2007 Tri-City Red VFW
2007
Tri-City Red VFW
Last Updated: 7/29/07
| Accomplishments | Official Team Roster | Coaching Staff |
| Regular Season | District Tournament | State Tournament |
Congratulations to Red on finishing 2007 as District Runner-up!
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| Name | High School | Uniform # | Positions | Grad Yr |
| Canaday, Cory | Irondale | 9 | Shortstop, Pitcher | Fr. |
| Heath, Jeff | Irondale | 21 | Outfield, Pitcher | Fr. |
| Wisser, Doug | Irondale | 26 | Shortstop, 3B, Pitcher | Fr. |
| Kepler, Kevin | Irondale | 16 | Pitcher, 1B | Fr. |
| Parrott, Andrew | Irondale | 8 | 3B, Shortstop | Soph. |
| Gjere, James | Irondale | 33 | 1B, Pitcher | Fr. |
| Jereczek, Curt | Irondale | Outfield | Soph. | |
| Christensen, Mitch | Irondale | 7 | Outfield | Soph. |
| Pomeroy, Tyler | Irondale | 23 | Outfield, Pitcher | Fr. |
| Geortzen, Ryan | Irondale | Outfield | Soph. | |
| Littlejohn, Geoff | Irondale | 14 | Catcher, 3B | Soph. |
| Colwell, Tim | Irondale | 27 | 2B, Pitcher | Fr. |
| Hanson, Austin | Irondale | 13 | 3B, Pitcher | Soph. |
| Lively, Sam | Irondale | 25 | Outfield | Soph. |
| Oji, Chinedum | Irondale | 1 | Outfield, Catcher | Soph. |
| Blinn, Jason | Irondale | 29 | 1B, Pitcheer | Soph. |
| General Manager: | Jeff Larsen | |||
| Team Manager/Head Coach: | Chris Fink, avisfink@hotmail.com | |||
| Assistant Coaches: | Brian Peloquin | |||
| Game #; Date | Team | Score | vs. Team (Home) | Score | at Field | W | L |
| Stillwater Tournament: | |||||||
| 1-Saturday, 6/2/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 6 | Park Center | 8 | Stillwater | 0 | 1 |
| 2-Saturday, 6/2/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 13 | Woodbury | 3 | Stillwater | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Gjere went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's. Austin Hanson pitched a complete game. | |||||||
| 3-Suday, 6/3/07 | Burnsville | 6 | Tri-City Red VFW | 0 | Stillwater | 1 | 2 |
| 4-Sunday, 6/3/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | St. Paul | 4 | Stillwater | 2 | 2 |
| Tim Colwell went 3 for 3 with 2 doubles. | |||||||
| League Play, District 7: Consists of 4 Districts. TCR is in the Southeast Division with Tri-City Blue VFW (Irondale), St. Anthony, Totino-Grace, Mpls River Rats, and Columbia Heights. TCR plays each team in SE District twice and each team in the SW District once, for a total of 18 District games. | |||||||
| 5-Monday, 6/4/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 7 | Ballentine Blue | 3 | 6:15 p.m., Ballentine Blue | 3 | 2 |
| Jeff Heath pitched a complete game, allowing only 3 hits; Chinedum Oji went 2 for 3 with 2 runs | |||||||
| 6-Wednesday, 6/6/07 | Ballentine Black | 1 | Tri-City Red VFW | 11 | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | 4 | 2 |
| Kevin Kepler pitched a complete game, racking up 9 strike outs; Austin Hanson had a home run. | |||||||
| ---Friday, 6/8/07 | Totino-Grace (moved to DH on 6/25/07) | -- | Tri-City Red VFW | -- | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | - | - |
| 7-Tuesday, 6/12/07 | DeLaSalle | 2 | Tri-City Red VFW | 6 | 4:15 p.m., Irondale | 5 | 2 |
| Cory Canaday had a triple and 2 RBI | |||||||
| 8-Tuesday, 6/12/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 11 | DeLaSalle | 2 | Immediately following, Irondale | 6 | 2 |
| Doug Wisser pitched the complete game win; Tim Colwell went 3 for 3, with 4 runs scored. | |||||||
| 9- | St. Anthony | 5 | Tri-City Red VFW | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
| Chinedum Oji was 2 for 3, with 2 runs scored. | |||||||
| 10-Friday, 6/15/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 9 | Tri-City Blue VFW | 8 | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | 7 | 3 |
| Tim Colwell had the game winning RBI. | |||||||
| 11-Monday, 6/18/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 14 | Columbia Heights | 2 | 4:00 p.m., Columbia Heights | 8 | 3 |
