American Legion/VFW baseball roundup: Willmar handles Hutchinson, 14-1

Jun. 27—MARSHALL — The Willmar American Legion baseball team wrapped up the Marshall Wood Bat Tournament on Sunday with a 14-1 victory over Hutchinson Post 96.

The five-inning win enabled Willmar to finish 2-1 in the tournament. Post 167 lost to the Brookings Bandits 3-1 on Saturday after beating Alexandria 1-0.

Against Hutchinson, Sam Etterman went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Brandt Sunder, Ian Koosman and Hunter Magnuson all had two hits for Post 167.

Hutchinson came up with four hits.

Willmar's next game is at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Sartell at Bill Taunton Stadium. Post 167 then plays at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Alexandria before heading to the New Ulm Tournament on Friday through Sunday.

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Hitting — Willmar: Brandt Sunder 2-2 r-2 rbi, Sam Etterman 3-4 r-2 rbi, Ian Koosman 2-4 r-2 rbi-2, Hunter Magnuson 2-4 r-2 rbi-3, Jason Malmgren 0-1 r, Cayden Hansen 1-1 r rbi-2 bb, Chase Birchard 0-0 bb, Carter Schow 0-2 r rbi bb, Dylan Arndorfer 1-3 r rbi, Alex Schramm 0-2 r-2 rbi ... Hutchinson: Andrew Weisenberger 1-2, Brady Knorr 0-1 r bb-2 sb, Hayden Smith 1-3, Karson Starrett 1-2 rbi, Samuel Starke 1-1

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Willmar: Magnuson (W) 3-3-1-1-2-2, Etterman 2-1-0-0-1-2 ... Hutchinson: Kyle Schumann (L) 2-8-4-4-1-1, Starrett 1-3-10-5-3-1, Starke 1-1-0-0-0-0, Samuel Hanson 1-0-0-0-1-0

The Brookings (S.D.) Post 74 Bandits shut down Willmar Post 167 on Saturday at the Marshall Wood Bat Tournament.

Dylan Arndorfer went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Willmar.

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Hitting — Willmar: Brandt Sunder 1-4 r, Sam Etterman 1-3, Dylan Arndorfer 2-3 rbi 2b, Jason Malmgren 1-3, Jaydon Garnhardt 0-2 sac ... Brookings: L. Hardin 1-2 rbi hbp, B. Hirrschoff 1-3 r, N. Lease 0-2 r bb, A. Witte 1-2 r bb, S. Hardin 1-3, S. Hammrich 0-2 sac, T. Svennes 0-0 sb, Z. Struck 0-2 sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Willmar: Malmgren (L) 4-4-3-1-2-5, Schow 2-0-0-0-0-1 ... Brookings: L. Hardin (W) 7-5-1-0-0-4

Willmar Post 167 earned a walk-off win to beat Alexandria Post 87 late Friday in the Marshall Wood Bat Tournament.

Jason Malmgren went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI for Willmar.

Dylan Arndorfer and Carter Schow combined to toss a one-hitter for Post 167. Arndorfer went the first 6- 2/3 innings, striking out 17 and walking two, allowing the lone hit. Schow went the final 1-1/3 innings, striking out two and walking two.

Willmar's Hunter Magnuson, who went 2-for-3 with a run and a hit-by-pitch, scored the run.

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Hitting — Alexandria: Nate Hammerback 1-2 hbp, Jaxon Schoenrock 0-3 bb, August Gulbranson 0-2 bb, Devin Cimbura 0-2 bb, Wyatt Mohr 0-2 bb ... Willmar: Brandt Sunder 0-3 bb sb, Sam Etterman 0-2 bb-2, Hunter Magnuson 2-3 r hbp, Dylan Arndorfer 0-4, Carter Schow 1-3 bb, Jason Malmgren 1-3 rbi bbPitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Alexandria: Schoenrock 6-3-0-0-3-9, Nick Levasseur 1.1-1-1-1-2-1 ... Willmar: Arndorfer 6.2-1-0-0-2-17, Schow (W) 1.1-0-0-0-2-2

Glenwood-Lowry Posts 187 & 253 defeated Sauk Centre Post 167 at home Saturday as the team rallied late, scoring a combined three runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

Glenwood-Lowry's Paul Johnson threw a complete game. He allowed two runs — zero earned — while adding 10 strikeouts.

Johnson also had a strong game offensively for Glenwood-Lowry. He went 1-for-2 with two RBI's.

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Glenwood-Lowry 010 000 021-4 4 2Hitting — Sauk Centre : Zac Bick 0-3 r, Eli Fletcher 0-2 r, Cole Roering 1-3... Glenwood-Lowry: Jacob Blair 0-3 r, Torii Johnson 1-4 r, Jacob Larson 1-2 r rbi, Paul Johnson 1-2 rbi-2, Nathan Dell 1-3

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Sauk Centre: Eli Fletcher 4-4-3-3-4-7, Zac Bick 2-0-1-1-0-1... Glenwood-Lowry: Paul Johnson 7-1-2-0-2-10

West St. Paul got off to a quick start against Sacred Heart and battled en route to a victory at Sacred Heart.

