Last Updated: 6/23/05
Each week during the season, 15 respected coaches and amateur baseball analysts from across the State individually choose their top ten Minnesota American Legion Baseball teams -- ranking the teams, from first through tenth place. Ten points are awarded to a team for a first place vote, nine for a second place vote, and so on, with a tenth place vote earning one point. The votes are tallied by a non-voting third party and forwarded to the Minneapolis/St. Paul newspapers each week for publication, as well as to a number of other newspapers in outstate Minnesota.
August 4, 2002 (FINAL PRE-STATE TOURNAMENT POLL - 20 teams receiving votes)
*Participant in Minnesota State Tournament, Marshall, MN, August 8-11, 2002
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 Excelsior* 127 11 1 2 North St. Paul* 101 1 5 3 Apple Valley* 100 2 4 New Ulm Gold* 87 1 4 5 Tri-City Red* 86 3 6 Coon Rapids* 42.5 10 7 Rochester A's* 39.5 12 8 Alexandria* 32.5 11 9 Bloomington Blue 21 6 10 Northfield* 18 18 11 Brainerd* 16 18 12 East Grand Forks* 9 -- 13 (tie) Burnsville 8 7 13 (tie) Lakeville 8 21 15 (tie) Champlin Park 5 9 15 (tie) Hermantown* 5 21 17 Hopkins* 3.5 -- 18 St. Paul Hamline 3 16 19 Fergus Falls 2 -- 20 Duluth Lakeview 1 14 -- Eden Prairie -- 8 -- Rosetown -- 13 -- Stillwater -- 14 -- Winona -- 16 -- St. Francis -- 18 -- Chaska* -- 21 -- Hibbing -- 21 -- Sauk Centre -- 21 -- Richfield* -- 26 -- Anoka -- -- -- Austin -- -- -- Bemidji -- -- -- Bloomington Gold -- -- -- Edina -- -- -- Ely -- -- -- Forest Lake -- -- -- Fridley -- -- -- Grand Rapids -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Holy Angels -- -- -- Marshall* -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- Park Center Twins -- -- -- Park Rapids -- -- -- Rochester Patriots -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- -- St. Michael -- -- -- Tri-City Blue -- -- -- West St. Paul -- -- Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Paul Blanchard-SW State University, Dick Johnson-Anoka.. July 28, 2002 (26 teams receiving votes)
| Poll Position | Team | Points | 1st Place Votes | Prior Poll Position |
| 1 | Excelsior | 127 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | Apple Valley | 101 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tri-City Red | 88 | 6 | |
| 4 | New Ulm Gold | 85 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | North St. Paul | 82 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Bloomington Blue | 75 | 5 | |
| 7 | Burnsville | 35 | 8 | |
| 8 | Eden Prairie | 29 | 7 | |
| 9 | Champlin Park | 23 | 9 | |
| 10 | Coon Rapids | 14 | 22 | |
| 11 | Alexandria | 11.5 | 11 | |
| 12 | Rochester A's | 10 | 10 | |
| 13 | Rosetown | 9 | 14 | |
| 14 (tie) | Stillwater | 4 | 11 | |
| 14 (tie) | Duluth Lakeview | 4 | 15 | |
| 16 (tie) | St. Paul Hamline | 3 | 16 | |
| 16 (tie) | Winona | 3 | 20 | |
| 18 (tie) | Northfield | 2 | 13 | |
| 18 (tie) | Brainerd | 2 | -- | |
| 18 (tie) | St. Francis | 2 | -- | |
| 21 (tie) | Hibbing | 1 | 16 | |
| 21 (tie) | Lakeville | 1 | 20 | |
| 21 (tie) | Chaska | 1 | -- | |
| 21 (tie) | Hermantown | 1 | -- | |
| 21 (tie) | Sauk Centre | 1 | -- | |
| 26 | Richfield | .5 | -- | |
| -- | Fergus Falls | -- | 16 | |
| -- | West St. Paul | -- | 16 | |
| -- | Forest Lake | -- | 22 | |
| -- | Anoka | -- | -- | |
| -- | Austin | -- | -- | |
| -- | Bemidji | -- | -- | |
