North Dakota Preps

Strike3? wrote:

jkaiz wrote:

Ming01 wrote:For the 1st games I would say

Dickinson- P- Schroeder, C- Koppinger, 1B- Kovacs, 2B- Ollila, SS- Frenzel, 3B Tomanek, CF- Steffan, LF- Tooley, RF-Wandler? DH- Herauf

Minot- P-Gathman, C- Towery, 1B- Elgie, 2B- Scharpe, SS- Horneker, 3B- Martinson, CF- Houston, LF- Steele? RF- Bachmeier, DH- Bollinger

Williston- P- Qvale, C- Richter or Kvernum if he can play, 1B- Sorenson, 2B- Wingerter, SS- Braun, 3B- Colebank?  CF- Egge LF- Laqua, RF- Devlin?

Jamestown- P- Lick, C- Hogan?, 1B- Schoeler, 2B- Tehran, SS- Welding, 3B- Walden?, CF- McPherson, LF- Walden? RF- ?

that looks alot better than mine

I think that Anderson will play 2nd for Minot and Sorenson will pitch for Williston

I knew I was forgetting someone for them

Kovacs will not be at state for dickinson, he has made prior commitments for hockey

Ming01 wrote:I'll take Dickinson, Central, Minot, and North as well

I think Williston will surprise you. Otherwise I agree

Strike3? wrote:

jkaiz wrote:

Ming01 wrote:For the 1st games I would say

Dickinson- P- Schroeder, C- Koppinger, 1B- Kovacs, 2B- Ollila, SS- Frenzel, 3B Tomanek, CF- Steffan, LF- Tooley, RF-Wandler? DH- Herauf

Minot- P-Gathman, C- Towery, 1B- Elgie, 2B- Scharpe, SS- Horneker, 3B- Martinson, CF- Houston, LF- Steele? RF- Bachmeier, DH- Bollinger

Williston- P- Qvale, C- Richter or Kvernum if he can play, 1B- Sorenson, 2B- Wingerter, SS- Braun, 3B- Colebank?  CF- Egge LF- Laqua, RF- Devlin?

Jamestown- P- Lick, C- Hogan?, 1B- Schoeler, 2B- Tehran, SS- Welding, 3B- Walden?, CF- McPherson, LF- Walden? RF- ?

that looks alot better than mine

I think that Anderson will play 2nd for Minot and Sorenson will pitch for Williston

For Minot, assuming Gathman is pitching:

P: Gathman
C: Towery
1B: Elgie
2B: Anderson
3B: Scharpe (getting DH'd for)
SS: Hornecker
LF: Steele
CF: Houston
RF: Bachmeier
DH: Bollinger

However, I wonder if Martinson is a better hitter than Steele?...if he is then I put Martinson at 1B and throw Elgie out in left.

Does anybody know actuall game times for the first round.

NODAKsportsFAN wrote:

Strike3? wrote:

jkaiz wrote:

Ming01 wrote:For the 1st games I would say

Dickinson- P- Schroeder, C- Koppinger, 1B- Kovacs, 2B- Ollila, SS- Frenzel, 3B Tomanek, CF- Steffan, LF- Tooley, RF-Wandler? DH- Herauf

Minot- P-Gathman, C- Towery, 1B- Elgie, 2B- Scharpe, SS- Horneker, 3B- Martinson, CF- Houston, LF- Steele? RF- Bachmeier, DH- Bollinger

Williston- P- Qvale, C- Richter or Kvernum if he can play, 1B- Sorenson, 2B- Wingerter, SS- Braun, 3B- Colebank?  CF- Egge LF- Laqua, RF- Devlin?

Jamestown- P- Lick, C- Hogan?, 1B- Schoeler, 2B- Tehran, SS- Welding, 3B- Walden?, CF- McPherson, LF- Walden? RF- ?

that looks alot better than mine

I think that Anderson will play 2nd for Minot and Sorenson will pitch for Williston

For Minot, assuming Gathman is pitching:

P: Gathman
C: Towery
1B: Elgie
2B: Anderson
3B: Scharpe (getting DH'd for)
SS: Hornecker
LF: Steele
CF: Houston
RF: Bachmeier
DH: Bollinger

However, I wonder if Martinson is a better hitter than Steele?...if he is then I put Martinson at 1B and throw Elgie out in left.

i think minot might throw elgie behind the plate again he has got a pretty good gun from back there. he might be able to keep baserunners away from stealing on them

i'm going to be covering the first two games at the tourney on thursday (central vs. williston, minot vs. south) and basically have next to no knowledge of any of the teams. i know elgie is good for minot, but that is about it.

can anyone kind of give me a run down of the four teams' season, players to watch offensively or defensively, etc?

