Superior Lakers - 2009 Hull Rust Invitational Champs - Hibbing, MN

There were six tournaments held last weekend and here are the results:

In Hibbing at the second annual Hull Rust Invitational Tourney, the Superior Lakers topped Hibbing 8-7 in the opening round, beat the Metro Merchants 6-5 and then scored a 9-1 victory over Grand Rapids to win the championship.  Grand Rapids had beaten Proctor 6-1 and Hinckley 4-0 before running out of gas in the final.  

In other scores Hinckley beat the Bemidji Blue Ox 5-1.  The Metro Merchants defeated Warroad 8-4 and then won the third place game beating Hinckley 12-2.  After losing to Hinckley, the Blue Ox beat Proctor 9-6 and Warroad 12-8 to win the consolation championship.   Warroad had beaten the host Hibbing Miners 11-10 to gain the consolation championship.

In Red Wing, the 22nd Annual Dewey Tauer Tournament went off without a hitch.  Luke Rasmussen threw a one-hitter and Miesville walked away with the championship in a 3-0 win over host Red Wing.  Miesville got to the final by beating Northfield 5-1 and Hastings 8-5.  Red Wing made the final by knocking off Dundas 5-2 in the opener and Cannon Falls 7-1 in the semis.  

In the third place game, Cannon Falls beat Hastings 3-2.  After losing in the first round, Dundas beat Randolph 10-0 and Hampton 13-1 to get the consolation championship of this all-Classic Cannon Valley League Tournament.  

An all-tournament team was named and consisted of :  Brandon Rolloff, Dundas; Cory Hedeen, Cannon Falls;  Jimmy Bohmbach, Chris Guetzlaff and Dustin LaRue from Red Wing and Matt Van Der Bosch, David Olson, Tony Altavilla and Luke Rasmussen from Miesville.  Rasmussen was also named tournament MVP for his effort

In Luverne, they had a nice tournament going until the rains came late Saturday night.  All of Sunday was washed out so the consolation, third place and championship games were not played.  Here are the results before then:  Renner, SD 5, Tracy 1;  Dumont 2, Carroll, IA 1;  Luverne 2, Brandon Valley, SD 1;  and Omaha, NE 8 Sacred Heart 2.  

In the winners' bracket Renner beat Dumont 3-2 and Luverne lost to Omaha 8-2.  In the losers' bracket Carroll beat Tracy 17-0 and Brandon Valley beat Sacred Heart 11-2.  Then the rain came.

In Milaca, Joe and Stans beat Quamba and the Minneapolis Blue Sox.  Milaca beat Minneapolis Blue Sox, and Joe and Stans.  In the other game Minneapolis beat Quamba.  So the tourney ended up with Milaca in first, followed by Joe and Stans, Minneapolis Blue Sox and Quamba.

In Isanti, the "Redbird Classic was held and Isanti won their second tournament of the year.  Isanti beat St. Croix 6-4, Soderville 8-0 and Champlin 10-0 in winning the Classic.  Champlin beat Kingston 7-0 and Mora 12-8 to reach the finals.  

Other first round scores were Soderville 6, East Bethel 4; Mora 10, Superior 0.  In the losers's bracket games it was St. Croix 2, East Bethel 1 and Superior 20, Kingston 7.  In the seventh place game Kingston bounced back and beat East Bethel 4-2.  The consolation championship went to Superior beating St. Croix 5-4 and in the third place game it was Soderville 5, Mora 2.  

In Nimrod, rain again took a toll.  The championship game between St. Paul Shamrocks and Carlos was rained out.  The Shamrocks reached the final by defeating Roseau 6-0 and Nimrod 12-2.  Carlos reached the final by beating Richmond and East Grand Forks 3-2.  

In the losers' bracket, Roseau beat Bemidji Blue Ox 7-0 and Richmond beat Bluffton 6-3.  In the seventh place game it was all Bluffton as Bemidji didn't show.  Roseau beat Richmond 8-3 for fifth place and East Grand Forks beat Nimrod 6-1 for third place.