Men`s fast pitch still alive in Fargo area

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Volume 31, Number 5 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION | FALL 2015
Team from Iowa beats local squad in slowpitch
By Chris Murphy
FARGO – Dan Lucey had some
blood coming from a split lip Sunday thanks to the outfield fence at
Anderson Softball Complex. Lucey
ran right into it on a home run.
“It was pure stupidity,” Lucey
said. “I can’t believe I did that.”
Lucey kept the stupidity to a minimum Sunday, driving in seven runs,
including four on a grand slam, to
lead Kass & Co. to a 30-4 five-inning win in the championship game
of the ASA Men’s Slowpitch Class
D Northern National Tournament.
“It’s pretty awesome,” said Kass
& Co. coach Mark Kass, who had
two hits and an RBI in the championship game. “First time we’ve
ever gone this far, so it’s great. A
lot of good teams up here and it was
awesome.”
It’s seemingly so tempting to
walk up to the plate, see the ball
floating through the air and want to
swing as hard as one can. So often
that leads to nothing but a long out.
Kass & Co. sprayed the ball to any
open spot on the field Sunday and
put the finishing touches on a sweep
of the three-day tournament.
“We’ve just been playing together
a long time and we’re all smart ballplayers and we just take what the
other team gives you,” Kass said.
Kass & Co – Peosta,IA: Back Row: Luke Althaus, Jason Kass, Jon Digmann, Dan Fitzgibbons, Dan Lucey, Curtis Kass, Adam Gross.
Front Row: John Reed, Jim Hofer, Matt Kass, Marty Kass, Mark Kass, Greg Brosious
The Men’s Hair House team was
hoping the championship trophy of
the first national slowpitch tournament Fargo has ever hosted would
stay with a Fargo team. But the team
from Iowa left no doubt, plating four
runs in the first inning and rolling
from there.
“It’s all about just playing together,” Lucey said. “Being a team.
It’s all about being a teammate. It’s
about team effort. If someone makes
an out we jump back on it. Everyone
gets back on that horse.”
Kass & Co. never really got off
the horse. After plating a run on a
fielder’s choice to make it a 1-0 lead
IOWA
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Spicy Pie Bombers: back Left to Right: Mike Frodderman, Austen Gilbertson, Brent
Plante, Jace Holm, Justin Feist, Manager Blake Meshke. Front left to right: Brandon Rooters Bar: back Left to Right: Gavin Smith, Logan Lunde, Darcy Byrne, Lane
Reber, Tyler Klein, Aaron Fraase, Devin Wagenman, Brent Meshke, Derek Meshke, Lunde, Kevin McCrory. Front Left to Right: Lex Lunde, Zach Berube, Matt Kulesa,
John Hohenstein.
Spencer Braun
Men’s fast pitch still alive in Fargo area
Two league teams make a showing at NAFA World
The Spicy Pie Bombers, a men’s
fast pitch team from West Fargo won
the NAFA Class A World Series held
in Moline, Illinois winning seven
games without a loss to best 43 other
teams in the Division.
The Bombers, a young team with
a team average age of 22 or 23 years
defeated St. Charles, Mo. Tribe 5 to
3 in their first game then won over
Animal House, a Wisconsin team,
shutting them out 9 to 0. Their next
three wins were all tight defensive
struggles won by the Bombers.
They beat Oetman Excavating of
Michigan 3 to 2 before winning over
another Michigan team, Small Town
Fast pitch 4 to 2. The Stock from Il-
linois was their next victim 3 to 1 and
then they upped their run production
beating Meister Dairy of Wisconsin
12 to 5. That win put them into the
championship game where they
downed the Morongo Hitmen from
California 5 to 2.
The Bombers were led by All
World tournament selections Bran-
don Reber, Derek Meshke and Justin
Feist along with tournament Most
Valuable Player Jace Holm and most
valuable pitcher Brent Meshke who
was the winning pitcher in six of
their seven wins.
Other team members are Tyler
Klein, Aaron Fraase, Devin Wagenman, John Hohenstein, Mike
Froderman, Austen Gilbertson and
Brent Plante. The team is managed
by Blake Meshke The team plays in
a competitive Tuesday night league
in Fargo with four other teams.
FARGO
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Softball News Fall 2015
President’s Report
We are just wrapping up another
successful and sometimes challenging year of softball for NDASA.
The season seemed to fly by. Here
are the Men’s Champions from
State Tournaments held around the
State. Class C-No tournament due
to lack of teams Class D- Fargo
Men’s Hair House/The Box/MMB
Rec 1- Minot Berger Chiropractic
Rec 2 East- Fargo DMVW #2 Bar
Rec 2 West- Williston Boomtown/
Shirt Works Rec 3 East- West
Fargo H & S Painting Rec 3 WestLaMoure Choice Financial Rec
4 East- Grand Speedway Busch
Pounders Rec 4 West- Rolette Masters 35- Div. 1- Mandan Roughrider
Resources Masters 35- Div. 2- Minot Kelly Chiropractic Masters 35Div. 3- Mandan Excavating Masters
40- Div. 1- Bismarck Stadium
Masters 40- Div. 2- Minot Kruse
Masters 50- Metal Bat- Mandan
Dust-Tex Masters 50- Wood BatDiv. 1- Mandan Dust -Tex Masters
50- Wood Bat- Div. 2- Fort Rice
Congrats to all these teams.
There were 37 teams that competed in the E/Rec Northern Territory National tournament @ Rapid
City , SD. Ten teams were from
North Dakota. Burgess Detailing
- Minot was the highest placing
team from ND. They finished in
3rd place...
We had 76 teams compete in
the Class D Northern National
Tournament held in Fargo. Wow a
huge number for a National!. There
were 25 teams from North Dakota
. That is a very good showing for
our State. Good job teams. It rained
some each day but thanks to the
great job of the grounds crew play
was only halted a couple of times.
Fargo Men’s Hair House/The Box/
MMB was the highest placing team
from ND. They finished in 2nd
place. Both of these Nationals were
held over Labor Day weekend.
All move-ups are in this issue
of Softball News. Please double
check that list to see if your team
is on there. Remember that if your
team is moved up it must remain at
that Class until you prove that you
no longer belong there before you
can be moved down. It does NOT
mean that you stay there for a year
and then can go back down the following year. You only go down if
you deserve to go down.
I would like to congratulate
Fargo on a well run D National
Tournament. They had 76 teamsalmost unheard of for a National
Tournament. They had to battle
the weather as they had rain on
all 3 days of the Tournament, but
had very little interruptions. All
seemed to go very well. They were
blessed with a large number of
volunteers. These events cannot
be pulled off without the help of
endless volunteers. Way to step
up Fargo. Many thanks to all the
folks that made this a success ,
from the Tournament managers
Steve Granberg and Greg Kaeding all the way down to the score
keepers, ticket takers and grounds
crew. Kudos.
In closing I would like to thank
all those who donate their time and
efforts for our great organization.
Without all your help NDASA
would not be the great organization
that it is today. Keep up the great
work that you do. Please remember
in your thoughts and prayer all our
Softball family and friends that we
have lost this past year. May their
memories carry on forever.
Here is hoping that you all have
a great Fall and Winter-maybe get
Jack Lukes
some hunting and fishing in there
and see you all in the Spring. And
always remember that I am only a
phone call away. And no question
is too big or too small...
Sincerely, Jack Lukes- NDASA
State President and Men’s Slowpitch Commissioner..
From Behind the Catcher
The 2015 softball season in North
Dakota is over and for the first time
in over fifty years, I did not umpire
a single game. As some of you
know, my hip or my back started
giving me trouble in March and
here it is September and I still am
not back to where I want to be. I am
in Physical Therapy and doing a series of exercises at home and those
seem to be helping so I am hopeful
I can call some games next year. I
thought I was indispensable to the
Bismarck softball program and especially the umpire association but
both got along fine without me. I
don’t know whether anyone missed
me but I sure missed umpiring and
the people who enjoy softball as
much as I do.
I did get down to the McQuade
tournament and visited with a number of umpires and players. Steve
Riswold, the Regional Umpire in
Chief, came up from Sioux Falls
and he and I drove around to several
of the softball fields and watched
the games and of course the umpires. The weather cooperated as
it usually does and the tournament
went very well and raised a great
deal of money to be distributed to
several local charities. Also spent
some time at the JO Girl’s Fast pitch
state tournament held in Bismarck
in July. Forty nine teams in five age
groups and both A and B Divisions
showed up and battled for titles in
the age groups and in the A and B
Divisions. I am pleased to see fast
pitch coming back and hope that it
continues to grow and thrive and
hopefully spread to some adult
play. We are also developing some
pretty good fast pitch umpires who
are now getting some assignments
outside the state. In case you didn’t
know, fast pitch umpiring is very
much different from slow pitch
umpiring. There are a number of
things which can get an umpire in
trouble which slow pitch umpires
don’t even have to think about. At
the same time, fast pitch umpiring
is challenging and exciting.
Finally, I spent a couple of days
at the Men’s Class D Northern
National tournament in Fargo over
the Labor Day weekend and enjoyed watching that and of course
watching umpires. The tournament
drew 76 teams from seven different
states and was won by an Iowa team
which went undefeated in seven
games. A Fargo team, Men’s Hair
House/The Box/MMB finished in
second place which was quite a feat
in such a large tournament. They are
the state champions in the Men’s
D division and played very well
in this national event. A total of 25
North Dakota teams took advantage
of the fact that this national was
played in our state. Minnesota sent
the most teams with 33. Dan Pfef-
fer, the Minnesota State Softball
Commissioner served as the ASA
Representative at the tournament
and Mike Wolf, North Dakota state
Umpire in Chief was in charge of
the umpires. He had umpires from
several states on his very effective
umpiring crew.
I am the President of the NDASA
Hall of Fame society and in that
capacity I want to urge all members
of the state Hall of Fame to mark
your calendars for next April 23
when the 2016 Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony will
be held. I would especially like to
pull together members on the same
team and promote this as a reunion
of sorts. We have teams with several
individual members in the Hall of
Fame and are trying to encourage
them to come to the ceremony as a
group. We have had excellent turnouts the past few years and everyone seems to have a good time. Of
at 10u, 12U, 14U 16U and 18U.
This will be the first year of having
a State B division tournament. We
need a minimum of 7 teams in an
age bracket in order to have a “B”
division.
To enter the tournament, each
player needs to be registered thru
the ASA, coaches need to have
a background check (Thru registerasa.com) and one coach needs
to complete their ACE coaching
certificate. In addition, rosters need
to be filled out for each team with
parent’s signature. Those can be
found on the NDASA website under
championship rosters. The Bismarck
tournament committee has worked
hard at planning this year’s state
tournament.
The biggest benefit for registering ASA is the insurance that is
offered to all players thru Bollinger
insurance. For $ 10.00 per player, a
player is covered up $ 250,000 for
accident medical costs. The deductible is $ 250 per claim. This is excess
insurance and only applies after you
have first used any personal or group
medical insurance. This policy will
pay on a primary basis, after the
deductible and subject to the policy
terms. Make sure that you do get
a claim form filled out ASAP and
into Bollinger should an unfortunate
injury occur on the field.
We look forward to seeing everyone for the State Tournament in
Bismarck.
I want to thank everyone that
helped contribute, to another successful year of Youth Fastpitch
softball in North Dakota. Our registration number grew again, especially in the larger communities of
Bismarck, Minot and Dickinson. We
picked up numbers in the smaller
communities too. There were tour-
Walt Stack
course the event is open to anyone
who wants to attend. We will have
much more about this in the Spring
issue of this paper.
Have a great off-season, stay
well and I look forward to seeing
many of you around the diamonds
next year.
J.O. Fastpitch Update
naments held every weekend in June
and thru the State tournament in July.
Those cities putting on tournaments
were Bismarck, West Fargo, Grand
Forks, Fargo (Fargo Ballyard) and
Jamestown had a tournament on the
second weekend in August.
It has been a busy fall with fall
leagues in Bismarck and Fargo,
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3-2, in the semi-final game on Friday. The Squirrels are coached by
Scott Kost who is in his fifth year
as head coach. Central Cass started
seven seniors on this year’s team.
I want to thank all the seniors for
participating in fastpitch softball,
and for helping expand the sport
to 38 high school teams in North
Dakota. Best of Luck in the future.
The NDASA state tournament
will be held in Bismarck on July
17 – 19th. This year’s tournament
will feature both A and B divisions
for the first time. The tournament
will start on Friday evening. This
will be the first time with an opening
ceremony which will start at 4:00
PM. All teams will introduced by
city, and everyone is encouraged to
attend opening ceremonies.
The deadline to enter is set for
July 7th. There will be champions
crowned in both A and B divisions,
45th St. S.
I want to congratulate both the
West Fargo Packers and the Central
Cass Squirrels, for winning the Class
A and Class B NDSAA High School
Softball Tournaments for the Spring
of 2015. Both tournaments were held
in Dickinson, on May 28th – May
30th. Guy Fridley and his staff put
on an excellent tournament, which
was well attended with enthusiastic
crowds.
West Fargo won 3 games against
Century High (7-2), Minot Bishop
Ryan (2-0) and defeated Dickinson
High in the Championship game 13
– 0. It was West Fargo’s (coached by
Pat Johnson) 7th consecutive state
title, since fastpitch softball became
sanctioned in 2009. Minot Bishop
Ryan’s Hannah Stewart was named
Senior Athlete of the year. Hannah
has been one of the best athletes
to play softball in North Dakota.
She will be attending University of
Iowa to play basketball in the Big
10 conference.
Dickinson’s first year coach,
Amanda Mickey was selected 2015
coach of the year, as selected by
her fellow coaches. Just a side note
on Dickinson, Maddie Jahner, their
most experienced pitcher, was injured and was unable to play in the
WDA and state tournament. Fortunatlly, she will be back next year for
her senior year.
Central Cass defeated Grafton in
an exciting come from behind 3 -2
win. Central Cass won it all in 2013
and finished second in 2012 and
2014. Central Cass defeated Kenmare-Bowbells 14-2, then defeated
Hankinson-Fairmont-Lidgerwood
Softball News Fall 2013 – 3
Ump Chat
It is hard to believe the 2015 softball season is finished. For having
such a small window of opportunity
to play softball in ND we sure do
get a lot accomplished and we
always seem to make the most of
the time we have to enjoy softball.
We recently finished hosting a
successful national softball tournament in North Dakota this summer. Fargo was host to a Northern
National Tournament in 2015 when
they hosted the Men’s D National
Tournament. Having the tournament in Fargo presented a great opportunity for D teams in the region
to play in a national tournament.
North Dakota teams and out of
state teams did a great job in helping support Fargo in their efforts to
host this national tournament! An
impressive 74 teams participated
in the tournament. Steve Granberg, Tournament Manager, and
his tournament committee along
with the Fargo Recreation District
did a good job to help make this
tournament a memorable one for
all who played and umpired in
it! Dan Pfeffer, Minnesota ASA
Commissioner served as the ASA
Representative and did a great job
in helping make the tournament run
smoothly while I was honored to
serve as the Umpire-in-Chief and
Tim Watts from Lincoln, NE did a
great job as the Assistant UIC. Hats
off to Chris Coleman who served
as the umpire coordinator and did
an excellent job taking care of all
the umpires!
