Arlington and Gaylord Tournament

First round scores went like this:  Arlington 4, Brownton 3; Wilmont 8, St. Benedict 2, St. Cloud Ice 1, Lake Henry 0; Lamberton 1, Henderson 0; St. Patrick 3, Gaylord 0; Lake Crystal 7, Hanska 2; Owatonna shut out Fort Ripley; and Windom 1, Raymond 0.

Second round losers bracket was:  Brownton over St. Benedict; Lake Henry over Henderson; Hanska 5, Gaylord 4; Raymond 3, Fort Ripley 2. 

Second round winners bracket was:  Arlington 8, Wilmont 0; Lamberton 7, St. Cloud Ice 4 (read a revealing account of this game here); St. Patrick 7, Lake Crystal 5; Woatonna 12, Windom 1.

Losers bracket:  Lake Henry over Brownton; Raymond 7, Hanska 5; and Raymond beat Lake Henry 9-0 in the Consolation Championship. 

Winners bracket:  Lamberton 6, Arlington 4; Owatonna 8, St. Patrick 1;  Owatonna beat Lamberton 8-2 in the final game to win the Championship. 

Tate Cummins from Owatonna was named the Tournament MVP as he went 7-15 and also pitched a shutout. 

Jordan Tournament

On Friday night Shakopee beat Dundas 3-0 with Tim Piechowski throwing a two-hit, seven inning shutout.  Then Cold Spring beat Jordan 15-0 in five innings.

On Saturday, The Dukes rebounded and beat Jordan 6-2 with manager Mike Ludwig throwing all nine.  Cold Spring beat Shakopee 9-3 with Zach Femrite getting the win. 

On Sunday, Dundas beat Cold Spring 10-3, scoring seven runs in the seventh inning.  Charlie Ruud got the win tossing the last three innings for Dundas.  In the nightcap, Shakopee defeated Jordan 6-4 with Dane Secott gaining the victory.  So Dundas, Shakopee and Cold Spring all finished 2-1 and Jordan finished 0-3. 

RVL-DRS All-Star Game

River Valley League 2, DRS League 0

From Brett Kruschke

Single runs in the 1st and 3rd innings were enough offense as five RVL pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout to defeat the DRS 2-0 in Belle Plaine.  Scott Hollingsworth (Jordan) pitched the first four frames and would notch the win.  Ryan Seifert (Chaska), Brad Lawson (Belle Plaine), Ryan McPartland (Le Sueur) and Mike Beckius (Jordan) pitched the balance of the game, with Beckius earning a save.

Offensively, the RVL was led by game MVP Kyle Geason of Chaska.  Geason doubled home the first run with a line-shot double down the leftfield line and into the corner vines.  A Geason sacrifice fly plated the second run in the 3rd inning, and he also doubled in the 5th. The River Valley League now leads the series two games to one.  Losing 6-0 in Shakopee in 2007, the RVL has bounced back with a 9-1 win in New Prague in 2009 and the 2-0 blanking in 2010.  The 2008 game was rained out in Arlington.

In the pre-game homerun derby, Justin Johnson of Chaska swatted five as the RVL won, 10 -5.  Belle Plaine's Tim Huber swatted three long balls for good measure in the RVL's final at-bat.

DRS HOME RUNS - 5

Dustin Steinhoff (New Prague) 2, John Krocak (Montgomery) 2, Dave Sherry (St. Benedict) 1, Tyler Bednar (Lonsdale) 0

RVL HOME RUNS - 10

Justin Johnson (Chaska) 5, Tim Huber (Belle Plaine) 3, Aaron Olson (Shakopee) 2, Kyle Geason (Chaska) 0 

DRS........000        000      000-0    3    1

RVL.......101        000      00x-2    3    1

WP- Scott Hollingsworth (Jordan)

LP- Chris Hartman (New Prague)

SV- Mike Beckius (Jordan)

For pictures click here.