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Amateur Hour: July 19-21 Schedule

Baseball

Hey whoa, whoa, whoa, where did the time go??? It’s the final weekend of regular season for town ball in central Minnesota. With playoff positioning on the line, let’s look at the standings in the Lake and Pine and Hi-10 Leagues going into the weekend.

HI-10
​                                           14C          HI-10          RS         RA     
​Bluffton  Braves                   14-2             11-2                159           35
NY Mills Millers                  11-4              8-3                 123           66
​​​​​Deer Creek Shockers          12-5             9-5                  137           53
​Perham Pirates                    11-6             10-3                110           47
Clarissa Flyers                      7-9               6-7                  98           75
Henning North Stars           3-13            2-11                 72          126
Dent Diamond Hawks        2-11-1        1-8-1                48           156
Vergas Loons                         1-12-1       1-9-1                24           165
LAKE & PINE
​                                             14C          L&P             RS         RA
Midway Snurdbirds               8-1             2-1                  81         28
​​​​​​​​​Nimrod Gnats                         6-3             2-0                 57         43​​​
​Sebeka Stingers                      5-5             1-1                  56         71
​​Staples Lumberbats              0-9             0-3                 20        104​
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​* z- not playoff eligible

Listen to the latest Amateur Hour here!

Wednesday, July 17

Bluffton – 9 @ Deer Creek – 2

  • The Braves pick up 16 hits on a Wednesday night matchup with the Shockers. Peyton Rondestvedt goes yard for Bluffton in the victory.

Dent – 3 @ Henning – 2

Friday, July 19th

New York Mills @ Clarissa – 7:30pm

Midway @ Deer Creek – 7:30pm

Vergas @ Henning – 7:30pm

  • In a makeup game from July 6, the Loons and North Stars square off in a late season matchup

Urbank @ Ashby Athletics – 7pm

Saturday, July 20th

New York Mills @ Dent – 7:30pm

​Staples @ Clarissa – 7:30pm

Nimrod @ Henning – 7:30pm

Detroit Lakes @ Bemidji Bucks – 11am

Detroit Lakes @ Bemidji Blue Ox – 2:30pm

  • It’s a doubleheader for the Ligers in Bemidji against a the town’s two amateur baseball teams. To begin, they will have their first ever matchup against the Bucks in their inaugural season. Second game will be between the Ligers and Bemidji’s more tenured town ball team in the Blue Ox

Sunday, July 21st

Bluffton @ Midway – 1:30pm

Nimrod @ Sebeka – 1:30pm

  • A Highway 227 rivalry is renewed between the Shockers and the Gnats in Sebeka Sunday afternoon

Dent @ Vergas – 1:30pm

Amateur Hour, the bi-weekly town baseball segment covering all of the squads across central Minnesota hosted by CJ Baumgartner! We will put out the weekend’s schedule on Fridays and first thing Monday morning we will have a recap of the weekend’s action.

If you are a coach, player, or fan – we want your help! Call 218-631-1804 and leave a message on our voicemail with your team’s score and/or any notable achievements for a chance to be featured in the segment.