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D1 Team Capsules

Host Delano

Team Name:  Delano Post 377
2016 Record:  8-9
State Tournament appearances:   1
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships:  0
National Championships:  0
Coach:  Mark Schramel
Coach Record:  14-15
Years Coaching:  2
 
 

Substate 1 Rochester Patriots

Team Name:  Rochester Patriots 
2016 Record:  21-13
State Tournament appearances: N/A
State Championships:  1 (2009)
Regional Championships:  0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Alex Welder UMD
Coach:  Dutch Heiderscheit
Years Coaching: 14
 
Notable Accomplishments:  This has been a pretty resilient group that got off to a slow start - we have played some good competition out in the Alex tournament - our own Firecracker 4th of July and the Gopher classic - went up to Eau Claire and played so had chances to play a lot of games and keep improving - going 4-0 in our sub state is tough to do - we played very good defense and got some timely hits

Substate 2 Fairmont

Team Name:  Fairmont Post 36
2016 Record:  11-3
State Tournament Appearances:  3  
State Championships:  None
Regional Championships: None 
National Championships:  None 
College Commitments:  Tyler Tennyson (Buena Vista University), Jack Waletich (Minnesota State Mankato) 
Coach:  Don Waletich 
Coach Record:  11-3 as Fairmont coach 
Years Coaching: 1 for Fairmont Post 36
 

 

Substate 3 Edina

Team Name:  Edina Legion Post 471
2016 Record:  28-9
State Tournament appearances:   8 (1959, 1966, 1982, 1983, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016)
State Championships:   5 (1959, 1966, 1982, 1982, 2012
Regional Championships:  1 (1983)
National Championships:  1 (1983)
College Commitments:  Ben Vanhove University of Wisconsin-Stout, Joey Sorenson College of St. Scholastica, Ben Arndt, St. Olaf, Brock Boltmann University of North Dakota (Football) 
Coach:  Gene Larkin 
Coach Record:  73-24
Years Coaching:  3
 
Notable Accomplishments:  Winning Substate 3 with just 3 seniors. 

Substate 4 Wayzata

Team Name:  Wayzata Post 118 
2016 Record:  34-2
State Tournament appearances:   3 - 1989, 2009 (3rd), 2015 (1st) 
State Championships:  1 (2015)
Regional Championships:  0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  LHP Tom Skoro (Kansas St.), LHP Eric Stolt (Dartmouth), OF Cam Keenan (Concordia-St. Paul), RHP Donny Schroeder (SW Minnesota St.), C/RHP Jake Marsh (Bethel), OF Griffin Schneider (Century College),  IF Jarett Briol (UW-LaCrosse), 2B Parker Hlavacek (St. Thomas)
Coach:  Adam Goethke 
Coach Record:  184-88
Years Coaching:  7 (2010-2016
 
Notable Accomplishments:  Won the Gopher Classic Tournament. 

Substate 5 Woodbury Blue

Team Name:  Woodbury Blue 
2016 Record:  18-7
State Tournament appearances:  3 - 2005, 2015, 2016
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships:  0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Max Meyer University of Minnesota, Sebastian Holte-Mancera Ellsworth Community College
Coach:  Kyle Hunt 
Coach Record:  43-10 (2015-2016)
Years Coaching:  6
 
Notable Accomplishments:   Burnsville Snakepit Champions. 

Substate 6 Eastview

Team Name:  Eastview Thunder
2016 Record:  17-8
State Tourney Appearances:  6 
State Championships: 1 - 2008
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Riley Johnson (NDSU), Dylan Brend (St. Thomas)
Coach Name:  Bob Klefsaas
Coach Record: 260-85
Years Coaching Legion: 10
 
Notable Accomplishments: Riley Johnson 40 1/3 innings pitched, ZERO earned runs allowed, 13 hits and 63 strikeouts

Substate 7 Hamline Purple

Team Name:  Hamline Purple 
2016 Record:  24-8
State Tourney Appearances:  3 
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Jordan Ammons Mercer University, Justin Weinberg St. Mary's University (Winona), Jack Johnson Des Moines Area CC (DMACC)
Coach Name:  Matt Johnson 
Coach Record:  N/A 
Years Coaching Legion: 
 
Notable Accomplishments:  West St. Paul Tournament champions. 

Substate 8 Forest Lake

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Substate 9 Champlin

Team Name:  Champlin Post 600
2016 Record:  21-3
State Tournament appearances:   3 (2014, 2015, 2016)
State Championships:  
Regional Championships:  0
National Championships:  0 
College Commitments:  Riley Johnson Augustana, Derek Smith Southwest Minnesota State, Eric Pearson College of St. Scholastica, Drew Nelson Grand View, Riley Reuter Northland 
Coach:  Mike Loberg 
Coach Record: 79-36
Years Coaching:  6
 
Notable Accomplishments:  Final 8 of the Gopher Classic, St. Cloud Chutes tournament champion, finished secon in the Minnesota State High School championship. 

Substate 10 Grand Rapids

Team Name:  Grand Rapids 
2016 Record:  20-13
State Tourney Appearances:  9 since 1999 (99, 04, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 15, 16 
State Championships: 1 - 1975
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Nick Johnson Itasca CC, Tanner Shepard Itasca CC, Jake Galatz Itasca CC
Coach Name:  Bill Kinnunen 
Years Coaching Legion: 17
 
 

Substate 11 Maple Grove

Team Name:  Maple Grove Crimson Post #172
2016 Record:  16-5
State Tournament appearances: 5 - 1999, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships:  0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Isaac Collins Creighton, Brett Schulze University of Minnesota,  Max Marshall St. Olaf
Coach:  Adam Spurrell 
Coach Record:  39-14
Years Coaching:  2
 
Notable Accomplishments:  Undefeated in District 10 North Hennepin League play. 

Substate 12 Little Falls

Team Name:  Little Falls Post 46
2016 Record:  8-3
State Tourney Appearances:  1 
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships:  0
College Commitments:  Thomas Miller St. Johns, Justin Jenks St. Cloud Tech
Coach Name:  Evan Athman
Coach Record: 8-3
Years Coaching Legion: 1
 
Notable Accomplishments: Avearaged 7.5 runs per game, had 3 come-from-behind victories and posted 2 shutouts this year. 

Substate 13 Princeton

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Substate 14 Bemidji

Team Name:  Bemidji Centaurs 
2016 Record: 17-10
State Tournament Appearances: 5th 
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Matt Morgan Southwest Minnesota State University 
Coach Name: Nathan Blumhagen 
Coach Record: 43-55
Years Coaching:  4
 
 

Substate 15 Waconia

Team Name:  Waconia Wildcats- Post 150
2016 Record: 21-5 
State Tournament Appearances: 1st Appearance 
State Championships:  0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments:  Derek Martin (Winona State), Adam Nichols (Gustavus)
Coach Name: Erik Olson
Coach Record: 21-5
Years Coaching:  1st Season
 
Notable Accomplishments for this year: Won the Marshall Mid Summer Classic tournament and finished 3rd in the New Ulm Upper Midwest Classic.