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Sunday, July 30, 2017
SCL Little Dipper finals
The Farming Flames won 6-0 over Elrosa in the Stearns County League Little Dipper championship game tonight in Elrosa. Elrosa finishes the SCL season with a 9-2 record, while Farming ended at 10-1.
Below, video from the player intros and top of the first inning:
This all but wraps up the summer youth sports season for the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. All I see left on the horizon is the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament, and hopefully the state tournament as well!
On Sunday night, the Elrosa Saints Little Dipper baseball team defeated New Munich 7-0 to complete the regular season with a 7-1 record in the Stearns County League. They locked up the No. 1 seed for the upcoming playoffs in the process.
Below, video of the final out and the post-game huddle in New Munich:
Up next: the SCL playoffs begin for Elrosa with a home quarterfinal game on Sunday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m.!
With four innings complete, Regal has a 7-2 lead over Elrosa in the Stearns County League Little Dipper championship game.
In amateur baseball news...New Munich beat Spring Hill to qualify for regions. Elrosa drafted Austin Schoenberg fron Spring Hill. They play Farming at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 6 in Paynesville.
Following the awards ceremony, Will Van Beck (30) gets a host of fist bumps from his fellow Elrosa Saints after they won tonight in the Stearns County League championship game.
The Elrosa Saints Little Dipper team won their second championship of the 2015 summer season tonight. After earning the regular season Stearns County League title, the Saints Little Dipper team won their third playoff game in a row after dispatching a very talented Lake Henry team by a 4-2 score. After Lake Henry took a 1-0 lead in their first at bat, the Saints scored twice to gain the lead that they wouldn't relinquish the rest of the night. It was 3-1 after the third inning was done, and then 4-1 in the fourth. The Lakers scored one run in the top of the sixth for the final score.
Elrosa finishes the season with a perfect 12-0 record. Lake Henry finished 8-4 overall after going 6-3 in the regular season to end up in a three-way tie for second place with Farming and Regal. Video is being uploaded from tonight as I type this.
Here's a short video from after the game:
At Roscoe in an elimination game, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team ended Atwater's season with a 7-2 win. They play next Saturday, August 15 against Spring Hill at 1:30 p.m. That game is also an elimination game.
Scores from Region 15C:
On Saturday night, New Munich defeated Roscoe 8-0 in the first state-qualifying game of the tournament. Earlier on the day, New Munich bounced Atwater to the elimination bracket with a 6-1 win. New London-Spicer beat St. Martin in their first-round game by a 2-0 score.
On Sunday, in the second state-qualifying game of the tournament, New London-Spicer beat Spring Hill 12-4. In an elimination game, Lake Henry squeaked past rival St. Martin 3-2.
Tonight was the mandatory parent meeting at the school for student-related extra-curricular activities. By the time I was done in Elrosa, it was time to get home where I haven't been since Friday night. I have heard that a second meeting will be held this week, but I haven't gotten confirmation of that from Mr. Gossen.
The post-game huddle in the dugout after winning tonight.
The Elrosa Saints Little Dipper team won their Stearns County League playoff opener 9-0 against Meire Grove tonight in front of a terrific home crowd at home.
At Regal, the fourth-seeded Eagles beat Spring Hill 6-2. Roscoe beat Farming in another quarterfinal game, so the Saints will host Roscoe in the semifinals. No word yet on the Lake Henry vs. St. Martin game. The SCL playoffs Final Four is on Sunday, August 2 at the site of the higher seeds.
In the amateur baseball world...the Elrosa Saints split two games this weekend to New Munich to finish 12-1 in the Stearns County League North standings. They are the number one seed for next weekend's division playoffs and will host fourth-seeded Spring Hill on Saturday (August 1) at 1:30 p.m.
In the County Line League playoffs, the Regal Eagles beat the Paynesville Pirates 6-2 in the elimination bracket. The Eagles, seeded third, play next at home on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against Norway Lake-Sunburg in another elimination game.
In Little Dipper (Little League) action tonight, the Elrosa Saints beat St. Martin 8-6 on the home diamond to move to 6-0 in the Stearns County League standings. The Martins jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but the Saints got things going in the second inning with two runs scored and eventually pulled ahead 6-4 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Up next is a home game on Wednesday night against second-place Lake Henry.
Here's video from the game:
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team is 7-0 in the Stearns County League after beating Roscoe 5-2 this afternoon. Next is a game at St. Martin in SCL action on Thursday, July 2. The Saints host Greenwald on Friday, July 3 on the eve of Independence Day.
Speaking Independence Day...below is the full list of activities going on in Spicer this week & weekend for the 4th of July festivities. The fun already started, so check out the schedule and see what you and your family can take in! http://spicermn.com
Click on the above graphic to view it at full size.
