Elrosa vs. Regal amateur game (VIDEOS)

Elrosa's Saints amateur baseball team hosted Regal tonight in an exhibition border battle game under the mosquito-ridden stadium lights of Saints Field. The game was tied 2-2 until the Eagles put up a six-spot in the top of the sixth inning. Final: Regal 8, Elrosa 4.

I counted up and down the rosters of both teams and came to the total of 14 as the number of B-B-E graduates who were either on the Regal or the Elrosa rosters. A handful of B-B-E Class of 2022 graduates were not at the game but were instead tied up with graduation party-related activity with their peers.

**Here's video from the top of the seventh inning tonight:


**Here's video from the bottom of the seventh inning, during which the Saints loaded the bases but were able to only scratch one run across:


My videocamera tripod is currently in the repair shop, so I'm working without a reliable and simple way to record video in steady fashion. I hope to get it fixed before next Tuesday's baseball games at Minnewaska Area.

B-B-E graduate Adrian Belden got the pitching win for Regal in a starting performance where he went six innings with a pitching line of five hits, two earned runs, four walks and six strikeouts. B-B-E graduate Peyton Winter was tagged with the loss after he pitched the first five innings. Jackson Peter was closer with four innings on the mound. Both Peyton and Jackson were teammates on the 2022 St. Cloud Technical and Community College Cyclones baseball team that competed in the NJCAA World Series.

Next: the Saints put their undefeated Stearns County League record on the line with a road game to bordering rival Greenwald tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Game video is uploading.

Saints edge Eagles

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team defeated Regal 5-3 today in a late afternoon exhibition game. They won in spite of leaving 12 runners stranded and having the game's lone error. The Saints scored twice in the second inning but fell behind 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh. They scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning to claim their third straight win.

B-B-E Class of 2022 member Gavin Kampsen earned the pitching win in three innings of relief. He also hit a one out solo home run as part of Elrosa's 10-hit attack. The homer ignited the three-run top of the eighth to tie the game at 3-3. Brandon Roelike scored the game-winning run when Blaine Fischer drew a fourth consecutive walk in the inning.

Shane Radermacher, B-B-E Class of 2005, along with Nathan Meyer and Blake Karsch scored Regal's three runs.

At any given time, Buddy Beier Field in Regal was loaded with current or former B-B-E Jaguars. Elrosa played 11 Jaguars, while Regal had five Jaguars (all graduates) in action.

The Saints (4-3) host Meire Grove tomorrow (Sunday) in a Stearns County League North game. First pitch is at 1:30 p.m. 

For Regal, they resume County Line League action when they travel the short trip east to the home of the Paynesville Pirates for a 12:30 p.m. Sunday game.

And! Congratulations to the St. Cloud Technical and Community College Cyclones baseball team, who is the 2021 NJCAA Region 13 champions! B-B-E Class of 2020 graduate and current Elrosa Saints team member Jackson Peter is a key contributor on the team. He's played in 21 games this year with 60 plate appearances and has 17 hits in 49 at bats (.347) with nine RBI. I recall hearing that he had SCTCC's first hit of the 2021 season during the season opener on March 11 at U.S. Bank Stadium against Hibbing Community College. They lost that game 10-9, but they've won 25 of the 28 games played since that day while also going 11-1 in their conference.

The No. 9-ranked Cyclones defeated No. 5-ranked Century College 8-2 in a winner-take-all game of the Region 13 championship series on Saturday at Dick Putz Field. The Cyclones (25-4 overall) begin the College World Series on May 29. You can catch up on recent Cyclones baseball news at their college website: https://www.sctccathletics.com/sports/bsb/2020-21/news.

A new, local COVID-19 report is coming in a new blog post. 

Shut out win

Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team defeated Spring Hill 4-0 this afternoon in a Stearns County League game. Kevin Kuefler and James Kuefler each hit home runs. Elrosa scored runs in the second and sixth innings and then two more in the top of the ninth.

Payton VanBeck pitched a complete game win and held the Chargers to four hits. The Saints earned eight hits off of Anthony Revermann (IP-7) and Reagan Nelson (IP-2). Each team left four runners stranded.

Next: Elrosa hosts Greenwald on Friday, July 17 with an 8 p.m. start.

At Regal this afternoon, the Eagles defeated Starbuck 4-1 in a County Line League game.

Stearns County League games

On Friday night at Farming, the Richmond Royals won 7-5 in a Stearns County League amateur baseball game.

In other news...Big Grove Lutheran church hosts outdoor worship tomorrow morning! They will worship at 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 5.

Sunday night update:
On Thursday, Regal defeated New London-Spicer 5-4 in a County Line League game.

SCL amateur action: Saints vs. Grovers

With four innings in the book, Elrosa has a 5-1 lead at Meire Grove. This game is being aired on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood. Also broadcasting was MidMNSports out of Sauk Centre. Thanks, Brady and Mark!