rep wrote:i'm going to be covering the first two games at the tourney on thursday (central vs. williston, minot vs. south) and basically have next to no knowledge of any of the teams. i know elgie is good for minot, but that is about it.

can anyone kind of give me a run down of the four teams' season, players to watch offensively or defensively, etc?

for central i would watch kreis. he most likely will be pitching and has been lights out all year. for south, id watch max rusch who will probably be starting on the mound and billy sholl in center. watch out for central's bunting skills, theyre top in the state *sarcasm*

rep wrote:i'm going to be covering the first two games at the tourney on thursday (central vs. williston, minot vs. south) and basically have next to no knowledge of any of the teams. i know elgie is good for minot, but that is about it.

can anyone kind of give me a run down of the four teams' season, players to watch offensively or defensively, etc?

williston keep an eye on: doug richter, shawn egge, devin kvernum (if he plays), jordan braun.  young team has surprised a lot of teams, finished 4th in regular season.

minot keep an eye on teddy anderson (in my opinion their best hitter), ryan bollinger (great hitter and pitcher, only a soph.), gathman- (wda sr. athlete of year, great pitcher) elgie obviously, kory houston (explosive OF) and horneker (he's very smooth at SS).  won wda regular season, bats started coming on at mid to end of season and ran the table just about the whole season.  pitching has dominated.

 

Does anyone have the picture of the state tourney bracket (with all times for all days included?)  Thanks in advance!

and like a moron i was looking at the wrong games...first two games are dickinson vs. west fargo, 11:30 a.m. and gf central and williston at 2 p.m.

night session is minot vs. south at 4:30 p.m. and north vs. jamestown at 7 p.m.

so you are doing the first 2?

yup

what are your predictions?

what are your predictions?

Central208 wrote:Does anyone have the picture of the state tourney bracket (with all times for all days included?)  Thanks in advance!

westfargobaseball.com has it on there without the times. ndhsaa has the projected times on their site. it think it goes 11:30AM, 2PM, 4:30PM, 7PM.

it think they are just doing the 11:30 game then the next game starts 30 minutes after the 11:30 game.  same thing for the 4:30 and late game.

jkaiz wrote:it think they are just doing the 11:30 game then the next game starts 30 minutes after the 11:30 game.  same thing for the 4:30 and late game.

that is what they do but they like to plan that the games go take around 2 hours.

does anyone know what radio station the games will be on?

Well I guess I'll be the first to make full-length predictions...

I'll take Dickinson over West Fargo
Central over Williston
Minot over South
North over Jamestown

Dickinson over Central
North over Minot

North over Dickinson... this is a close one, both teams have been on fire lately but I have to take the team with the better and deeper starting rotation...

Ming01 wrote:Well I guess I'll be the first to make full-length predictions...

I'll take Dickinson over West Fargo
Central over Williston
Minot over South
North over Jamestown

Dickinson over Central
North over Minot

North over Dickinson... this is a close one, both teams have been on fire lately but I have to take the team with the better and deeper starting rotation...

i will follow up i got

dicky over west 7-1 frenzel 4 rbi

willy over central 2-1 great game pitched by sorenson and kries

minot over south 2-0 gathman is lights out again

north over j town 6-3 bombenger 2-2 2r 2rbi 2bb

 

willy over dicky 4-1 qvale has huge night 2 hit 1 bb 12k 3-4 dbl 3 rbi 

minot over north 6-1 martinson throws gem

 

minot over willy 10-0 6 innings willy runs out of pitching bollinger pitches best game of his season

[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif] North seniors recall loss
Kyle Cassily
The Forum - 05/31/2007[/font] [font=Times New Roman, Times, serif] Fargo North has seniors at nearly every position and, on the eve of the North Dakota Class A state baseball tournament, the upperclassmen haven’t forgotten about their heart-breaking loss in last year’s state championship game.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif][size=17]“We still got that bitter taste in our mouth,â€Â

[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif] edit: found a better one from the sun.

