Crow River Review CR Review - Region 7C Program 8/4/16

HIGHLIGHT Region 7C Tournament offers explosive offenses and dominant pitching. STATS Plato’s Matt Odegaard wins the league batting title with an average of .493 LOOKING AHEAD Four of the eight tournament teams advance to the Class C state tournament. CrowRiver Review August 4 2016 Volume 16, Number 8 www.CRVLbaseball.com Official 2016 Region 7C Tournament Program FIRST ROUND CRVL PLAYOFFS Green Isle vs. St. Boni Tues., July 26 – Green Isle 14, St. Boni 1 (7 inn.) Thur., July 38 – Green Isle 12, St. Boni 4 Green Isle wins series 2-0 Winsted vs. Mayer Tues., July 26 – Winsted 1, Mayer 0 (12 inn.) Thur., July 28 – Winsted 4, Mayer 3 (10 inn.) Winsted nsted wins series 2-0 Young America vs. Hamburg Tues., July 26 – Young America 4, Hamburg 0 Thurs., July 28 – Young America 5, Hamburg 1 Y g America wins series 2-0 Youn Carver vs. Cologne Wed., July 27 –Carver 12, Cologne 0 (7 inn.) Sat., July 30 – Carver 6, Cologne 5 (11 inn.) Carver wins series 2-0 Glencoe vs. New Germany Wed., July 27 – Glencoe 9, New Germany 3 Fri., July 29 – Glencoe 3, New Germany 1 Glencoe wins series 2-0 Brownton vs. Watertown Wed., July 27 – Brownton 3, Watertown 2 Fri., July 29 – Brownton 7, Watertown 1 Brownton wins series 2-0 Plato - Bye received automatic bid to Region 7C tournament and the top seed after winning the CRVL regular season. Waconia - Bye received automatic bid to Region 7C tournament and the No. 2 seed after finishing second in the CRVL regular season. CRVL FINAL STANDINGS Region 7C (Final standings in order by seed based on tie breaker) Plato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 Waconia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2 Green Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2 Winsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5 Young America . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8 Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9 Glencoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9 Watertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9 Brownton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-8 New Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Cologne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11 Hamburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 St. Boni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 ... 1.5 1 4 7.5 8.5 8 8 8 9 10.5 12 13 14 CRVL FINAL STANDINGS WEST DIVISION Plato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 ... Green Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2 1 Glencoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9 8 Brownton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9 8 Hamburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 12 CENTRAL ENTRAL DIVISION Waconia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2 Young America . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8 Y Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9 Cologne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11 ... 6 7 9 NORTH DIVISION Winsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5 Watertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9 New Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 St. Boni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 ... 4 5 9 10 St. Boni ready to host Region 7C Tournament The Region 7C Tournament will take place Aug. 4-14 in St. Boni. Night games will be played in Watertown as well. The top four out of the eight participating teams will advance to the Minnesota State Class C Tournament to be held in Dassel, Hutchinson, and Litchfield. Turn to page 13 for a look at the history of St. Boni baseball PHOTO BY BRUCE JOHNSON Top teams hold strong in 2016 KIP KOVAR Crow River Review Editor After a crazy and contested regular season in the Crow River Valley Leauge, all of the top seeds but one came through to advance to the Region 7C Tourmanent. Perenial powerhouses Plato, Waconia, Green Isle, and Winsted each earned sweeps on their way to picking up a berth in the tournament. Although all of the six series were a sweep, there were some great games around the area as teams battled it out for a berth in the Region 7C Tournament. Winsted and Mayer may have been the best series in the opening round of playoffs. On paper, it seemed like a mismatch from the start, but that’s why they play the games. The Wildcats, who defeated the Blazers twice in the regular season, 13-2 and 14-2, needed extra innings in both games as the Blazers gave them all they could handle. In game one, fans witnessed maybe one of the greatest no decisions in baseball. Tony Kley was masterful on the mound, but his offense was nearly non-existent. Kley threw 10 shutout innings, allowed one hit, while striking out 21 batters on his way to picking up the no decision. The Wildcats finally pushed the gamewinning run across in the bottom of the 12th, when pinch-hitter Cullen Schultz was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and two outs to give the Wildcats the win and take a 1-0 lead in the series. In game two, it was the Blazers who came through in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI double by Tanner Luebke to force extra innings again. The Wildcats were able to push to go-ahead run acorss in the top of the 10th on a wild pitch, and held on for the sweep and a berth in the Region 7C Tournament. Brownton and Watertown also battled it out as the No. 8 and No. 9 seed fought to keep their seasons alive. In game one, errors cost the Red Devils in a close 3-2 loss, and the Bruins came ready to play in game two as they crusied to a 7-1 win to punch REGION PREVIEW, page 2