State Predictions

[tadam6]

im gonna have to go w/ my gut feeling and see lamoure making some noise down in mandan along with steele dawson

[tingly]

for quarters, I'll say Ryan beats the Langdon-Grafton winner.
Lakota-Dakota Prairie winner beats Surrey-Velva winner.
Thompson beats Munich.
LaMoure beats Steele (unless LaMoure sits their #1 or Steele hits LMM better)

semis
Lakota-DP winner beats Ryan
LaMoure (or Steele) beats Thompson

champ: *flips a coin* I'll say LaMoure (or Steele). #2 Lakota/DP. #3 Ryan. #4 Thompson. #5 Steele (or LMM). #6 errr, i dunno.

I don't know if Steele has enough depth, like when they got runner-up. Maybe I'd put them #2 if they beat LMM.

[baseball1981]

for quarters, I'll say Ryan beats the Langdon-Grafton winner.
Lakota-Dakota Prairie winner beats Surrey-Velva winner.
Thompson beats Munich.
LaMoure beats Steele (unless LaMoure sits their #1 or Steele hits LMM better)

semis
Lakota-DP winner beats Ryan
LaMoure (or Steele) beats Thompson

champ: *flips a coin* I'll say LaMoure (or Steele). #2 Lakota/DP. #3 Ryan. #4 Thompson. #5 Steele (or LMM). #6 errr, i dunno.

I don't know if Steele has enough depth, like when they got runner-up. Maybe I'd put them #2 if they beat LMM.

i'd change harvey with lakota, i think region 3 will come down to harvey vs dakota prairie, and anybody from that region will agree with me besides lakota players or fans

[baseball]

yea...if steele makes state again its very similar to 2004.  they will rely on Bakkum and Lang to get them to the title game and then hope Randall or Martin can eat up a few innings so Lang and Bakkum can come in a close it out

[hoopsstar2391]

It's L-L-M, not LMM. Lamoure-Litchville-Marion, just thought i would correct that.

[tadam6]

i have a feelin there are gonna be some ridiculous games at state this year...big upsets ilke the midkota thompson game last year...

[power-aid14]

i have a feelin there are gonna be some ridiculous games at state this year...big upsets ilke the midkota thompson game last year...

or like the langdon over velva game....jk

[bball1niner]

i have a feelin there are gonna be some ridiculous games at state this year...big upsets ilke the midkota thompson game last year...

or like the langdon over velva game....jk

or like the velva over midkota game....jk haha

[tingly]

[user=630]hoopsstar2391[/user] wrote:

It's L-L-M, not LMM. Lamoure-Litchville-Marion, just thought i would correct that.

I'm gonna claim it's Mitchville. ;)

[tadam6]

how bout lam-vill-ion...

[power-aid14]

or moure-itch-mar

[power-aid14]

Harvey if lorenz isnt hurt.
Velva

Steele Dawson

LLM

Ryan

Thompson

Langdon or Grafton
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what makes you guys think they will be at state? stud pitchers or all around decent team? which is which? u decide

[baseball1981]

Harvey if lorenz isnt hurt.
Velva

Steele Dawson

LLM

Ryan

Thompson

Langdon or Grafton
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what makes you guys think they will be at state? stud pitchers or all around decent team? which is which? u decide

harvey- 11 seniors, and tanner lorenz enough said

velva- tradition, they always make it

steele dawson- good coaching, mark bakkum and good defence

llm- two decent pitchers, good hitting

ryan- young team, good pitching, great hitting

thompson- tradition, great coaching, kjehmus's

grafton- like harvey they have a great pitcher, klinske

btw, the only two class b players selected to the east/west game were klinske and lorenz, that really went down from last year i think....

[tadam6]

there were quite a few b players last year

[Tigger]

I would guess the lack of Class B players in the east/west game has to do with the location.  There are a lot of Class B stars in the east that probably don't want to make the trip.  When the game was in Mayville last year, it seemed like the guys from that area didn't have much fun and probably wouldn't want to travel across the state for the same experience.  I wouldn't want to play for Post 2's coach either; he's a real piece of......work.

[web17]

Harvey if lorenz isnt hurt.
Velva

Steele Dawson

LLM

Ryan

Thompson

Langdon or Grafton
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what makes you guys think they will be at state? stud pitchers or all around decent team? which is which? u decide

harvey- 11 seniors, and tanner lorenz enough said

velva- tradition, they always make it

steele dawson- good coaching, mark bakkum and good defence

llm- two decent pitchers, good hitting

ryan- young team, good pitching, great hitting

thompson- tradition, great coaching, kjehmus's

grafton- like harvey they have a great pitcher, klinske

btw, the only two class b players selected to the east/west game were klinske and lorenz, that really went down from last year i think....

im gonna say thats right, except langdon beating grafton, with Adam beating Klinske in a pitchers duel in the final.