[/font][font=Times New Roman, Times, serif] Breaking down the Class A contenders
David Selvig
The Jamestown Sun - 05/31/2007[/font] [font=Times New Roman, Times, serif] The Jamestown Sun[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Dickinson[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Pete Dobitz, 8th year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 23-8, West Region tournament champions[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2005[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Cole Frenzel, SS (.418 average, 3 home runs, 21 runs batted in, 19 runs); Kyle Schroeder, OF (.347 avg., 11 RBI, 3-2 record, 2.84 earned run average, 25 1/3 innings pitched); Travis Tooley, OF (.255 avg., 1-0, 3 saves, 0.00 ERA, 6 1/3 IP); Tyler Steffan, OF (.333 avg., 1 HR, 11 RBI); Preston Leiss, INF/OF (.250 avg., 1 HR, 10 RBI); Dan Berg, C (.238 avg., 1-1, 2.08 ERA, 8 2/3 IP); Ben Herauf, 1B (.277 avg., 1 HR, 10 RBI, 11 runs); Alex Koppinger, C (.333 avg.); Grant Kovacs, P (2-0 record, 0.87 ERA, 20 2/3 IP); Stephen Laylock, P (4-1, 0.51 ERA, 17 2/3 IP); Jackson Wandler, P/OF (2-0, 1.52 ERA, 23 2/3 IP). [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: The Midgets have been very good all year, piling up 23 wins, including beating Minot 9-5 in 10 innings in the West Region tournament championship game last Saturday. Their lineup is deep and balanced and they have solid pitching depth as well, making them a serious contender this weekend. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Minot[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Pete Stenberg, 12th year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 27-7, 2nd seed out of West[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2006[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Zac Elgie, C/P (.414 avg., 3 HR, 39 RBI, 36 runs, 4-2, 2.13 ERA, 26 1/3 IP); Jordan Martinson 1B/P (.321 avg., 13 RBI, 27 runs, 6-0, 1.04 ERA, 33 2/3 IP); Teddy Anderson, INF/P (.409 avg., 1 HR, 19 RBI, 30 runs); Shane Gathman, P/OF (.306 avg., 1 HR, 15 RBI, 6-0, 0.00 ERA, 32 IP); Ryan Bollinger, OF/P (.448 avg., 2 HR, 30 RBI, 23 runs, 3-2, 1.81 ERA, 27 IP); Ryne Hornecker, INF (.337 avg., 20 RBI, 32 runs); Kory Houston, INF/OF/P (.389 avg., 37 RBI, 11 stolen bases, 33 runs); Dane Towery, C (.403 avg., 17 RBI, 25 runs). [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: Minot opened the season as the team to beat and have not disappointed. The Magicians carry a team batting average of .356 even with wood bats. Their pitching is deep and dominant with four front-line starters and plenty of talented arms behind them. In 34 games they’ve outscored their opponents by a staggering 283-64 count. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Williston[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Brad Westphal, 10th year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 18-9, 3rd seed out of West[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2006[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Brian Qvale, 1B/P (.342 avg., 1 HR, 5 RBI, 16 runs, 4-3, 2.66 ERA, 38 1/3 IP); Trevor Sorenson, P (6-0, 0.91 ERA, 46 1/3 IP); Shawn Egge, 2B/3B (.397 avg., 16 runs); Doug Richter, C/3B (.329 avg., 14 runs, 2-1, 4.50 ERA, 12 IP). [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: The Coyotes finished fifth at the state tournament last year and lost a bunch of offensive thunder off that team. They’ve won 18 games despite not having a single player with 10 or more RBIs, but do carry a solid .302 team batting average and have drawn 102 walks in 27 games.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Jamestown[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Andy Fitzgerald, 3rd year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 15-8, 4th seed out of West[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2004[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Brady Schoeler, OF/C/P (.356 avg., 1 HR, 13 RBI, 18 runs); Andrew Lick, C/3B/P (.227 avg., 19 runs, 3-3, 4.97 ERA, 31 IP); Ross Hogan, 3B/P (.290 avg., 13 runs, 2-3, 4.25 ERA, 31 1/3 IP); Zec Tahran, 2B (.326 avg., 23 runs, 11 RBI, 9 SB); Charlie McPherson, OF (.307 avg., 22 RBI); Ben Walker, P (7-1, 2.39 ERA, 38 IP); Levi Gaunska, P (3-1, 3.25 ERA, 28 IP); Zach Welding, SS/OF (.315 avg., 10 RBI); Kyle Walden, C/1B (.345 avg., 10 RBI); Nick Walden, P/OF (.288 avg., 10 RBI, 0-1, 2 saves 13 IP); Garrett Hillius, OF (.308 avg., 13 runs, 9 RBI).[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: The Blue Jays are not great in any one area, but have been pretty consistent in every phase of the game. The defense has been shaky at times, but when they catch the ball, they usually win. Playing at home certainly won’t hurt either. