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September 7th, 2009
The State Tournament wraps up today and you will be able to listen
to the
action live! Just visit the message
board for more detail.
Updated the lifetime
statistics, and roster pages.
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September 4th, 2009
The State Tournament finishes up this weekend and you will be able to listen
a lot of the
action live! Just visit the message
board for more detail.
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August 29th, 2009
The State Tournament is into its second
weekend and you will be able to listen to some of the
action live! Just visit the message
board for more detail.
Congratulations to Jake Kluver on being voted the
2009 Ski of the Year. See the numbers and
read the comment here.
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August 23rd, 2009
The Victory League teams had a rough go of it on the
first day of the state tourney, both losing 1-run games
to end their run. The Rebels lost 1-0 to Hampton
while the Braves lost 2-1 to Cannon Falls.
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August 22nd, 2009
Jake Kluver was the top vote getter in the final Ski
weekly MVP poll of the year. It was Jake's
third win of the season and fourth overall. See
the numbers here.
Added the Ski of the Year poll, updated the final 2009 statistics.
2009 Game Recaps
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August 19th, 2009
The Skis may have fallen a game short of the state
tournament this year, but they will be
represented. The Brainerd Braves drafted Nathan
Olson for their State Tourney run. Good luck
Nathan, Braves and Rebels in the tourney this year.
Speaking of the tourney, it gets underway for the
Victory League teams this coming Sunday, August 23rd in Gaylord,
MN. The Fort Ripley Rebels will square off with
the Hampton
Cardinals starting at 11:00 am followed by the
Brainerd Braves tangling up with the Cannon
Falls Bears at 1:30 pm. Go cheer on the
Victory League, or if you can't make it to the games,
you can tune into KLTF radio 960 AM, or fallsradio.com,
or watch the Skis
message board for half inning by half inning
updates!
Added a new poll. More updates will be coming in
the coming days, including the Ski of the Year voting,
and final statistics.
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August 18th, 2009
Congratulations to the Fort Ripley Rebels on
winning the Region 8C championship.
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August 16th, 2009
The Skis were defeated 7-5 yesterday to end the
season. Congratulations to the Brainerd Braves on
making the State Tournament.
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August 15th, 2009
The votes were spread out, but Nathan Olson
finished on top this week for his third Ski
MVP award this season and second in a row. See
the numbers and read the comment here.
The Skis face off against Brainerd today at 1:00 pm in
Avon where the winner will join the Rebels of Fort
Ripley in the State Tournament. The game can also
be heard on KLTF radio, fallsradio.com,
and there will be half inning updates on the message
board.
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August 10th, 2009
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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August 9th, 2009
The Skis stay alive for another game with a 2-1 win over
the Buckman Billygoats.
Congratulations to the Fort Ripley Rebels on qualifying
for the State Tournament by defeating Brainerd 2-1 this
afternoon. Brainerd will now face Sobieski
Saturday at 1:00 pm where the winner will punch the
second ticket to state from Region 8C.
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August 8th, 2009
Nathan Olson took home the MVP
award for his performance in the first weekend of
regions. See the numbers and read the comments here.
The Skis face off against Upsala for the fourth time
this year in a region 8C elimination game today in
Avon. Game time is scheduled for 4:00 pm.
UPDATE:
The Skis keep their season alive in typical Skis-Blue
Jays fashion with a 7-6 come from behind win in the
Region 8C tournament today. They will now face the
Buckman Billygoats, who defeated Avon 15-2 in the early
game today, tomorrow at 4:00 in Avon.
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August 3rd, 2009
The Skis went 1-1 on the weekend with a 3-2 loss in
thirteen innings to the Lakers of Avon and a 3-2 win
over the Lakers of Lastrup to stay alive. They
will now play the Upsala Blue Jays on Saturday.
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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July 30th, 2009
The votes were spread all over the board, but Joe
Thoma tallied the most and took home his first MVP
win of the season, thirteenth overall. See the
numbers and read the comment here.
Region 8C Preview
This weekend marks one of the best summer traditions in
central Minnesota. For me it's the best tournament
in the Minnesota, but maybe I'm biased since my team
plays in it. Of course I'm talking about the
Region 8C Amateur baseball tournament. Three
weekends. Eight teams. Two advance.
One wins.
The first weekend can be a marathon, for the players,
and more so the fans (and radio broadcaster).
Eight games in less than 48 hours. It's baseball,
baseball, baseball, followed by more baseball with a
short break while the sun shines on the other side of
the world. It all gets underway on Saturday at
11:00 am.
This years field
matches last years field, but the results are anything
but predictable. The top half of the bracket is
going to be a tough experience for one of the teams this
year. That's because the bracket features the four
regular season division winners whom have combined for a
total of four losses in the regular season...and one of
them won't make it to the second weekend. Tough
times indeed. Lastrup boasts and undefeated record
for the second year in a row, Fort Ripley won a very
competitive North division, Sobieski has but one blemish
on the record, and Avon only dropped one in the regular
season.
