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Slide hits four games for Red Birds
Wrestling camp kicks off 15th year
Carver begins
the Crow River
Valley League
Playoffs
Having lost to the Chaska
Cubs during the third game
of the season, and coming off
of a three-game losing streak,
the Chanhassen Red Birds
were looking for the upset
Sunday at Veterans Park.
S a d ly, t he R e d Bi r d s
couldn’t redeem themselves,
losing 6-1.
The first inning made the
game appear as though it’d
be a close battle, as pitchers
John Eischens of the Red
Birds, and Ryan Seifert of the
Cubs, both retired the first
three batters.
Things changed quickly
as Chaska pulled away from
the Red Birds with four runs
on four hits in the top of the
second inning. After a leadoff single by Kyle Geason, and
back-to-back walks, the bases
were loaded. Isaac Tewes hit
a sacrifice fly to drive in the
first run of the game, and
teammate Austin Lubinsky
hit a double to plate two more
runs. Tony Lane knocked in
the final run before the Red
Birds closed the inning with
a double play.
C h a n h a s s e n pi t c h e r,
Eischens, was able to hold
the Cubs scoreless in the
third through fifth innings,
but the Red Birds couldn’t
gain any ground.
Chanhassen’s best oppor-
tunity came in the fifth as
T.J. Gulden led off with a
single, followed by another
single by Shawn Riesgraf.
After a fielder’s choice moved
the lead runner to third base,
Gulden was stranded at third
base by Seifert, who fanned 10
batters for the game.
Chaska added to its lead
with Ben Alexander driving
in Lubinsky, who earlier
had doubled, for the 5-0 advantage. Alexander also had
a home run in the eighth
inning.
The Red Birds got on the
board with a lead-off double
from Riesgraf followed by a
two-bagger from Leighton.
Riesg ra f was 3 -for- 3
with Gulden also finishing
with a multi-hit contest for
Chanhassen. Eischens went
eight strong, allowing 11
hits and six runs with seven
strikeouts.
The Red Birds regular
season wraps up with home
games on Friday night, July
25, and Sunday, July 27. Friday is Customer Appreciation Night with a 7:30 p.m.
start against the Hutchinson
Huskies.
Sunday night is Fan and
Sponsor Appreciation Game
in a 6 p.m. start against the
Le Sueur Braves. Entering
play this week, Chanhassen
and Henderson led Le Sueur
by a half-game for third place
in the River Valley League
Central Division.
- Darby Kersten, Chanhassen Red Birds Intern
WALKOFF DEFEAT
Three runs in the final
at-bats, including a tworun, walk-off hit from Scott
Geisler helped the Prior
Lake Jays win its first game
against a Region 3B team
since 2012 by a 4-3 score over
Victoria on Sunday.
The Vics, which beat
Shakopee and Prior Lake to
begin the season, are now
2-2 in seeding games.
Erik Winegarden had a
solo home run for Victoria
with Matt Mann adding
a RBI-double. Nick and
Chris Volkmann also had
multi-hit games for the Vics,
which are now 18-3 overall.
Kasey Ralston and Riley
Sweeney shut down the Jays
for seven innings with the
starting pitch surrendering
one run and five hits in five
innings. Sweeney, a firstyear Vic, threw two scoreless stanzas in relief.
Corey Eckhoff was
charged with the loss, giving up three runs on two
hits and a walk in the ninth
inning.
Victoria, a 13-0 winner
over the New Ulm Kaiserhoff Monday, has a busy
week of Region 3B games
against Shakopee Tuesday (late) and Friday, and
Chaska at 6 p.m. Sunday.
FOUR LOSSES DROP
THE BLACK SOX
Four defeats in the last
five contests moved Carver
from potentially a four seed
in the Crow River Valley
League South Division to
the No. 6 seed.
The Black Sox lost a
heartbreaker to Hamburg
3-2 Sunday following a
2-1 defeat Saturday to
Plato. Carver also beat New
Germany 7-1 on July 16 in
Young America and fell 6-2
to Brownton on July 15.
Against the Bruins, who
Carver will play in a bestof-three series which began
Wednesday and concludes
Friday and Sunday, former
Green Isle ace Cody Hallahan
held the Black Sox in check
in clinching the third seed in
the South Division.
In four losses last week,
Carver managed five runs
over 36 innings.
Tim Campbell provided
some offense with a fourth
inning solo home run to left
field against Brownton. Andrew Weber followed with a
double off the fence in right
field in the sixth inning to
bring the Black Sox within
one at 3-2.
The Bruins scored three
runs in the seventh on a twoout double to take a 6-2 lead
for the final score for the
game. Weber took the loss
for Carver.