After conceding an eight run lead, Sacred Heart/MACCRAY scored nine of their 13 runs in the third inning.

Isaac Haen brought in four runs for Sacred Heart/MACCRAY and scored two of his own, while Brooks Asche added three runs and an RBI.

The bats were alive for West St. Paul all evening. The team had 24 hits with Blake Eckmann leading the way with four hits, four RBI's and three runs.

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Hitting — West St. Paul: Jake Borman 2-5 r, Jonathan Youness 2-5 r rbi, Bennett Kotok 3-5 r-3 rbi-2, Blake Fritz 3-4 r-3, Blake Eckmann 4-5 r-3 rbi-4, Jack Springer 3-5 r-2 rbi-3, James Brennan 2-5 r-2 rbi-3, Bradley Klemz 2-5 r-2 rbi-2, Patrick Murphy 1-4 r, Reisig 2-2 r rbi-3... SH/MACCRAY: Brooks Asche 2-4 r-3 rbi, Issac Stommer 2-5 r, Dreyer Homan 1-4 r-2, Tyler Amsden 2-3 r rbi, Joe Hiedecker 1-2 rbi, Camden Wolmen 3-3 r rbi, Tyler Froland 2-3 r rbi-2, Ben Gislason 0-3 r rbi, Carson Allex 0-2 r rbi, Isaac Haen 2-3 r-2 rbi-4

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — West St. Paul: Reisig 2.1-7-8-8-2-2, Klemz 1.2-3-1-1-1-2, Fritz 2.1-5-4-3-5-2, Kotok 0.2-0-0-0-0-0... SH/MACCRAY: Carter Rice 2.0-9-7-5-1-4, Camden Wolmen 2.1-12-10-10-0-2, Joe Heidecker 2.2-3-2-2-3-1

New London-Spicer wrapped up the three-day BOLD Mudhen Legion Tournament with a five-inning win over Millard Black of Nebraska at Bird Island.

Christopher Schneider went 4-for-4 with a double, a home run and five RBIs for NLS. Luke Knudsen was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, two runs and an RBI.

Grant Paffrath got the complete-game pitching win, striking out two and walking two.

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Hitting — NLS: Luke Knudsen 2-3 r-2 rbi bb 2b, Bennett Schultz 1-3 r rbi hbp, Christopher Schneider 4-4 r-2 rbi-5 2b hr, Grant Paffrath 1-3 r hbp, Riley Lessman 1-3 r-2 rbi-2 bb 2b, Carson McCain 1-4 rbi, Gabe Rohman 1-3 r-2 rbi sb, Eli Jacobson 1-1 rbi 2b, Konnor Rohloff 0-1 r-2 bb-2, Reid Holmquist 0-0 r bb, Aeden Andresen 1-2 r-2 rbi hbp sb ... Millard: D. Rowe 2-2 r bb, J. Martin 1-2, T. Kersten 1-3, L. Heller 2-3, N. O'Keefe 1-3 r, C. Comer 1-2 r bb 2b, D. Steensma 1-2 rbi-2 2b

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — NLS: Paffrath (W) 5-9-3-2-2-2 ... Millard: T. Sudeta 3.1-89-9-3-2, W. Bolay 0.1-0-1-0-1-0, N. Eisold 0.1-5-5-5-0-1, G. Coulter 1-0-0-0-1-3

Christopher Schneider's RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning helped New London-Spicer beat Howard Lake Post 145 at Bird Island.

Schneider finished 2-for-2 with two walks and three RBIs.

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Hitting — Howard Lake: Mason Macziewski 2-4 r-2, Bennett Anderson 2-3 r rbi bb, Steve Heber 0-3 bb, Colton Long 1-4 rbi 2b, Jack Stutsman 0-3 r, Luke Zander 0-1 r-2 bb hbp ... NLS: Luke Knudsen 1-3 bb sb, Aeden Andresen 1-3 r-2 bb, Bennett Schultz 0-1 r-2 bb-2 hbp sb, Christopher Schneider 2-2 rbi-3 bb-2, Gabe Rohman 0-2 r bb, Konnor Rohloff 1-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Howard Lake: Leo Duske 4.2-4-6-4-6-8, Aiden Debner (L) 2.0-1-1-1-1-5 ... NLS: Rohloff 5.2-5-4-3-4-4, Eli Jacobson (W) 1.1-0-2-0-0-2

Carson McCain went 6-1/3 innings and Gabe Rohman got the last two outs for the save to lead New London-Spicer past Litchfield on Saturday at Bird Island.