Don't get me wrong, the bottom half of the bracket is
nothing to sneeze at. Brainerd has won four
straight including two over north division winner Fort
Ripley. Buckman has been tough all season and lost
in extra innings to Lastrup in the East playoff
final. St. Stephen is the reigning Region 8C
champion and South playoff winner. Upsala knocked
off a Randall team who had only lost three regular
season games and handed Sobieski it's only loss on the
year.
Whatever the result, it's sure to be high quality
baseball in Pierz this weekend and in Avon when the
tourney shifts South for the final two weekends.
There will be amazing pitching performances, clutch
hits, a few nails bitten, a few beverages emptied,
cheers, jeers, great plays, a few errors, and the
natural highs and lows of competition at high stakes.
Do what you have to do, but if you can make it to the
tourney over the next three weekends be sure to be there
and cheer for your favorite team. If you can't
make it to the games be sure to follow the action on
KLTF radio (960 AM), or on the internet at fallsradio.com.
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July 27th, 2009
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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July 26th, 2009
The Skis hung another banner
this afternoon with a 12-5 win over the Upsala Blue
Jays, claiming the West Division Playoff
championship. They will now face Avon on the first
round of the Region
Tournament.
The Skis drafted two Cubs for the region tournament,
Jason King and Kyle Peterschick.
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July 24th, 2009
Congratulations to Jake Kluver on being voted the
Ski MVP last week.
It's Jake's second win of the season and third
overall. See the numbers and read the comment here.
The final Hardballer
Top Ten is out for 2009 and the Skis went
wire-to-wire in the #2 slot.
Some State Tourney news is in for the Victory
League. The two league representatives will play
the region 3 teams on Sunday, August 23rd at 11:00 am,
and 1:30 pm in the first round, in Gaylord, MN.
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July 20th, 2009
Added a new poll, updated the statistics,
and updated the region
bracket with the first "known".
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July 19th, 2009
The Skis defeated Randall 6-2 this afternoon to advance
to the West division championship game next
Sunday. Their opponent will be determined next
Saturday.
Listen to the VL Roundup recap of this weekends games
here: vs.
Royalton, vs.
Randall.
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July 18th, 2009
The Skis open up the West division playoffs today with a
game at home vs. Royalton. Be sure to go to the
game and cheer on the Skis as they attempt to defend
their West playoff championship from last season. UPDATE:
The Skis defeated the Riverdogs 8-3 this afternoon to
set up a rematch with the Cubs, who were 1-0 winners
over Upsala, tomorrow afternoon in Sobieski.
Going into the first week of the playoffs the Skis still
hold strong at #2 in the Hardballer
Top Ten.
Beau Hanowski added another Ski
MVP to his shelf this week to go along with the VL
MVP award. See the numbers and read the comments here.
Updated the VL regular season records from 2000-2009 on
the standings page
and the divisional
brackets.
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July 12th, 2009
The Skis hung another banner with a 13-11 come back win
yesterday in the final regular season game versus
Randall.
Congratulations to Beau Hanowski on being
named the Victory League player of the week.
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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July 11th, 2009
Nathan Olson took home the Ski
MVP title for last weeks performance. It's his
first this season and 17th overall. See the
numbers and read the comment here.
The Skis square off with Randall today in Sobieski with
the West division title on the line. Be sure to
attend the game and cheer the Skis on to victory.
If you can't make it to the game you can listen to all
the action on KLTF radio, 960 AM, as Rick Grammond
brings you the Victory League game of the week.
Not in range of the KLTF signal? The game is also
streaming online at fallsradio.com.
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July 6th, 2009
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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July 5th, 2009
It was a close vote, including a write in candidate, but
Isaac Smieja ended up on top in the Ski
MVP voting. He becomes the first two time
winner this year. See the numbers and see who the
write in was here.
Updated the 2009
Region 8C bracket.
The Skis got back on the winning track with a 14-9 win
over Royalton today, setting up the final game of the
regular season next Saturday with Randall. The
winner wins the division.
Listen to the VL Roundup recap of today's game here.
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July 3rd, 2009
Despite the loss last week, the Skis hold onto #2 in the latest
Hardballer
Top Ten.
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June 30th, 2009
Updated the VL Playoff brackets for 2009. Let
me know if the formats or dates are incorrect.
They were guesses.
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June 29th, 2009
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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June 28th, 2009
Congratulations to Ski Ben Hanowski on
being drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third
round of the NHL draft this weekend with the 63rd
overall pick!
The Skis dropped their first game of the season to the
divisional opponent Upsala Blue Jays. See below
for more information. Listen to the VL Roundup
recap
of the action here.
