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Legion/VFW baseball roundup: NLS closes out tourney with a win

tom elliott, west central tribune, willmar, minn.
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Jun. 20—MONTEVIDEO — The New London-Spicer American Legion baseball team beat Granite Falls 9-4 on Sunday to close out the Montevideo Tournament.

Luke Knudsen went 2-for-4 with a run, two RBIs and a stolen base and Cole Dolezal was 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI and a hit-by-pitch for NLS.

Eli Jacobson got the win, going 6-2/3 innings. He struck out three, walked two and allowed eight hits and three earned runs.

For Granite Falls, Cody Dahlager was 3-for-3 with a run. Hunter Wilke was 2-for-4 and Nikson Knapper was 2-for-4 with a run for Post 69.

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Hitting — NLS: Aedan Andresen 1-4 r-2 rbi-2 bb 2b, Luke Knudsen 2-4 r rbi-2 sb, Bennett Schultz 1-4 rbi, Chi Schneider 1-4, Grant Paffrath 0-3 bb, Gabe Rohman 1-4, Riley Lessman 2-3 r rbi, Reid Holmquist 0-0 r-2, Konnor Rohloff 1-2 r-2 bb, Cole Dolezal 2-2 rbi 2b hbp ... Granite Falls: Hunter Wilke 2-4, Drew Almich 0-3 bb, Nikson Knapper 2-4 r, Cody Dahlager 3-3 r, Cole Fischer 1-4 rbi-2 2b, Ty Schulte 0-2 r-2 bb, Nolan Hildahl 0-2 rbi-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — NLS: Eli Jacobson (W) 6.2-8-4-3-2-3, Lessman 0.1-0-0-0-0-0 ... Granite Falls: Wilke (L) 6-11-9-7-3-5, Sneller 1-0-0-0-1-1

Konnor Rohloff went six strong innings to help the New London-Spicer American Legion baseball team beat Rosemount Green on Saturday in the Montevideo Tournament.

Rohloff struck out four and walked three, allowing five hits and two earned runs. Bennett Schultz went 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk, two runs and two stolen bases at NLS.

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Hitting — NLS: Aedan Andresen 1-3 r rbi-2 bb 3b sb, Luke Knudsen 1-4 r sb, Bennett Schultz 2-3 r-2 3b bb sb-2, Chi Schneider 1-3 rbi bb 2b sb, Grant Paffrath 1-3 rbi 2b sb, Eli Jacobson 1-3 bb, Konnor Rohloff 1-2 bb, Cole Dolezal 1-3 ... Rosemount Green: A. Fjeld 1-4 sb, C. Cote 0-2 r-2 bb sb, T. Reitsma 0-3 r bb, H. Miller 2-3 rbi-2 bb sb, D. Roback 1-4, J. Bertrand 1-3, C. Sell 0-1 bb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — NLS: Rohloff (W) 6-5-2-2-3-4, Rohman (Sv) 1-0-2-0-3-2 ... Rosemount Green: C. Sell (L) 5-7-4-3-2-6, J. Bertrand 2-2-2-2-3-4

Byron scored three runs in the second, one in the third and four in the sixth to beat New London-Spicer at Montevideo.

Gabe Rohman went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, Cole Dolezal was 1-for-3 and Bennett Schultz doubled and drove in two runs for NLS.

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Hitting — Byron: K. Huebert 1-4 r rbi-2 sb, I. Brennan 1-4 r rbi, Q. Holmes 0-4 r, S. Nieman 1-3 r rbi bb-2 2b bb, W. Brian 0-2 r bb-2, O. Kroc 3-4 r, C. O'Donnell 1-4 r-2 rbi, D. Klomps 1-4 rbi ... NLS: Aedan Andresen 1-4 r sb, Luke Knudsen 1-4 sb, Bennett Schultz 1-4 rbi-2 2b, Chi Schneider 0-3 bb, Gabe Rohman 1-3 sb, Cole Dolezal 1-3

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Byron: I. Brennan (W) 6.2-5-2-2-1-5, G. Bartel (Sv) 0.1-0-0-0-0-1 ... NLS: Reid Holmquist (L) 2.1-5-4-1-2-1, Rohman 4.2-3-4-0-1-3

Willmar Post 1639 lost its last game in the Monticello Tournament to Forest Lake on Saturday.

