North Dakota Preps

 Thanks everyone for another exciting year in legion and keeping everyone posted on whats going on in state.  I am already excited for 2008.  So maybe to wrap up this year and start talking about next years legion.  Who will not be back next year for legion and etc. as well as who should be the teams to watch in 2008 would be a good way to start.  Lets get some feed from each section.  Thanks  again.

ill say once again i think they are region 3 with tomphson hopefinley hatton, central valley that should be a good one

The stokker wrote:ill say once again i think they are region 3 with tomphson hopefinley hatton, central valley that should be a good one

also the bombers team should be better than usual. the group of kids coming in has to be one of the better baseball classes from fargo in a while.

i think maddock will end up winning section 7 instead of being the runner up

  LaMoure should be in contention for a return visit. Entire pitching staff back. Lose only two players, Gibbs and Willey. Next year the 16 year olds will be a very capable group to fill holes. They led LaMoure to a nice run in Babe Ruth losing the state championship by a run in the last inning.

  Their section will see somebody step up and be tough also. Lisbon, Linton, etc.

Beulah loses Haugstad, Hausauer, Michaelson and Bauman(thier top 3 pitchers and their 1,3,4,and 5 hitters in that order)..and infield except for 2nd base...which is Boe and he will be returning..but Beulah has some decent Babe ruth kids comin up so they should do pretty good again.

I heard that in 2 years players that have been out of high school for a year will not be eligable to return. Is there any truth to this?

LaMoure goes back-to-back. Only lose two players. They got a good program going right now. They should be contenders for the next couple of years.

baseball10 wrote:LaMoure goes back-to-back. Only lose two players. They got a good program going right now. They should be contenders for the next couple of years.

i agree...solid pitching staff...decent hitters 1-9...decent speed...not a whole lot of errors comitted in the field when i saw them...should be around the top for a while

The stokker wrote:ill say once again i think they are region 3 with tomphson hopefinley hatton, central valley that should be a good one

casselton had a nice year in legion as well. i am not sure who they return but if fontana, novak, brown..etc, return they could be tough.

In section 1 Galchutt or Kindred should be the two fighting it out with the nod going to Galchutt. They will be deep in pitching with everyone coming back but 1 starter (Beto is to old so the catching spot will be a concern for them).They will be hurting though for a good bench as their babe ruth program is very weak.  Kindred will do well if they get those who are still eligible to play after graduation back. Depth in pitching will hurt most of the other teams.  West Fargo could still be a threat as well.
my prediction and just that.
1. Galchutt  2. Kindred 3.West Fargo 4. Enderlin 5. Hankinson 6. Fairmount 7. Lidgerwood 8. Wyndmere 9. Wahpeton 10. Great Bend

coachk wrote:In section 1 Galchutt or Kindred should be the two fighting it out with the nod going to Galchutt. They will be deep in pitching with everyone coming back but 1 starter (Beto is to old so the catching spot will be a concern for them).They will be hurting though for a good bench as their babe ruth program is very weak.  Kindred will do well if they get those who are still eligible to play after graduation back. Depth in pitching will hurt most of the other teams.  West Fargo could still be a threat as well.
my prediction and just that.
1. Galchutt  2. Kindred 3.West Fargo 4. Enderlin 5. Hankinson 6. Fairmount 7. Lidgerwood 8. Wyndmere 9. Wahpeton 10. Great Bend

West Fargo will be good because some kids from this year's team will stay down and the group coming in took 2nd in 15 year old state to Bismarck who took 2nd in the Midwest Regional.  And Miller will create a very disaplined team that makes few mistakes.

Ace_07 wrote:

baseball10 wrote:LaMoure goes back-to-back. Only lose two players. They got a good program going right now. They should be contenders for the next couple of years.

i agree...solid pitching staff...decent hitters 1-9...decent speed...not a whole lot of errors comitted in the field when i saw them...should be around the top for a while

Grafton doesn't lose anyone.  They beat lamoure in the championship in the lamoure tourney 8-3 and grafton was missing their 3, 4, and 6 hitters

<span class="texteditorenhanced">[user=1468]horne98[/user] wrote:

The stokker wrote:ill say once again i think they are region 3 with tomphson hopefinley hatton, central valley that should be a good one

casselton had a nice year in legion as well. i am not sure who they return but if fontana, novak, brown..etc, return they could be tough.


The next group of Bombers coming up are really special. The varsity only needs to fill 4 spots next summer so there is gonna be a lot of experience players along with very talented first years, and I do believe Thompson is gonna be down considerably compared to the last 4-5 years. I know i'm not as familiar with class b baseball as some here, but this group of kids coming up for Fargo are really talented. I think they will walk away with the section.

ndfootball06 wrote:

Ace_07 wrote:

baseball10 wrote:LaMoure goes back-to-back. Only lose two players. They got a good program going right now. They should be contenders for the next couple of years.

i agree...solid pitching staff...decent hitters 1-9...decent speed...not a whole lot of errors comitted in the field when i saw them...should be around the top for a while

Grafton doesn't lose anyone.  They beat lamoure in the championship in the lamoure tourney 8-3 and grafton was missing their 3, 4, and 6 hitters

LaMoure also threw Gibbs who is no where close to their best pitcher. And i believe their starting catcher was in a Babe Ruth tourney that weekend. Who they had to play without.