| -- | Bloomington Gold | -- | -- | |
| -- | Edina | -- | -- | |
| -- | Ely | -- | -- | |
| -- | Fridley | -- | -- | |
| -- | Grand Rapids | -- | -- | |
| -- | Hastings | -- | -- | |
| -- | Holy Angels | -- | -- | |
| -- | Hopkins | -- | -- | |
| -- | Marshall | -- | -- | |
| -- | Moorhead | -- | -- | |
| -- | Park Center Twins | -- | -- | |
| -- | Park Rapids | -- | -- | |
| -- | Rochester Patriots | -- | -- | |
| -- | St. Cloud 76ers | -- | -- | |
| -- | St. Michael | -- | -- | |
| -- | Tri-City Blue | -- | -- | |
| Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Paul Blanchard-SW State University, Dick Johnson-Anoka.. | ||||
July 21, 2002 (23 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 Excelsior 125 9 1 2 North St. Paul 98 3 1 3 Apple Valley 86 4 4 New Ulm Gold 83 1 3 5 Bloomington Blue 77 5 6 Tri-City Red 71 6 7 Eden Prairie 45 7 8 Burnsville 33 8 9 Champlin Park 25 10 10 Rochester A's 17 9 11 (tie) Alexandria 11 11 11 (tie) Stillwater 11 15 13 Northfield 6 12 14 Rosetown 5 17 15 Duluth Lakeview 4 13 16 (tie) West St. Paul 3 16 16 (tie) St. Paul Hamline 3 17 16 (tie) Fergus Falls 3 19 16 (tie) Hibbing 3 19 20 (tie) Lakeville 2 21 20 (tie) Winona 2 -- 22 (tie) Coon Rapids 1 14 22 (tie) Forest Lake 1 21 -- Fridley -- 21 -- Anoka -- -- -- Austin -- -- -- Bemidji -- -- -- Bloomington Gold -- -- -- Brainerd -- -- -- Edina -- -- -- Ely -- -- -- Grand Rapids -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Holy Angels -- -- -- Hopkins -- -- -- Marshall -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- Park Center Twins -- -- -- Richfield -- -- -- Rochester Patriots -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- -- St. Francis -- -- -- St. Michael -- -- -- Tri-City Blue -- -- -- Winona -- -- Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Paul Blanchard-SW State University, Dick Johnson-Anoka.. July 14, 2002 (23 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 North St. Paul 120 5 1 1 Excelsior 120 6 2 3 New Ulm Gold 83 2 3 4 Apple Valley 65 4 5 Bloomington Blue 62 6 6 Tri-City Red 56 5 7 Eden Prairie 46 7 8 Burnsville 42 9 9 Rochester A's 18 8 10 Champlin Park 17 14 11 Alexandria 16 10 12 Northfield 14 12 13 Duluth Lakeview 11 18 14 Coon Rapids 10 12 15 Stillwater 9 15 16 West St. Paul 6 N/A 17 (tie) Rosetown 4 10 17 (tie) St. Paul Hamline 4 20 19 (tie) Hibbing 3 15 19 (tie) Fergus Falls 3 17 21 (tie) Lakeville 2 19 21 (tie) Forest Lake 2 20 21 (tie) Fridley 2 20 -- Park Rapids -- 20 -- Richfield -- 20 -- Anoka -- -- -- Austin -- -- -- Bemidji -- -- -- Bloomington Gold -- -- -- Brainerd -- -- -- Edina -- -- -- Ely -- -- -- Grand Rapids -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Holy Angels -- -- -- Hopkins -- -- -- Marshall -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- Park Center Twins -- -- -- Rochester Patriots -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- -- St. Francis -- -- -- St. Michael -- -- -- Tri-City Blue -- -- -- Winona -- -- Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Paul Blanchard-SW State University, Dick Johnson-Anoka.. July 7, 2002 (24 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 North St. Paul 123 8 1 2 Excelsior 116 3 2 3 New Ulm Gold 91 2 3 4 Apple Valley 60 5 5 Tri-City Red 59 4 6 Bloomington Blue 46 6 7 Eden Prairie 38 25 8 Rochester A's 36 7 9 Burnsville 32 11 10 (tie) Rosetown 16 8 10 (tie) Alexandria 16 14 