Forest Lake broke a 4-4 tie with two runs in the sixth inning. Willmar finished 1-2 in the tournament.

Braeden Farglie went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Willmar.

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Hitting — Forest Lake: McGeary 1-4, Mueller 2-4 r rbi 2b, Sibbald 1-3 r-3 bb hbp sb, Harms 1-4, Pink 1-3 r rbi bb sb-3, Kiel 2-3 rbi-2 bb 2b, Brandt 1-3 rbi, Orthaus 0-2 r bb ... Willmar: Connor Smith 1-4 r rbi 2b, Dylan Staska 1-3 rbi 2b hbp, Cullen Gregory 1-3 r, Mason Thole 1-3, Braeden Fagerlie 2-3 rbi, Gavin Banks 0-2 r, Conlan Carlson 1-3 r rbi

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Forest Lake: Mueller (W) 4.1-5-4-3-0-4, Kiel 2.2-2-0-0-0-2 ... Willmar: C. Gregory (L) 3.1-5-3-3-2-1, Staska 2.2-2-1-1-1-2, Fagerlie 1-2-2-2-1-1

The Creighton Prep Junior Blue Jays of Omaha, Nebraska, beat Starbuck at the Minnetonka Tournament.

Starbuck built a 3-0 lead until Creighton Prep scored four in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth.

Dylan Alexander went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Starbuck.

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Hitting — Creighton Prep: L. Burchfield 2-5, K. Holmstrom 2-5 rbi, M. Wheelock 1-4 r-2 hbp, T. Coniglio 0-2 r-2 bb hbp, B. Eck 0-1 r bb sac hbp, J. Pietro 1-3 r rbi-2 bb, P. Drew 0-3 r rbi bb, E. Schafer 1-3 r-2 rbi bb, E. Schafer 1-3 r-2 rbi bb, B. Marquis 1-3 rbi-3 sac, ... Starbuck: Levi Johnson 1-3 r hbp, Dylan Alexander 2-4 rbi-2, PJ Johnson 0-3 r hbp, Jack Majerus 1-4, Nathan Dell 1-2 bb-2 sb, Alex Panitzke 1-2 r rbi bb, Thomas Poegel 1-1 sb, Noah Jensen 0—1 bb, Austin Weber 1-2 r hbp sb, Ryland Martin 0-2 sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Creighton Prep: C. Bolay 2.1-2-3-1-3-4, W. Vokal (W) 4.2-6-2-2-1-1 ... Starbuck: Dell 4-3-4-0-2-2, Martin (L) 0-0-3-3-3-0, Ballhagen 3-5-2-0-0-0-0

St. Michael-Albertville beat Starbuck with a six-run fifth inning at the Minnetonka Tournament.

Alex Panitzke went 3-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a stolen base for Starbuck.

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Hitting — SMA: T. Vogensen 1-3 r bb, S. Anderson 2-4 r rbi-2, G. Becker 2-4 rbi-3, B. Haines 1-2 r bb-2, C. Brunet 0-4 r, L. Tangen 2-4 r, J. Fry 1-4 rbi-2, D. Krupke 0-1 r bb-2, R. Williamson 0-1 r-2 bb-2 ... Starbuck: Levi Johnson 0-3 rbi bb-2, Jack Majerus 0-3 rbi bb, Dylan Alexander 1-4 bb, PJ Johnson 1-4 rbi 2b, Caden Larson 0-0 r bb, Nathan Dell 1-1 r-2 bb-2 hbp sb-2, Alex Panitzke 3-4 r rbi sb, Austin Ballhagen 0-1 bb, Connor Frey 1-2, Austin Weber 0-1 r bb, Ryland Martin 2-2 rbi sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — SMA: J. Holm 3-3-4-4-7-4, J. Baetsen (W) 4-6-2-2-2-3 ... Starbuck: Majerus 4-3-4-4-4-7, L. Johnson (L) 1-5-4-4-1-0, Frey 2-1-0-0-2-0