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June 26th, 2009
It's getting to be like a skipping record, but the Skis
hold steady at #2 in this weeks Harballer
Top Ten.
The Sobieski Skis would like to welcome Joey Hanowski to the team.
Brad Czech is the ninth different Ski to win the
weekly MVP award this
year. That makes enough MVPs on the year for a
full starting lineup. Not bad. It wasn't a
run away though, the vote was a close one. See the
numbers here.
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June 22nd, 2009
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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June 18th, 2009
The Skis remain locked in at #2 in the latest Hardballer
Top Ten.
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June 15th, 2009
The Skis capped off the Tournament with a win over Clear
Lake to take home the top spot for the second year in a
row. They would like to thank all the teams, Clear
Lake, Pearl Lake, and Sauk Centre for a great tournament
weekend.
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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June 13th, 2009
Day one of the Skis Tourney is in the books. The
Skis won two, 13-0 over Sauk Centre and 4-1 over Pearl
Lake. Check out the tournament
page for the other scores.
The trend continues, a seventh different player in seven
weeks was voted the Ski MVP.
Jake Kluver got the honor this time around.
It's Jake's second win all-time. Another
disturbing trend also continued in the comments.
It seems that Jon Czech either has a super fan or a
stalker. I may have start implementing a filtering
process on these things. At any rate, you can see
the numbers and read the comments here.
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June 11th, 2009
Another week, another excellent Hardballer
Top Ten, another #2 ranking for the Skis.
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June 9th, 2009
Congratulations Isaac Smieja on winning last
weeks Ski MVP
award. Isaac was the sixth different winner in six
weeks. That's spreading the wealth. The
votes were pretty spread out and Jon Czech must have
hired someone to post a comment. See the numbers
and read the comments here.
Added this weeks Ski MVP poll. Last week was a
meager week with three nominees, so this week we make up
for it with a supersized five options.
The Skis won two over the weekend. See the recaps
below.
Updated the statistics.
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June 1st, 2009
Congratulations to Sobieski Ski C/OF Riley Hirsch
who has been selected to play in the 2009 Lions All-Star
Baseball Tournament.
Tourney Info:
Lions All-Star Baseball Tournament
Friday, June 19 - Saturday, June 20
Chaska Athletic Park, Chaska, Minn.
Eighty Minnesota boys, just out of high school, compete
in the annual Minnesota Lions All-Star Baseball
Tournament. It is a competition of north,
south, east metro, and west metro teams.
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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May 31st, 2009
Congratulations to Nathan and Deanna Olson on
their marriage yesterday!
Andrew Lange and his no hitter earned him an
overwhelming win in last weeks Ski
MVP voting. See the numbers and read the
comments here.
The Skis just edged out the always tough Blue Jays today
in a divisional game. See more info below and
listen to VL Roundup of the game here: Sobieski
vs. Upsala
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May 29th, 2009
The Skis once again hold fast at #2 in the Hardballer
Top Ten.
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May 28th, 2009
Added a new team picture.
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May 26th, 2009
Added a new poll (is it a formality?) and updated the statistics.
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May 25th, 2009
Thanks to all the service men and women, past and
present!
The Skis won game one of the weekend yesterday, 12-2
over division opponent Randall. They finished off
the weekend divisional sweep today with a 10-0 seven
inning win. Andrew Lange pitched the complete
game throwing a no hitter.
Listen to the VL Round up of the games here: vs.
Randall, vs.
Flensburg
Greg Aker won his first Ski
MVP award in a very close vote last week. See
the numbers and read the comments here.
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May 21st, 2009
The Skis are holding strong at #2 in the latest Hardballer
Top Ten.
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May 19th, 2009
The Skis took two over the weekend to improve their
record to 4-0 on the season.
Simon Waltman took home his 24th MVP
award last week. See the numbers and read the
comment here.
Added a new poll and updated the statistics.
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May 11th, 2009
Updated the statistics
and added a new poll.
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May 10th, 2009
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's.
The Skis improved to 2-0 on the season with a win over
the Dinosaurs today. Listen to the "Victory
League Round Up" highlights of the game here.
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May 9th, 2009
The Skis moved up to #2 in this weeks Hardballer
Top Ten.
The JC groupies must have been out in force last week as
Jon Czech to home the second Ski
MVP award of the season in a lopsided victory.
See the numbers and read the comments here.
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May 4th, 2009
The Skis opened regular season play with a
seven inning, ten run win over a divisional opponent.
See the details below.
The voters thought that the Vikings did an above average
job for the most part in the recent NFL draft. See
the numbers here.
Updated the standings,
statistics, and
added a new poll.
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April 28th, 2009
The Fort Ripley game has been
rescheduled for Sunday, May 17th as part of a road
double headers. The Skis game at Brainerd
previously scheduled for 1:30 pm that day has been moved
up to 12:00 pm. The Skis will then play Fort
Ripley at Fort Ripley at approximately 3:30 pm.
