Metro Merchants win Hull Rust Invitational in Hibbing.
In Hibbing the first Hull Rust Invitational was held. The Metro Merchants won it all beating Superior, WI in the final game Sunday afternoon.
In Hibbing the first Hull Rust Invitational was held. The Metro Merchants won it all beating Superior, WI in the final game Sunday afternoon. The Merchants beat Bemidji and Andover to reach the finals. Superior beat Itasca and Duluth before falling to the Merchants. Hibbing lost to Andover in the opening round and came right back defeating Bemidji and Itasca to claim the Consolation Championship. Duluth beat Andover for third place.
The Luverne Tournament featured three South Dakota teams and four Minnesota teams (Aurora, SD dropped out of the tourney). Minnesota came out on top with Dumont beating Brandon Valley 10-3 for the Championship. It was the second week in a row that Dumont had been in a tourney championship (lost last week to Starbuck in the finals of their tourney) and they made the most of it. Dumont started the tournament out by defeating Luverne 13-6. Then they beat Pipestone 6-5 before winning it all. Brandon Valley beat Wilmont and Luverne to get to the championship. In the consolation round Wilmont beat Sioux Falls and Renner to finish fifth. Luverne was third.
At "Good Neighbor Days" in Howard Lake, it was the host winning its own tournament. Winsted beat Kimball 7-2 and Howard Lake rode the shut out pitching of three pitchers with Shane Khan getting the 2-0 win over Atwater. Kimball beat Atwater 5-4 for third place and Howard Lake beat Winsted 8-1 for the Championship. Perry Thinesen, a crafty 43 year old lefty, recorded the win and John Steueven, Howard Lake leftfielder, was the tournament MVP.
The 2008 Miller Lite Invitational in Green Isle and Arlington lived up to its billing as one of the most competitive class "C" tournaments in the State. Green Isle, the only class "B" team in the field came away with the Championship winning four games in a row. They beat Fairfax 10-1, St. Patrick 3-1 with Mac Zachow getting the win and knocking in a run. They went on to beat Moorhead 6-5 before storming to the Championship wth an 8-2 victory over St. Cloud Orthopedic. Moorhead had already won the Freeport and New Prague tournaments before being handled by Green Isle. St. Cloud Ortho beat Maple Plain 10-1, Morris 10-5 and Loretto 8-1 before falling in the championship. Mac Zachow was named the tournament MVP for his outstanding play.
In Isanti, Champlin won the Red Bird Classic by beating St. Croix 7-2. Earlier, Champlin beat Kingston and the host Isanti 3-1. St. Croix reached the final by beating Mora and Superior. Soderville beat Albertville for 7th place, Kingston defeated Mora for the Consolation Championship and Isanti beat Superior 4-2 for third place.
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