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Newsletter 6/12/2016 Volume 1, Number 3
Blaine Area Traveling Baseball Association (BATBA)
In This Issue Blaine Bengals win the 7AAAA
Section Championship!
SBAA turns 65…Happy
Birthday!
Team Updates
Save the Date. Tryouts are
coming!
2016 COACHES
Congratulations to the following
2016 Head Coaches:
Blaine
9U- Luke McLain
10U AAA - Brent Messerschmidt
10U AA - Tom Plankers
11U AAA - Jim Conlee
Blaine Bengals win the 7AAAA Section Championship & Headed to State Tourney!
Congratulations to the Blaine Bengals in winning the 7AAAA Section
Championship last week! We are very proud of all of the past BATBA
players and would like to wish the team the best of luck in the State
Tournament later this week.
The Bengals begin play on Thursday, June 16th against Champlin Park.
The first pitch begins at 5:30pm at CHS Field.
Click Here for the Class AAAA State Bracket & Schedule
Submitted by Sarah Anderson
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11U AA - Tim Sukalski
12U AAA - Matt Westlund
12U AA - Barry Perreault
13U AAA - Jason Vogel
13U AA Blue - Dean Zahratka
13U AA White - Tim Payne
14U AAA - Mike Nelson
14U AA - Dave Ososki
15U AAA - Eric Pardo
15U AA - Joe Monnens
Spring Lake Park
10U AA - Erik Roell
11U AAA - Jerome Balsimo
12U AAA - Scott Sonmore
13U AAA - Justin Kehner
14U AA - Jim Schonrock
15U - Jeff Dainty
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SBAA!!! Did you know that it is SBAA 65th Birthday this year? HAPPY
BIRTHDAY SBAA!!! Here is a little history!
On January 1, 1951, the Community Athletic Association of Soderville,
Minnesota was organized and shares sold at $10.00 per share. This money
was used to prepare a new field, which is still in use today (Soderville Ball
field is located on Crosstown Blvd., east of Highway 65). In the 1940s and
1950s the Sunday morning games were the social event of the
week. Tickets for $.25 - $.50 were sold, there was a refreshment stand
and fans cheered. The headlines read “Soderville Wins State B Title”
on the sports page of the September 16, 1951 St. Paul Sunday Pioneer
Press. For more information, visit the Sodervillebaline.org website.
1951 Soderville Team
Pictured: Front Row: Milt Gregoire, David Spencer, Dan Anderson, Bill
Marchiniak, Quinton Peterson, John Norton, Back Row: Jerry Meyer, Jim
Faust, Leo Schleisman, Dick Johnson, George Masko, Larry Winkler,
Arnie Oss and David William, Bat Boy.
Blaine 10UAAA Highlights An exceptional
effort by Aidan
Smith spurred
Blaine Bengals
10U AAA to an
18-2 win in five
innings over
Rochester AAA on
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Friday, May 20th at Bielenberg Sports Complex. Aidan blasted a three run
home run for Blaine Bengals 10U AAA and went 1-1 in the game with
three RBIs and three runs scored. Seven runs in the opening three innings
allowed Blaine Bengals 10U AAA to easily put away Rochester AAA. A
wild pitch in the first inning and an RBI double by Skylar Reimringer and
an RBI single by Sammy Lee during the second inning fueled Blaine
Bengals 10U AAA's offense early.
It didn't take long for Blaine Bengals 10U AAA to respond as it scored one
run of its own in the fourth. Blaine Bengals 10U AAA scored on an RBI
single by Ryan Burley. This was the beginning of a great weekend and all
led to a birth to the Gopher State Tournament of Champions.
Submitted by Jennifer Smith
Blaine 11AAA Highlights
Congratulations to
the Blaine 11AAA
Traveling Baseball
Team for taking 2nd
Place/Runner Up in
Burnsville
Invitational
Tournament!! This
earned the boys both
MYAS & MBT State
Tournament berths
over the weekend!
We lost a
heartbreaker to Farmington 7-5 in the Championship Game. The boys are
continually growing, overcoming adversity, and improving. Thank you to
our awesome coaches for all you do!
Submitted by Eric Fenn
Blaine 13AAA Highlights Blaine Bengals 13AAA beat Anoka 7-1, as they scored three runs in the
fifth on an RBI single by Connor Schusted, an RBI triple by Joey Reinarts,
and a sacrifice fly by Tyler Vogel. Gio Santiago, Joey Ritzema and Dylan
Wilson each had two hits, which included a triple for Wilson. Ethan
Larsen chipped in and RBI. Alex Stephens baffled Anoka, striking out
nine batters, allowing only two hits in 4 innings of work, and Tanner Vogel
pitched two scoreless.
Blaine 13AAA fended off Mahtomedi's late push, to hold on 6-4. Blaine
took the lead for good, when it scored two runs on an RBI double by
Gio Santiago. Alex Stephens was perfect at the dish, going 4-4.
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Blaine built upon its lead with two runs in the fourth, when Gavin Gillen
tripled, plating Tanner Vogel. That was followed up by Ben Wallraff's RBI
single. Gillen got the win, pitching the first 4 innings, allowing just one
run.
Submitted by Coach Vogel
2017 TRYOUTS SET FOR AUGUST
26-28, 2016
Tryouts for our 2017 traveling teams will take place August 26-28, 2016 at
a variety of fields in the Blaine Area.
Tryout pools will be scheduled for each age group at a pre-determined time
during the weekend. The initial tryout will last approximately 2 hours. All
prospective players will need to attend
the tryout session for their age group, in
order to be considered for a 2017 team.
Pre-tryout optional practice sessions
will be available for players the week of
August 22nd. Callbacks, for some
players, will take place the week of
August 29th. More information will be
available soon.
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IN THE NEWS!! The Oakland A's selected Logan Shore with the No. 47 overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft on Thursday night. The 21-year-old is a right-handed
pitcher from University of Florida, and Coon Rapids native. Minnesota Proud!!