We received several positive
comments on the quality of umpiring at the national tournament
in Fargo and it is a compliment
of everyone’s umpiring abilities
and the great job the umpires did.
We had a mix of umpires from all
over the country and the umpires
should all be proud of the efforts
they put forth on the field! We
had several North Dakota umpires
who worked national tournaments
around the country this summer
and we also had several North Dakota umpires who were selected to
work championship games at their
respective tournaments. It takes a
lot of hard work and dedication to
the game to be selected to umpire
a national tournament! Great job
ND umpires!! There is an article
elsewhere in this issue listing all
of the North Dakota umpires who
worked national tournaments.
Our state tournaments are finished and everything seemed to go
very well. I have a great crew of
Deputy Umpires in Chief around
the state that do an excellent job
of handling situations that arise
during tournaments, not to mention the great job they do handling
situations throughout the season. I
would like to personally extend my
thanks and gratitude to the great
job my DUIC’s do each and every
year - thanks to Marchel Krieger Jamestown, Rock Healey - Grand
Forks, Al Ziemann - Bismarck,
Mike Lein - Fargo, Elliott Gerhardt - Bismarck/Dickinson, Randy
Olson - West Fargo, Mike Nider
- Bismarck, Tom Lawson - Minot,
and Lyle Rader - ND Fastpitch. I
truly believe that the success of our
umpiring program is based upon
the people I have assisting me - so
thank you everyone!! Without the
assistance of my DUIC’s throughout the state our program would not
enjoy the success it has!
I wanted to include an update on
the Sam McQuade Sr. Budweiser
Charity Softball Tournament. Once
again I would like to extend a great
big THANK YOU to all of the
teams and umpires that participated
in the tournament and all the fans
who came out to watch. We had
the most successful weekend in
the history of the tournament and
we were excited to distribute for
the first time ever over $100,000
to local charities and organizations.
I wish each and every one of you
could have the opportunity to attend the banquet where we hand
out the money and hear all of the
heartwarming stories about just
how much the many charities and
organizations appreciate the funds
they receive. If you ever want to
attend, please let me know and we
will make sure that happens!
The winning teams and photos
are now posted on the McQuade
website. Be sure and check out all
the winners at www.mcquades.com
Once again, thank you players,
umpires, and fans for making this
tournament a success! Watch for
the registration form for the 2016
tournament that will be available
shortly after the first of February on
the McQuade website. Tournament
dates for 2016 are June 24, 25 & 26.
It is our 41st Anniversary and you
won’t want to miss it! Let’s make
2016 even bigger that this year!
Remember - enter early! Be sure
and be one of the record setting
teams that participate in next year’s
tournament and don’t be one of the
many teams that didn’t make it into
the tournament. GOOD NEWS
- the Wounded Warrior Amputee
Softball Team will also be returning
to the tournament next year so we
are excited about that. We hope to
see you there!
Another great season of softball
in North Dakota is behind us.
Thanks to all of the players and umpires who make this game so great.
I certainly appreciate all of the
emails, phone calls, and questions
I receive from players, managers,
and umpires throughout the year on
rule interpretations or concerns you
might have. I also get asked several
questions at many of the tournaments that I attend throughout the
summer. I think it is great that we
can discuss plays and situations so
that umpires and players can come
to better understand the rules of the
game. Just know that I am willing
and able to assist in any manner
that I can!
As we end another season, I
would ask leagues, players, and
umpires around the state to assist
us in recruiting more umpires. I
challenge you to do whatever you
can to recruit just one new umpire
for next season in your area of
the state. We are losing umpires
across the country at an alarming
rate and North Dakota is no different. By recruiting just one new
umpire, you would be doing your
part to make sure the great game
of softball continues well into the
future with a sufficient number of
umpires. Maybe that umpire is you!
Mike Wolf
Umpire in Chief
One night a week can make a huge
difference to any league across the
state! Players and umpires - if you
know of someone you think might
make a good umpire, encourage
them to try it. All it takes is a little
persuasion from an umpire or a
player and someone just might give
umpiring a try - you’ll never know
unless you ask!
I encourage you to continue to
contact me at any time with any
questions or concerns you may
have. For me, the softball season
never really ends so don’t hesitate to
drop me an email at wolfden8993@
yahoo.com or give me a call on my
cell at 701-400-2100 with any questions or concerns you may have. I
am available to help you in any way
I can. Have a great off season. I
look forward to seeing many of you
again at a rules clinic next spring
or on the diamonds next summer
or even somewhere along the line
this winter!
Commissioner’s Column
As we close out another softball
season, I would like to thank all
the people who make our program
a success. We are very fortunate
to have so many people willing to
serve in such important roles as
league reps, tournament coordinators, state and local board members,
umpires, maintenance people and
the endless volunteer’s in many
different capacities. Special thanks
to RC Courtright our web master
and to Shirley and Scott Schafer
in the state office for their work
this past year. Many thanks also to
our partners in Parks & Recreation
departments in providing great
facilities and quality softball programs for our players and fans to
enjoy. I would also like to thank the
sponsors who make it possible for
people to play the game of softball
in North Dakota. Please patronize these great friends of softball
whenever possible.
A very special thank you to Gary
& Connie Tharaldson and Tharaldson Companies for sponsoring
trophies and championship banners
for 19 adult and 6 JO State Tournaments, as well as the ASA Men’s D
Northern National in North Dakota
in 2015. As we all know by the
numbers of events, Tharaldson’s
donation is a significant contribution to the NDASA program. The
Tharaldson donation allows us to
keep our entry fees at an affordable
level and maximize team participation. We extend our sincere appreciation to Gary and Connie for their
continued commitment to softball
in North Dakota. Be sure to thank
them when you have a chance.
2015 was another very successful
softball season in North Dakota that
culminated with 567 teams participating in adult state championships
and 55 in JO state championships.
Thanks to all the teams, players
and sponsors for supporting the
NDASA program and congratulations to all the champions in 2015.
Steve Grandberg, Greg Kaeding
and their tournament staff did a
great job in hosting the ASA Men’s
D Northern National Championship in Fargo Labor Day weekend. Fargo hosted 76 teams for
the championship which was the
largest ASA Championship in the
country in 2015. The top four (4)
teams from the D Northern Championship have qualified for the ASA
Men’s D National Championship
Series in Oklahoma City Oct 2-4.
Those four are D Champion Kass
& Co. of Peosta, Iowa, National
Runner-up Men’s hair House/ The
Box/MMB from Fargo, as well as
Damage Inc. of Ralston, Nebraska
and Team Chaos of Sioux Falls,
S.D. The ASA Championship Series is a great event and an honor
to participate in. Good luck to our
teams from the Northern Region.
NDASA Softball lost a great
friend this past summer. Connie
Wolf, wife of UIC Mike Wolf
lost her long courageous battle
with cancer. Connie, known as
Momma Wolf to hundreds of umpires at the McQuade and National
Tournaments over the years was
an amazing lady. She brought joy
to your day and loved taking care
of umpires at her home and Mc-
Quade Tournaments. Connie will
be greatly missed by the NDASA/
ASA family.
2015 was the first year we had a
NDASA Tournament Series in our
program. The NDASA Dimarini
Tournament Series in men’s slow
pitch went pretty well the first year
and we will make improvements
for 2016. I would like to thank the
Tournament Series Committee for
their work on this project as well as
Series Coordinator Sam Martin for
a successful first year.
The Slow Pitch Task Force will
meet this fall to discuss the 2015
season and develop recommendations for the 2016 which will be
discussed at the NDASA January
meeting. Chairman Scott Brahos
and Jack Jones will lead the MSP
Task Force and Mary Hager will
lead the WSP Task Force.
In early November I will be
traveling to Louisville, Kentucky
to attend the ASA National council
meeting. We will be discussing many issues regarding rules
and legislation for all aspects of
the game as ASA is the National
Governing Body of Softball in the
United States.
We have had some challenges
this past season but all in all, an-
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other good year of softball in North
Dakota. We have a great program
with great leaders throughout
the state who work very hard to
promote participation in adult and
JO leagues, tournaments and quality experience for all. My sincere
thanks to each of you as we couldn’t
do it without you.
Lastly, I would like to thank our
friends in the ASA National Office
for their assistance throughout the
year. ASA is fortunate to have a
staff of very dedicated individuals
who do a tremendous amount of
work for softball.
Have a safe a warm holiday sea-
Dick Gulmon
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forward to seeing you all around the
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sports for Tokyo 2020 Olympic inclusion
OKLAHOMA CITY — The
Olympic Dream for millions of
softball athletes across the world
is one step closer to realization as
the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
announced five new sports, including baseball/softball, for inclusion
in the Games in 2020. Announced
today by the World Baseball Softball
Confederation (WBSC), the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of
America/USA Softball welcomes the
decision, which paves the way for
the sport of softball to be included
on the Olympic program for the first
time since 2008.
“We are humbled and excited to
continue in the next steps of the
process for our sport’s Olympic reinstatement efforts,” said ASA/USA
Softball Executive Director Craig
Cress. “We are honored that the
Tokyo 2020 organizing committee
has selected our sport for inclusion
onto the Olympic Program. We will
continue to promote our sport and
demonstrate the positive aspects of
softball to the international world.”
The top sport in Japan, baseball/
softball is the biggest sport not
currently featured at the Olympic
Games -- particularly in terms of
youth participation in actual organized competition, as the vast
majority of baseball/softball’s estimated 65 million athletes in over
140 countries are between the ages
of 5 to 21.
Tokyo 2020’s proposal for additional events must be reviewed,
voted upon and formally approved
by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil next August ahead of the
2016 Games.
“Tokyo 2020’s decision to propose our sport is a ‘home run’ and
giant leap forward for baseball and
softball,” said WBSC President
Riccardo Fraccari. “On behalf of
WBSC and our athletes, I would
like to thank Tokyo 2020 as well as
IOC President Thomas Bach, whose
Olympic Agenda 2020 vision has
paved the way for this extraordinary
opportunity. The entire baseball and
softball world is excited and ready to
cross the Olympic home plate. But
above all, I am happy for all our male
and female athletes who today can
see there is a real chance to fulfill
their greatest dream of representing
their country in the most important
sporting spectacle there is -- the
Olympic Games.”
WBSC President Fraccari added:
“Baseball and softball’s global
position, expansion and opportunities today are thanks to all of our
FARGO
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Another Fargo fast pitch team,
sponsored by Rooter’s Bar also
played in the NAFA World Tournament, placing fourth in Division A
Major. They placed three team members on the All World Team with
another earning Honorable Mention.
Spencer Braun, Lane Lunde and
pitcher Darcy Byrne, who notched
51 strikeouts in the tournament were
named to the All World Team while
Logan Lunde was named Honorable
Mention.
Editor’s Note: It is great to see
young men playing fast pitch again.
I have always regretted the lack of
fast pitch teams in recent years. It is
a great game requiring skill and determination and I hope that it comes
back and becomes a large part of the
softball picture in North Dakota and
around the country. Good luck to the
members of the two teams mentioned
above and keep the flame burning.
partners’ contributions and a shared
vision to return our sport to the
highest stage in sports, the Olympic
Games. And we will do everything
possible so that baseball and softball,
if included, are a great attraction/
success for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games and IOC’s Agenda 2020, as
it remains WBSC’s top priority to
demonstrate that our sport aligns
with the Olympic Movement and
has the qualities to earn a place on
the Olympic program in 2020 and in
future Games.”
WBSC’s previous Olympic bid,
which proposed baseball and softball for the 2020 and 2024 Olympic
Games, earned the second-highest
amount of votes at the 2013 IOC
Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
finishing behind wrestling.
In four Olympic Games appearances, the USA Softball Women’s
National Team claimed three Gold
Medals and one Silver Medal finish
while setting numerous interna-
tional records and are one of only
two women’s sports involved in
the Olympic movement to capture
three-consecutive Gold Medals.
In 2012, three-time Olympic Gold
Medalist Lisa Fernandez and the
2004 U.S. Olympic Softball Team
were honored for their accolades
with induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Members of the
2004 U.S. Olympic Softball Team
set 18 Olympic records in Athens.
Among the team records set were the
most hits (73), highest team batting
average (.343) and highest slugging
percentage (.559). Fernandez set the
individual record for batting average
with .545 while Crystl Bustos’ 10
RBI and five home runs were also
records.
About the World Baseball Softball
Confederation
Headquartered in the Olympic
Capital city of Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Baseball Softball
Confederation (WBSC) was estab-
lished in April 2013 and granted
recognition as the sole competent authority in baseball and softball by the
International Olympic Committee at
the 125th IOC Session in September
2013. The WBSC represents a united
baseball/softball sports movement
that encompasses over 65 million
athletes worldwide. The WBSC
governs all international competitions involving any of the National
Teams of its 141 National Federation
members. The WBSC oversees the
Softball World Championships,
The Premier 12, the World Baseball
Classic, and the U12, U15, U18, U21
and Women’s Baseball World Cups.
For further information, please go to
www.WBSC.co or follow the WBSC
on Twitter at @WBSC.
About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball is the National Governing Body
Softball in the United States and a
member of the United States Olym-
pic Committee. One of the nation’s
largest sports organizations, ASA/
USA Softball sanctions competition
in every state through a network of
74 local associations and has grown
from a few hundred teams in the
early days to over 165,000 teams
today, representing a membership of
more than 2.5 million. ASA/USA is
responsible for training, equipping
and promoting the six USA Softball
National Teams that compete in
international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s
National Team is one of only two
women’s sports involved in the
Olympic movement to capture three
consecutive gold medals at the
Olympic Games since 1996. The
U.S. women have also won nine
World Championship titles as well
as claimed eight World Cup of Softball titles. For more information
about ASA/USA Softball, please
visit http://www.asausasoftball.com
BENEFIT FOR BRANDON CHRISTIANSON
SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2015
4:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
MAPLETON COMMUNITY CENTER 651 2ND STREET, MAPLETON, ND 58059
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Brandon was seriously injured by a line drive that damaged his cheekbone and right eye, while pitching in the ND State
Softball Tournament on August 15, 2015. After multiple surgeries with both Sanford and the University of Minnesota,
doctors determined the damage was too severe and sadly had to remove Brandon's right eye.
Brandon is described as a fun, hardworking person, who would do anything for a friend. He is very dedicated to his
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surgeries have required him to take a lot of time off work and he now will face a long road of recovery and adjustment.
Please consider coming out to support Brandon, Jennifer and their children John & Kiera. Brandon is a 2007 graduate
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Thank you!!!
Brandon following his eye removal surgery, we greatly appreciate all the support, kind words, thoughts and prayers.
The Last Call
Vernis Haines
Editor’s Note: The following
obituary was written by Vernis
Haines herself and no one could
have done a better job. She and her
husband Bill owned and operated
the Red Willow Resort for over fifty
years. Through their efforts hundreds if not thousands of players
had the opportunity to play softball,
Little League and Babe Ruth baseball. They started Men’s Slow Pitch
softball in their area, the third in
the state. With their help it rapidly
spread to surrounding areas.
