North Dakota
American Legion Baseball roundup: Willmar leaves Fargo with a win
FARGO, N.D. — The Willmar American Legion baseball team was able to end its weekend tournament on a high note.
After dropping its first three games of the Jim Pettersen Fargo-Moorhead Invitational, Post 167 clinched a 4-0 victory against Tri-City Red on Sunday.
Tri-City Red is a team composed of players from Mounds View High School.
All four of Willmar’s runs came in the first inning. Cullen Gregory led Post 167’s offense, going 2-for-3. Braeden Fagerlie was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Conlan Carlson, Blake Reiman and Connor Smith also scored runs in the victory.
Post 167 opened the tournament with an 11-0 loss to the St. Cloud Chutes on Friday. That was followed up by 2-1 losses to the Brookings (South Dakota) Bandits and the Bismarck (North Dakota) Governors on Saturday.
Willmar heads to Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer on Tuesday to play New London-Spicer. Game time is slated for 7 p.m.
Jim Pettersen FM Invitational
Willmar 4, Tri-City Red 0
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Hitting – Tri-City Red: Ryan Maylone 1-4, Sawyer Anderson 1-4, Hayden Sperbeck 2-4, Carter Byers 2-3, Robbie Price 1-3 … Willmar: Conlan Carlson 1-4 r, Blake Reiman 1-2 r hbp, Mason Thole 0-3 rbi, Braeden Fagerlie 1-3 r rbi, Connor Smith 1-3 r, Cullen Gregory 2-3, Gavin Banks 1-1
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Tri-City Red: Sam Moen (L) 6-7-4-1-0-2 … Willmar: Dylan Staska (W) 6-6-0-0-4-2, Tyler Madsen (Sv) 1-1-0-0-0-2
The Bismarck Governors’ Jace Groseclose and Gavin Lill combined to throw a no-hitter against Willmar.
Mason Thole scored Post 167’s lone run on a groundout by Jaxin Schirmers in the top of the seventh inning.
Hitting – Willmar: Mason Thole 0-0 r bb, Jaxin Schirmers 0-1 rbi … Bismarck: Lucas Vasey 0-1 r bb-2 sb, Charlie Vig 0-1 rbi, Gavin Lill 1-3 rbi, Michael Fagerland 2-3 2b sb, Jace Groseclose 1-2 2b hbp, Hank Barry 0-1 r hbp
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Willmar: Landon Ogdahl (L) 5-3-2-1-2-2, Thole 1-1-0-0-0-1 … Bismarck: Groseclose (W) 6-0-1-1-5-5, Lill (Sv) 1-0-0-0-0-0
Brookings’ Jack Merrit delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning for a walk-off victory against Willmar.
Dylan Staska, Blake Reiman and Gavin Banks each finished with a hit for Post 167. Tyler Madsen scored the team’s lone run in the top of the second.
Connor Smith finished with four strikeouts over 6-1/3 innings.
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Hitting – Willmar: Dylan Staska 1-3, Tyler Madsen 0-1 r bb hbp sb, Blake Reiman 1-2, Gavin Banks 1-3 … Brookings: Breck Hirrschoff 1-2 hbp sb, Zach Struck 1-3, David Brink 1-3, Owen Schneider 1-1 r, Tane Friedrich 1-3 r sb, Jack Merrit 2-3 rbi-2
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Willmar: Connor Smith (L) 6.1-7-2-2-1-4 … Brookings: Schneider (W) 7-3-1-1-2-6
Glenwood-Lowry 5, Montevideo 3
Noah Jensen’s two-out, two-run RBI single drove in the game-winning run for Glenwood-Lowry as it secured the championship title against host Montevideo.
Nathan Dell pitched a complete game for Glenwood-Lowry and earned the win. He struck out four and walked one, allowing 10 hits, three runs and two earned runs over seven innings.
Cooper Dack and Ben Gunlogson both went 2-for-4 for Montevideo. Gunlogson added a run.
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Hitting – Glenwood-Lowry: Jack Majerus 1-4 rbi sb, Alex Panitzke 1-4 r-2 bb 2b, Dylan Alexander 2-4 rbi bb, Noah Jensen 1-3 rbi-2 bb, Riley Dell 0-3 bb, Connor Erickson 1-3 bb, Levi Johnson 1-4 r, Austin Ballhagen 1-3 r-2 bb, Nathan Dell 1-1 rbi bb … Montevideo: Griffin Epema 1-4, Ben Gunlogson 2-4 r, Cooper Dack 2-4, Gannon Reidinger 1-4, Landon Olson 0-3 rbi, Jackson Baldwin 1-2 r rbi, Sam Knoop 1-3, Cameron Kibler 1-3 r rbi, Dan Gunlogson 1-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Glenwood-Lowry: N. Dell (W) 7-10-3-2-1-4 … Montevideo: Dack (L) 5-8-5-4-4-, Epema 1-1-0-0-3-2, D. Gunlogson 1-0-0-0-0-1
New London-Spicer out-hit Holdingford 10-3 in a victory at Holdingford.
