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The Billygoats drop a close 4-3 game to the Brewers in Maple Lake to end their 2019 State Tournament run in the Class C Semifinals. Draftee Matt Swanson from the Upsala Blue Jays kept the Goats in the game until the very end, but Buckman's dreams of advancing to the State Championship game on Labor Day fell just short.

The Billygoats fell behind the Flames 1-0 after half an inning, but quickly scored twice in the bottom of the 1st to grab a 2-1 lead.  Draftee Chad Weiss of the Pierz Lakers then hurled 8 shutout innings and the Billygoats built on their lead, closing out a 5-1 win in the Class C Quarterfinals and sending them to the Semifinals.

In this weeks edition of the You Are There Sports Senior Spotlight, Mariah Olesch takes a few minutes out of her incredibly busy schedule to talk with Rick Grammond about her All-State Band experience, coming back from a serious knee injury,  what she's looking forward to in her Senior year, including the new school facilities!

The Billygoats beat the Cardinals 3-2 in 17 innings in the Class C Sweet 16 as Joe Kahl steals home with 2 outs in the top of the 17th to score the winning run. Matt Tautges pitched an incredible 15 inningsvbut didn't get the Win, as Chad Weiss, the draftee from the Pierz Lakers, pitched a scoreless 16th and 17th to earn the Victory and send the Billygoats to the State Quarterfinals.

The Pioneers blew by the Falcons 52-0 in new Head Coach Dan Saehr's debut.  Matthias Algarin went 40 yards for a TD on the first play from scrimmage, and the Pioneers raced to a 46-0 lead at halftime. Peter Schommer went 4-4 for 141 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Pioneers rolled up 450 yards of total offense. 

The You Are There Sports Senior Spotlight returns for the 2019-20 School Year and I was pleased to have the opportunity to  sit down with Katie Schaefer and discuss her busy summer, what she's looking forward to as a Senior and her future plans.

Rick Grammond of You Are There Sports sits down with Head Coach Dan Saehr to discuss what should be an exciting 2019 season for the Pierz Pioneers.

Rick Grammond of You Are There Sports sits down with Little Falls Head Coach Joe Bartos to discuss the upcoming 2019 Football season for the Little Falls Flyers.

The Pioneers drop their Home Opener to the Falcons in 3 games by scores of 20-25, 24-26, 20-25.  

Rick Grammond of You Are There Sports sat down with Royalton Head Coach Jamie Morford to discuss the upcoming football season for the Royals.

The Billlygoats beat the Brewers 4-1 to advance to the Sweet 16 on Labor Day weekend.  Matt Kummet led an 11-hit attack by going 4-4 with a double, a walk, an rbi and 2 runs. Matt Tautges retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced to earn the Win, with draftee Chad Weiss coming out of the bullpen to nail down the Save for Buckman.

The Lakers fall 3-1 to the Aces in the 2nd round of the State Tournament in Maple Lake.  Cody Stich went 1-4 with a double and Carter Philippi went 1-2 with 2 walks and scored Avon's lone run.  Matt Pichelmann went the distance on the mound, scattering 9 hits as Avon's season came to a close.

The Lightning had no luck against Cologne righty Christian Johnson, as he limited to powerful Nisswa offense to just a 6th inning infield single by Tory Miller, in a 2-0 season-ending loss for the Region 8C Champions.  Cologne scored their only runs in the 7th on a squeeze bunt and a passed ball.

The Rebels fell behind early in their first round game in Delano and could never totally recover, as they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Serpents. Trailing 7-3 going to the bottom of the 9th, the Rebels scored twice and had the bases loaded but failed to score as they saw their fine season come to an end.  Nick Jelacie hit a 2-run Homer and had a 9th inning rbi single while Jason Sather had a pa...

Avon edged Lake Henry 3-1 in Maple Lake in the first round of the 2019 State Tournament as Matt Pichelmann threw a Complete Game for the Win and Riley Voit provided the offensive punch with a 2-run single in the 7th that broke a scoreless tie and then added a 9th inning single for his 4th hit to drive in a key insurance run for Avon.

