COUNTY SOUTH ROUND UP
Spring Hill Chargers 4 Richmond Royals 3 (Spring Hill 5/31)
The Royals dropped another very close game to the Chargers of the Stearns North Division. Andy Bauer was the Royals starting pitcher, he went 7 innings, he scattered 6 hits, gave up 2 runs, walked 5 and he recorded 6 strikeouts. Luke Jokela threw 1 2/3 innings, he gave up 2 hits and he allowed 2 runs. Cole Schmitz went 2-2 with 2 RBIs’ and Adam Backes went 2-3. Alex Anderson went 1-4 with a double and Jordan Neu went 1-3.
STEARNS COUNTY SOUTH DIVISION STANDINGS
Lake Henry Lakers 2-1
Farming Flames 2-2
Richmond Royals 2-3
Roscoe Ranger 2-4
St. Martin Martins 1-3
EASTERN MINNY WEST ROUND UP
Hinckley Knights 10 Sartell Stone Poneys 4 (Hinckley 5/31)
The Poneys dropped a Eastern Minny game to the Knights, Jeff Amann was the pitcher of record. He threw 7 innings, scattered 7 hits, walked 4 and he recorded 5 strikeouts and he gave up 6 runs. Rob Gabrielson led the Poneys offense as he went 2-4 with a double and a sacrifice for a RBI. Sean Tillman went 2-5, he scored once and he walked once and Austin Timm went 1-4, he walked and he scored once. Jim Garbrielson went 1-3, he walked 2 times and Jake Wenzel went 1-4, he scored a run and he walked. Travis Moreno went 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI’s and Spencer Timm went 1-3.
EASTERN MINNEY WEST LEAGUE STANDINGS
Cambridge Bandits 3-1
Chisago Lakes Bulldogs 1-1
Sartell Stone Poneys 1-1
Nowthen Knights 0-2
SAUK VALLEY LEAGUE ROUND UP
Litchfield Blues 3 St. Joseph Joes 2 (Litchfield 5/31)
The Blues topped Sauk Valley league rival the Joes; behind the pitching of Kaleb Kalkbrenner. He threw 9 innings, scattered 7 hits, 1 walk, gave up just 2 runs and he recorded 7 strikeouts. Josh Johnson went 1-3 with 2 RBI’s and Jake Johnson went 3-5 and he scored a run. Derek Koll went 1-4 with a sacrifice and Matt Spreiter went 1-4 and he scored a run. Michael Ashwill was the pitcher of record for the Joes. He gave up 8 hits, walked 2 and he record 4 strikeouts. Ben Alvord went 2-4 and Eric Vigil went 2-3, R.j. Albers went 1-4 with a double and Zach Overboe went 1-4 with 1 RBI. Aaron Rocheleau went 1-3, Ethan Carlson went 1-4 and Zach Dehler went 1-2 with a sacrifice and a RBI.
Foley Lumberjacks 6 Clear Lake Lakers 4
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SAUK VALLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Litchfield Blues 2-2
St. Joseph Joes 2-2
Sartell Muskies 1-0
Foley Lumberjacks 1-0
Clear Lake Lakers 1-3
CENTRAL VALLEY CHALLENGE STEARNS COUNRY (Elrosa 5/31)
Watkins Clippers 7 New Munich Silver Streaks 2
The Clippers topped the Silver Streaks of the Stearns County behind the pitching of Tyler Nowacki, he threw 6 innings, 2 walks, 1 hit and he had 11 strike outs. Dustin Kremer threw 3 innings, he gave up 3 hits and he record 2 strikeouts. Matt Geislinger went 3-5 with 2 RBI’s and Gary Peters went 1-5 with a triple and 2 big RBI’s. Adam Hiltner went 1-4 with a triple and Brandon Ashton went 2-4 with a stolen base. Joe Stangler was the pitcher of record for the Silver Streaks, Cole Van Beck went 1-4 with a RBI, Tyler Reller went 1-4 with a double and Chad Funk went 1-3.
Spring Hill Chargers 10 Kimball Express 9
The Express got beat by a walk off home run by Shawn Schoenberg, he went 3-4 with a home run and 3 big RBI’s. Jordan Welle was the starting pitcher, he went 5 innings, gave up 6 hits, 5 walks and he record 5 strikeouts. The pitcher of record was Brent Terres, he threw 4 innings of relief, gave up 6 hits, walked one. Eric Terres went 4-6 with a double and a triple, Louie Opatz went 1-3 with 2 RBI’s and Brad Terres went 1-4 with a RBI. Kyle Bertram went 2-3 with a RBI and Nathan Terres went 2-5 with a double. Matt Dingmann was the starter for the Express, he threw 4 innings and Zach Kuefler threw 4 1/3 innings, was the pitcher of record. Jordan Joseph went 2-5 with a RBI, Scott Marquardt went 2-5 with a double and a RBI. Ben Johnson went 2-4 and Zach Kuefler went 2- with 2 RBI’s. Matt Dingmann went 1-5 with a RBI and Brooks Marquardt went 1-4 with a double and a RBI.
Elrosa Saints 6 St. Augusta Gussies 5
The Saints topped the Gussies behind the pitching performance of Ethan Vogt. Dan Swan was the pitcher of record for the Gussies, he threw 5 2/3 innings, gave up 6 hits, walked 4 and he had 3 strikeouts. Adam Gwost threw 2 1/3 innings of relief, he gave up 2 hits and he walked one. Adam Gwost went 3-5 with a home run and 4 RBI’s and Nate Gwost went 2-5. Dusty Schultzenberg went 2-4, he walked and scored a run and Aaron Fruth went 1-4 and he walked once. Zach Laudenbach went 1-4, he walked once and Matt Skaja went 1-3 and he walked twice.
