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BREAKING NEWS: Prep baseball championship games still on for Wednesday—for now
Mike Isola
06/21/2011 - 3:31pm

The Minnesota State High School League’s Prep Championship Series — the three state championship baseball games — are still scheduled for Wednesday, June 22. The weather forecast indicates only “periods” of rain rather than showers (which by the way are occurring as this is written). The schedule — for now — is for the Class A game to start at noon, followed by the Class AA game at 3 p.m. and the Class AAA game at 6 p.m.

 

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BREAKING NEWS: Prep Baseball Championship games postponed
Mike Isola
06/20/2011 - 1:17pm

The Minnesota State High School League has postponed the Prep Championship Series — the three state championship baseball games — until Wednesday, June 22. The weather forecast for Tuesday, June 21, the scheduled date for the games at Target Field in Minneapolis, indicates that rain is likely to make it impossible to play all three games.

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Playball! Minnesota Youth Clinic and fundraiser was a grand slam for Wadena baseball (UPDATED)
Mike Isola
06/12/2011 - 7:54am
These young ball players were all smiles after they lined up to get ready to hit the field during the first session of the youth clinic Saturday morning. Twins instructor Tom Sauer is pictured in the background.
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PlayBall! Minnesota Youth Clinic arrives in Wadena on June 11
Mike Isola
05/19/2011 - 7:13am

The Minnesota Twins will offer free baseball and softball clinics to all youth in the Wadena area on Saturday, June 11 at 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Wadena Little League Field (located behind M-State) or in the case of inclement weather at the Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary Gymnasium.

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Prep Baseball: Menahga drops doubleheader with Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale
Mike Isola
04/20/2011 - 12:51pm

Jared Hoemberg delivered two key hits to lift Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale past Menahga during the Park Region Conference twinbill on Tuesday.

The senior smashed a two-run homer in the first inning of game one and then laced a game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning during the nightcap as the Raiders swept the Braves by scores of 5-2 and 3-2.

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Prep Baseball: Menahga gains Park Region Conference sweep over Verndale
Mike Isola
05/21/2010 - 10:11am

Levi Schwartz let loose the big bat in Menahga’s 13-3, five-inning victory over Verndale as the Braves swept a Park Region Conference doubleheader Thursday.

The eight-grader belted three doubles in the nightcap and drove in three runs as Menahga erased an early 3-1 deficit.

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Prep Baseball: Bertha-Hewitt keeps Pirates scoreless in doubleheader sweep
Mike Isola
05/19/2010 - 4:19am

Verndale dropped both games of the Park Region Conference doubleheader to Bertha-Hewitt by identical 10-0, five-inning scores Tuesday.

The Pirates couldn’t muster a run against some tough Bertha-Hewitt pitching and committed 13 errors in the first game, which led to a rough outing for starter Dustin Motchenbacher.

Verndale managed six hits against Bertha-Hewitt pitcher Dakota Aeling, with Isaac Schmitz going 2-for-4 for the Pirates.

The nightcap wasn’t any better for the Pirates, although they did cut down on their errors by committing two.

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Prep Baseball: Defense carries the Pirates past Lake Park-Audubon 4-2
Mike Isola
05/14/2010 - 9:45pm

Verndale didn’t let the long layoff affected them—instead the defense turned two double plays and Clay Cottrell retired the seventh with three consecutive strikeouts to lift the Pirates to a 5-2 non-conference win over Lake Park-Audubon on Friday.

“After not playing a game in eleven days it was nice to see the boys show up and make the plays behind Clay and get him the run support.” Verndale coach Matt Parker said.

The Pirates notched two runs in the opening frame, only to have the Raiders answer with a pair in the top of the second inning.

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Prep Baseball: Eagles sink Pirates in Park Region Conference doubleheader
Mike Isola
05/05/2010 - 6:39am

Eric Wallgren hit a grand slam in the first game to help power New York Mills to a sweep of the Park Region Conference doubleheader against the Verndale Pirates on Tuesday.

Verndale only could manage four hits in the 10-3 loss in game one. Isaac Schmitz hit a two-run double as the Pirates scored all three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Verndale ended up stranding seven runners in scoring position.

Cody Yungbauer pitched a complete game and had seven strikeouts for the loss.

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Prep Baseball: Cottrell, Pirates unplug the Chargers 7-0
Mike Isola
05/01/2010 - 8:22am

Clay Cottrell pitched seven scoreless innings as the Verndale Pirates exploded for 17 hits en route to unplugging the host Brandon-Evansville Chargers in non-conference action Friday.

Cody Yungbauer paced the Pirates’ hitting attack, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and drove in two runs. Dallas Ehrmantraut went 2-4 with a run and two RBIs.

Cottrell surrendered just four hits, struck out five and walked three on the hill and was equally impressive at the plate. He went 4-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and knocked in two RBIs.

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