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Amateur Hour: May 9-11 Results

Baseball

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.

Here are a few early season storylines to keep an eye on as the season begins.

  • CLASS & REGION REALIGNMENT
    • The Minnesota Baseball Association has issued a reclassification. “Bigger” and “more competetive” teams from Class C will be moved into Class B. The MBA hopes to add more competitive regions and state with three full classes. Here is how it impacts our local teams. Find more info by clicking here.
    • CLASS B
      • District 4 (3 State bids)
      • Victory B League
        • Avon Lakers
        • Buckman Billygoats
        • Foley Lumberjacks
        • Fort Ripley Rebels
        • Nisswa Lightning
        • Sobieski Skis
        • St. Stephen Steves
    • District 5 (2 State bids)
      • HI-10 League
        • Bluffton Braves
      • Northwest Border League
        • Bemidji Blue Ox
      • Resorters League
        • Alexandria Black Sox
        • Carlos Cougars
      • The Red River Amateur Baseball League
        • Ada Athletics
        • Dilworth Raildogs
        • Fergus Falls Hurricanes
        • Sabin Mets
    • Class C
    • Region 4 (2 State bids)
      • Lake and Pine League
        • Midway Snurdbirds
        • Nimrod Gnats
        • Sebeka Stingers
      • Northwest Border League
        • Rainy Lake North Stars
        • Roseau Royals
        • Warroad Muskies
      • The Red River Amateur Baseball League
        • Detroit Lakes Ligers
        • Fosston Trash Pandas
        • Hawley Hawks
    • Region 11 (2 State bids)
      • HI-10 League
        • Clarissa Flyers
        • Deer Creek Shockers
        • Dent DiamondHawks
        • Frazee-Vergas Loons
        • Henning North Stars
        • New York Mills Millers
        • Perham Pirates
      • Resorters League
        • Ashby Athletics
        • Kensington Norsemen
        • Long Prairie Predators
        • Sauk Centre Titans
        • Urbank-Parkers Prairie Bombers

Now that we are all caught up, let’s get to this weekends action:

Saturday, May 10 
– Deer Creek Shockers – 9 @ Sebeka Stingers – 6
  • A 5-run 8th inning pushes Deer Creek over Sebeka in a comeback affair
  • Travis George lead the Shockers reaching base 5 times, Chase Nordlund reached base 4 times in the victory
– New York Mills Millers – 15 @ Vergas Loons – 3
  • Austin Maneval started and picked up the 1st win of the season on the mound. He pitched 3 innings while striking out 5 batters
  • Teagan Lausten pitched the final 3 innings picking up 6 punch-outs
  • Brayden Ehnert led the charge at the plate collecting 3 hits 4 RBI. Braxton Ehnert and Logan Small each got 2 hits
– New York Mills Millers – 5 @ Vergas Loons – 1
  • Hunter Holtti went the distance in a CG striking out 12 only giving up 1 hit to pick up his first win of the season o nthe hill while fanning out the first 9 hitters
  • Teagan Lausten picked up a 3-RBI double, while Braxton Ehnert recorded 2 hits
– Bluffton Braves – 13 @ Clarissa Flyers – 1
  • Tyson Barthel goes all 7 innings in a victory for the Braves
– Bluffton Braves – 10 @ Clarissa Flyers – 0
  • Peyton Rondestvedt picks up right where Barthel left off and went the distance in a complete game shutout as the Braves sweep the fishing Opener doubleheader
Sunday, May 11

– Kensington Norseman vs. Urbank Bombers 

  • Bombers open the 2025 campaign yesterday with a shutout win over Kensington in 7 innings
  • Hitters racked up 19 hits, while Bomber pitching held the Norsemen to 1 hit, and only one runner reached second base

Listen to today’s Amateur Hour here!