Vernis and Bill also began the
junior programs and financed many
of the youth teams. The first girl’s
tournament and state youth tournament were held in Red Willow. They
also started Co-Ed softball and also
hosted the first Co-Ed state tournament. At times they sponsored as
many as ten teams.
Red Willow Resort was the center
of Babe Ruth baseball for many
years. They hosted the state tournament from 1959 through 1967. Bill
served as state President and Vernis
as Secretary for six years.
These accomplishments were the
result of joint effort with both Bill
and Vernis organizing and working
hand in hand for the betterment of
softball and baseball and to afford
the opportunity for many, many
young people to participate and
enjoy these games. Fittingly, they
were elected to the Amateur Softball
Hall of Fame as a team in 1995.
Walt Stack, Editor.
Praise the Lord! He has taken me
home! Vernis Aileen (Hoveskeland)
Haines was born on January 9th,
1922 on the home farm South of
Hamar, ND. After going to country school and then attending high
school in McVille, I attended Wahpeton State School of Science and
graduated in 1941. Deciding to try
my wings’, I moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1942. During that time,
I worked at U.C.L.A. and Douglas
Aircraft. I met my husband William Haines Jr. who was in the US
Air Force, originally from Kansas.
We married in Las Vegas, and then
lived in Santa Monica, CA.
Bill & I visited relatives back
in ND in August of 1946. There
were too many people in CA for
our liking! We found out that Red
Willow Lake Resort was for sale,
and purchased the resort on August
9, 1946. Within a few weeks, we
sponsored the very first dance of
our young lives in the pavilion. We
hired a group out of Fargo by the
name of Wen Schuh and his Dance
Band. At that time, there was only
the Pavilion, a small restaurant, and
6 cottages on the lake (today there’s
over 100). We lived in one of those
cabins with no electricity until the
R.E.A. was brought in 1952. Our
heat source was a wood fireplace
and we had two little girls! (3 sons
followed). Because there was no
refrigeration, Bill cut massive
amounts of ice blocks out of the
lake and stored them in sawdust
in the Ice House which still stands
and is in use at the Resort today for
storage. We had two Delco Light
Plants to power the restaurant and
pavilion and had no running water
until 1952. For our first 6 seasons,
we hauled all of the water for the
restaurant, and that was an “Uffda”!
We began by having rollerskating
and boat rentals in addition to the
restaurant. Over the years, we added onto the restaurant several times
as we got busier every summer.
Dancing became so popular that
we attended the national Ballroom
Operators Convention in Chicago
with Doc Schinn from the then
famous Crystal Ballroom in Fargo.
He implored us to bring Big Bands
into North Dakota to prove to the
Softball loses a friend and
umpires lose their “Momma”
Connie Wolf, wife of state umpire in chief succumbs to cancer
Vernis Haines
rest of the country we had advanced
beyond covered wagons here! We
were fortunate to have groups like
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra,
Harry James & His Orchestra,
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey and many
more too numerous to mention.
When Red Willow was the “center
of the teenage universe”, Johnny
Holm (So many times), The Beach
Boys, Dick & Dee Dee, Paul &
Paula, Bobby Vee, Bobby Goldsboro, Richie Valens and dozens
more toured through our area and
entertained us!
Bill’s first love was baseball,
so we cleared around 300 trees
in a swampy area to build Main
Diamond, known today as “Bill’s
Field of Dreams”. We hosted many
Babe Ruth District & State Baseball
Tournaments over the years. Baseball & Softball became so popular
that we groomed a second diamond
up in the pasture, and appropriately
named it “Heifer Stadium”. We
organized many leagues of softball
and baseball teams over the years
to keeps the kids entertained and
out of trouble. Thousands upon
thousands of games and tournaments for T-Ball, Pee Wee, Cal
Ripkin, Babe Ruth, and Men’s and
Women’s and Co-Ed Softball were
held at Red Willow. Bill and I were
both fortunate to be Honored with
Induction into the ND Baseball &
Softball Halls of Fame. In our spare
time, we began AA and Al-Anon at
Red Willow Bible Camp and hosted
Christian Women’s Aglow meetings in our home for years.
My favorite age group always
was the teenagers (young & old)
who touched my heart and soul, and
I can honestly say, I loved you like
my own! I was particularly partial
to the baseball and softball teams
who kept coming back year after
year for four generations, as well as
the folks who came to Red Willow
season after season (who loved it,
because it never changed). You are
the ones who made Red Willow
what it is today, and inspired me
and my family to keep at it for 69
Summers!
I retired at 92 last fall and moved
to the Nelson County Care Center
in McVille, ND where I was cared
for by the most amazing professionals you can imagine! The fantastic
staff cared for me in a special way
until I breathed my last breath.
I have been truly blessed and
highly favored to have known and
loved so many people in my lifetime, and remember, God Loves
you and so do I!
Vernis was preceded in death
by her husband Bill, her daughter Patricia Stokka (Butch), and
granddaughter Ashley Haines.
Her survivors include her sisters
Lois Workman, Mari Lynn (Bob)
Hedrick, brother Donald (Diane)
Hoveskeland, her daughter Penny
(Austin) Kramer and 3 sons, Bill,
Bob, and Jack (Lisa) Haines, 8
grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.
played Co-Ed softball for a number of years enjoying their hobby
together. Mike has always said
that because of Connie’s love for
the game and her involvement for
many years, she was very tolerant
of the many hours Mike devoted to
the game as a player, then an umpire
and then the State Umpire in Chief.
Connie gave up softball when her
children were small as she wanted
to spend time with them while
they were growing up. Her way of
staying involved in the game was
to lavish friendship and attention
on the many umpires who came
to Bismarck to work in the annual
McQuade Charity Tournament.
Mike always arranged to have a
couple of travel trailers delivered
and set out in front of the Wolf
home where they housed umpires
in town for the tournament. There
were also umpires sleeping all over
the lower level of the home. Connie washed bedding and towels,
listened patiently to their “war
stories” fed them and even posted
a menu of what she was serving
Surrounded by family and
friends, Constance “Connie” Wolf
, 54, passed away peacefully August
14, 2015 after a courageous battle
with cancer. Connie was born on
August 9, l961 in Bismarck. She
was raised on the family farm south
of Steele and graduated from Steele
High School in 1979. Connie married Michael W. Wolf in Bismarck
on August 26, 1983. Their first
daughter, Brittany, was born on
December 10, 1989 and their second daughter, Brooke, was born on
November 30, 1993
Connie started a long career with
the State of North Dakota in 1980
at Workforce Safety and Insurance.
In 1983, Connie moved to Driver
Record Services at the Department
of Transportation where she worked
until cancer forced her to retire in
May of 2015.
Connie and her husband Mike
shared a love of softball for several
years. Connie played at the highest
level of women’s slow pitch as a
pitcher and a respected hitter and
defensive player. She and Mike
Ump Chat
Connie Wolf
each day. That’s how she earned
the nickname of “Momma” Wolf
which she was proud to claim. She
was inducted into the McQuade
Tournament Hall of Fame in 2013
in recognition of all she did for
visiting umpires. She was a devoted
wife and mother and will be sadly
missed by her family and her adopted family of umpires.
Mike Wolf • Umpire in Chief
THANK YOU
It has been a difficult road for our
family the last few years dealing
with my wife Connie’s battle with
cancer. Unfortunately for many,
she lost her battle with cancer but
fought a courageous battle right
down to the end. We are so thankful to be part of the softball family
that showed so much support for
Brittany, Brooke and I throughout
this ordeal, especially the final
weeks. We were overwhelmed by
the outpouring of love and support
that was shown not only here in
Bismarck and Mandan, but across
the state and across the entire country. From North Dakota to South
Dakota to Minnesota to Nebraska to
California and many places in between, umpires, teams, and players
were showing their support wearing
pink for Connie, stopping games to
say a prayer, starting tournaments
with a prayer, using social media to
ask people to pray for Connie, to the
hundreds of calls, emails, and text
messages I received.
We are truly humbled to be part
of the ASA family, an organization
that takes care of its own in so many
ways - especially when it is needed
the most. We are truly blessed to
have many loving and caring people
in our lives that care so much and
supported us in so many ways. Connie was a loving and caring person
who had a smile for everyone she
met. She loved softball and everything it stands for. Words alone
could never express how thankful
we are to each and every one of
you. So many people reached out so
willingly to pray for us, to be there
to support us and comfort us. It was
such a blessing and it meant more
to us than you will ever know and
for that we are forever grateful! We
pray that God will bless all of you
as much as you have blessed us with
all your love, support, and prayers!
Mike, Brittany and Brooke Wolf
J.O. FASTPITCH continued from page 2
along with a number of camps being
held at colleges throughout North
Dakota. Take a look at those college
camps for the winter months too.
I really want to thank all the teams
that participated in the 2015 NDASA
state tournament. The tournament
was held in Bismarck July 19th –
21st. We ended up with 49 teams
and crowned 9 state champions in 9
different divisions. The tournament
used all 10 diamonds at Clem Kelley,
with 3 rounds of play starting on Friday evening. Again the weather was
great, and the crowds were huge.
To review the age divisions were
10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U. We
had both class A and Class B divisions, which was added to this year’s
tournament. The 16U division only
had 4 teams, so that resulted in no B
division champion. It was exciting to
see some new communities crowning state champions for the first time.
Congratulations to the Hankinson
Zuckies for winning the Class B,
18U and 14U, and to Jamestown
for winning the 12U B tournament
There were a lot of positive comments on the tournament this year,
especially with the tournament
starting on Friday night. We need
to thank the Bismarck Youth Fastpitch softball Assn. (President Billy
Schmidt), the Bismarck Parks and
Recreation Dept. (Grounds crew),
and Bismarck Conventions and
Visitors bureau (hotels) for helping
out and planning the tournament.
We really need a shout out to Mike
Wolf (UIC) and all the umpires that
helped call the games. There were
25 umpires (3 from South Dakota)
from all over the state, and it was a
great effort by all of them to help us
out with the tournament. It was fun
to see everyone there, and helping
the State Tournament to become a
large and important event in North
Dakota Fastpitch Softball.
It was nice to see several teams
from North Dakota participate in
the Northern Regional Nationals
held the first weekend in August.
Again, congratulations to all those
teams that went. Your teams can
only be better for participating in
those events. North Dakota has been
noticed on the National level for
sending teams to those tournaments.
Again, it is a positive experience
for your programs and your kids.
Especially the kids!
We will be setting the date for the
Fall meeting later this month. If
there are any items you would like to
add to the agenda please get a hold of
me at [email protected].
As of today, the NDHSAA will
be holding two separate softball
tournaments for the 2017 Spring
Season. Up until this year, both the
Class A and B division tournaments
have been held at the same time,
in the host cities. NDHSAA has
changed that schedule, for both the
baseball and softball tournaments to
be held in the same host cities Thus,
Jamestown will be hosting the Class
A, (Softball and Baseball) and Fargo
will be hosting the Class B tournaments next June 2nd -4th.
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2015 Master’s 35+ Old Pro State Tournament results
DIVISION 1
Winner’s Bracket
Mandan Dust-Tex 21, Bismarck Dakota Pharmacy 20
Fargo The Box 18, Minot Homesteaders 8
Mandan Boulder Homes 13, Bismarck Dakota Mini
Storage 14
Mandan Dust-Tex 0, Mandan Roughrider Resources 18
Fargo The Box 22, Bismarck Dakota Mini-Storage 6
Undefeated Game: Mandan Roughrider 25,
Fargo The Box 22
Championship: Mandan Roughrider 20,
Fargo The Box 5
Fargo Miller Lite 8, GF Merchants 10
VC Elliot 7, Fargo Burnn Boiler 4
Bis Logos-N-Sports 5, Bis Mann Energy 4
Minot Kelly Chiro 12, GF Merchants 2
VC Elliot Farms 11, Bis Logos-N-Sports 21
Undefeated Game: Bis Logos-N-Sports 7,
Minot Kelly Chiro 0
1st Championship: Minot Kelly Chiro 15,
Bis Logos-N-Sports 1
IF Game: Minot Kelly Chiro 24,
Bis Logos-N-Sports 13
Loser’s bracket:
Loser’s Bracket
Dakota Pharmacy 7, Homesteaders 13
Dust-Tex 11, Boulder Homes 1
Dakota Mini 3, Dakota Pharmacy 15
Homesteaders 6, Boulder 13
Dust-Tex 16, Dak Pharmacy 15
Boulder 2, Dust-Tex 16
The Box 11, Dust-Tex 10
DIVISION 2
Winner’s Bracket
Bis Bruno’s/Corral 12, Minot Kelly Chiro 14
Rugby Lee’s Bar 13, Minot Wolding Trucking 17
Fargo Miller Lite 18, VC Rusty Cage 2
Devil’s Lake Proz 14, GF Merchants 15
Bis Carpet World 9, VC Elliot Farms 19
Center Merchants 4, Fargo Burnn Boiler 10
Bis Logos-N-Sports 11, Minot Bootlegrz 6
Jamestown Tom’s Electric 6, Bismarck Mann
Energy 11
Fargo Burnn Boiler 14, Mandan Integrity Landscapes 7
Minot Kelly Chiro 12, Minot Wolding 6
Center Merchants 9, Brunos 22
Rugby Lees 12, Brunos 6
VC Rusty Cage 5, Bootleggerz 7
VC Rusty Cage 12, DL Proz 22
Carpet World 6, Integrity 5
Bootleggerz 8, Tom’e Electric 10
Center Merchants 6, Tom’s Electric 19
Brunos 11, Integrity 10
Tom’s Electric 6, Brunos 8
Fargo Miller Lite 19, Brunos 7
Carpet World 8, Wolding 5
Mann Energy 13, DL Proz 2
Burnn Boiler 21, Rugby Lee’s 11
Burnn Boiler 16, Mann Energy 6
Carpet World 12, Fargo Miller Lite 16
Fargo Miller Lite 8, VC Elliot 10
Burnn Boiler 14, GF Merchants 13
Burnn Boiler 13, VC Elliot 3
Kelly Chiro 16, Burnn Boiler 4
If any of you know me or have
read this paper for the past thirty
years or so, you know that I have
been a softball umpire for over
fifty years. You may also know
that umpires like to tell “war stories” when we get together. “War
Stories” are those incidents in an
umpire’s experience which mostly
reflect bad behavior on the part of
softball players, not umpires. I have
gotten to the stage in my life when I
don’t need or even like to hear “war
stories” nor do I relate some of my
own. This is kind of a “war story”
but I want to share one of my worst
experiences as an umpire hoping
that it may spare some other umpire
a great deal of trouble.