EXHIBITION GAMES
Litchfield Blues 10 Raymond Rockets 9 (8 Innings) (Litchfield 5/27)
The Blues topped the Rockets from the County Line behind the pitching effort by Austin Larson. He threw 6 innings, gave up 1 hit and he walked 3. Kaleb Kalkbrenner closed the game out; threw the final 2 innings, he gave up 1 hit and he walked 3. The Blues scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning. Jake Johnson went 1-2 with a double and 3 RBI’s and Josh Johnson went 1-3 with a double and 3 RBI’s. Lucas Johnson went 2-3 with a RBI and Derek Koll went 1-3 with a RBI. Dylan Koll went 2-4 and Matt Sprieter went 1-3 with a RBI.
St. Augusta Gussies 8 Howard Lake Orphans 2 (Howard Lake 5/27)
The Gussies topped the Orphans of the North Star League behind the pitching of Aaron Fruth. Aaron threw a complete game, scattering 7 hits, walking 4 and he recorded 11 strikeouts. Aaron also had a great night of offense, he went 3-4, he walked once, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBI’s. Nate Ladenbach went 2-5, scored a run and he had a RBI, Marcus Lommel walked 2 times, scored a run and he had a RBI. Dusty Schultzenberg went 2-6, he scored a run and he had a RBI and Eric Primus walked 2 times and he had a RBI. Nate Gwost went 1-4 and he walked once, Zach Laudenbach went 1-5 and he scored a run and Matt Skaja went 1-5, walked once and he scored a run.
Cold Spring Springers 14 Minneapolis Angels 6 (Cold Spring 5/29)
The Springers topped Class A Angels behind the pitching of Chris Butala and Zach Femrite. Chris threw 6 innings, scattered 6 hits, walked 3 and he struck out 3. Zach threw 3 innings of relief, he gave up 2 hits, and he recorded 5 strikeouts. Alex Jungels led the Springers at the plate, as he went 2-3, he walked 2 times, scored a run and he had 4 RBI’s. Tyler Geilsinger 3-4 with a triple, scored 4 runs and he walked twice. Jaron Terres went 3-6 and he scored 2 runs and Zach Femrite went 1-3, scored a run and he had 2 RBI’s. Ryan Holthaus went 2-3 with a RBI and Drew VanLoy went 1-3 with a double, scored a run and he had a RBI. Alex Geislinger went 1-2 with a double, he scored a run and he had a RBI and Nate Hinkemeyer went 1-1 and he scored a run. Joe Demsey went 1-4, scored a run and he walked, Chris Butala went 1-2, walked once and he had a RBI and Justin Thompson went 1-6, scored a run and he had a RBI.
Monticello Polecats 3 Cold Spring Springers 1 (Monticello 5/31)
The Springers came up short against the Polecats, where the Springers couldn’t get the big hit. Drew VanLoy the starting pitcher for the Springers, had a very good showing, he scattered 3 hits, walked 1 and he record 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. Jack Arnold was the pitcher of record, he threw 2 1/3 innings and he gave up 3 runs on 5 hits, he record 2 strikeouts. Drew VanLoy went 2-3 with a walk and a RBI, Alex Jungels went 2-4 and Zack Hinkemeyer went 2-4. Tyler Geislinger went 1-4 with a double and he scored their only run, Joe Demsey went 1-4 and Justin Thompson went 1-4.
Brainerd Bees 9 Fort Ripley Rebels 8 (Brainerd 5/29)
The Bees topped Victory League rival Rebels, behind the pitching of Blake Eller. Tom Fairbanks went 2-4 with a triple and a RBI, Tristan Brecht went 2-3 and he walked 2 times. Allan Jerning had a double to drive in the winning run.
Cold Spring Silver Springers 10 St. Wendel Saints 2
The Saints were beaten by the Silver Springers; the pitcher of record was Greg Pogatchnik. John Pogatchnik went 2-4, Hunter Blommer went 2-4 and he scored a run and Ryan Blommer went 2-3 and he had a RBI.
SARTELL “OMAN INSURANCE” TOURNAMENT
Sartell Muskies 9 Moorhead Bulldogs 1 (Sartell 5/30)
The Muskies topped the Bulldogs behind the pitching performance of Adam Wenker, he scattered 5 hits and he recorded 8 strikeouts. Tim Burns had a big 2 run homer in the first inning.
Sartell Muskies 10 Mora Blue Devils 7 (Sartell (5/30)
The Muskies topped region rival Blue Devils with Andrew Deters getting the save. Andrew also had a great game on offense, he went 4-5 with a double and 3 big RBI’s. Jake Sweeter went 2-3 with 3 RBI’s and Luke Sweeter went 2-4 with 2 RBI’s. Brian Schellinger went 2-3 and he scored three runs.
Isanti Red Birds 2 Sartell Muskies 0 (Sartell 5/31)
The Red Birds topped the Muskies, behind the outstanding pitching effort by Jake Johnson, he surrendered just one hit to the Muskies. Tim Burns got a base hit for the Muskies. Travis Weaver also pitched a great game, he threw a complete game, giving up only 3 hits.
New London-Spicer 3 St. Stephen Steves 0 (Sartell 5/30)
Lastrup 9 St. Stephen Steves 3 (St. Stephen 5/30)
St. Stephen 4 Moorhead Bulldogs 1 (St. Stephen 5/31)