The Billygoats rallied from deficits of 5-0 and 6-1 to beat the Sharks 14-6 in the Class C State Tournament 1st round in Delano. Noah Boser put his name into the State record book with a 5-hit game, including a 2-run Homer in the Goats 8-run top of the 9th that broke a 6-6 tie.  Matt Swanson, a draftee from Upsala, came out of the bullpen to earn the Win.   

The Rebels advanced to the Region 8C Championship with a 5-0 shutout over the Billygoats.  Logan Kalis threw a 5-hit shutout, with 4 of those hits being infield singles and retired the final 12 batters he faced.  Zach Heidmann and Rhett Williamson belted 7th inning solo Homers to put the finishing touches on the Rebels win.

The Billygoats edged the Lakers 3-2 behind a Complete Game from Matt Tautges.  Shawn Lanners Homered and drove in the eventual game-winner with a 7th inning rbi single.  Taylor Holthaus hit a 2-run Homer in the top of the 1st for Avon.

The Lightning edged the Rebels 6-5 in Avon to move into the Region 8C Championship.  Nisswa used a 4-run top of the 4th inning to get started, only to see the Rebels chip away and eventually take a 5-4 lead in the 6th inning.  Nisswa then plated 2 in the 7th for the 6-5 final score.  Aaron Jenkins had a pair of hits, including the game-winning rbi.  Brad Waytashek led the Rebels with 2 hits, in...

Lakers righty Matt Pichelmann tossed his second Complete Game win of the Tournament as the Lakers eliminated the Bulldogs 3-1 in Avon on Sunday.  Taylor Holthaus delivered a 2-run double in the 3rd for the big hit of the game.

The Billygoats eliminated the Steves with a 4-1 win on Sunday in Avon. Chad Weiss struck out 14 over his 9 innings to get the Win and Buckman broke a 1-1 tie by scoring 3 times in the bottom of the 8th.

The Billygoats kept their season alive with an 8-5 win over the Blue Jays in an Elimination Game in Pierz.  Aaron Weber doubled twice and drove in 4 runs, Lane Girtz had 3 hits and scored twice, Matt Kummet had a 3-hit game and Matt Tautges pitched not once, but twice, to secure the victory.  Brady Burggraff Homered and Justin Cichon had 4 hits for Upsala.

The Rebels clinched a return to the State Tournament with a 15-4 win in 7 innings over the Lakers on Sunday in Pierz.  The Rebels got Home Runs from Ethan Branum, Bill Sather, Logan Kalis and Zach Heidmann to power them to victory.  

The Lightning pounded the Steves 20-0 in 7 innings in Pierz at the 2019 Region 8C Tournament to sew up a spot in the State Tournament.  Adam Hardy had 5 hits, including a Homer and drove in 4 runs while Drew Boland had 4 hits including a pair of doubles and drove in 5 runs.  Sam Peterson had just 1 hit for Nisswa, but it was a huge one, with a Grand Slam Homer in the 6th inning.

The Bulldogs outlast the Cubs 4-3 in 13 innings at Hellie Field in Pierz in an Elimination Game. Austin Dickmann led off the bottom of the 13th with a double, and 1 out later, scored the winning run on his brother Brandon's sacrifice fly for the victory.

The Lakers edged the Billygoats 4-3 in the first round of the 2019 Region 8C Tournament at Hellie Field.  Matt Pichelmann hurled a Complete Game for Avon while Caleb Curry went 4-4 and Carter Holthaus had a big 2-run single in the top of the 8th snapped a 2-2 tie.  Noah Boser had smashed a solo Homer in the bottom of the 7th to square the game at 2-2.   Pichelmann was able to strand the tying a...

The Steves beat the Bulldogs 8-5 in the first round of the 2019 Region 8C Tournament at Hellie Field.  Bo Schmitz and Tony Schmitz blasted Homers for the Steves, as 3 pitchers combined on the mound with starter Chris Belling getting a no-decision, Jake Schelonka got the Win in middle relief and Blake Guggenberger nailed down the Save. Chuck Boser Homered and drove in 2 runs for the Bulldogs.