In their second game of the Stearns County League season, the Elrosa Saints Little Dipper team defeated visiting Farming 3-1 tonight. Next for Elrosa (2-0) is a game at Regal this Sunday night, June 14.
Elrosa shortstop Matt Schmitz caught a shallow pop fly for the final out in the bottom of the 2nd inning at Meire Grove. The Grovers had a bases-loaded threat going before this play.
Elrosa's amateur baseball team won 6-2 today at Meire Grove to move to 7-3 in the Stearns County League North division. The Saints led 1-0 in the first inning but were deadlocked at 1-1 heading into the 9th. They scored 4 times in the top of the 9th for a 5-1 lead. Up next: Lake Henry visits on Wednesday night for make-up game; the next night New Munich comes to town on Hall of Fame Night when Joe Duevel will be inducted prior to first pitch.
In the bottom of the 4th inning of the Little Dipper game at Lake Henry, pitcher Ryan Illies points to home base after first baseman Evan Wiener caught a put out throw. Wiener threw to home base for another put out attempt, but the Lakers player slid in ahead of the tag for Lake Henry's second run of the game.
At Lake Henry tonight, the Elrosa Little Dipper team has a 9-3 lead in the 6th inning. Final: Elrosa 11, Lake Henry 3. The Lakers fall to 5-1 in the SCL standings, while the Saints are 6-2. Elrosa's next Little Dipper game is at Meire Grove (2-4 SCL) on Wednesday, July 2.
Farming is in first place at 7-0 after beating Greenwald 9-0 tonight.
Here's from the Saturday night baseball game between Elrosa's Pee Wee team and the Belgrade/Brooten 5th-6th grade traveling baseball team:
Here's the last huddle for the Class of 2018 Jaguar girls' basketball team, who won the Sinclair Lewis Days tournament for their division last Tuesday...they were coached by Christy Gronli and Mr. Gossen.
They held four opponents to a total of 29 points! Great job!
Don't forget about the children's play in Terrace!
It's been quite a barn-burner at Saints Field in Elrosa, where the Elrosa Little League (12-U) team is dueling K-M-S for the wood bats tournament championship. After five innings, the game remains 0-0. The sixth inning was set to begin at 5:00pm.
Action from the bottom of the 5th!
Update: K-M-S won 6-1 in six innings...all the game's runs were scored in the final frame.
Elrosa Saints Little League wins tournament opener!
In a crisp, well-played game tonight under the lights of Saints Field, the Elrosa Little League team defeated New Munich 3-1 in the last game of the opening round of their 2nd annual wood bats tournament. Payton Van Beck started and pitched three innings, while Evan Wiener relieved him and pitched the last two frames.
Elrosa now faces Benson in the second round with a 9:30am start on Saturday morning.
First-round scores at the 2nd annual Elrosa Little League wood bats tournament:
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 13, Belgrade/Brooten 0 (4 innings)
Benson 8, Minnewaska Area 1
The Elrosa vs. New Munich game started at about 8:30pm.
Game one on Saturday will feature Belgrade/Brooten against the loser of tonight's final game. That starts at 8:00am.
Wood Bats Little League tournament starts tonight in Elrosa
Friday night's games:
5:30pm: Belgrade/Brooten vs. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
7:00pm: Benson vs. Minnewaska Area
8:30pm: Elrosa vs. New Munich (under the lights)
The Saturday schedule will be posted late tonight after I see how Round 1 turns out.
The first game is at 8:00am between the loser of game one vs. the loser of game three.
The 1st-place game is scheduled for 3:30pm between whichever teams end up 2-0 through the first two rounds. Stay tuned for more!
Games are on Friday night and Saturday morning/afternoon at Saints Field in Elrosa. Teams included are Benson, Belgrade/Brooten, Elrosa, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, Minnewaska Area and New Munich.
In the championship game of the six team Sinclair Lewis Days 'Support the Troops' baseball tournament, the Elrosa Saints Little League blanked Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 7-0. On Saturday in pool play, Elrosa defeated Osakis 7-3 and then beat one of the Sauk Centre teams.
The Elrosa Saints Little League plays at 11am today in Sauk Centre at Jaycee Park (north end of town)...they went 1-1 yesterday after beating one of the Sauk Centre teams and then losing 5-4 in an extra-inning game to Alexandria. The Saints are one of six teams playing in the Sinclair Lewis Days tournament.
At 1:30 in Elrosa, the Saints amateur team hosts Meire Grove in the playoff opener.
And...if you didn't already know, the heat is dangerous today. Actually it's the humidity that is making being outside dangerous.