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Fargo North[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Jeff Fiechtner, 10th year [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 24-10, East Region tournament champions[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2006 (runner-up)[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Tanner Bombenger, INF (.412 avg., 18 runs, 9 RBI); Alex Bergeron, C/P (.288 avg., 19 RBI); Andrew Herian, P/OF (5-0, 1.07 ERA, 32 2/3 IP); Sam Hirchert, P/OF (.254 avg., 1 HR, 11 RBI, 2-0, 0.93 ERA, 15 IP); Eric Flacksbarth, INF (.381 avg., 1 HR, 21 RBI, 19 runs); Justin Sheets, P/INF (.298 avg., 13 RBI, 14 runs, 2-0, 1.31 ERA, 16 IP); Nick Pederson, OF (.345 avg., 21 runs, 13 RBI). [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: Considering what they lost after finishing as the state runner-up in 2006, nobody saw a 24-win season coming for the Spartans. They had to replace 70-percent of their innings pitched from last year and 30-percent of their hitting. Needless to say they reload pretty good at North.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Grand Forks Central[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Bill Lorenz, 1st year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 11-14, second seed out of East[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2006 (state champion)[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Alex Moe, C (.361 avg., 10 runs, 2-0, 2.74 ERA, 7 2/3 IP); Joel Riopelle, OF/P (.365 avg., 22 runs, 9 SB, 2-4, 1.88 ERA, 41 IP); Alex Kreis, P/INF (.279 avg., 1 HR, 11 RBI, 3-3, 1.81 ERA, 38 2/3 IP); Danny Meyer, INF/P (.311 avg., 11 RBI, 1-2, 5.58 ERA, 21 1/3 IP); Beau Saiers, INF/OF/P (.222 avg., 1-2, 2.19 ERA, 22 1/3 IP); Brady Sullivan, INF (.228 avg.).[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for the defending champs. With a new coach and essentially a new team, they won their first four outings before a 10-game losing skid put them in a 4-10 hole in early May. They’ve won eight of 11 since, including a second-place finish at the East Region tournament. The Knights snuck into the state tournament last year and that worked out quite well. They would have no complaints with a repeat run or something close to it.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Fargo South[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Donn Bryant, 5th year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 20-8, third seed out of East[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2002[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Billy Sholl, CF (.415 avg., 21 RBI, 18 runs); Max Rusch, 3B/P (.339 avg., 12 RBI, 6-1, 1 save, 1.05 ERA, 40 IP); Tim Rude 3B/P (.273 avg., 16 RBI, 18 runs, 11 SB, 2-2, 0.50 ERA, 28 IP); Matt Lee, INF/OF (.318 avg., 19 RBI); Kyle Kingsley, P (5-0, 1.12 ERA, 31 1/3 IP); Jacob Edland, P (3-3, 1.35 ERA, 36 1/3 IP); Erik Sorenson, P (2-1, 2.24 ERA, 25 IP). [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: After a four-year hiatus from the state tournament, the Bruins come to town with 20 wins in 28 games. Pitching has carried them to this point as they enter tournament play with a sparkling 1.17 earned run average. Junior Max Rusch (6-1) and sophomore Kyle Kingsley (5-0) have been outstanding on the hill. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]West Fargo[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Coach: Brett Peterson, 4th year[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Record: 10-18, 4th seed out of East[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Last time at state: 2005[/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Key players: Justin Rheault, CF (.349 avg., 14 runs); Grant Schmidt, 1B (.268 avg., 1 HR, 14 RBI); Cole Horsager, P (1-3, 6.63 ERA, 19 IP); Adam Crist, C (.311 avg., 9 RBI); Anthony Charbonneau, LF (.315 avg., 13 runs, 8 RBI); Josh Ferguson, P (3-1, 1.54 ERA, 22 2/3 IP); Luke Steckler (0-4, 4.63 ERA, 19 2/3 IP). [/font]
[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Season so far: West Fargo got hot at the right time. The Packers entered the East Region tournament with just eight wins in 25 games. They started 0-5, lost seven of nine late in the season only to catch lightning in a bottle at Jack Williams Stadium. They upset Wahpeton in the opening round May 24 and beat Devils Lake in a state-qualifying game two days later for a trip to Jamestown.[/font]

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Saucesauer wrote:

Ming01 wrote:Well I guess I'll be the first to make full-length predictions...

I'll take Dickinson over West Fargo
Central over Williston
Minot over South
North over Jamestown

Dickinson over Central
North over Minot

North over Dickinson... this is a close one, both teams have been on fire lately but I have to take the team with the better and deeper starting rotation...

i will follow up i got

dicky over west 7-1 frenzel 4 rbi

willy over central 2-1 great game pitched by sorenson and kries

minot over south 2-0 gathman is lights out again

north over j town 6-3 bombenger 2-2 2r 2rbi 2bb

 

willy over dicky 4-1 qvale has huge night 2 hit 1 bb 12k 3-4 dbl 3 rbi 

minot over north 6-1 martinson throws gem

 

minot over willy 10-0 6 innings willy runs out of pitching bollinger pitches best game of his season

the two west teams having a chance of making it to the state title game are minot and dickinson

i know but there has to be a huge upset somewhere dosnt there