The Rebels blanked the Blue Jays 7-0 in the 2019 Region 8C Tournament at Hellie Field behind a Complete Game 4-hitter from Ethan Branum.  Brett Kramer sparked the Rebels offense with a Homer, triple and 3 rbi's.  

The Lightning open the 2019 Region 8C Tournament with a 13-3 win in 8 innings at Hellie Field.  Jeremiah Piepkorn had 4 hits, including a pair of Homers and a double, Drew Boland belted a Homer and drove in 3 and Aaron Jenkins Homered and doubled to lead the Lightning's 18-hit attack.  Jason Roepke threw 7 innings to earn the Win.  Kyle Boser drove in all 3 runs for the Cubs.

The Lakers eliminated the Black Sox with a 6-1 victory on Saturday.  Putter Harlander handcuffed the Sox over 7 innings, allowing just 1 run while scattering 3 hits.  Avon took control with a 4-run bottom of the 2nd, keyed by rbi singles by Tony Harlander and Cody Stich and a 2-run double from Caleb Curry.  The Lakers added a run in the 3rd when Carter Holthaus scored on a wild pitch, then clos...

The Skis fall 12-4 to the Springers at the Nic Bell Classic in Cold Spring. The Springers pound out 16 hits, 9 of them for extra-bases in their victory.  Sobieski collected 13 hits off Springers ace Zach Femrite with Riley Hirsch going 4-4 and Austin Weisz doubling twice to lead the way for the Skis.

The 3rd seeded Bulldogs hand the 2nd seeded Lakers a 10-8 defeat in 13 innings in the Victory League East 1st Round Playoffs at Hellie Field.  Peter Schommer and Chuck Boser drive in runs in the 13th for the Bulldogs, while Jonah Prokott came out of the bullpen to throw 6 1/3 innings to earn the Win.

The Blue Jays used back-to-back Homers from Brandon Welinski and Justin Lampert and a Complete Game, 16 strikeout pitching performance from Eric Lampert to beat the Cubs 5-3 in a West Division Winners Bracket game.

Pierz hammered Foley 21-1 in American Legion Baseball from Hellie Field on Thursday. Pierz scored 8 times in the 1st, 9 times in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th. Pierz improved their record to 7-1 with the victory.

The Billygoats rallied from 4-0 and 5-2 deficits to beat the Bullsogs 10-6.  Joe Kahl doubled, homered and drove in 5 runs to lead the Buckman offense while Aaron Weber worked 3 innings out of the bullpen to earn the Win.

The Bulldogs beat the Riverdogs 11-1 in 7 innings on Sunday night at Hellie Field behind a very strong pitching performance from Joe Strauch.  He threw a Complete Game 4-hitter and got plenty of run support, led by Ryan Foreman.  The Bulldogs catcher banged out 3 hits and drove in 3 runs while Michael Leidenfrost had 2 hits and drove in 2. Cole Jendro struck out 13 over 5 innings for the Riverd...

The Lakers beat the Brewers 10-2 on Wednesday night at Hellie Field to close out the regular season. Dan Saehr led the Lakers offense with a 2-run double and an rbi single, Chad Weiss had a 2-run double and Jeremy Bingesser had his first career 2-hit game for the Lakers.  Preston Rocheleau struck out 9 over his 7 shutout innings of work, scattering just a pair of Mike Poser singles while Cody K...

The Skis beat the Lakers 13-1 in 7 innings on Sunday by blasting 4 Homers.  Dan Marod belted 2 Homers and drove in 5 runs, while Tyler Jendro and Austin Weisz also went deep.  

The Skis dropped a 4-3 game against the Cyclones in Sauk Rapids on Saturday night as the Skis got their first look at one of the teams they might have to face in the Class B Playoffs.  Joey Hanowski had 3 hits for the Skis while Scott Litchy had a pair of singles and scored a run.  Hanowski and Collin Eckman delivered rbi's for the Skis.  Bjorn Hanson had 3 hits, including 2 doubles to pace a 1...