I was umpiring at home plate in
the state championship game of a
men’s state tournament. Because
it was a state championship game,
I resolved to take a bit more criticism from both teams than I would
ordinarily allow. That was mistake
number one and it broke one of the
cardinal rules each umpire should
know and abide by: “Every game
should be given the same amount
of effort and expertise” A Rec 3
game should be umpired just as
effectively as a state championship
game. A league game is important
May-Port 8, Action Sports 10
Hooligans 13, Lynx Logistics 1
VC Nubar 17, Munich 2
Rudy’s 12, Minotauros 6
Lynx 2, Action Sports 19
May-Port 22, Hooligans 6
Minotauros 7, NuBar 28
Munich 5, Rudy’s 4
C-King 6, Action Sports 10
Hometown Moving 1, May-Port 11
Nola’s 21, NuBar 11
Vance Vetter 12, Munich 3
Action Motor Sports 5, May-Port 14
Nola’s 2, Vance Vetter 12
May-Port 6, Enderlin 10
Lisbon 6, Enderlin 7
Mandan Bowers Excavating 23, May-Port 18
to the participants and should be
as important to the umpire as a
final tournament game. Anyway,
given my frame of mind I ignored
several comments coming from
one of the benches and was unable
to determine whether a specific
player or two was doing most of
the complaining. Finally I heard
one of the players giving me static
as he left the dugout and headed
for his position. I then made mistake number two and gave him an
ultimatum “One more word out of
you and you’ll sit out the rest of
the game” He responded with one
word “Okay”. That’s the word I
said and ejected him. Needless to
say, that caused a major eruption
from the bench and from the players
taking the field. I ended up ejecting
two other players and the first base
coach.
It must be obvious to the reader
that I completely lost my cool after
listening for most of the game to
remarks critical of my umpiring.
Since that game, I have learned that
a situation should never be allowed
to reach that point. When I was
confronted with a similar situation
several times, I took my score card
or lineup card and approached the
coach or manager as if I had a problem with the score or the lineup. I
then told the coach or manager that
I had heard enough from his bench
and if it did not stop, I would start
ejecting players from either one end
of the bench or the other. That message was relayed to the bench and
that ended the potential problem.
Since that game many years ago, I
have had to eject very few players
or coaches from any of my games.
My umpiring skills may have improved also but my game control
kept me from losing my cool and
kept some players in games from
which they may have been ejected.
I have noticed in various umpire
gatherings that there is often an
umpire who is proud of the fact that
he or she has ejected a player. If you
have had to eject players from your
ball games with any frequency,
you probably should review your
rules knowledge or your umpire
mechanics. You may deserve the
critical remarks which are creating
the ejections.
Rule #l) Treat each umpire assignment equally. Give each assignment the best effort you have.
Don’t leave your house after telling your wife “I have to umpire
tonight”. Instead tell her, I get to
umpire tonight”
Rule #2:) Never give a complaining person an ultimatum. That
backs him and you into a corner and
there’s only one way to get out of it.
North Dakota umpires work national tournaments
A total of 22 North Dakota umpires worked National Tournaments
this season as a result of an exchange agreement UIC Mike Wolf
has made with several state umpire
associations. There was only one
national played in North Dakota this
season, the Men’s Class D Northern
National so the fact that we were
able to send umpires to other tournaments throughout the country
provided great opportunities for our
North Dakota umpires.
Here are the National Tournaments and the N.D. umpires in each:
16 and Under Gold Girl’s Fast
pitch-Salem, Oregon: Ben Birke-
Loser’s bracket
DIVISION 3
Winner’s Bracket
Stuff I’ve learned-the hard way
By Walt Stack
Bis Vance Vetter Homes 12, Mandan Action Sports 10
Minot Nola’s 18, Fargo Hooligans 3
Mandan Lynx Logistics 8, Mandan Shirt Shack 9
Bis Hometown Moving 19, VC Nubar 13
Munich Treasure 8, Enderlin 9
Oakes Rudy’s 7, Lisbon Riverside Builders 12
Bis C-King Oil 20, Minot Minotauros 6
Mandan Bowers Excavating 11, Bis Vance Vetter 10
Minot Nola’s 5, Mandan Shirt Shack 15
Bis Hometown 2, Enderlin 19
Lisbon 9, C-King 3
Bowers 14, Shirt Shack 13
Enderlin 9, Lisbon 14
Undefeated: Bowers 21, Lisbon 4
Championship: Bowers 14,
Enderlin 13 (8 innings)
meyer, Bismarck
18 and Under Class A ASA/USA
Girl’s Fast Pitch-Spartanberg, SC:
Elliott Gerhardt
Men’s Class D Slow Pitch Northern National-Fargo, N.D.: Mike
Wolf, UIC; Chris Coleman, Fargo;
Umpire Coordinator; Wade Blumhagen, Bismarck; Paul Beech, Wahpeton; Larry Halmrast, Fargo; Rick
Fischer, Fargo; Tom Hamkins, Bismarck; Dale Elfman, Grand Forks.
18 and Under Class B Girl’s Fast
Pitch, Sioux Falls, S.D.: Lyle Rader,
Wahpeton, UIC Greg Heitkamp,
Lisbon; Shane Nordick, Grand
Forks; Chad Mears, West Fargo;
Koby Pennick, Fargo; John Schonert, Valley City.
ASA Championship Series, Oklahoma City; Elliott Gerhardt, Bismarck
Men’s Class B Slow Pitch National, Oklahoma City; Terry
O’Clair, Bismarck
Girl’s Fast Pitch Special Invitational-California; Naomi Erdahl,
Bismarck
Women’s C/D Slow Pitch-Watertown, SD; Darby Krivoruchka, Bismarck; Alan Oberg, Grand Forks.
Men’s E/Rec Slow Pitch: Rapid
City, SD: Randy McCabe, Bismarck; Danny Bodin, Williston.
2016 Women’s Slow Pitch
teams to be moved up
Class D to C/Open
Grand Forks All Pets/ Simplot Growers
Dreams/Ground Round/JUC from Grand Forks
Rec 1 to Class D
Pete’s/M&J/Dan’s-West Fargo
Knowles Jewelry-Minot
Rec 2 to Rec 1
M&J Saloon/Imperial Flooring-West Fargo
Mayville Heroes and Legends
McLean McHenry Mutual Insurance
Rec 3 East to Rec 2
Grand Forks Loft Girls/Deek’s Pizza
West Fargo M & J Saloon
Rec 3 West to Rec 2
Beulah Lady Comets
United Community Bank-Drake
Mandan Goldade Landscaping.
Words to live by
Attitude
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important
than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than
failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will
make or break a company, a church or a home. The remarkable
thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will
embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people
will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only
thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our
attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and
90% how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of
our attitudes.
Charles Swindall
Corrections from Summer Issue
A reader has pointed out a couple
errors in the Summer issue of this
paper. We are glad to print and corrections and to note that someone is
not only reading but paying attention to the facts:
Women’s Rec 3 West state tournament was listed as schedule in
Dickinson. Should have been listed
as Bismarck. (Too late now, but
the tournament was in Bismarck
and we appreciate the error being
pointed out to us).
In the McQuade tournament
results, the Rec 3 Consolation
champion lists Rugby over Lonesome Dove 11 to 10. The correct
result was Lonesome Dove over
Rugby 11 to 7.
2015STATE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Women’s Slow Pitch, Class D State Champions, Grand Forks All Pets/Simplot
Growers: Front row, left to right: Kelly Hutton, Myste Hutton, Mchelle Michael, Sara
Sesselmen, Sara Boese, Brittany Marohl. Standing, left to right: Hannah Rodriguez,
Nancy Nelson, Tracy Marback, Cassie Smith, Nancy Breakey, Jill Schedei.
Women’s Slow Pitch, Rec II State Champions, West Fargo M & J Saloon/Imperial Flooring: Left to right: Tammy Gunderson, Sarah Morgenroth, Emily Bakken,
Hayli Bauer, Cody Bakken. Back row: Melanie Mehus, Naomi Dell, Sara Dell, Jen
Thornton, JoJo Haerter, Kylie Johnson.
Women’s slow Pitch, Rec I State Champions, West Fargo Pete’s/M&J/Dan’s
Service/Arlyn’s/Bodyworks: Front row, left to right: Sammy Brandt, Angie Berntson,
Taylor Huss, Mollie Annen, Michelle Hernandez. Back row, left to right: Anita Heier,
Heather Dybing, Jess Horn, Amy Kelly, Lori Tillman, Amy Anderson, Alayna Wagner.
Not pictured: Drew Sannes, Jenny Noreen, Jessica Laddusaw, Alison Green.
Women’s Slow pitch, Rec III-East State Champions, Grand Forks Loft Girls/
Deek’s Pizza: Front row, left to right: Kelsey Carrier, Emily Lundby, Tawni Prichard.
Back row, left to right: Kelly Kuenzel, Stacy Tunseth,l Twyla Tunseth, Terry Erickson,
Jamie Tupa, Jessica Spreicher, Kristie Nelson, Jean Hegg.
Women’s Slow Pitch, Rec III-West state Champions, Beulah Lady Comets:
Front row, left to right: Madeline Henke, Erika Ochsner, Nicole Faut, Kourtney Hintz,
Isabel Garmen, Eyden Miller. Back row, left to right: Coach Rhonda Hintz, Morgan
Vitek, Cecelia Pfligar, Elise Hintz, Teeann Henke, Emily Ripplinger, Sarah Hilderbrant, Hunter Keller, Hannah Baranick, Coach Amy Garman. Not picture: Peyton
Funk, Ashley Feist.
Women’s Slow Pitch Masters, Div I State Champions, Bismarck BDS Concrete:
Front row, left to right: Lynn Geary, Heather Allard-Kotaska, Valerie Gustavsson.
Standing, left to right: Jessica Hoffman, Pam Guss, Thai Haggin, Julie Yantzer, DJ
Saragosa, Therese Schmidt, Son ny Schulz.
Women’s Slow Pitch Masters, Div II State Champions, Bismarck Captain Freddy’s/Fanta Farms: Front row, left to right: Sonny Larson, Krista Heil, Mandy Rath,
Tiffany Guthmiller. Standing, left to right: Terra Westgard, Amber Balken, Amanda
Rohrich, Nicole Benz, Jennifer Liebert, Beck Fanta, Bobbi Schneider, Katie Oster.
Women’s Slow Pitch Masters, Div III State Champions, Jamestown Tom’s
Electric: Front row, left to right: Rachel Krieger, Tom Johnson (Sponsor), Teresa
Johnson, Stephanie Petersen, Heather Elliott, Candance Scott. Standing, left to
right: Coach Chris Cebula, Samantha Partridge, Cheryl Schiele, Trudy Dallmann,
Joy Sahin, Rachel Bush, Beth Lautt, Sue Partridge. Not pictured: Tonya McDonnell.
8–
Men’s Slow Pitch, Class D, Fargo Men’s Hair House/The Box/MMB: Front row,
left to right: Chase Olson, Josh Dietz, Ross Olson, Travis Rickford, Zac Bertschi,
John DeHaan. Back row, left to right: Brandon Dilbeck, Matt Carriere, Shaun Kimber,
Nick Gulmon, Dennis Britton, Pat Bresnahan, Jason Brueske, Doug Lonski.
Men’s Master 50, Metal Bat State Champions, Mandan Dust-Tex: Front row, left
to right: Todd Kluster, Bumper Baumgartner, Time Michelson, Wayne Becker, Todd
Winkler, Dean Gesellschen, Time Krahler, Bob Piatz, Gordy Smith, and Curt Krahler.
Back row, left to right: Jim Burckhard, Mark Bohrer, Kelly Krahler, Steve Harrington,
Scott Battest, Mike Nider, Jim Keller, Jack Jones, Jim Becker, Ron Geffre, Terence
Schmidt. Not pictured: Noryln Schmidt.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec II-East State Champions, Fargo DMVM #2: Front row,
left to right: Shawn Sayler, Tony Uhlir, Stefan Ming, Joel Kelly, David Torok, Jason
Mellmer. Back row, left to right: Bruce Gustafson, Zach Braaten, Mike Fettes, Darin
Rasmussen.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec III-East State Champions, West Fargo H&S Painting:
front row, left to right: Jaden Lemar, Matt Sundquist, Harold Lemar, Luke Hagness,
Andy Bartsch. Back row, left to right: Matt Anderson, Brent Nelson, Brandon Smith,
Gary Patoka, Brandon Kaste, Ryan Bosse. Not pictured: Scott Walden, Kyle Nelson,
Travis Lemar, Brian Anderson.
Men’s Master 50, Wood Bat, Div. 2 State Champions, Fort Rice: front row, left
to right: Craig Engelhard, Fred Vollmuth, Charlie Kottsick, Darrin Schwindt. Back
row, left to right: Kerry Helm, Al McLeod, Terry Harm, Terry Himmelspach, Greg
Ripplinger, Jeff “Stud” Schwindt, Kelly Cermak, Dan Baillie, Greg Weatherspoon,
Greg Jahraus, John Pulkrabek, Kevin O’Neill.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec I State Champions, Mandan Berger Chiropractic/Dakota
Travel Nurse: Kneeling left to right: Cody Berger, Ross Ford. Standing, left to right:
Paul Goldmann, Jeremy McLeod, Lee Gierszewski, Zach Jacobson, Steele Tescher,
Jon Herold, Pat O’Neill, Adam Klindworth, Nate Folk.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec II-West State Champions, Williston Boomtown/Shirt
Works: Front row, left to right: Matt Fleck, Nick Hammarstorm Chad Clay, Matt Kujil,
Micah West, Nick Clayton, Steve Mabeus, Jordan Wolf. Back row, left to right: Louis
Ochoa, Bailey Zaste, Travis Kitchens, Darin Lutgens, Adam Kitchens, Zack Fleck,
Zack Zaste. Not pictured: Sean Fleck, Jon Surat, Gabe Shockmar.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec III-West State Champions, LaMoure Choice Financial:
Front row, left to right, Brady Thielges, Brett Hample, Jared Meiklejohn, Tyler Thielges, Matt Hebl, Kenny Hodem. Back row, left to right: Mitch Carlson, Devan Piehl,
Skylar Shockman, Zach Stemen, Tanner Carlson, Aaron Stemen.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec IV-East State Champions, Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec 4-East,
Grand Forks Speedway Busch Pounders: Front row, left to right: Joe Hart, Bryce
Wetzel, Billy Michalski, Jared Tozer, David Mcawley. Back row, left to right: Brian
Schneider, Wade Schneider, Nic Havig, Mitch Thorsen, Alexander Beck, Brad Wolf,
Jared Christie.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Masters 35, Div. 1, Mandan Roughtider Resources: left to
right: Josh Schaner, Shawn Sperle, Jason Salz, Stacy Keller, Scott Brahos, Dustin
Bratlien. Back row: Mitch Neumiller, Scott Sheldon, Shane Piatz, Kyle Christiansen,
Rivers Mitchell, Jon Gums.