Aaron Vogt started for Elrosa, and he pitched 3 2/3 innings before being relieved by Austin Imdieke.

Lots of wind out there!!

Update: in the bottom of the fifth inning, Colton Meyer hit a two-RBI home run over the left field fence to make it a 5-3 score, Elrosa ahead.

Here's video from the top of the first inning today:


And video from the top of the second inning...here, Elrosa scored two runs to take a 2-0 lead:


Meire Grove, playing in their season opener, fell behind 6-3, and then they tied it at 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth inning to make it one heck of an interesting game.

Final score: Elrosa 7, Meire Grove 6. Jackson Peter closed for Elrosa and earned the win. An RBI-double by James Kuefler earned the game-winning run in the top of the ninth inning.

Next: Elrosa (2-0) hosts New Munich on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Added Monday morning...a web sports article at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website with additional video (short link): https://bit.ly/3hxexQT.

Around the Stearns County League today:
Richmond won 18-8 in Farming over Spring Hill
New Munich won 3-2 over visiting Roscoe

In the County Line League, Regal won their first game of the season today by a 5-2 score over Paynesville.


#RocksAndCows

Amateur baseball

Over the weekend, here's some area amateur baseball scores...

On Saturday, Regal defeated Starbuck 7-5 in a County Line League game.

In CLL action today, Norway Lake-Sunburg beat Atwater 17-7 in seven innings.

On Friday night, Farming beat visiting Greenwald by a 6-3 score. The team retired the late Mike Schleper's number, No. 6, in the sixth inning.

Today, Richmond beat St. Martin 3-0 and the finished their protested game with Farming and came away with a 10-9 win in 11 innings.

Also today, one of the longest Stearns County League winning streaks in recent years came to an end when Spring Hill beat Meire Grove by a 5-3 score. Spring Hill is now 6-3 in the SCL-North in second place alone. Meire Grove is in first at 8-2, and Elrosa sits in third place at 5-4.


And here's video from the final item auctioned off last night at Prairie View Golf Course during the Gary Breitbach Memorial tournament:


It was a really fun night at the golf course! Look for more coverage of the event in the upcoming July 4 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

##ConquerEveryDay

Amateur baseball scores

At Greenwald, the Elrosa Saints defeated the Cubs 5-1 behind a strong starting pitching performance by Austin Imdieke, who threw eight innings. James Kuefler had a three-run home run in the early stages to set up a 5-0 Elrosa lead. Next: the Saints (8-2 Stearns County League North) host Farming on Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m. in a SCL contest.

Regal hosted Atwater in a County Line League game today and defeated the Chuckers 4-3.

Other area amateur baseball scores today:
Spring Hill 17, Meire Grove 2 in seven innings at Chargers park
Richmond Royals 4, New Munich 3 at Silverstreaks park

Regal wins

On Friday night, Regal beat Starbuck 1-0 in a County Line League game.

Don't forget that today (Saturday) has a jam-packed list of activities in store for Elrosa's Saints Field starting at 2 o'clock with the Little League All-Star game. That is followed by a Central Valley League/Stearns County League home run derby at 4 o'clock. The amateur All-Star game between the CVL and SCL begins at 6 o'clock. The night wraps up with the Mitch Gordon Band at 9 o'clock in Elrosa.

Elite 8 tournament II

The Regal Eagles won their semifinal game against Bemidji this morning by an 8-3 score. They will face Elrosa in the tournament championship at approximately 4 o'clock today.

*Update: Regal defeated Elrosa by a 4-3 score in a fantastic championship game to wrap up the tournament on Sunday night. The Saints (8-5) left the bases loaded in the ninth inning. Regal also emerged as champions of this tournament last year.

Here's an announcement of an upcoming Summer Youth Retreat in Belgrade: https://bit.ly/2I1G1ew.

Region baseball

Here's video from the Belgrade August Fest Car/Truck/Tractor show awards:

Here's where we're at...the Elrosa vs. Regal game is underway in New Munich. In the top of the third inning, Regal has a 3-2 lead after the Saints scored two runs in the top of the third.

Final score: Regal 4, Elrosa 3. The Eagles advance to the next round of seeding in Region 15C. They play at 11 a.m. against St. Martin. If Regal wins, they advance to the championship game with a shot at the No. 1 seed to the state tournament. Lake Henry awaits the winner of the 11 a.m. game in the finals at New Munich.

And I'm finally posting this score from last night in the Region 15C tournament (Aug. 11)...Lake Henry won a thriller in 11 innings by a 3-2 score over St. Martin. Jason Kampsen scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th to end the game.

KASM archives

This is very cool! Check out these archives of recent Region 15C amateur baseball tournament games at the KASM (1150 AM) website: http://www.mykasm.com/2017-region-15c-baseball.