Ross Tichy threw a fourhitter with 12 strikeouts over
nine innings against New
Germany.
Mark Ulrich allowed only
two runs, both in the third
inning, in a hard-luck loss
to Plato Saturday. The Black
Sox got seven hits off Plato
starter Jacob Bratsch but
managed just one run in the
third inning as well.
Games One and Three are
set for Brownton with Carver’s home game at 7:30 p.m.
Friday in Hamburg.
The 15th annual Scott West Wrestling Camp will be held
Sunday through Thursday, July 27-31 at Jordan High School.
The clinicians for this year’s camp are David Thorn,
Danny Zilverberg, Logan Storley, Kevin Steinhaus of the
University of Minnesota, Roger Kish and Steven Monk of
North Dakota State University, Chad Johnson and Mike
Fuenffinger of Augsburg College, and Tony Ramos of University of Iowa.
For detailed camp information and registration form
please visit camp website at: www.theguillotine.com/wp/
scott-west-wrestling-camp
For more information, call Nick Slack at (612) 251-1036.
3CV Softball crowns league champions
The 3CV league - Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria
and new towns of Eden Prairie and Shakopee - had 42 teams
with 475 youth playing In-House Fast Pitch Softball players
this season.
According to League Director Jane Thon, the season
was completed with a year-end tournament week with 67
games that were played on the coldest, rainiest evening of
the season; a game being suspended until Saturday because
the lights were going to turn off; to having to clear the fields
in the championship games because the rain decided to just
open up.
With the new format of playing games during the week
and the final three rounds on Saturday, Thon said community support was needed. “A special thanks to all for
supporting the league and for having tournament games
during the week ending with Friday night and Saturday
hosted at Chaska’s Pioneer fields. Great venue and support
from the Chaska program.”
FINAL RESULTS:
4th/5th Grade - Champions, Victoria Poncin; Second
place, Chaska Pennertz Gold; Consolation champions,
Chaska Dolan Purple
6th/7th Grade - Champions, Chaska Sutherland; Second
place, Victoria Flemmer; Consolation champions, Eden
Prairie Benson
8th/9th Grade - Champions, Carver Red Ryan; Second
place, Chaska Grothe; Consolation champions, Eden Prairie
Huges
High School - Champions, Carver Red Guenther; Second
place, Victoria Endres; Consolation champions, Victoria
Jensen.
Hall of famer tees it up for a cause
It was a great day at Hazeltine National Golf Club
in Chaska on July 14 as St.
David’s Center for Child &
Family Development, to gether with John and Candace Randle and the Minnesota Vikings, presented
the second annual Tee Up
for Tomorrow Golf Tournament.
The fundraiser benefits
St. David’s Center’s Building Our Children’s Future
Capital Campaign, a $12.25
million expansion initiative
enabling St. David’s Center
to address a growing need
for high-quality early childhood education, pediatric
therapy, children’s mental
health and autism treatment
services.
The campaign has raised
$11.2 million to date, 90 percent of the fundraising goal.
St. David’s Center plans to
begin construction in spring
2015.
Minnesota Vikings alums
and current players were
out in force to support 2010
Pro Football Hall of Famer
John Randle. Randle’s son,
who was bor n wit h li fe -
A 26.2-mile journey together
PHOTO BY LESLIE KELLUM PHOTOGRAPHY
Minnesota Vikings players, past and present, took home honors at the second
annual Tee Up for Tomorrow Golf Tournament. First place went to the team of
Joey Browner, Stu Voigt and “Benchwarmer” Bob Lurtsema with current Viking
linebacker Chad Greenway’s foursome, including Viking wide receiver Adam
Thielen, Mox Gunderson and former player Ben Leber took second place. Pictured
is Hall of Fame defensive lineman John Randle, center, with playing partners
former Viking quarterback Todd Bouman, left, and Tony Notargiacomo.
threatening medical problems, received therapy at St.
David’s Center when it was
discovered that he wasn’t
meeting typical develop -
mental milestones.
“ S t . D av i d ’s C e n t e r
changed our lives; they did
something for Candace and
me that we couldn’t repay,”
said Randle, “I’m happy to
give back in some way and
get the word out about what
t hey can do for fami lies
whose children need help.”
Five 2014 Minnetonka High School graduates tested
their endurance by running 26.2 miles in Grandma’s
Marathon on June 21. They met this challenge with
months of training and hard work, grit and friendship
- crossing the finish line together. The boys beat their
four-hour goal by 26 minutes, running the marathon
in just 3:34:11. They are all in good health and happy
to have run it together. They were Chris Atwood, Eric
Bishop, and Zach Wallace.
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