Men’s Slow Pitch Masters 35, Div. III, State Champions, Mandan Bowers Excavating: left to right: Craig Stamaris, Jason Hutslar, Chad Hultin, Tim Fjeldahl,
Jesse Auday. Back to row: Jeff Bowers, Mike Larson, Wes Kellogg, Tom Vanderwal,
Steve Butterfield, Perry Hanson.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Masters 40 Div II State Champions, Minot Kruse: front row,
left to right: Ash Iverson, Chad Halvorson, Kelby Smith, Dave Burgess, Neal Pflepsen, Eric Esterby. Back row, left to right: Jerry Gooch, Tim Burckhard, Ron Aberle,
Terry Feigitsch, Todd Hoffman, Kent Fredrickson, Larry Eidsness, Corwin Enns,
Chad Burckhard.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Rec IV-West State Champions, Rolette: Front row, left to right:
Jesse Vote, Jason Heintz, Travis Casavant, Tory Danielson. Back row, left to right:
Matt Norby, Bert Anklam, Jaden Pfeifer, Casey Juleson, TJ Martin, Chris Juleson.
Not pictured: Terry Motl.
Men’s Slow Pitch Masters 35, Div II State Champions, Minot Kelly Chiropractic:
left to right: TJ Stewart, Ryan Callahan. Back row: John Pitner, Brian Holen, Randy
Brunner, Matt Stewart, Mike Kelly, Jason Morgan, Steve Dangel, Cory Maclver,
Jamison Burkhard.
Men’s Slow Pitch, Masters 40 Div I State Champions, Bismarck Stadium: front
row, left to right: Jason Salz, Tad Fink, Tom Schmidt, Gordy Smith, Stacy Keller, Jeff
Delzer, Scott Sheldon, Shawn Sperle, Shane Piatz. Back row, left to right: Mitch
Neumiller, Kyle Christensen, Mike Peluso, Ty Shope, Jim Bryant, Al Leibert, Jon
Gums, Dana Ereth.
Men’s Master 50, Wood Bat, Div. 1 State Champions, Mandan Dust-Tex: front
row, left to right: Todd Kluster, Gordy Smith, Bob Piatz, Wayne Becker, Bumper
Baumgartner, Dean Gesellchen, Tim Krahler, Curt Krahler, Steve Harrington. Back
row, left to right: Jack Jones, Scott Battest, Terence Schmidt, Todd Winkler, Mike
Nider, Jim Keller, Mark Bohrer, Tim Burckhard, Ron Geffre, Kelly Krahler, Jim Beckier.
Not pictured: Tim Michelson, Norlyn Schmidt.
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Women’s Slow Pitch Open State Champoins, Wahpeton Driftwood: Front row,
left to right: Angie Berntson, Jacee Meyer, Andrea Fennern, Britany Marohl, Brelyn
Marohl, Dalee Wilkinson. Back row, left to right: Kysa Platt, Jill Devries, Morgan
Edmundson, Jill Schedel, Tracy Marback, Andrea Charlebois.
Coed Slow Pitch Div II State Champions, Grand Forks The Redskins: Front
row, left to right: Kayla Goerke, Heidi Corzine, Jamie Sattler, Niki Frane, Maris
Johnson, Scott Wetter, Kelen Johnson. Back row, left to right: Jennifer Hegg, Nate
Zimmermann, Tanner Johson, Rusty Bouvette, Josh Peterka, Carrie Oliver, Brit
Johnson, Marty Mikkelsen.
Coed Slow Pitch, Div IV State Champions, Wahpeton Mary Ann’s Driftwood:
Andy Ziegelman, Josh Jacobson, Jana Westphal, Becky Lejer, Chuck Stahl, Mike
Miranorth. Back row, left to right: Chris Nelson, Karly Minar, Jenny Anderson, Teri
Kvasager, Paul Kowatski.
J.O. Girls Slow Pitch, 16 & under, Rory’s Team: Left to right: Thressa Piatz, Olivia Nihill, Paige Christ, Jade Schafer, Lindsay Hoffman, Macy Willison, Samantha
Hatlewick, Sydney Soulis, Mariah Wick, Dani Eissinger, Page Gefroh. Back row:
Coaches Rory Hoffman, Stee Wick.
Coed Slow Pitch Div I State Champions, Brady’s Service: Front row, left to right:
Blaine Johnson, Austin Horsager, Ross Olson, Ryan Sunram, Mitch Boehring. Back
row, left to right: Brittany Olson, Jennifer Sunram, Stacie Olson, Angie King, Sharon
Horsager, Molly Lundon, Jessica Holday.
Coed Slow Pitch Div III State Champions, Grand Frorks Kelly’s Bar/Hugo’s:
Front row, left to right: Twyla Tunseth, Emily Lundby. Back row, left to right: Kelly
Kunezel, Teri Erickson, Mike McWilliams, Andrew Stocker, Jeff Dennison, Tyler
Kuenzel, Ryan Kuntz, David Tunseth, Mel Skjotien, Jessica Speicher.
J.O. Girls’ Slow Pitch, 14 & Under State Champions, Langdon: left to right: Jessi
Gellner, Sadie Fetsch, Corissa Tetrault, Elise Ramberg. Back row: Coach Darren
Gellner, Savannah Wyatt, Calyn Crockett, Emily Messner, Greta Huslekaas, Brooke
Bakko, Regan Hoffarth, Jessica Hoffarth, Ericka Simpson.
2015 State Tournament Results
Women’s Slow Pitch,
Rec III-East
Champion: Wahpeton Driftwood; Runnerup: Bismarck Mortiz Sports & Marine; Third: West
Fargo Budweiser/The Galaxie
Liquor Store; Fourth:West Fargo
Turf
Champion: Grand Forks Loft
Girls/Deek’s Pizza; Runnerup:
West Fargo M & J Saloon; Third:
Jamestown Fred’s Den’trout Wells/
Buff City; Fourth: Fargo Bank of
the West; Consolation Champion:
Grand Traill Floyd’s; Consolation
Runnerup: Grand Forks Johnnie’s/
Oxford Realty; Roughrider: Fargo
Silver Dollar/Sexy Pigs; Tumbleweed: Sheyenne Valley Millner/
Delamere B Squad
Women’s Slow Pitch
Class D
Champion: Grand Forks All
Pets/Simplot Growers; Runnerup:
Grand Forks Day Dreams/Ground
Rojund/Juc; Third: Jamestown
Agronomy
Rec I
Champion: West Fargo Pete’s/
M&J/Dan’s Service/Arlyn’s Bodyworks; Runnerup: Minot Knowles
Jewelry; Third: Valley City Boomers Corner Keg/Wendel Auto Body;
Consolation Champion: Mandan
Leingang Construction NC/McQaude Distribution; Consolation
Runnerup: Bismarck J & M Excavation; Roughrider: Bismarck
Blarney Stone
Rec II
Champion: West Fargo M & J
Saloon/Imperial Flooring; Runnerup: Mayville Heroes and Legends; Third: McLean McHenry
Mutual Insurace; Fourth: Grand
Forks Hugo’s Wine & Spirits/Papa
Murphy’s; Consolation Champion: Williston Mulligan’s; Consolation Runnerup: Wahpeton Hits
& Runs; Roughrider: Devils Lake
Thirsty’s Red Birds; Tumbleweed:
Tappenb Fanta Farms
Rec III-West
Champion: Beulah Lady Comets; Runnerup: CND United Community Bank; Third: Mandan
Goldade Landscaping; Fourth:
Lidgerwood Bar/Joe Ag Supply; Consolation Champions:
N&S Dakota Big Screen/Weber
Plumbing; Consolation Runnerup: Anamoose Merchants;
Roughrider: Mandan Lonesome
Dove; Tumbleweed: Williston A
Qualified
Masters Div I
Champion: Bismarck BDS
Concrete; Runnerup: West Fargo
Driftwood
Masters Div II
Champion: Bismarck Capt.
Freddy’s Fanta Farms; Runnerup:
Bismarck Edson’s Construction
Masters Div III
Champion: Jamestown Tom’s
Electric; Runnerup: Bismarck
Coors/Midway Tavern
IOWA continued from page 1
with two outs in the top of the first,
Kass & Co. laced four consecutive
singles to make it 4-0. Men’s Hair
House answered with a three-run
bomb from Ross Olson in the bottom of the first, but that’s as close
as it would get.
Kass & Co. added two more in
the top of the second behind three
singles and two sacrifice flies in the
inning and four more in the top of
third on three singles and two doubles. The big blow came in the top
of the fourth when Lucey smoked a
grand slam to make it a 14-3 game.
Kass & Co. poured it on in the
top of fifth, plating 16 runs on 15
hits in the inning, only one of which
was a home run. All 12 players that
stepped to the plate for Kass & Co.
in the championship game had at
least one RBI. Seven batters had at
least two.
“This is a great feeling.” Lucey
said. “We had a great team effort.
Everybody had a fun time. This is
a great day for Dubuque, Iowa.”
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Men’s Slow Pitch
Class D
Champion: Fargo Men’s Hair
House/The Box/MMB; Runnerup: Fargo 3x Gear/Box/Fat
Tire; Third: Bismarck Men’s Hair
House; Fourth: Fargo Sickies
Garage
Men’s Slow Pitch Rec I
Champion: Mandan Chiropractor; Runnerup: Bismarck
Nutrishop; Third: Bismarck TC
Wolves; Fourth: Jamestown
Knights of Columbus
Men’s Slow Pitch
Rec II-East
Champion: Fargo DMVW
#2; Runnerup: Grand Forks
Waind Chiropractic; Third:
Fargo
The
Bowler/Golf
Fargo
Addiction;
Fourth:
Prospective Plumbing/Bro-Dude;
Consolation Champion: Fargo
M T W Towing; Consolation
Runnerup:
Fargo
Christian
Ford/Bar
9/Pac
Broth-ers
Roughrider: West Fargo 5-Hold
Construction/Sheile Enterprises;
Tumbleweed:
Fargo
Edward
Men’s Slow
Pitch
Jones - Zenker
Rec II-West
Champion:Williston Boomtown/Shirt Work; Runnerup:
Minot Rossco’s/BWW; Third:
Minot Schuler Repair/Minot Rings
& Wings; Fourth:Mandan Dickson
Law Office;
Men’s Slow Pitch
Rec III-East
Champion: West Fargo H &
S Painting; Runnerup: Grand
Forks AA Roughnecks/Kelly’s Bar;
Third: West Fargo Uncle Maddio’s
Pizza; Fourth: Grafton JRs Bar;
Consolation Champion: Fargo
Nodak Mutual Insurance/The Distr;
Consolation Runnerup: Fargo
Riding The Pine; Roughrider:
Devils Lake Gerrell’s Sport Center;
Pioneer: Fargo JSPK/Pub West/
Osgood Nurtion/BA; Tumbleweed: Fargo Buffalo Wild Wings
#2; Cactus: Fargo North Country
Marketing
Men’s Slow Pitch
Rec III-West
Champion: LaMoure Choice
Finanical; Runnerup: Williston
Border States Electric; Third:
Mandan Any Leaks; Fourth: Bismarck Miller Lite/Blarney Stone;
Consolation Champion: Bismarck
Sidelines/Prairie Public Bingo;
Consolation Runnerup: Dickinson Dough Boys; Roughrider:
Minot Lucky Strike/Grand Hotel;
Pioneer: Williston Outlaws; Tumbleweed: Bismarck Tumbleweed
Bar & Grill; Cactus: Dickinson
Queen City Upholstery
Ankle; Fourth: Bismarck Oswald’s
Men’s Slow Pitch
Rec IV-East
Men’s Masters 50
Wood Bat, Div 2
Champion: Grand Forks Speedway Busch Pounders; Runnerup:
Wahpeton Smith Motors/Miller
Lite; Third: Fargo Scrapper Pride;
Fourth: Grand Forks Taco John’s;
Consolation Champions: Fargo
Labby’s #1; Consolation Runnerup: Sheldon; Roughrider:
Hunter Merchants; Tumbleweed:
Fargo Dakota Supply Group
Men’s Slow Pitch
Rec IV-West
Champion: Rolette; Runnerup:
Great Northern Grand Treasure
Casino; Third: Minot Automotive
Center; Fourth: Mandan Broken
Oar
Men’s Slow Pitch
Masters 35 Div I
Champion: Mandan Roughrider
Resources; Runnerup: Fargo The
Box; Third: Mandan Dust-Tex;
Fourth: Mandan Boulder Homes
Men’s Slow Pitch
Masters 35 Div II
Champion: Minot Kelly Chiropractic; Runnerup: Bismarck
Logo’s-N-Sports; Third: Fargo
Burnn Boiler; Fourth: Valley City
Elliot Farms
Men’s Slow Pitch
Masters 35 Div III
Champion: Mandan Bowers
Excavating; Runnerup: Enderlin
Creative TZ; Third: Lisbon Riverside Buidlers; Fourth: May-Port
Men’s Slow Pitch
Masters 40 Div I
Champion: Bismarck Stadium;
Runnerup: Kensal Merchants;
Third: Bismarck Dakota Foot &
Men’s Slow Pitch
Masters 40 Div II
Champion: Minot Kruse; Runnerup: Bismarck Carpet World;
Third: Valley City Elliott Farms;
Fourth: May-Port Insurance
Men’s Masters 50
Wood Bat, Div 1
Champion: Mandan Dust-Tex;
Runnerup: Wahpeton Jacklitz
Agency
Champion: Fort Rice;
Runnerup: Mandan Bistro
Men’s Masters 50
Metal Bat
Champion: Mandan Dust-Tex;
Runnerup: Mandan Mariner Construction
Coed Slow Pitch Div I
Champion: Fargo Brady’s Service; Runnerup: Bismarck Grind
Athletics/Corral Bar;
Coed Slow Pitch Div II
Champion: Grand Forks The
Redskins; Runnerup: Jamestown
Helena/Buff; Third: Jamestown
Johnson/Meikle; Consolation
Champion: Valley City Captain’s
Pub/Valley Flooring;
Coed Slow Pitch Div III
Champion: Grand Forks Kelly’s
Bar/Hugo’s; Runnerup: Grand
Forks Kelly’s Bar; Third: Grand
Forks Pace Painting; Fourth:
Grand Forks Tavern United; Consolation Champion: Fargo JDP/
Gopher Excavating; Consolation
Runnerup: Grand Forks Rumors;
Roughrider: Hunter Verwest Contracting;
Coed Slow Pitch Div IV
Champion: Wahpeton Mary
Ann’s Driftwood; Runnerup:
Jamestown Schafer’s Coed/K.C’s
Corner Bar; Third: Fargo Donate Life; Fourth: Rolla Coast to
Coast; Consolation Champion:
Rugby Dirty Ones; Consolation
Runnerup: Valley City Nubar;
Roughrider: Valley City Service
Master;
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2015 State Tournament highlights
WOMEN’S
SLOW PITCH
Class D
Devils Lake hosted the Class D
Women’s Slow Pitch state tournament the weekend of August 1 and
2 with only five teams available to
play. The champion was a team
from Grand Forks sponsored by All
Pets/ Simplot Growers which won
three games to claim the title. Their
first game was a decisive win over
Bismarck Gold and Silver/Missouri
Valley Ag/the Lodge 18 to 9. They
followed that game with a win over
Allied Agronomy of Jamestown 9
to 4 and won the title game over
another Grand Forks team, Day
Dream/Ground Round/JUC by a
score of 10 to 6.