12 (tie) Northfield 14 8 12 (tie) Coon Rapids 14 10 14 Champlin Park 12 -- 15 (tie) Hibbing 10 12 15 (tie) Stillwater 10 21 17 Fergus Falls 8 12 18 Duluth Lakeview 7 -- 19 Lakeville 2 17 20 (tie) Forest Lake 1 17 20 (tie) St. Paul Hamline 1 20 20 (tie) Park Rapids 1 21 20 (tie) Richfield 1 24 20 (tie) Fridley 1 25 -- Edina -- 15 -- Rochester Patriots -- 15 -- Hopkins -- 17 -- West St. Paul -- 21 -- Anoka -- -- -- Austin -- -- -- Bemidji -- -- -- Bloomington Gold -- -- -- Brainerd -- -- -- Ely -- -- -- Grand Rapids -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Holy Angels Stars -- -- -- Marshall -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- Park Center -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- -- St. Francis -- -- -- St. Michael -- -- -- Tri-City Blue -- -- -- Winona -- -- Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Dick Johnson-Anoka, Paul Blanchard-SW State University. June 30, 2002 (26 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 North St. Paul 110 4 1 2 Excelsior 106 3 3 3 New Ulm Gold 96 5 2 4 Tri-City Red 63 5 5 Apple Valley 55 6 6 Bloomington Blue 37 7 7 Rochester A's 31 9 8 (tie) Northfield 30 4 8 (tie) Rosetown 30 8 10 Coon Rapids 25 10 11 Burnsville 16 11 12 (tie) Fergus Falls 9 11 12 (tie) Hibbing 9 -- 14 Alexandria 8 15 15 (tie) Ediina 5 14 15 (tie) Rochester Patriots 5 20 17 (tie) Forest Lake 4 -- 17 (tie) Hopkins 4 22 17 (tie) Lakeville 4 22 20 St. Paul Hamline 3.5 13 21 (tie) West St. Paul 2 18 21 (tie) Park Rapids 2 22 21 (tie) Stillwater 2 27 24 Richfield 1.5 -- 25 (tie) Eden Prairie 1 18 25 (tie) Fridley 1 -- -- Anoka -- 16 -- Park Center -- 16 -- St. Michael -- 21 -- Austin -- 22 -- Grand Rapids -- 22 -- Ely -- 27 -- Holy Angels -- 27 -- Bemidji -- -- -- Bloomington Gold -- -- -- Brainerd -- -- -- Duluth Lakeview -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Marshall -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- -- St. Francis -- -- -- Tri-City Blue -- -- -- Winona -- -- Total points = 660. 12 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Dick Johnson-Anoka, Paul Blanchard-SW State University. June 23, 2002 (29 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 North St. Paul 109 2 2 2 New Ulm Gold 108 7 1 3 Excelsior 100 4 3 4 Northfield 64 4 5 Tri-City Red 62 6 6 Apple Valley 53 5 7 Bloomington Blue 39 8 8 Rosetown 33 7 9 Rochester A's 30 9 10 Coon Rapids 18 11 11 (tie) Fergus Falls 14 13 11 (tie) Burnsville 14 -- 13 St. Paul Hamline 12 10 14 Edina 9 18 15 Alexandria 8 12 16 (tie) Park Center 6 21 16 (tie) Anoka 6 17 18 (tie) West St. Paul 5 16 18 (tie) Eden Prairie 5 -- 20 Rochester Patriots 4 -- 21 St. Michael 3 21 22 (tie) Lakeville 2 24 22 (tie) Austin 2 18 22 (tie) Hopkins 2 18 22 (tie) Grand Rapids 2 -- 22 (tie) Park Rapids 2 -- 27 (tie) Stillwater 1 14 27 (tie) Ely 1 -- 27 (tie) Holy Angels Stars 1 -- -- Richfield -- 14 -- Winona -- 21 -- Marshall -- 24 -- Bloomington Gold -- 24 -- Tri-City Blue -- 27 -- Bemidji -- -- -- Brainerd -- -- -- Duluth Lakeview -- -- -- Forest Lake -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Hibbing -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- -- St. Francis -- -- Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Dick Johnson-Anoka, Paul Blanchard-SW State University. June 16, 2002 (27 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 New Ulm Gold 110 5 5 2 North