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Hitting — Litchfield: Bauer Wahl 0-4 r, Daniel Estrada 2-3 r rbi bb sb, Brad Larson 1-4, C. Taber 1-4, Calvin Jones 1-3 rbi-2 bb, Ashton Sullivan 0-2 bb-2, Francisco Castellon 1-2 r rbi hbp, Cam Baalson 1-3 ... NLS: Luke Knudsen 1-2 r rbi bb, Bennett Schultz 2-3 rbi-2, Chris Schneider 1-3 rbi, Grant Paffrath 2-3 2b, Riley Lessman 1-2 bb, Carson McCain 1-3, Gabe Rohman 0-3 r, Cole Dolezal 0-2 bb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Litchfield: Caden Besemer (L) 6-8-4-1-3-5 ... NLS: McCain (W) 6.1-5-2-2-3-7, Rohman (Sv) 0.2-2-1-0-1-2

Braeden Fagerlie went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs to help Willmar Post 1639 beat Paynesville on Saturday at Paynesville.

Fagerlie also picked up the pitching victory, going five innings. Cullen Gregory went the final 1-1/3 innings for the save.

Willmar plays Paynesville at 7 p.m. Monday at Baker Field in Willmar, then faces Litchfield at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Baker.

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Willmar 200 210 x-5 6 1

Hitting — Paynesville: B. Pung 1-4 r, J. Utsch 0-2 r bb-2, b. Hess 1-2 rbi hbp, P. Hemmesch 2-3 rbi 2b, I. Lieser 0-2 hbp, B. Carlson 0-2 bb, G. Miller 1-2 r bb 2b, E. Stern 1-2 bb, O. Brick 0-2 r ... Willmar: Connor Smith 0-0 hbp, Conlan Carlson 0-1 r bb sb, Dylan Staska 1-3 r, Cullen Gregory 0-3 r, Braeden Fagerlie 2-3 rbi-3 2b, Blake Reiman 0-1 r bb hbp, Mason Thole 1-2 r rbi bb 2b, Austyn Tillemans 1-3, Finley Donelan 1-3 rbi

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Paynesville: I. Lieser 4-4-4-3-2-5, Hess (L) 2-2-1-1-1-0 ... Willmar: Fagerlie (W) 5-4-4-3-4-3, Staska 0.2-1-0-0-1-1, Gregory (Sv) 1.1-1-0-0-0-2

Willmar VFW Post 1639 scored three times in the second inning and three times in the fifth, adding a run in the seventh to beat Starbuck on Saturday at Paynesville.

Willmar took advantage of 14 walks.

Jack Majerus and Austin Ballhagen each had two hits for Starbuck.

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Starbuck 002 210 0-5 7 1

Hitting — Willmar: Connor Smith 1-2 rbi, Dylan Staska 1-3 rbi-2, Cullen Gregory 1-3 r, Braeden Fagerlie 0-2 r, Blake Reiman 0-2 r-2, Mason Thole 0-1 rbi, Finley Donelan 1-1, Conlan Carlson 2-3 r-2 rbi, Jaxin Schirmers 0-2 rbi, Gavin Banks 0-0 r ... Starbuck: Jack Majerus 2-3 r rbi, Dylan Alexander 0-3 r, Paul Johnson 1-3 rbi, Caden Larson 1-1, Ryland Martin 0-2 rbi, Noah Jensen 1-3 r, Austin Ballhagen 2-4 r rbi, Thomas Poegel 0-1 r

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Willmar: Dylan Staska 3.0-3-4-3-4-1, Cullen Gregory 1.1-3-1-1-1-1, Carter Kallevig 2.2-1-0-0-0-3 ... Starbuck: Nathan Dell 1.2-0-3-3-6-1, Ryland Martin 3.0-0-3-3-7-3, Austin Ballhagen (L) 2.1-4-1-1-2

Starbuck used an eight-run fourth inning to beat Lisbon, North Dakota, at Paynesville.

Caden Larson went 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs for Starbuck.

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Hitting — Lisbon: Wyatt Olson 1-3 r rbi-2, J Bittner 1-5 r-2, Cameron Opp 1-4 rbi-2, Grady Wehlander 1-3 r, Svenn 4-4 r rbi, Leyos 0-3 r, Kashden Wadeson 1-4, Michael Nelson 1-3 r rbi... Starbuck: Levi Johnson 1-3 r-3 rbi, Austin Weber 2-3 r-2 rbi, Jack Majerus 1-3 r rbi, Ryland Martin 1-2, Zach Gugisberg 1-2, Noah Jensen 1-3 r-2 rbi-2, Caden Larson 3-4 r rbi-2, Gavin Cain 2-4 rbi, Thomas Poegel 1-2, Austin Ballhagen 0-3 r

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Lisbon: Wyatt Olson 3.2-11-10-6-6-2, Svenn 2.1-2-1-0-1-2... Starbuck: Jack Majerus 4-6-5-3-2-2, Caden Larson 3-5-4-2-1-1