The runner-up team, Day Dream/
Ground Round/JUC of Grand Forks
took a much rougher route to the
title game, losing their first game
and having to win four straight
games to get a shot at the championship. Their first game loss was
to Allied Agronomy of Jamestown
22 to 14 but they bounced back to
win over Bismarck Gold and Silver/
Missouri Valley Ag/The Lodge
14 to 13 before disposing of MM
Drywall/Chubbs/ Sperle Masonry
of West Fargo 6 to 4 before beating
Gold and Silver again 12 to 2 in the
loser’s bracket. Finally, they beat
Allied Agronomy of Jamestown to
avenge their initial loss 9 to 8 before
dropping the title game 10 to 6 to
All Pets/Simplot Growers.
Third place was captured by Allied Agronomy of Jamestown with
a record of two wins and two losses.
Rec I
A multi-sponsored team from
West Fargo won the state championship in the women’s Rec I
Division as they fended off fifteen
other teams in a two day event held
in Valley City on August 8 and 9.
Petes/M&J/Dan’Service/Arlyns
of West Fargo won four games to
go undefeated and claim the title.
They opened with a trouncing
of Corral Bar/Michelob Ultra of
Bismarck, winning 20 to 6 before
winning their next three contests
by the ten run rule. They defeated
another Bismarck team, Pleasant
Ridge Dairy 14 to 4. Their next
victim was Boomer’s Corner Keg
playing on their home fields 10 to 0.
In the championship game, the West
Fargo aggregation beat Knowles
Jewelry of Minot 14 to 4. Offense
certainly was their game as they
scored 58 runs in their four game
march to the state title.
Runner-Up Knowles Jewelry of
Minot lacked the offensive punch of
the champions from West Fargo as
they opened with a 6 to 3 win over
Quale Farms of Bismarck before
beating another Bismarck team,
Stadium Select 55 18 to 12.
In their semi-final game, they
edged Vets-MP Farmers, Grand
Trail 16 to 9
Boomer’s Corner Keg won the
third place game 8 to 7 over VetsMP Farmers, Grand Trial while
Leingang Construction/McQuade
Distributing won the Consolation
title beating L and M Excavating
of Bismarck 16 to 9.
Roughrider Division was captured by the Blarney Stone of
Bismarck, winning over Kelly
Chiropractic of Minot 6 to 4 in a
well played game.
Rec II
West Fargo’s M and J Saloon/
Imperial Flooring won the 32 team
women’s Rec. 2 state tournament
in Jamestown August 1 and 2. They
began their quest for the title with a
win over MP Insurance/Top Hat by
a score of 10 to 6 before downing
the Carrington Merchants 15 to 2.
In their third game, they won over
Harvey Old Pro 4 to 3 in a tightly
contested game and the won the
semi-final game over Hugo’s Wine
and Spirits/Papa Murphys . No
score was available.
In the championship game, M
and J/Imperial Flooring beat Mayville Hero’s and Legends 8 to 3 to
claim the championship trophy.
The runner-up Mayville Hero’s
and Legends won four games before losing the championship game.
In their opening game, they outlasted Fanta Farms of Bismarck 14
to 13 before winning their second
game over Helifino/Cabinet Makers
of West Fargo 15 to 4. Their next
victim was Ness Floor Covering/
Carousal of Fargo 14 to 6 and then
won another close contest 3 to 1
in a splendid defensive effort over
McLean/McHenry Mutual Insurance. They lost to M and J Saloon/
Inperial Flooring in the final game.
Third place was claimed by
McLean/McHenry Mutual Insurance by beating Hugo’s Wine and
Spirits/Papa Murphys. No score
was available.
Consolation title went to Mulligan’s/JLG/Jedun/Empire/ECFH of
Williston while Wahpeton Hits and
Runs was consolation runner-up.
Roughrider Division winner was
Devils Lake Thirsty’s Red Birds.
Tumbleweed Division was Fanta
Farms of Bismarck.
Rec III East
A Grand Forks team claimed the
championship trophy in a 22 team
Rec 3 East state championship
tournament held in West Fargo the
weekend of August 8 and 9. Loft
Girls/Deek’s Pizza won the title
with four straight wins over the
two day event. They opened with a
defensive gem win over 12th Street
Bowl/Bud Light/Tri County by a
score of 3 to 2. Their bats loosened
up for their next three games as they
pounded out wins over Frontier Fort
of Jamestown 11 to 3; Ty’s Lounge
of Devils Lake 13 to 1 and M and J
Saloon of West Fargo 11 to 5.
M and J Saloon of West Fargo
was the runner-up winning their
first game by forfeit, then beating
Grafton Beer Barbies/Tri County
16 to 1 and Fred’s Den/Trout Well
and Buff City of Jamestown 13 3.
That put the West Fargoans into the
final game where they lost to Loft
Girls/Deek’s Pizza.
Third place was taken by Fred’s
Den/Trout Wells/Buff City 7 to 1
over Bank of the West of Fargo.
Consolation winner was Grand
Trail Floyds 13 to 2 over Johnnies
Lounge/Oxford Realty of Grand
Forks 9 to 8 in a nail biter.
The Tumbleweed Division was
claimed by Sheyenne Valley Milnor/Delamere B Squad over 12th
Street Bowl/Bud Light/Tri-County
9 to 8.
Rec III West
Beulah’s Lady Comets won five
straight games over two days to
capture the title at the Women’s
Rec.West 3 state championship,
held in Bismarck at the Clem Kelley Softball Complex the weekend
of August 8 and 9. Thirty teams
competed in the season ending
event.
The Lady Comets began their
quest for the championship with
a ten run victory over Bismarck
Gold and Silver II winning 15 to 5.
Their next two games were both
comfortable wins over Shield’s Bar
of Bismarck 10 to 5 and Cloverdale
of Bismarck 9 to 2. Their semi-final
win was tougher as they outlasted
Goldade Landscaping of Mandan
11 to 9. In the championship game,
the Lady Comets beat United Community Bank, Central Dakota 10 to
3 to take home the winner’s trophy.
The runner-up United Community Bank, Central Dakota also
opened their tournament run with
a ten run victory over Bill Barth
Ford of Bismarck 20 to10 before
putting away Anne Carlson School/
Cysewski Farms of Jamestown 24
to 17 in a high scoring battle. In
their next game, the Bankers scored
a shutout over Rudy’s, Sheyenne
Valley 6 to 0. In the toughest test
of the day, United Bank won over
the Lidgerwood Bar/Joe Ag Supply/
Sheyenne Valley 9 to 8 to gain the
championship game which they lost
to the Beulah Lady Comets.
Goldade Landscaping of Mandan
won third place with a 7 to 3 win
over Lidgerwood.
The Consolation winner was
N&S Big Screen/Weber Plumbing
over Anamoose Merchants 12 to 6.
Roughrider Division was captured by Mandan Lonesome Dove
10 to 9 over Mariner Construction
of Bismarck.
The Tumbleweed Division winner was Williston A Qualified with
a 14 to 8 victory over The Rock of
Dickinson.
Open Division
Six teams competed in the Women’s Slow Pitch Open Division
state tournament held at the Ulland
Softball Complex in Grand Forks
the weekend of August 15 and 16.
Wahpeton’s Driftwood Lounge
won the tournament after enjoying
a first round bye they defeated the
Turf of West Fargo 9 to 4, Moritz
Sport and Marine of Bismarck 17 to
7 and then beat Moritz again after
the Bismarck team had come back
through the loser’s bracket by the
same score of 17 to 7.
Moritz claimed the runner-up
spot winning over Bud/Galaxy
Liquors/Rick’s Tire of West Fargo
12 to 3 and the Bad News Beavers
of Grand Forks 13 to 3 before losing
their first game to Driftwood. They
beat Bud/Galaxy Liquors/Rick’s
Tire of West Fargo in the loser’s
bracket 20 to 4 to gain another shot
at Driftwood with the same result
as their earlier game.
Bud/Galaxy Liquors/Rick’s Tire
of West Fargo claimed third place
and the Turf, also of West Fargo
was fourth.
Masters Division I
In the first of the state tournaments, the Women’s Masters, the
Division One winner was BDS
Concrete of Bismarck which won
all four of it’s games. They won the
first game of the tournament with a
27 to 12 victory over Health Source
Chiropractic and then beat Allied
Agronomy 15 to 2. In their third
game, then disposed of Walzak 20
to 4 and they then won their fourth
game of the tournament 20 to 4 over
Driftwood Lounge.
Health Source Chiropractic was
declared runner-up as they compiled a 2 and 2 record along with
Walzak but won on a run difference. Health Source lost their first
game to BDS Concrete 27 to 12 and
also lost to Walzak 10 to 6 before
winning over Driftwood 14 to 13
and Allied Agronomy 8 to 6.
Walzak also finished with two
wins and two losses, winning over
Allied Agronomy 14 to 11 and
Health Source Chiropractic 10 to 6
and losing to Driftwood 12 to 6 and
to BDC Concrete 20 to 4.
Driftwood also ended with a
2 and 2 record beating Allied
Agronomy 15 to 3 and Walzak 12 to
6 before losing to Health Source 14
to 13 and to BDS Concrete 20 to 4.
The teams were very well
matched and competitive.
Masters Division II
Capt. Freddies won the Division Two portion of the Women’s
Masters tournament the weekend
of July 25 and 26 at the Clem Kelley Softball Complex in Bismarck.
Nine teams competed for the title
and Freddies went unbeaten in four
games to claim the title.
Capt. Freddies beat Fanta Farms
in their opener in a squeaker 11 to
10 and Rudy’s in a ten run contest
11 to 1 before beating Edson twice
to win the championship trophy.
Freddies outscored Edson 8 to 6 in
their first game and 12 to 1 in the
second game.
Runner-Up Edson won a pair of
games to open their tournament run
beating Lithia Ford 19 to 12 and
Helfino 14 to 11. Their next opponent was the eventual champion
Freddies and Freddies prevailed 8
to 6 sending Edson to the loser’s
bracket where they beat TNA 15 to
8 to earn another shot at Freddies
but Freddies proved to be too much
again as they won 12 to 1.
TNA Claimed third place and
Rudy’s won fourth place.
Masters Division III
Tom’s Electric of Jamestown was
declared the winner of the Division
3 portion of the Women’s Masters
tournament held the weekend of
July 25 and 26 at the Clem Kelley
Softball Complex in Bismarck. In
the five team round robin event
Tom’s had a record of 3 wins and
1 loss while the team declared
Runner-up was Coors Light/Midway Tavern of Bismarck which also
had a 3 and 1 record but had lost to
Tom’s in a head to head battle.
Tom’s beat Coors Light/Midway
Tavern in their opening game 11 to
5 and also beat the East River Gals
7 to 5 and Valley Plains 9 to 1 before
losing their last game 9 to 8 to Bill
Barth Ford of Mandan.
Coors Light/Midway Tavern
opened with the loss to Tom’s, then
won their last three games. They
defeated Bill Barth Ford 11 to 10;
East River Gals 7 to 4 and Valley
Plains 15 to 5.
East River Gals took third place
with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses.
They beat Bill Barth Ford 14 to 7
and Valley Plains 6 to 5 while losing
to Tom’s 7 to 5 and Coors Light/
Midway Tavern 7 to 4.
MEN’S
SLOW PITCH
Class D
A Fargo aggregation sponsored
by Men’s Hair House/The Box/
MMb won the 36 team Men’s Slow
Pitch Class D state tournament held
at the Anderson Softball Complex
in Fargo the weekend of August 8
and 9. The Fargoans opened with a
ten run win over Bobcat’s Hockey/
Bruno’s Pizza/Duffy Hockey of
Bismarck 14 to 4 then clobbered
Heart and Well ness/IES/AVC of
Dickinson 16 to 5 and First Class
Mortgage/Joe Black/Accu of Grand
Forks 20 to 4. The Hair House
continued it’s robust hitting in their
next two games beating Wild Rice
Bar/Shocktop of Fargo 16 to 5 and
Men’s Hair House of Bismarck 17
to 8. Those wins advanced them
to their sixth game where they lost
to another Fargo team 3XGear/the
Box/Fat Tire 20 to 18. 3XGear had
come all the way back after losing
their opener. Their win against
Hair House created the need for
another championship game, which
was won by Hair House/The Box/
MMB. No score was available.
Runner-up 3XGear/the Box/Fat
Tire of Fargo took the long way
around to reach the championship
game. They lost their first game
of the tournament 9 to 8 to MDI of
Wahpeton. In the loser’s bracket,
3X Gear beat Boulder Homes/
Trademark Realty/Bismarck Title
of Bismarck 11 to 6 , the first of
seven straight wins. They beat
Livewire/Burnn Boilers/the Box of
Fargo 24 to 2; Rumors/Hashers of
Grand Forks 12 to 3; Johnson Hardwood Flooring of Harwood 10 to
3; Homesteaders of Minot in their
only tight game 7 to 6; Inge Pub of
Mandan 18 to 10 and Sickies #1 18
to 1 to earn a shot at Hair House.
Bismarck Men/s Hair House
claimed third place and fourth
was grabbed by Sickies Garage
of Fargo.
Rec I
One of the home teams captured
the Men’s Rec One state title when
Mandan’s Berger Chiropractic beat
out a 43 team field in the battle for
the Rec One crown at the Mandan
Softball Complex the weekend of
August 1 and 2.
Berger Chiropractic opened its
drive for the championship with
a ten run win over Minot Kelly
Chiropractic 14 to 4 and followed
up with a solid win over Bismarck
Dakota Pharmacy 11 to 6. They defeated another Minot team in their
third game as they won over Taco
Johns 17 to 9. The TC Wolves of
Bismarck ended Berger’s winning
ways in their fourth game, winning
11 to 10 in a tight contest.
Berger dropped into the loser’s
bracket where they beat Jones
Physical Training of Bismarck
and the Jamestown KC’s 19 to 15
before getting revenge on the TC
Wolves 12 to 11. In the championship game, Berger routed Bismarck
Nutrishop 18 to 3.
Nutrishop was the runner-up
beating five opponents before losing twice to Berger Chiropractic.
They beat Minot Sevens 10 to 3;
Starion Financial of Bismarck 13 to
6; Jones Physical Training 22 to 8;
Boyko, Inc. of Mandan 14 to 1 and
the TC Wolves of Bismarck 17 to 2.
They lost the championship in two
game losses to Berger Chiropractic
15 to 12 and 18 to 13.
TC Wolves of Bismarck claimed
third place and the Jamestown
KC’s ended up in fourth place.
Rec II West
Williston Boomtown/Shirt Works
won the Men’s Rec. Two West state
tournament held in Williston at the
Western Star Complex during the
weekend of August 8 and 9. Eleven
teams were entered.
The Williston team started with
a win over Terhorst of Minot by
a score of 14 to 7 and followed
that performance with a 24 to 10
triumph over Dickson Law Office
of Mandan. In the semi-final game,
Boomtown defeated Schuler Repair/Minot Rings and Wings 17 to
8 and in the championship contest
they won over Minot Rossco’s/
BWW 16 to 8.