Regions: Day 3

Here's a recap of what's transpired so far today, Sunday, August 6 at the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament.
In a state-qualifying game, St. Martin defeated Elrosa 2-1. Elrosa now waits to see who wins between Richmond and New London-Spicer later today. The Saints and that game's winner will tussle next Saturday, August 12 at 1:30 p.m. in New Munich in the elimination bracket.

In the first of two elimination games, the Regal Eagles have a 3-0 lead over New Munich through five-and-a-half innings. The Eagles took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third and then tacked on another run in the top of the sixth. The game also had a 30-minute rain delay that began around 3 o'clock.

Chris Beier was tagged out at the plate, when center fielder Grant Johnson hustled for a tough ball for the put out throw at home plate. It denied Regal from going ahead 4-0 and was good for the third out in the top of the eighth inning.

*Final score: Regal 3, New Munich 0. The Eagles made the most of just four hits in the game, and Shane Radermacher came in for relief of starter Josh Beier in the eighth inning to help shut the door on the Silverstreaks. Regal stays alive and will play next Saturday in the elimination bracket.

*Update: after two-and-a-half innings, the third game of the day in New Munich has a score of 0-0. Richmond is facing off with New London-Spicer in an elimination game. *Update at 7 o'clock...heading into the top of the ninth inning, Richmond has a 5-3 lead over the Twins. *Update: Richmond turned an F3+3U double play in the top of the ninth inning to end NL-S's season with a 5-3 win. What an ending! The County Line League champions went 0-2 at the region tournament.

Next for Elrosa: the Saints play Richmond at 1:30 p.m. in the elimination bracket. St. Martin faces Lake Henry in a seeding game at 8 o'clock on Friday. At 11 a.m., Meire Grove faces Regal in an elimination game. At 4 o'clock, the two winners of the previous games that day square off.

Paid attendance for this weekend at the Region 15C tournament was 2,213. The opening night (Friday) had 423 paid attendees.

Regions begin tomorrow night

The Region 15C amateur baseball tournament begins on Friday night at 8 o'clock in Farming. The Elrosa Saints will take on Regal in the first game. Action continues on Saturday with a full day of games in New Munich, and then at 8 o'clock another game will be held in Farming.

Below is video from the bottom of the 9th inning between Elrosa and New Munich this past Sunday, the Stearns County League North division championship:

Parents of B-B-E students! Don't forget that the mandatory All-Activities meeting is on Sunday, August 6 at 7 p.m. at the high school. This is a meeting where the rules of the road will be spelled out for the coming year for any student in any activity in 2017-2018. Additional information was published on page one of this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.

Walk-off winners

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team trailed 4-2 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning against Foley today when Ethan Vogt hit a three-run home run to end the game. Final score: Elrosa 5, Foley 4. The Saints trailed 4-1 going into the bottom of the seventh.

In a semifinal of the winner's bracket of the Elrosa Elite State 8 tournament, Regal defeated Hutchinson 4-3 and advances to the championship game. Their opponent will be Delano, who beat Raymond 4-3 in the other semifinal game.

On Sunday: Elrosa plays at 11:30 a.m. in the fifth-place game. Regal's game against Delano will start at approximately 3:30 p.m.

Winner's bracket final game

With seven innings in the book on Friday night, Regal has a 4-0 lead over Elrosa Saints in the Region 15C tournament.

Great crowd tonight!!

Final: 4-0 Regal wins...they rode the arm of Chris Bier who gave a strong complete game performance on the mound. Elrosa plays next at 11 a.m. on Sunday in the elimination bracket final.

Sinclair Lewis Days baseball

In the championship game at Sauk Centre, the B-B-E Jaguars 5th-6th grade baseball team beat Sauk Centre 7-2. Elrosa's team played for third place.

Here's video from the amateur baseball game last night in Elrosa:


In amateur baseball, the Regal Eagles won 2-0 over Starbuck in the first round of the County Line League playoffs. Next for Regal (seeded third) is a trip south to Green Lake Diamonds on Sunday (tomorrow) with a 1:30 p.m. game against New London-Spicer.

Also in the County Line League playoffs, the Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers (seeded fourth) beat fifth-seeded Paynesville 6-0 in their first-round game. Their next game is on Sunday (tomorrow) at top-seeded Atwater at 6 p.m.

Late Saturday night I made the decision to go 12 pages again in next week's Bonanza Valley Voice. This is unprecedented. I am truly shocked at heading into my third 12-page newspaper in a row. I can't thank the business community enough for their support of our hometown newspaper. However, as a result of all the work that goes into creating a 12-page newspaper, I will be able to rarely post updates here.

Hopefully you've made your own choice to support the newspaper in Brooten and subscribe for yourself! I invite you to be a part of the success we're enjoying here (180+ new subscribers since January 1)...
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