Nolan Johnson was 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs for Posts 545/537. Chi Schneider was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI.
Grant Paffrath tossed all seven innings for the win, striking out five.
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Hitting – NLS: Garret White 1-4 r, Luke Knudsen 1-4 r, Chi Schneider 2-3 2b r-2 rbi hbp, Carson McCain 1-3 r bb, Nolan Johnson 2-3 hr r-2 rbi-4 hbp, Grant Paffrath 1-3 r bb, Cole Laughlin 0-4 rbi, Fisher Glauvitz 1-3, Eli Jacobson 1-3 2b rbi-3 … Holdingford: Masyn Patrick 1-4 rbi, Dierks Opatz 0-3 r bb sb, Luke Bieniek 1-4 2b r rbi, Dominick Hoikka 1-3 2b rbi-2
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – NLS: Paffrath (W) 7-3-4-1-4-5 … Holdingford: Chase Lyon (L) 2-5-5-5-2-1, Hoikka 5-5-4-4-0-3
Montevideo 9, Breckenridge 0
Montevideo secured a win over Breckenridge at its home tournament.
Leading Post 59’s offense was Sam Knoop. He went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.
Gannon Reidinger and Cooper Dack combined to strike out seven and hold Breckenridge to one hit and one walk.
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Hitting – Breckenridge: Cooper Roberts 1-2… Montevideo: Ben Gunlogson 1-2 r rbi bb, Cooper Dack 1-3 rbi-2, Landon Olson 0-0 r bb-2 hbp, Jackson Baldwin 0-2 r-2 bb, Brendan Koosmann 0-3 r rbi, Cameron Kibler 0-2 r hbp, Sam Knoop 1-2 r-2 rbi-2 sb, Dan Gunlogson 1-2 rbi
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Breckenridge: Gabe Armitage (L) 2-2-5-4-3-0, Alejandro Sanchez 2-2-4-0-2-2 … Montevideo: Gannon Reidinger (W) 4-1-0-0-0-5, Dack 1-0-0-0-1-2
Montevideo 3, Prinsburg 0
Sam Knoop struck out 14 in Montevideo’s victory over Prinsburg in Montevideo.
Cooper Dack finished 1-for-1 with a double and two runs scored for Post 59. Landon Olson drove in two runs in a 1-for-3 effort.
Payton Meyer had Prinsburg’s lone hit.
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Hitting – Prinsburg: Payton Meyer 1-3 … Montevideo: Cooper Dack 1-1 2b r-2 bb-2, Gannon Reidinger 0-3 r, Landon Olson 1-3 rbi-2, Dan Gunlogson 1-2
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Prinsburg: Wesley Fussy (L) 6-3-3-0-2-3 … Montevideo: Sam Knoop (W) 7-1-0-0-2-14
Glenwood-Lowry 9, Anoka 8
Noah Jensen led a trio of Glenwood-Lowry players with multiple hits in a victory over Anoka in Montevideo.
Jensen finished 3-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored. Dylan Alexander was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run. Alex Panitzke was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
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Hitting – Anoka: Sam Poser 1-3 2b rbi bb, Hunter Brunner 0-3 r bb, Brayden Cherry 1-3 2b r bb, Logen Jaeger 0-2 rbi bb-2, Clay Bernard 0-2 r-2 bb-2, Trevor Lang 2-3 rbi, Marshal Rassatt 2-4 2b r rbi-2, Parker Seaman 1-4 r rbi … Glenwood-Lowry: Jack Majerus 1-4 3b r, Alex Panitzke 2-4 2b r-2, Dylan Alexander 2-4 2b r rbi-2, Noah Jensen 3-3 2b r rbi-3 bb, PJ Johnson 1-4, Connor Erickson 1-3 2b r, Levi Johnson 1-3 rbi, Austin Ballhagen 1-3 r sb, Zach Guggisberg 0-2 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Anoka: Parker Nedland 1.2-6-5-1-0-1, Jackson Provoncha (L) 4.1-6-4-3-1-1 … Glenwood-Lowry: Panitzke 4-5-6-6-3-2, PJ Johnson (W) 3-2-2-2-4-3
Glenwood-Lowry 9, SH/MACCRAY 0
Austin Ballhagen struck out five while giving up just two hits and one walk in Glenwood-Lowry’s win over Sacred Heart/MACCRAY at Montevideo.
Connor Erickson finished 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run for Posts 187/263.
Wyatt Swenson and Trevor Peterson both had hits for the Scarlets.