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While the 2020 amateur baseball season was one to remember for the Winsted Wildcats , 2021 was a different story . After having one of their best seasons to date , Winsted took a step back in 2021 .
The Wildcats fi nished the season with an overall record of 5-14 in the Crow River Valley League . They fi nished in 12th place out of 14 teams after winning the tiebreaker over St . Boni and New Germany .
In the league playoffs , Winsted ’ s season came to an end against Young America . The Cardinals swept the Wildcats in the best of three-game series with an 11-1 win in Game 1 and a 13-3 win in Game 2 .
Jake Prehn was voted the team ’ s Most Valuable Player in 2021 . Shane Khan was voted the team ’ s Pitcher of The Year .
Due to a grant from the Minnesota Twins Community Fund , the Wildcats have had some help with their improvements . New fencing was put up around the entire fi eld this past fall . The Wildcats have also been hard at work improving the playing surfaces over the past year , getting it ready for the 2022 Region 7C Tournament . Denis M . Campbell Field will be the host of all games for the Region 7C
Tournament which spans the fi rst two weekends in
August .
Another big improvement fans across the Crow
River Valley League and the area will see this season
is the new scoreboard . The new scoreboard at Denis
M . Campbell fi eld was installed this past fall and will
be a big upgrade from the previous scoreboard .
The Plato Bluejays are the hosts for the 2021 Region
7C Tournament . Then , it will be the Winsted Wildcats ’
chance to showcase their park to area baseball fans
in 2021 . The Region 7C Tournament runs on the fi rst
two weekends in August .
2021 Winsted Wildcats Roster
1
Kyle Carby
Maple Lake
2
Trent Malone
Howard Lake
4
Brady Jenkins
Waverly
5
Garrett Zander
Howard Lake
6
Leighton Buhr
Lester Prairie
7
Jake Zander
Howard Lake
8
Cole Mathews
Glencoe
9
Gregg Kohler
Waconia
10
Nate Tesch
Lester Prairie
11
Alex Heimerl
Lester Prairie
13
Riley Heimerl
Lester Prairie
17
Curtis Herbolsheimer Watertown
18
Zach Jackson
Lester Prairie
21
Shane Khan
Winsted
23
Matt Wroge
Winsted
25
Jake Prehn
Watertown
26
Jacob Heimerl
Winsted
27
Bennet Paulson
Howard Lake
32
Ryan Quast
Lester Prairie
33
Matt Tibbs
Waverly
35
Jack Behning
Lester Prairie
History of the Wildcats
The Winsted Wildcats have four members in the
Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame . They are :
Denis M . Campbell ( 1980 ), Francis Kappel ( 1989 ), Ken
Norman ( 2001 ), and Denis “ Soup ” Campbell ( 2012 ).
Jake Prehn was voted Winsted ’ s Most Valuable Player of the 2021 season .
PHOTO BY KIP KOVAR
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Winsted ’ s Shane Khan was named the team ’ s Pitcher of The Year for the 2021 season .
PHOTO BY KIP KOVAR