The runner-up spot was captured
by Minot Rossco’s/BWW which
won three games before losing
twice to eventual champ Williston Boomtown/Shirt Works. The
Minoters began with a win over
JDubs/Bud Light/After Party of
Williston 16 to 5 and beat Minot
North Hill Bowl 17’s 15 to 12. In
the unbeaten game, Rossco’s lost to
Boomtown/Shirt Works 16 to 6 but
bounced back to defeat Schuler’s
Repair/Minot Rings and Wings 13
to 4 before losing for the second
time to Boomtown/Shirt Works
16 to 8.
Third place was won by Minot
Schulers Repair/Minot Rings and
Wings by winning over Northern
Energy Services of Williston 17 to
6. Fourth place was won by Dickson Law Office of Mandan.
Rec. III East
H and S Painting of West Fargo
bested a 52 team field to capture
the Rec III East state championship played August 1 and 2 on the
Ulland Softball Complex in Grand
Forks. The winners triumphed in
five straight games over the two day
event to claim the trophy.
H and S opened their tournament
drive to the title by overcoming the
El Roco #5 team from Grand Forks
by a score of 8 to 5. In the next
round, H and S outlasted Boomer’s
Corner Keg/Dakota Plains Co-op
of Valley City 13 to 11. They
continued to churn out runs as they
defeated McLeod Silver Prairie
Saloon, Ramsey County by a score
of 14 to 5.
In the semi-final game, H and S
scored a ten run victory over JR’s
Bar of Grafton 17 to 7 and in the
championship game, they claimed
a 12 to 9 win over AA Roughnecks/
Kelly’s Bar of Grand Forks to take
home the title.
Runner-up AA Roughnecks/
Kelly’s Bar earned the championship game by beating Gateway
Chevrolet/Bar 9 of West Fargo by
a ten run rule 15 to 5; Proz/BSE of
Devils Lake 10 to 4; Brand Ltd of
West Fargo 2 to 1 in their only close
game of the tournament; and Uncle
Maddio’s Pizza of West Fargo in
another ten run triumph 11 to l in
the semi-final game.
Third place was won by Uncle
Maddio’s Pizza 12 to 9 over JR’s
Bar.
Consolation Champion was NoDak Mutual Insurance/the District
of Fargo over Riding the Pine 14 to
11 in a battle of Fargo teams.
Roughrider Division winner was
Gerrell’s Sports Center of Devils
Lake over Goldmark of Fargo 15
to 4.
Pioneer Division winner was
JSPK/Pub West/Osgood Nutrition/
BA of Fargo over Lundseth Plumbing of Grand Forks 16 to 3.
Cactus Division crown was won
by North Country Marketing of
Fargo over Landmark Electric also
of Fargo 12 to 2.
Tumbleweed champs were Buffalo Wild Wings#2 of Fargo with
a ten run win over El Roco #5 of
Grand Forks 15 to 5.
REC III WEST
Lamoure Choice Financial captured the Men’s Rec. 3 West championship in Bismarck the weekend
of August 1 and 2 besting 64 other
teams in the process. The tournament was held at the Clem Kelley
Softball Complex.
Lamoure started its climb to the
title with a close win over American
Oil 7 to 5 and then subdued Elbow
Room/Coors of Bismarck 4 to
1. They won their third game 24
to 14 over Ryan GMC and in the
semi-final they bested Miller Lite/
Blarney Stone of Bismarck 13 to 12
and won the championship contest
in another one run contest 10 to 9
over Williston Border states.
Runner-up Border States won
their way into the final game with
wins over Vance Vetter Homes
of Bismarck 12 to 1; Ed’s Wheel
Alignment of Bismarck 4 to 2; Burnett Consulting also of Bismarck in
a ten run contest 15 to 5; and Any
Leaks of Mandan in the semi-final
15 to 1 before dropping the championship game.
Third place was claimed by Any
Leaks of Mandan as they won over
Miller Lite/Blarney Stone 17 to 16.
Consolation winner was Sidelines/Prairie Bingo 8 to 7 over
Doughboys.
In a coincidence the Tumbleweed Bar and Grill of Lincoln won
the Tumbleweed Division of the
tournament besting the Ice Box
14 to 13.
The Roughrider Division was
won by Lucky Strike over Vance
Vetter Homes of Bismarck 12 to 2.
The Cactus Division winner was
Queen City over ICI by a score of
13 to 6.
The Pioneer Division crown was
claimed by the Outlaws over Bev’
Café 12 to 10.
Rec. IV, East
Fargo hosted the 54 team Men’s
Rec. 4 East state tournament at
two complexes, Anderson and
Southwest the weekend of August
15 and 16 but a Grand Forks team
grabbed the title as they won five
straight games after enjoying an
opening round bye. Speedway/
Busch Pounders never was seriously challenged as they beat Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels from Fargo 14
to 5; Tire One/Valvoline of Grand
Forks 19 to 11; Gwinner 12 to 5
; Scrapper Pride of Fargo and in
the final game beat Smith Motors/
Miller Lite of Wahpeton 16 to 0.
Runner up Smith Motors/Miller
Lite of Wahpeton also won five
games in a row before dropping the
championship game to Speedway/
Busch Pounders of Grand Forks.
The Wahpeton team won their first
game over Corporate Technologies of Fargo then squeaked by the
Hunter Merchants 21 to 19. They
won their next game 4 to 1 over
Spice Realty.com of Fargo and then
defeated Walhalla 12 to 4. In their
semi-final game, they easily beat
Taco Johns of Grand Forks 14 to 2
before losing the final to Speedway/
Busch Pounders.
Fargo Scrapper Pride won third
place over Grand Forks Taco Johns
12 to 2 and in the Consolation final
Fargo Labbys #1 won a close game
over Sheldon 12 to 11.
The Roughrider Division was
claimed by the Hunter Merchants
8 to 5 over Carrington and in the
Tumbleweed Division, Fargo’s
Dakota Supply Group won over
Wil-Rich of Wahpeton 14 to 7.
Rec. IV, West
A team from Rolette won the
Men’s Slow Pitch Rec 4 West
championship in Minot’s South Hill
Complex the weekend of August 15
and 16 but not without a struggle.
After winning their first three
games, they lost and had to battle
back through the loser’s bracket to
claim the title.
Rolette beat the Native Dream
Catchers from Bismarck in their
first game shutting out the Bismarckers 5 to 0. Their first test
came in their second game as they
managed to squeak by the Smoking
Aces from Minot 12 to 11. They
won their third game by a ten run
margin over All Americans from
Dickinson 18 to 8 but their fourth
game was a close loss to Grand
Treasure Casino, Great Northern
9 to 7 which dumped them into
the loser’s bracket. They managed to fight back by winning over
Automotive Center of Minot 8 to 5
before meeting the Grand Treasure
Casino team again in the first championship game which was won
by Rolette causing another game
which was also won by the team
from Rolette 17 to 6 to bring home
the championship trophy.
Grand Treasure Casino, Great
Northern finished in second place
by winning four games before losing two to Roletter. The Casino
team won their opener 19 to 10 over
Vickie’s of Mandan and then beat
Automotive Center of Minot 15 to
10. In their third game, they bested
the Broken Oar of Mandan14 to
12 before winning the unbeaten
game 9 to 7 over Rolette. Rolette
came roaring back winning the first
championship game and the “if”
game 17 to 6.
Minot Automotive Center won
third place and Mandan Broken Oar
was fourth.
Masters 35, Div. I
Six teams contested for the state
title in Division One of the 35 and
Over Men’s Masters tournament
held at the Clem Kelley Softball
Complex in Bismarck, July 25 and
26. Mandan Roughrider Resources
was the winner going undefeated
for the tournament.
They opened with an 18 to 0 win
over Mandan Dust-Tex and moved
right into a game with Fargo The
Box which they won 25 to22. The
Fargo team came back through the
loser’s bracket to challenge the
Mandan team but were defeated
again 20 to 5 to give the title to the
Mandan Roughrider Resources.
The Box of Fargo ended in second place in Division One after
beating the Minot Homesteaders
18 to 8 in their first game and
Bismarck Dakota Mini-Storage in
the second game 22 to 6. The Box
then lost to Mandan Roughrider Resources 25 to 22 and had to defeat
Mandan Dust-Tex 11 to 10 to earn
another shot at eventual champion
Roughrider Resources which triumphed again 20 to 5.
Mandan Dust-Tex won third
place over Mandan Boulder Homes
with a 16 to 2 win.
to 14. In the championship game
they scored a shutout over Kensal
20 to 0.
Kensal claimed runner-up honors
beating Dakota Foot and Ankle of
Bismarck twice 23 to 16 and 16 to
15 while losing twice to Stadium.
Dakota Foot and Ankle was third
and Oswalds failed to win a game.
3 before winning over Grind Athletic/Corral Bar of Bismarck 19 to
8. Brady’s continued its winning
ways in bracket play as they won
19 to 9 over Team Hutton and 22
to 5 over Grind Athletic/Corral
Bar of Bismarck 22 to 15 to win
the state title.
Master’s 35, Div. II
Master’s 40, Div. II
Kruse of Minot won the Division
Two championship winning four
games without a loss. They won
over the Bismarck Moose 23 to 6;
Mandan Shirt Shack8 to 2 and then
beat Bismarck Carpet World twice
to claim the crown. The scores
were 9 to 5 and 8 to 4.
Carpet World finished second,
winning three while losing twice
to Kruse. In the first game, they
beat Minot Bootlegrz 15 to 12 and
then they beat May-Port Insurance
21 to 16 before dropping a game to
Kruse 9 to 5. Carpet World came
back to win over Elliott Farms of
Valley City in the losers bracket 15
to 11 before losing again to Kruse.
Elliott Farms was the third place
winner with two wins and two
losses while May-Port Insurance
collected the fourth place trophy.
JUC Redskins of Grand Forks
also won all their pool games
then followed by two more wins
in bracket play. The opener in
pool play resulted in a close win
over Helena Buff of Jamestown
11 to 9, followed by another close
game edging Johnston/Meikle of
Jamestown 18 to 17 before beating Captains Pub/Valley Flooring
of Valley City 18 to 12. In bracket
play, JUC continued their march to
the title with wins over Johnston/
Meikle of Jamestown 21 to 10 and
Helena Buff of Jamestown 15 to 11
in the championship game.
Helena Buff of Jamestown
claimed third place winning two
out of three games.
Minot Kelly Chiropractic team
beat out 31 other teams to claim
the title in Division Two of the
Men’s Masters 35 and Over state
tournament held at the Clem Kelley
Softball Complex in Bismarck the
weekend of July 25 and 26.
Kelly’s opened with a close win
over Bismarck’s Bruno Pizza/Corral Bar by a score of 14 to 12 and
then beat Minot Wolding Trucking
12 to 6. In their third game, they
defeated Grand Forks Merchants by
the ten run rule 12 to 2 to advance
to the undefeated game which they
lost to Bismarck Logo’s N Sports
7 to 6.
In the first championship game,
Kelly’s got a measure of revenge
by beating Logo’s N Sports 15 to1
forcing an “if” game which also
was won by the Minot team 24 to
13 to grab the title.
Bismarck Logo’s N Sports was
the runner up beating Minot Bootlegrz 11 to 6 in their opener, Bismarck Mann Energy in a tight
contest 5 to 4 and Valley City Elliot
Farms 21 to 11. In the unbeaten
game, Logo’s beat Kelly’s in a
shutout 7 to 0 and had the advantage
going into to first championship;
however, they dropped a 15 to 1
decision forcing an “if” game also
won by Kelly Chiropractic 24 to 13.
Third place went to Burnn Boiler
out of Fargo which beat Valley City
Elliot Farms 13 to 3 putting the Valley City team in fourth place for the
tournament.
Master’s 35, Div. III
Bower’s Excavating of Mandan
claimed the Division Three crown
at the Men’s Masters 35 state tournament in Bismarck the weekend
of July 25 and 26 at the Clem
Kelley Softball Complex. Twenty
eight teams contested for the title
but Bower’s went undefeated to
win it all.
Bower’s opened with a 23 to 18
win over May-Port and followed up
with a one run triumph over Vance
Vetter Homes of Bismarck 11 to 10.
Another one run squeaker followed
as Bower’s beat Shirt Shack 14 to
13. In the unbeaten game, Bower’s
unloaded on the Lisbon Riverside
Builders 21 to 4 to gain the championship game where they had to go
8 innings to beat Enderlin Creative
TZ 14 to 13.
Enderlin took second place but
ended up playing an extra game or
two after dropping into the loser’s
bracket. They won their first two
games, beating Munich Treasure
9 to 8 in a tight contest then won
easily over Bismarck Hometown
Moving 19 to 2. Lisbon dumped
Enderlin into the loser’s bracket
14 to 9 but Enderlin bounced back
with a win over May-Port 10 to 6
before edging Lisbon 7 to 6 to gain
the championship game where they
lost to Bower’s of Mandan 14 to 13
in eight innings.
Riverside Builders of Lisbon was
the third place team and May Port
claimed the fourth spot.
The Men’s 40 and Over Masters
state tournament was held August
15 and 16 in Mandan. Four teams
participated in Division One while
seven were entered in Division.
Master’s 40, Div. I
Bismarck Stadium won the title
in Division One winning three
games without a loss. They opened
with a 19 to 5 win over the Kensal
Merchants and followed up by
routing Oswald’s of Bismarck 35
METAL BAT 50
Mandan DustTex claimed the
metal bat title to go along with
the wood bat title won during the
same tournament. DustTex won
two games in the Round Robin Pool
play and then beat Grand Forks
McMenamys 17 to 7 and Mariner
Construction of Mandan 19 to 5 to
win the metal bat championship to
go along with the wood bat title.
Mariner Contruction was the runner up after finishing 2 and 0 during
pool play and beating Jacklitch
Agency of Wahpeton 19 to 5 before
losing to DustTex 20 to 8.
WOOD BAT 50 - DIV I
Mandan’s DustTex win the six
team Masters 50 Wood Bat Division one in Mandan July 18 and 19.
In the pool play, DustTex won both
its games and then beat Mariner
Construction of Mandan 13 to 3
and Jacklitch Agency of Wahpeton
21 to 5 in the bracket portion of the
tournament.
Jacklitch Agency of Wahpeton
claimed second place going 1 and
1 in pool play and beating MagiTouch 14 to 2 before losing to DustTex in the bracket portion.
WOOD BAT 50 - DIV II
Fort Rice claimed the title in Division Two of the Masters 50 wood
bat state tournament in Mandan
July 18 and 19. They went 2 and 0
in Pool play and then beat Farmers
Insurance of Mandan 4 to 2 and
also won over Bistro/Capital City
Restaurant Supply 15 to 5.
Bistro/Capital City Restaurant
Supply claimed runner-up honors
going 2 and 0 in pool play and 1
and 1 in bracket play.
