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Amateur Hour: July 11-13 Recap

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We are now less than two weeks away from local amateur baseball playoffs! Let’s wrap up the penultimate weekend of the regular season. Now with this weekend’s games updated, let’s take a quick look at the standing for the Lake and Pine and Hi-10 Leagues.

2025 League Standings
HI-10 (Region 11C)
​                                              League         HI-10             RS         RA  
​ z-Bluffton  Braves                    15-2                13-1               134         29
​NY Mills Millers                        10-3                8-2                123         57
​Deer Creek Shockers                10-4                8-3                101         44​​​​
Perham Pirates                           8-4                6-4                93          52
Clarissa Flyers                             5-9                5-6                66          95
Henning North Stars                5-10                3-9                57          99
Vergas Loons                              4-11                3-9                61          127
Dent Diamond Hawks              0-15                0-12               21          170
LAKE & PINE (Region 4C)
​                                                 League          L&P             RS         RA
Nimrod Gnats                                6-3                   1-0                 57            40
​​​​​​​​​Midway Snurdbirds                      5-3                   1-0                 71            30​​​
​Sebeka Stingers                             3-7                   0-2                55             96
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Friday, July 11th

Vergas – 13 @ Henning – 14 (F/13)

  • Day 1 of the Henning Festival was capped off with a high-scoring extra inning affair going late into the night. I’m not sure what ended sooner… the game of the Friday night street dance!

Deer Creek – 4 @ Perham – 8

  • A pair of Pirate bombs sends Perham home happy with a big Hi-10 victory! While it may not shake the standings, it’s a great confidence builder for the Pirates with postseason baseball around the corner.

Nimrod @ Midway (at Menahga) PPD

  • Rainy conditions put this game on pause. Makeup date TBD

Ashby @ Long Prairie – 7 p.m.

Sauk Centre – 5 @ Urbank – 20

  • Bomber bats were active in a 15-run win over the Titans to claim the 2025 Resorters League title!

 

Saturday, July 12th

Nimrod – 4 @ Vergas – 3

Perham – 6 @ Henning – 2 (10 innings)

  • With the Demo Derby roaring in the background, Henning just missed making it back to back extra inning victories on the weekend as the Pirates make it two in a row!

Kensington @ Sauk Centre – PPD

  • Makeup date TBD

​Clarissa – 9 @ Dent – 1 (F/5)

  • An injury to a short-handed Dent squad ends the game early as Clarissa reaches their 5th league win of the season

 

Sunday, July 13th

​Sebeka – 0 @ Bluffton – 10

  • Braves fans in the friendly confines of the newly-minted Terry Geiser Field were treated to a double-digit run win Sunday afternoon!
  • Dustin Geiser goes 5 strong with Isaac Hamann finishing the game

Alexandria @ Ashby – 1 p.m.

Urbank – 11 @ Henning – 0 (F/7)

  • Henning Days festivities were capped off with a Resorters/Hi-10 matchup between the Bombers and the North Stars!
  • Carter Simonson gets the win on the mound for Urbank

 

Amateur Hour, the bi-weekly town baseball segment covering all of the squads across central Minnesota hosted by CJ Baumgartner, continues to cover local amateur baseball in 2025!

If you are a coach, player, or fan – we want your help! Call 218-631-1804 and leave a message on our voicemail with your team’s score and/or any notable achievements for a chance to be featured in the segment.