The Blue Jays moved one step closer to clinching the West Division #1 seed for the upcoming Playoffs with an 11-1 win in 8 innings over the Brewers. John Fuchs worked 7 innings, striking out 5 for the Win.  Matt Swanson, Eric Lampert and Myron Ripplinger had 2-hit games to pace the Upsala attack while Jesse Marshik doubled twice and Simon Gruber had a pair of singles and drove in the only run f...

The Billygoats rally in the bottom of the 9th for a 3-2 win over the Lakers at Hellie Field.  The win clinches the regular season East title for Buckman.  Travis Kahl's rbi single through a drawn-in infield proves to be the game-winner.

The Billygoats blanked the Brewers 5-0 in Buckman to improve to 10-1 this year.  Buckman scored 4 runs on 6 hits in the bottom of the 1st to gain early control and then rode the solid pitching of Andrew Rueckert to the victory.

The Black Sox downed the Bears 11-2 behind big offensive days from several players.  Trevor Sawyer went 3-4 with a double and scored twice, Ike Sawyer Homered and drove in 3 and scored 3, Dylan Carlson had 4 hits and 3 rbi and Carter Sawyer was 2-2 with a Homer, double, 2 walks and was hit by a pitch to reach base 5 times.  Mitch Reller struck out 6 over 7 innings for the Win.

The Lightning beat the Black Sox 5-1 as Brett Jenkins hurled 6 innings of 2-hit, shutout ball and Jeremiah Piepkorn had a 4-hit night.  Morgan Shepherd had 3 hits for the Lightning and Chris Pederson added 2 hits, including a 2-run double that got the scoring started in the 5th inning.

The Skis avenge their only loss of the season with a 12-2 win in 7 innings over the Cubs, led by a 4-hit game from Joey Hanowski, including a 2-run Homer.  Dan Marod also Homered and drove in 4 runs, Collin Eckman added 3 hits and a solo shot to support winning pitcher Tyler Jendro.

The Billygoats beat the Lakers 6-3 Friday night at Hellie Field to move into a 1st Place tie atop the East Division standings.  Jeremy Monson was very solid with 7 strong innings to earn the Win. Travis Kahl and Lane Girtz led the Buckman offense with 3 hits each.  Dan Saehr and Brad Meyer had 2 hits a piece for the Lakers.

The Skis waited until June 9th to have their Home Opener as the finishing touches on their ballpark remodeling project were finished. But the Skis christened their new facility with a 3-0 shutout of the Blue Jays behind a combined 4-hit shutout from Tyler Jendro and Thomas Miller.  Dusty Parker drove in 2 runs with a bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly, Collin Eckman had an rbi double and sco...

The Falcons build a 4-0 lead,only to see the Pioneers battle back and tie the game on a 4th inning rbi triple by Jack Suska, then a 5th inning run-producing ground out by Reese Kapsner made it 4-2 and a Preston Veith sacrifice fly in the 6th made it 4-3, and then Cody Kimman tied things up with a 2-out rbi single in the 6th to make it 4-4.  In the bottom of the 8th, Foley's Mark Dierkes singled...

The Pioneers grab an early lead on a triple by Jack Suska and and rbi single by Peter Schommer, but the Falcons come back and build a 5-1 lead going to the bottom of the 7th,  where Pierz made it very interesting with a 2-run single by Austin Dickmann and a wild pitch to make it 5-4, but Falcons pitcher Drew Beier stranded the tying run at 3rd base give Foley the 5-4 win and force a 2nd game fo...

The Pioneers edge the Falcons 3-2 in a drama-filled Section 6AA Winners Bracket game in St. Cloud.  Jonah Prokott won his 2nd straight Playoff game with relief help from Peter Schommer.  The Pioneers scored the eventual winning run in the 6th inning when Peter Schommer raced home on a wild pitch.