coachk wrote:In section 1 Galchutt or Kindred should be the two fighting it out with the nod going to Galchutt. They will be deep in pitching with everyone coming back but 1 starter (Beto is to old so the catching spot will be a concern for them).They will be hurting though for a good bench as their babe ruth program is very weak.  Kindred will do well if they get those who are still eligible to play after graduation back. Depth in pitching will hurt most of the other teams.  West Fargo could still be a threat as well.
my prediction and just that.
1. Galchutt  2. Kindred 3.West Fargo 4. Enderlin 5. Hankinson 6. Fairmount 7. Lidgerwood 8. Wyndmere 9. Wahpeton 10. Great Bend

there are 10 teams in section 1?

power-aid14 wrote:

coachk wrote:In section 1 Galchutt or Kindred should be the two fighting it out with the nod going to Galchutt. They will be deep in pitching with everyone coming back but 1 starter (Beto is to old so the catching spot will be a concern for them).They will be hurting though for a good bench as their babe ruth program is very weak.  Kindred will do well if they get those who are still eligible to play after graduation back. Depth in pitching will hurt most of the other teams.  West Fargo could still be a threat as well.
my prediction and just that.
1. Galchutt  2. Kindred 3.West Fargo 4. Enderlin 5. Hankinson 6. Fairmount 7. Lidgerwood 8. Wyndmere 9. Wahpeton 10. Great Bend

there are 10 teams in section 1?

Yes there is but sounds like that will change next year won't know for sure until the winter conference but heard they will do some changes.

baseball10 wrote:

ndfootball06 wrote:

Ace_07 wrote:

baseball10 wrote:LaMoure goes back-to-back. Only lose two players. They got a good program going right now. They should be contenders for the next couple of years.

i agree...solid pitching staff...decent hitters 1-9...decent speed...not a whole lot of errors comitted in the field when i saw them...should be around the top for a while

Grafton doesn't lose anyone.  They beat lamoure in the championship in the lamoure tourney 8-3 and grafton was missing their 3, 4, and 6 hitters

LaMoure also threw Gibbs who is no where close to their best pitcher. And i believe their starting catcher was in a Babe Ruth tourney that weekend. Who they had to play without.

grafton was missing kliniske, lutovsky, and luke paulson. they threw probably their 4 or 5 guy

power-aid14 wrote:

coachk wrote:In section 1 Galchutt or Kindred should be the two fighting it out with the nod going to Galchutt. They will be deep in pitching with everyone coming back but 1 starter (Beto is to old so the catching spot will be a concern for them).They will be hurting though for a good bench as their babe ruth program is very weak.  Kindred will do well if they get those who are still eligible to play after graduation back. Depth in pitching will hurt most of the other teams.  West Fargo could still be a threat as well.
my prediction and just that.
1. Galchutt  2. Kindred 3.West Fargo 4. Enderlin 5. Hankinson 6. Fairmount 7. Lidgerwood 8. Wyndmere 9. Wahpeton 10. Great Bend

there are 10 teams in section 1?

next year i think enderlin mite be going west in a region out there and west fargo possily going north liek the bombers do... i dont think hankinson will be that good.... whap will prob have a good program... Fairmount returns 2 of there 3 pitchers and there 3,4,5,6 hitters so they should be well......it will be a tough region...

beachy wrote:

power-aid14 wrote:

coachk wrote:In section 1 Galchutt or Kindred should be the two fighting it out with the nod going to Galchutt. They will be deep in pitching with everyone coming back but 1 starter (Beto is to old so the catching spot will be a concern for them).They will be hurting though for a good bench as their babe ruth program is very weak.  Kindred will do well if they get those who are still eligible to play after graduation back. Depth in pitching will hurt most of the other teams.  West Fargo could still be a threat as well.
my prediction and just that.
1. Galchutt  2. Kindred 3.West Fargo 4. Enderlin 5. Hankinson 6. Fairmount 7. Lidgerwood 8. Wyndmere 9. Wahpeton 10. Great Bend

there are 10 teams in section 1?

next year i think enderlin mite be going west in a region out there and west fargo possily going north liek the bombers do... i dont think hankinson will be that good.... whap will prob have a good program... Fairmount returns 2 of there 3 pitchers and there 3,4,5,6 hitters so they should be well......it will be a tough region...

Kindred brings back their 3 best pitchers with Johnson, Cossette, and Plante. They have some holes to fill but with good pitching they should be successful.

harvey loses a lot, frantz, rogelstad, nyhus, and a couple others that were decent north dakota players, lorenz probably wont be back either because he'll go play summer ball in a summer league somewhere

they even going to be able to field a team?

that section is already hurting big time with teams disappearing. midkota is gone, carrington was struggling with numbers this year and will lose a couple of guys, steele probably won't have a team next year, the blues are always touch and go if they'll have a team from one game to the next.

before too long there isn't going to be a section at all.

rep wrote:they even going to be able to field a team?

that section is already hurting big time with teams disappearing. midkota is gone, carrington was struggling with numbers this year and will lose a couple of guys, steele probably won't have a team next year, the blues are always touch and go if they'll have a team from one game to the next.

before too long there isn't going to be a section at all.

harvey has a lot of younger kids, they will always be able to field a team, it just might not be as good as it has been

ive heard steele is going to keep the napoleon co-op from high school for legion next year??? anyone else know anything about it?

baseball wrote:ive heard steele is going to keep the napoleon co-op from high school for legion next year??? anyone else know anything about it?

that'd be the only way they can field enough guys to make it a normal defense (you know...three outfielders, a guy at every base, shortstop, pitcher, catcher). it boggles my mind that steele would have numbers problems. sure smaller communities, but i always thought of steele as having pretty decent numbers.