[nc]

i would have to agree with you because when it comes to the playoffs lakotas name isnt really mentioned due to last few playoff games

[nc]

Harvey if lorenz isnt hurt.
Velva

Steele Dawson

LLM

Ryan

Thompson

Langdon or Grafton
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what makes you guys think they will be at state? stud pitchers or all around decent team? which is which? u decide

harvey- 11 seniors, and tanner lorenz enough said

velva- tradition, they always make it

steele dawson- good coaching, mark bakkum and good defence

llm- two decent pitchers, good hitting

ryan- young team, good pitching, great hitting

thompson- tradition, great coaching, kjehmus's

grafton- like harvey they have a great pitcher, klinske

btw, the only two class b players selected to the east/west game were klinske and lorenz, that really went down from last year i think....

I think that dp will be beat harvey in the region just because dp has beat them both times they played and if lorenz and nichols are on the mound that would be a good game

[tadam6]

now i've never seen harvey play but from what i understand...harvey simply lacks the ability to string a few hits together and keep an inning going...as for their defense...the pitching is obviously solid with lorenz...but are they able to play good enough defense and make the routine plays?...i think the only way for harvey to come out of the region is for them to get their bats goin...just my opinion...

[baseball1981]

now i've never seen harvey play but from what i understand...harvey simply lacks the ability to string a few hits together and keep an inning going...as for their defense...the pitching is obviously solid with lorenz...but are they able to play good enough defense and make the routine plays?...i think the only way for harvey to come out of the region is for them to get their bats goin...just my opinion...

now im not taking anything away from the two teams that have beat harvey, but they havent seen harvey at their best, their best is when lorenz or krahler is on the mound, lorenz is expected to be 100 percent by tournament time and if thats the case, its an automatic win, "pretty much", unless harvey dosent score a run, but lately harvey has scored runs and hit the ball, they lost two straigh to start off the season, and since then their 5-1...harvey beat midkota by a combined score of 20-7 i think...10 runs per game against midkota is pretty good, this is what region 3 looks like "most" likely...1 lakota 2 dp 3 harvey 4 midkota 5 new rockford 6 carrington loser out kensal

lakota and dp get by's, harvey plays carrington, midkota plays new rockford, harvey pitches their 5 pitcher and beats carrington then comes back and plays dp and pitches lorenz and they have it made, because they still have 2 or their top 3 pitchers....and lakota and dp only have two pitchers total.....thats my personal opinion on why harvey has the advantage...its hard to disagree with that...thing is, harvey has to beat carrington first...and hit the ball off dp

[baseball1981]

Harvey if lorenz isnt hurt.
Velva

Steele Dawson

LLM

Ryan

Thompson

Langdon or Grafton
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what makes you guys think they will be at state? stud pitchers or all around decent team? which is which? u decide

harvey- 11 seniors, and tanner lorenz enough said

velva- tradition, they always make it

steele dawson- good coaching, mark bakkum and good defence

llm- two decent pitchers, good hitting

ryan- young team, good pitching, great hitting

thompson- tradition, great coaching, kjehmus's

grafton- like harvey they have a great pitcher, klinske

btw, the only two class b players selected to the east/west game were klinske and lorenz, that really went down from last year i think....

I think that dp will be beat harvey in the region just because dp has beat them both times they played and if lorenz and nichols are on the mound that would be a good game

taking nothin away from nichols, but lorenz is a way better pitcher than nichols...by far...nichols is good but lorenz is almost unhittible with wood bats, hasnt allowed a hit yet this year throwing 85 percent, wait til hes 100 percent

[baseball]

how many innings has he thrown so far this year? lorenz im talkin about

[baseball1981]

how many innings has he thrown so far this year? lorenz im talkin about

7 or 8, no hits, no runs, averages 2 k's per innning and has only walked about 2 or 3 with a bad elbow.....

[baseball]

how many innings has he thrown so far this year? lorenz im talkin about

7 or 8, no hits, no runs, averages 2 k's per innning and has only walked about 2 or 3 with a bad elbow.....

not bad...how is his control, what usually hurts him is that if one person gets on he throws too hard for his catcher to catch it sometimes if he doesnt walk people and stop bouncing his breaking ball he will be extrememly tough and i could see an ERA under .50

[baseball1981]

how many innings has he thrown so far this year? lorenz im talkin about

7 or 8, no hits, no runs, averages 2 k's per innning and has only walked about 2 or 3 with a bad elbow.....

not bad...how is his control, what usually hurts him is that if one person gets on he throws too hard for his catcher to catch it sometimes if he doesnt walk people and stop bouncing his breaking ball he will be extrememly tough and i could see an ERA under .50

he really hasnt been able to throw cuves because of his elbow, the one game i saw him throw was against midkota and he threw a couple, his control has been great, i dont see anyone in this region scoring a run off him, when he gets to state, thats when a team could scratch a couple off him maybe