DRS playoffs
Game Friday, July 27
Shakopee 7, Prior Lake 3 (Shakopee wins series 2-1)
Region playoffs
Sunday, July 29
Double elimination, first round
New Market 8, Shakopee 2
New Prague 13, Montgomery 3
Faribault 10, Union Hill 5
St. Patrick 7, St. Benedict 3
Tuesday, July 31
Winners bracket, winners go to state
New Prague vs. New Market, 8 p.m. at Veseli
Faribault vs. St. Patrick, 7:30 p.m. at Prior Lake
Wednesday, Aug. 1
Elimination games
Results Thursday, July 26
Montgomery 13, Lonsdale 11 (Montgomery wins series 2-0)
Faribault 11, Webster 1 (Faribault wins series 2-0)
St. Benedict 10, Veseli 9 (St. Benedict wins series 2-0)
Shakopee 11, Prior Lake 5 (Series tied 1-1)
Game Friday, July 27
Shakopee at Prior Lake, 7:30 p.m.
Region 3C First round,
Sunday, July 29
Montgomery vs. New Prague, 2 p.m. in Veseli
Faribault at Union Hill, 2 p.m.
The Dakota-Rice-Scott baseball league regular season concluded Sunday, July 22, and the final standings have New Market, St. Patrick, Union Hill and New Prague earning byes into the Region 3C Tournament. Eight other teams will play best-of-three series this week for the other four spots in the region tournament, which will be a double-elimination affair beginning Sunday, July 29.
The Dakota-Rice-Scott Baseball League concluded its 2018 regular season Sunday, July 22, and teams are now preparing for the league and Region 3C playoffs.
New Market, St. Patrick, Union Hill and New Prague were the top four teams, in order, in the leagues standings. Those four teams earn a bye into the regional playoffs.
With less than a week remaining in the regular season, New Market and St. Patrick have clinched berths in the Region 3C playoffs and New Prague and Union Hill are in the driver’s seat for the remaining two automatic berths. Montgomery, St. Benedict and Faribault are still in the hunt, but need to win multiple games over the season’s final days to claim a bye into the playoffs.
The past week saw some outstanding individual performances in the Dakota- Rice-Scott League. Veseli’s Mike Bartusek went 5-for-6 in a loss to Lonsdale, Mike Flicek and Eric Iverson both had four hits for Montgomery in a win over Shakopee, Derek Masberg threw a three-hit shutout as Union Hill defeated Prior Lake, while Prior Lake’s Cole Bjorge had four hits, including two doubles, and four RBIs in a win over Webster. Riley Ahern threw a one-hit shutout in New Market’s 3-0 win over New Prague, negating a three-hit, 12-strikeout performance by the Orioles’ Nathan Sprouls.
The Dakota Rice Scott Baseball League has announced its All-Star Game Roster.
The DRS team will face off against the River Valley League All-Stars at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14. at Fairfax.
The two leagues have met annually since 2007 for an All-Star game. The RVL has a 7-3 advantage, with one rain out (2008). The RVL won last year’s contest, 7-6.
DRS Team members chosen by league managers are:
Elko Express - TJ Evanson, Grant Gunderson, Dylan Thomas
Faribault Lakers - Egan Bonde and player TBA
Lonsdale Aces - Thomas Hoppert
New Market became the first Dakota-Rice-Scott League team to clinch a firstround playoff bye with a pair of wins, and the rest of the league battled to keep pace as the regular season winds down.
There are three weekends remaining in the season, which concludes July 22. Four league teams will get byes into the Region 3C tournament, while the eight remaining teams will play for the final four spots.
The New Market Muskies continued to roll through the competition, winning four games in decisive fashion in Dakota-Rice-Scott League play. The Muskies are now 15- 1 in the league and have a 3- 1/2 game lead over second place St. Patrick, which won twice. Faribault also had a pair of wins last week and are in third place. New Prague drops to fourth, losing their only game of the week in extra innings. The Orioles did take second in the Green Isle-Hamburg Tournament over the weekend, while Elko won three games to take the championship in Hinckley.
New Market continues to roll in DRS League play, as they sit alone at the top of the League standings. They are winners of 8-straight League games, and beat second place St. Patrick this past week to take a 2 game lead in the standings.
A bit of parity within the League exists, as at week’s end, no team (other than New Market) has a winning or losing streak longer than 2 games.
Game results
A group of trap shooters from Tri-City United High School are making their way back to the state tournament to be held on Friday, June 22 at the Minneapolis Gun Club.
The team of Wyatt Hurd, Benjamin Sladek, Grant Fogarty, Wyley Petersen, and James Krautkremer made the tournament after placing in the top 40 teams overall. Their scores were determined from the Alexandria Championship from June 11 to 19. Overall season averages were used as tie breakers.
New Market defeated Prior Lake and Lonsdale to take over first place in the Dakota- Rice-Scott League last week. The Muskies have a 9-1 record and hold a one-game lead over second place St. Patrick.
It was a light week for the DRS, with several teams competing in weekend tournaments and other games rained out.
Last week’s results
New Prague won three games last week to move up in the Dakota-Rice-Scott League standings last week, while Webster won back-toback games for the first time in three years and moved out of the D-R-S cellar. Faribault also won a pair of games to move to .500 on the young season. New Market and Elko hosted a tournament and did not play any league games. New Market remains in first place with a 7-1 record, while St. Patrick dropped a halfgame back after losing to Prior Lake.
Last week’s results
The New Prague Trojan adapted softball team lost both of their games at the State CI Adapted Softball Tournament June 1 and 2 at Coon Rapids High School.
The Trojans lost to two of their Southern Division opponents, Chaska/Chanhassen/ Prior Lake/Shakopee and Burnsville/Farmington/Lake ville. The Chaska team went on to the championship game, losing in eight innings to St. Cloud, while the Burnsville team defeated South Suburban for the Consolation championship.
The New Prague team also included players from Tri- City United, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools.
TCU 0 0...0...0...0...0...
Belle Plaine 10 3...0...2...5...x
The Tri-City United Titans suffered a shutout loss to Belle Plaine on Thursday, May 31 in the Section 2AA Tournament.
According to Coach Bruce Davis, his team started out trailing and couldn’t catch up.
“We watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 10-0 loss,” he said.
Belle Plaine started out the scoring on a double by Andrew Hunsader and a single by Garrett Boblitt in the first inning.
Over the course of two days due to rain, the Tri-City United Titan Baseball Team defeated Maple River to advance in the Section 2AA Tournament on Wednesday, May 30.
TCU 5 0...0...2...0...1...1...1
Maple River 4 0...1...0...0...0...1...2
Maple River got off to a start in the 2nd inning on a sacrifice fly.
According to Coach Bruce Davis, the Titans were on the heels of the Eagles, answering each run with one of their own.