COED
SLOW PITCH
Forty five teams gathered in
Grand Forks the weekend of September 12 and 13 to compete in four
divisions for the state championships in Co-Ed slow pitch. Division
One had five teams, Division Two
had four teams which Division
Three and Division Four each had
18 teams entered. Divisions One
and Two used a round robin format
to determine the brackets which
were used to crown the champions
in both Divisions.
DIV. I
Brady’s Service of Fargo won all
four of their games in pool play then
went on the claim the title in bracket
play. They opened pool play with
a win over Speedway 805 of Grand
Forks 16 to 11; then beat Kensal in
a close game 14 to 13. They routed
Team Hutton of Grand Forks 23 to
Div. II
DIV. III
Kelly’s Bar/Hugo’s Wine and
Spirits of Grand Forks outlasted the
field by winning four straight games
to claim the Division Three state
title. They captured their first win
over Bananas and Beer of Fargo 33
to 8, then shutout Verwest Contracting of Hunter 7 to 0 before routing
Tavern United of Grand Forks 14 to
1 and then won the championship
game beating Kelly’s Bar(Casey N)
of Grand Forks 19 to 14.
Runner up Kelly’s Bar (Casey N)
of Grand Forks won three games
before falling in the final. They
easily beat DentMan of Jamestown
16 to 2 before winning over Dirty
Birds Guns of Valley City 8 to 5.
They doubled the score of Country
Financial of Casselton 16 to 8 in
winning their third game. Pace
Painting was their final victim losing 6 to 2. The championship game
was won by Kelly’s Bar/Hugo’s
Wine and Spirits of Grand Forks.
Pace Painting won third place
22 to 17 over Tavern United and
Verwest Contracting of Hunter
was named Roughrider Division
Champ.
DIV. IV
Mary Ann’s Driftwood of Wahpeton was the champion of Division
Four winning four games in a row.
They won their opening game 21 to
15 over 12th Street Bowl of Grafton
before beating Kelly’s Co-Ed from
Grand Forks 21 to 11. Their third
game was another winning effort
over Donate Life of Fargo 13 to
1 and they claimed the Division
title with a 22 to 17 victory over
Schafer’s Co-Ed/KC Corner Bar
of Jamestown.
Runner up honors went to Schafer’s Co-Ed/KC Corner by winning four games before losing the
championship game. The first game
was a 17 to 6 win over Joe Blacks
of Grand Forks followed by a close
17 to 16 victory over Hugo’s Wine
and Spirits/Pita Pit of Grand Forks.
The third game was an 11 to 2 win
over Service Master of Valley City
11 to 2 followed by a nail biting
victory over Coast to Coast of Rolla
31 to 30.
Third place was won by Donate
Life of Fargo 10 to 2 over Coast to
Coast of Rolla. The Roughrider
Division was won by Service
Master of Valley City over Jost
Construction of Minot.
JUNIOR OLYMPIC
FAST PITCH
Forty nine teams of Girl’s fast
pitch players showed up in Bismarck the weekend of July 18 and
19 to battle for titles in five age
brackets, seeded into either Class
A or Class B.
14 –
Eight teams of girls 10 and under
were seeded into Class A with four
teams and Class B also with four
teams.
Thirteen girl’s teams 12 and under were seeded into eight teams in
Class A and five teams in Class B.
In the 14 and under group, eleven
teams were entered with seven in
Class A and four in Class B.
Only four teams showed up to
compete in the l6 and under class
and all were seeded into the Class
BJ category.
Twelve teams qualified for the 18
and under competition with eight
teams in the Class A Division and
four in Class B.
10 & UNDER GIRLS
Class A
Bismarck Blue team won the 10
and Under Class A division with
wins over Jamestown 15 to 1 and
two wins over Dickinson White
team 18 to 6 and 18 to 3 in the title
game.
Dickinson White was runner –up
with wins over Minot 12 to 6 and
Jamestown 7 to 6 while losing twice
to Bismarck Blue 18 to 6 and 18 to
Class B
Bismarck White team won the
Class B division of the 10 and
Under state tournament beating
Bismarck Yellow 20 to 2 and beating Dickinson twice 12 to 3 and
11 to 10.
Runner-Up Dickinson won over
Casselton 8 to 4 and Bismarck
Yellow 12 to 7 while losing twice
to Bismarck White 12 to 3 and 11
to 10.
Casselton captured third place
and Casselton was fourth.
12 & UNDER GIRLS
CLASS A
Bismarck Blue team won the
twelve and under Class A division of the Girl’s Fast Pitch state
tournament going undefeated in
four games to claim the title. Blue
opened with a win over Grand
Forks 8 to 4 and then bested two
Dickinson teams, the Gold team
13 to 11 and the White team 10 to
1. In the final, they won again over
Dickinson Gold 10 to 2 for the
championship.
Runner-Up Dickinson Gold team
beat Minot 10 to 5; Bismarck Yellow 11 to 5; Grand Forks #1 team
22 to13 and Dickinson White team
7 to 5 while losing two games to
eventual champ Bismarck Blue 13
to 11 and 10 to 2.
Dickinson White won third place
and Grand Forks #1 was fourth.
14 & Under Girls
Class A
Grand Forks topped the seven
team division of the fourteen and
under girls state tournament winning four games without a loss.
They opened with a shutout win
over the Bismarck Sparks 8 to 0
before beating the Dickinson Diamonds 14 to 6 and West Fargo 6 to
2. They beat the Dickinson Diamonds again in the championship
game 18 to 7.
Runner-up honors went to the
Dickinson Diamonds which won
four games before losing twice to
Grand Forks. The Diamonds beat
Casselton 18 to 1; Valley City 16 to
3; Bismarck 11 to 6 and West Fargo
11 to 3. They lost to Grand Forks
in their second game 14 to 6 and in
the title game 18 to 7.
West Fargo Impact won third
place and Bismarck Sparks were
fourth.
CLASS B
CLASS B
Jamestown won the Class B title
in the 12 and Under Division beating out four other teams by going
unbeaten in four games. They defeated Casselton # 1 10 to 1; Valley
City 14 to 4; and North Valley twice
9 to 5 and 10 to 6.
North Valley claimed the runnerup title beating Casselton II by
scores of 13 to 11 and 10 to 9. But
lost twice to Jamestown 9 to 5 and
10 to 6.
Casselton #II was the third place
winner while Valley City was fourth
and Casselton #I was fifth.
Hankinson claimed the crown in
the Class B section of the fourteen
and under division of the state girl’s
fast pitch tournament. Hankinson
won over Beulah in their first game
19 to 6 before beating Wahpeton 19
to 4 and 16 to 4. They met Beulah
again in the final game winning 19
to 11 for the championship.
Runner-up Beulah split a pair of
games with Wahpeton losing 23 to
9 and winning 27 to 23. They lost
their opener to Hankinson 19 to 6
but won over Williston in the loser’s
bracket 14 to 13 before losing again
to Hankinson 19 to 11.
NDASA Meetings Scheduled
State Amateur Softball Commissioner Dick Gulmon of Valley City has
announced the dates for two important meetings of the NDASA.
The Winter meeting will be held Friday evening, January 22 and
Saturday, January 23. The Hall of Fame Selection committee will meet
on Saturday, January 23 also.
The Annual Spring meeting of NDASA will be held on Saturday, April
23, 2016. The Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony will also
be held on Saturday, April 23.
All meetings and the Hall of Fame banquet will be held in the
Gladstone Inn and Suites in downtown Jamestown. Times and further
information will be announced in the Spring issue of this paper.
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16 & Under Girls
Four teams were entered in the
Class A portion of the sixteen and
under division of the Girl’s state
fast pitch tournament with a Grand
Forks team winning top honors.
They won over the FM Blaze 8
to 2 in their first game, then beat
Wahpeton 11 to 2 before beating the
Blaze twice more 9 to 1 and 8 to 2.
Runner-Up FM Blaze lost their
first game to Grand Forks 8 to 2
pushing them into the losers bracket
where they beat Cass County Trailblazers 9 to 8 and 9 to 1 .
Cass County Trailblazers were
third and Wahpeton was fourth.
18 & Under Girls
Class A
The only surprise in the eighteen
and under division of the state girl’s
fast pitch tournament was the fact
that the West Fargo Impact team
actually lost the first championship
game and were forced to win the
“lf’ game to claim the championship, as usual.
The Impact bested seven other
teams to win and extend their streak
of state titles. They opened with a
5 to 1 win over eventual runner-up
the FM Blaze, then beat Dickinson
in a well played game 3 to 2 before
dumping the Bismarck Sparks 7 to
1. They then lost to the Blaze 4 to
1 forcing the “if” game which they
won 8 to 3.
Runner-Up FM Blaze beat Grand
Forks, 2 to 1 before losing to the
Bismarck Sparks 14 to 2. They
recovered and won their next
four games to reach the title game
against West Fargo. The Blaze beat
FM Blue 7 to 5; Dickinson 10 to 4;
the Sparks 9 to 2; and the first championship game over West Fargo 4
to 1 but lost in the “if’ game 8 to 3.
Bismarck Sparks won third place
and Dickinson was fourth.
Class B
Hankinson won its second title
of the tournament in the Eighteen
and Under Class B Division going
unbeaten in four games. They beat
Wahpeton 16 to 0 in a shutout opening win then dumped Jamestown
10 to 6 and Kindred 10 to l before
downing Jamestown in the final
game 7 to 6.
Jamestown was Runner-up after
losing their first game 7 to 4 to
Kindred they bounced back to win
over Wahpeton 15 to 0; Kindred
8 to 7 and then lost two games to
Hankinson including the title game.
Third place went to Kindred and
Wahpeton was fourth.
2016 NDASA Men’s Slow
Pitch teams to be moved up
From D to C
1. Fargo Men’s Hair House/The Box/MMB
2. Fargo 3X Gear/Box/Fat Tire
3. Bismarck Men’s Hair House
4. Fargo Sickies Garage
5. Inge’s Pub/Coors Light(7th in D National)
From Rec 1 to D
1. Mandan Chiropractic
2. Bismarck Nutrishop
3. Bismarck TC Wolves
4. Jamestown Knights of Columbus
5. Mandan Boyko Inc.
6. Bismarck Jones PT
7. Burgess Detailing - Minot-(3rd in E/Rec National)
8. Grand Forks First Class Mortgage/Joe Blacks/ACCU(challenged
to D & went 2-2)
9. Fargo Wild Rice Bar/Shock Top- ( Challenged to D & went 3-2)
10. Fargo Johnson Hardwood flooring ( Challenge to D & went 2-2)
From Rec 2 to Rec 1
1. Fargo DMVW #2
2. Grand Forks Waind Chiropractic
3. Fargo the Bowler/Golf Addiction
4. Fargo Prospective Plumbing /Bro-Dude
5. Fargo MTW Towing
6. Williston BoomTown/Shirt Work
7. Minot Rossco’s/BWW
8. Minot Taco John’s/Sports on Tap (challenged to Rec 1 & went 2-2)
9. Center Merchants- ( went 3-2 in the E/Rec National)
10. Minot Wings N Rings/Schuler Repair- ( went 4-2 in the E/Rec
National)
11. Mandan Dickson Law-(went 4-2 in the E/Rec National)
From Rec 3 to Rec 2
1. West Fargo H & S Painting
2. Grand Forks AA Roughnecks/Kelly’s Bar
3. West Fargo Uncle Maddio’s Pizza
4. Grafton JR’s Bar
5. Fargo Nodak mutual Insurance/The Distr
6. Fargo Riding the Pine
7. LaMoure Choice Financial
8. Williston Border States Electric
9. Mandan Any Leaks
10. Bismarck Miller Lite/Blarney Stone
11. Bismarck Sidelines/Prairie Public Bingo
12. Dickinson Dough Boys
13. Minot Lucky Strike/Grand Hotel
14. Williston Outlaws
15. Fargo Edward Jones/Paul Zenker- (challenged to Rec 2 & went
3-2)
16. Absaraka (challenged to Rec 2 and went 2-1)
From Rec 4 to Rec 3
1. Grand Forks Speedway Busch Pounders
2. Wahpeton Smith Motors/Miller Lite
3. Fargo Scrapper Pride
4. Grand Forks Taco John’s
5. Fargo Labby’s #1
6. Sheldon
7. Rolette
8. Great Northern Grand Treasure Casino
9. Fargo Slammers (challenge to Rec 3 & went 2-2)
10. Grand Forks R & R Contracting (challenged to Rec 3 & went 2-2)
Softball board member finally gets national tourney in Fargo
By Eric Peterson
Fargo Forum
Fargo
In his more than three decades on the
Fargo Slowpitch Softball Association board,
Steve Granberg has had a few main goals.
He wanted to see a new complex built,
and that first happened 23 years with the
Anderson Softball Complex in southwest
Fargo. He wanted to make the North Dakota
Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame.
That happened in 2014. Finally, he wanted
to host a national tournament.
That will happen in a couple days.
“This is the first (slowpitch) one Fargo
has ever had, so I’m pretty excited about
getting it going,” said Grandberg, who has
been on the Fargo Slowpictch board for 36
years. “It’s something I thought we should
have done a long time ago.”
Fargo Slowpitch is hosting the ASA
Men’s Class D Northern Championships
that start Friday at the Anderson Softball
Complex, a tournament that runs through
Sunday. Granberg is the tournament director.
He said 76 teams are registered, including
five from Fargo and 25 from North Dakota.
The top four teams advance to the ASA
Men’s Class D Championships Oct. 2-4 in
Oklahoma City.
Granberg thought it was important to
host a national event at Anderson Softball
Complex, which will likely have its east
four diamonds sold for commercial development in the next four to six years, said
Roger Gress, the executive director of the
Fargo Park District. The east four diamonds
at Anderson will likely remain for softball.
A new 13-diamond complex is in hte
finishing stages of construction north of
Fargo. Gress said that project is expected
to be ready for next spring.
“I have a lot of memories here,”
Granberg said of the Anderson complex,
looking out at the diamonds. “I hate to
see it go.”
Grandberg expects about 1,000 softball
players to compete over the weekend. The
tournament will feature teams from seven
states: North Dakota, Minnesota, South
Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska
and Iowa. Minnesota has the most teams
entered with 33.
The tournament starts at 2 p.m. Friday
and concludes Sunday evening with the
championship.
Granberg said cost is one of the reasons
Fargo hasn’t hosted a national slowpitch
event until now. The Fargo Slowpitch
Softball Association is not affiliated with
the Fargo Park District.
“We’re probably one of the only organizations where we’re on our own,”
Granberg said.
He said the tournament will cost around
$50,000, and the hope is to break even.
The entry fee for each team is $350 and
$125 goes to the national organization.
The rest will be used to offset tournament costs.
The cost for spectators is $5 for one day
or $10 for a three-day pass.
“The biggest thing is if we can break
even,” Granberg said. “You don’t make
much money on the gate, unless you get
a lot of dedicated fans who want to come
out and watch softball.”
Steve Granberg is the tournament director for the 2015 ASA Men's Slowpitch
Class D Northern National Tournament
scheduled for September 3-6. This
will be Fargo's first slowpitch national
tournament.
Dave Wallis / The Forum
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