St. Paul 109 3 2 3 Excelsior 95 5 1 4 Northfield 65 6 5 Apple Valley 64 3 6 Tri-City Red 60.5 7 7 Rosetown 42 4 8 Bloomington Blue 27 10 9 Rochester A's 22 14 10 St. Paul Hamline 21 11 11 Coon Rapids 19 8 12 Alexandria 16 13 13 Fergus Falls 15 12 14 (tie) Stillwater 9 17 14 (tie) Richfield 9 -- 16 West St. Paul 7 9 17 Anoka 6 19 18 (tie) Austin 3 -- 18 (tie) Edina 3 -- 18 (tie) Hopkins 3 -- 21 (tie) St. Michael 2 23 21 (tie) Winona 2 22 21 (tie) Park Center 2 21 24 (tie) Marshall 1 25 24 (tie) Lakeville 1 23 24 (tie) Bloomington Gold 1 -- 27 Tri-City Blue .5 27 -- St. Francis -- 15 -- Hibbing -- 15 -- Forest Lake -- 19 -- Brainerd -- 21 Grand Rapids -- 25 -- Bemidji -- -- -- Burnsville -- -- -- Duluth Lakeview -- -- -- Eden Prairie -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Holy Angels Stars -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Dick Johnson-Anoka, Paul Blanchard-SW State University. June 9, 2002 (27 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 Excelsior 138 12 1 2 North St. Paul 116 2 3 Apple Valley 80 3 4 Rosetown 66 7 5 New Ulm Gold 65 1 5 6 Northfield 54 6 7 Tri-City Red 53.5 4 8 Coon Rapids 27 1 9 9 West St. Paul 25 11 10 Bloomington Blue 24 10 11 St. Paul Hamline 22 8 12 Fergus Falls 18 18 13 Alexandria 15 15 14 Rochester A's 14 12 15 (tie) Hibbing 8 14 15 (tie) St. Francis 8 N/A 17 Stillwater 7 13 18 Park Center 6 N/A 19 (tie) Anoka 5 18 19 (tie) Forest Lake 5 17 21 Brainerd 4 -- 22 Winona 3 21 23 (tie) Lakeville 2 23 23 (tie) St. Michael 2 N/A 25 (tie) Grand Rapids 1 16 25 (tie) Marshall 1 21 27 Tri-City Blue .5 -- -- Holy Angels Stars -- 20 -- Bemidji -- -- -- Burnsville -- -- -- Duluth Lakeview -- -- -- Eden Prairie -- -- -- Hastings -- -- -- Hopkins -- -- -- Moorhead -- -- -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- Total points = 770. 14 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Dick Johnson-Anoka, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Paul Blanchard-SW State University. June 2, 2002 (Preseason - 23 teams receiving votes)
Poll Position Team Points 1st Place Votes Prior Poll Position 1 Excelsior 127 10 1 2 North St. Paul 90 1 2 3 Apple Valley 85 3 4 Tri-City Red 51 5 5 New Ulm Gold 46 1 4 6 Northfield 40.5 14 7 Rosetown 35.5 16 8 St. Paul Hamline 35 8 9 Coon Rapids 30.5 1 7 10 Bloomington Blue 30 11 11 West St. Paul 28.5 10 12 Rochester A's 23 6 13 Stillwater 20 13 14 Hibbing 19 12 15 Alexandria 17 9 16 Grand Rapids 11 N/A 17 Forest Lake 8 17 18 (tie) Anoka 5 23 18 (tie) Fergus Falls 5 N/A 20 Holy Angels Stars 3 15 21 (tie) Marshall 2 24 21 (tie) Winona 2 29 23 Lakeville 1 N/A -- Hastings -- 17 -- Brainerd -- 19 -- Eden Prairie -- 19 -- Burnsville -- 21 -- Moorhead -- 21 -- Bemidji -- 24 -- Tri-City Blue -- 24 -- Hopkins -- -- 27 -- St. Cloud 76ers -- -- 27 -- Duluth Lakeview -- 29 Total points = 715. 13 of 15 particpants voted this week, as follows: Ron Adams-North St. Paul/Hill-Murray, Jim Clancy-Minneapolis Gopher Post Office, Don Coleman-Independent Scout/Bemidji, Charlie Godbout-West St. Paul, Russ Hinrichs-Alexandria, Keith Kangas-Rochester A's/Century, Dave Kunz-New Ulm, Ron Nenovich-Bloomington Gold, Jim Peck-Excelsior, Greg Schmidt-New Brighton Bulletin Sportwriter, Chris Vito-Hibbing/UW Superior, Tom Yelle-Coon Rapids/ARCC, Bruce Young-Apple Valley. Absent: Paul Blanchard-SW State University, Dick Johnson-Anoka. May 26, 2002 (Pr