ATTN: Legion Players, Parents, Coaches

The annual end of the year banquet will take place on Sunday December 20, 2009 at 6pm in the High School Cafeteria. Meal assignments will soon be posted. 

October Raffle Winners will be posted here and on the Homepage of the new mandanbaseball.com

October 1: Rose Beehler - Mandan $30

October 2: Marian Hohbein - Mandan $30

October 3: Lorraine Friesz - Mandan $100

October 5: Sue Kruckenberg - Mandan $30

October 6: Charles Wagner - Mandan $30

October 7: Jerry Janz - Mandan $30

October 8: Cheri Rhodes - Mandan $30

October 9: Joseph Masseth - Mandan $30

October 10: Gary Himmelspach - Mandan $100

October 12: Celeste Bendish - Mandan $30

October 13: Jill Weinhandl - Mandan $30

October 14: Chris Kincaid - Mandan $30

October 15: Marc Taylor - Mandan $30

October 16: Mark Bitz - Mandan $30

October 17: William Weber - Mandan $100

October 19: Jerry Gronvold - Mandan $30

October 20: Mary Kautzman - Mandan $30

OCtober 21: Klebes Hadsell - Bismarck $30

October 22: Roger Erhardt - Mandan $30

October 23: Corrine Jochim - Mandan $30

October 24: John Gerding - Mandan $100

October 26: Rick Wutzke - Mandan $30

October 27: Vickie Tischmak - Mandan $30

October 28: Mike Gierke - Mandan $30

October 29: Darlene Kautzman - Mandan $30

October 30: Carleton White - West Allis WI $30

October 31: Bonanza - Mandan $100

Nov. 2 Darwin Schulz – Mandan, $30

Nov. 3 Kenneth Otto – Mandan, $30

Nov. 4 Tom Miller – Mandan, $30

Nov. 5 Chris Assel – Bismarck, $30

Nov. 6 Lois Kihne – Mandan, $30

Nov. 7 Sandy Bullinger – Mandan, $100 

Nov. 9 – Annette Yauney, 806 3rd Ave. NE Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 10 – Tory Glasser, 4609 29th St. SE, Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 11 – Jean Anderson, 308 10th Ave NE, Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 12 – Glynda Janz, 1208 19th St. SE, Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 13 – Julius Beehler, 4230 Shaun Ln. Unit #1, Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 14 – Chad Brucker, 900 21st, St SE, Mandan ND, $100

Nov. 16 – Aaron Janz, Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 17 – Jessi Raile, Fargo ND, $30

Nov. 18 – Dave Frueh, Bismarck ND, $30

Nov. 19 – Emilie Heinle, Bismarck ND, $30

Nov. 20 – Andrea Munns, Mandan ND, $30

Nov. 21 – Dave Steckler, Mandan ND, $100 

11/23/09 – Ben Kincaid – Mandan ND, $30

11/24/09 – Jodi Butler – Mandan ND, $30

11/25/09 – Teresa Seefeld – Mandan ND, $30

11/26/09 – Ken Vatne – Hamlet ND, $30

11/27/09 – Steven McCartney – Mandan ND, $30

11/28/09 – Tim Porter – Bismarck ND, $100

11/30/09 – Rita Schneider – Mandan ND, $30 

Congratulations to the Mandan A's for Qualifying for the 2009 State Class "B" Baseball Tournament for the First Time in A's History!

The A's will play Munich Wednesday July 29 in Beulah at 7:30pm Central.

All State Tournament Games in Beulah will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1410 AM Radio and on the web at http://www.foxsports.com

Good Luck to the Section 8 Regular Season Champion Mandan A's in the Section 8 Tournament this Wednesday-Sunday in Mandan!  

Good Luck to the Mandan Chiefs in the Qualifying tournament held in Grand Forks Wednesday-Saturday!

Due July 1st

 Find it at the Parks and Rec Website. http://www.mandanparks.com and then to Facilities/Mandan Baseball Boosters/General Information

 http://www.mandanparks.com/pdf/baseballapparelorderform.pdf

October Baseball Club Meeting Next MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 8:00PM at Mandan Eagles Club!

All Parents of Mandan Baseball Club former and current players are invited to attend!

The Mandan Chiefs season came to a close Saturday afternoon at the hands of the Minot Vistas. The vistas won 15-4 in seven innings. The Chiefs loss ends their season at 35-25, a 16 win improvement over 2007.

The Chiefs opened up the State Tournament with a 15-3 victory over Fargo Post 2. Reid Jungling picked up the victory in seven innings when the mercy rule took effect. The win paired the Chiefs with a matchup with the Roughriders of Dickinson Thursday night. Sam Salveson pitched very effectively over eight plus innings. Steve Pletan hit a 3 run bomb off Dickinson starter Steven Laylock in the first inning. However, the Roughriders won 7-5. 

The Chiefs first loser out game came on Friday against the Grand Forks Royals. Jay Flaa started the game on the hill and lasted four plus innings before Jake Friesz relieved Flaa and pitched the final four and two-thirds. Matt Keller and Steve Pletan each belted home runs and Jared Muth went 4-6 at the plate to lead the Chiefs to a 14-10 victory.

Saturday brought about loser out game number two for the Chiefs against the Minot Vistas. The Chiefs hoped to end the Vistas drive towards three straight state titles (although the Vistas automatically qualify for the Central Plains as the host team), but the Vistas bats were too much for the Chiefs. Jungling started the game on two days rest and lasted three plus innings. Jeff Werner relieved Jungling and Jared Quast pitched the sixth and seventh. Steve Pletan homered for the third time in the tournament.  

The Chiefs season was a very successful one, instilling confidence in a group that will for the most part take the field in 2009. The Chiefs will return six people from college (Quast, Keller, Pletan, Muth, Mellmer, and Werner). Matt Bosch and Brandon Leingang are the only Chiefs that cannot return for another year. Both Leingang and Bosch were valuable parts of the 2008 Chiefs providing stability and leadership that will be missed. 

The Chiefs bats definitely made the trip from Mandan to Jamestown for the seeding tournament. The Chiefs pounded out 53 runs over three games, finishing the tournament with back-to-back 20+ run games. The Chiefs victory secures the #6 seed in this weeks state tournament in Minot. The Chiefs will face Fargo on Wednesday August 6th at 1:15 at Corbett Field.

The Chiefs were very impressed with a huge following of fan support in Jamestown and are looking forward to seeing even more wearing the Green and Yellow in Minot. Hope to see you all at Corbett on Wednesday. 

Entering the second week of July, Post 40 baseball is staying very active. The Chiefs are slated in a non-conference double header in Minot on Tuesday before hosting Jamestown in Conference play on Wednesday. Friday the Chiefs will be in Aberdeen, SD to play the Schmittys before heading to Glendive, MT on Saturday.

 The A's will remain busy as well, hosting two Section double headers; the first being Beulah on Tuesday night and then Hettinger on Thursday. 

To check the Mandan A's schedule and/or roster you must first click on the tab in the left column that reads either schedule or roster. After that is clicked, the Chiefs information will come up. To see the A's you then must go to the upper right hand corner of the page where it says "2008 Chiefs" and click the drop down to see "2008 A's". If you have any questions you can email me by click on my name on the left side under Admin. Thanks.

 Ryne