See the schedule for
the full details.
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April 27th, 2009
Most of the voters were right on the
money this week, some were a little to optimistic, and
one was unimpressed. See the numbers and read the
comment here.
Added a new poll.
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April 26th, 2009
The Skis game has been
postponed. A make up date has not be determined,
but it'll be posted as soon as it's available.
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April 25th, 2009
It was a close vote, but in the end
lead off hitter Aaron Hennes won the lead off Ski
MVP for the year. See the numbers and read the
comments here.
Don't forget the Skis open up the regular season play
tomorrow in Fort Ripley (weather permitting). Be
sure to travel to Fort to cheer on the Skis. If
you can't make it to the game you can listen to it on
KLTF radio (960 AM), or on fallsradio.com.
Added a new poll.
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April 20th, 2009
Updated the statistics.
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April 19th, 2009
The Skis opened the season today with an exhibition
win over Richmond.
Added a new poll.
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April 14th, 2009
Updated the roster
pages.
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April 7th, 2009
The Sobieski Skis would like
to welcome Greg Aker and Joe Rydeen to the roster for
the start of the 2009 season.
The Sobieski Skis and the Fort Ripley Rebels will be
featured as the first Victory League Game of the Week on
Sunday, April 26th (1:30 start from Fort Ripley). Tune
in to listen on KLTF Radio 960 AM or listen to the game
streamed live from fallsradio.com
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March 28th, 2009
The VL preseason poll results
have been posted.
Poll Facts
- Buckman was the highest rated team without a first
place vote for the second year in a row.
- Only three teams had double
digits in first place votes. Parody?
- Randall, Buckman, and the Pierz Bulldogs were the only two teams to
have neither a first or last place vote. It's the
second year in a row for Buckman and Pierz on this fact.
- Foley was the lowest rated team with a first place
vote.
- St. Mathias was the second lowest rated team with a first place
vote.
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March 17th,
2008
Some Flyers Hockey photos from game 1 vs. Virginia.
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March 14th,
2009
The Flyers pose with the
third place trophy.
The Flyers finished the State tournament and the
year strong with a 4-3 come back win over the Crusaders
of St. Cloud Cathedral securing the 2009 State third
place trophy. A goal be Ben Hanowski 22 with seconds
left in the third broke the 3-3 tie and gave the Flyers
the win. Congratulations to the Flyers on an
excellent season. Three Flyers also took home some
extra hardware in all tourney awards and the Herb Brooks
award.
Flyers Ben Hanowski and Izaac Berglund
were selected to the All Tournament team.
Riley Hirsch was named the Class A 2009 Herb Brooks
Award winner.
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March 13th,
2009
Wesley Waytashek scored
the only goal for the Flyers.
The Flyers fell to Breck 6-1 in the State
semifinals. They will square off against St. Cloud
Cathedral tomorrow morning at 9:00 am at the
"X" for the right to third place.
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March 11th,
2009
Ben Hanowski and
his 5 goals helped propel the Flyers to the State
Semis.
The Flyers took care of business in game one with a
6-2 win over Virginia. They will now play Blake in
the Friday afternoon second game.
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March 10th,
2009
Good luck to the Little Falls boys
hockey team as they take part in the 2009 Boys Class A
State High School Hockey Tournament this week.
The #1 seeded Flyers (28-0) drew the Virginia Blue
Devils (23-5) as their opening round opponent in the
tourney. The game will be played at 6:00 pm on Wednesday
at the XCEL Energy Center.
Good luck guys. Go get 'em.
The Skis/Falcons game that conflicted with the Skis
Tourney has been rescheduled for Sat. June 6th.
See the full schedule
here.
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March 7th,
2009
The voters overwhelmingly support Crede as a
Twin. There are a few of us that are still a
little bitter though. See the numbers here.
Added the annual Victory League Pre-Season poll.
Vote now, once per day only. Voting will remain
open until the end of March.
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February 23rd,
2009
The Skis 2009 schedule has been posted.
There may be some changes, like the June 14th game at
Flensburg will be re-scheduled. Watch this page or
the schedule page
for updates.
Added a new poll.
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February 7th,
2009
Fact or Fiction?
Have the Skis pulled a former Blue Jay off
the lawns and out of retirement for one last shot at
glory this season? You decide if it's fact or
fiction.
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January 31st,
2009
Baseball season must be getting closer, the new
season information is starting to roll in. The
tenth edition of the Skis
Tournament has been set. This year the Skis
again welcome the Sauk Centre Titans, and new comers
Clear Lake Lakers and Pearl Lake Lakers (of
Marty). Click the link for more information.
The first exhibition game has also been scheduled
against the Richmond Royals. See the schedule
for more details.
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January 1st,
2009
Happy New Year everyone. Only four more
months until baseball.
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