| Jeff Heath pitched the complete game win, and went 3 for 3 with 2 RBI. | |||||||
| 12-Monday, 6/18/07 | Columbia Heights | 1 | Tri-City Red VFW | 15 | Immediately following, Col. Hgts | 9 | 3 |
| Jim Gjere pitched the complete game win; Andrew Parrott was 2 for 3, with 2 RBI. | |||||||
| -Wednesday, 6/20/07 | River Rats (moved to 7/18/07, DH) | Tri-City Red VFW | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | -- | -- | ||
| 13-Friday, 6/22/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 3 | Ballentine Black | 5 | 6:15 p.m., Ballentine Black | 9 | 4 |
| Cory Canaday went 3 for 3, with 2 RBI. | |||||||
| 14-Monday, 6/25/07 | Totino-Grace (moved from 6/8/07) | 6 | Tri-City Red VFW | 1 | 4:00 p.m., Totino-Grace | 9 | 5 |
| Jim Gjere was 2 for 3. Tim Colwell went 2 for 4, with a triple. | |||||||
| 15-Monday, 6/25/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 7 | Totino-Grace | 4 | 6:15 p.m., Totino-Grace | 10 | 5 |
| Austin Hanson went 3 for 4, with 2 doubles. | |||||||
| 16-Wednesday, 6/27/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 22 | St. Anthony | 7 | 6:15 p.m., St. Anthony | 11 | 5 |
| Cory Canaday had a homerun, Tyler Pomeroy a triple, and Andrew Parrott went 3-4. | |||||||
| LaCrosse Tournament (Stars of Tomorrow): | |||||||
| 17-Thursday, 6/28/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 10 | Sauk Rapids, WI | 6 | LaCrosse | 12 | 5 |
| 18-Friday, 6/29/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 11 | Crystal Lake, IL | 3 | LaCrosse | 13 | 5 |
| 19-Saturday, 6/30/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | LaCrosse Logan | 11 | LaCrosse | 13 | 6 |
| 20-Saturday, 6/30/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 7 | Goodview | 0 | LaCrosse | 14 | 6 |
| 21- | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | Hopkins | 9 | LaCrosse | 14 | 7 |
| Tournament Notes: | In the opening game against Sauk Rapids, Jeff Heath was 2 for 3; Austin Hanson was 2 for 2 with 2 walks. In Game 2 of the tourney, Cory Canaday pitched a complete game, Austin Hanson went 4 for 5 with a homerun, and Jeff Littlejohn was 2 for 4. Against LaCrosse Logan, Cory Canaday gave the team a 3 for 4 batting performance. Tri-City tied for the pool championship; in the single-elimination playoff with Hopkins, Tim Colwell was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles, Austin Hanson also went 2 for 4. | ||||||
| League Play, District 7: | |||||||
| 22-Monday, 7/2/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | Southwest Minneapolis | 2 | 4:15 p.m., Southwest | 15 | 7 |
| Geoff Littlejohn led the way to the win with a HR, 2 runs. | |||||||
| 23-Monday, 7/2/07 | Southwest Minneapolis | 11 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | Immediately followoing, Southwest | 15 | 8 |
| Tri-City had a difficult time overcoming 4 errors and 5 walks in the game. | |||||||
| 24-Tuesday, 7/10/07 | Holy Angels | 3 | Tri-City Red VFW | 8 | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | 16 | 8 |
| Kurt Jereczek went 2 for 3 at the plate, Tim Colwell nailed two doubles, and Cory Canaday pitched a complete game, with six strike outs. | |||||||
| 25-Thursday, 7/12/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 17 | Tri-City Blue VFW | 2 | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | 17 | 8 |
| Red's Austin Hanson held Blue's offense in check, allowing 3 hits and striking out 9 over his 5 innings. Tri-City Red hit the ball (17 hits), and were also aided by 7 Tri-City Blue errors. | |||||||
| Bloomington Tournament | |||||||
| 26-Friday, 7/13/07 | New Ulm | 10 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | Bloomington | 17 | 9 |
| 27-Saturday, 7/14/07 | Eden Prairie | 0 | Tri-City Red | 7 | Bloomington | 18 | 9 |
| 28-Saturday, 7/14/07 | Bloomington Gold | 6 | Tri-City Red | 6 | Bloomington | 18 | 9-1 |
| Tournament Notes: | In the
opening game against New Ulm, Jason Blinn went 2 for 3,
scoring 2 runs. Tri-City Red VFW revenged its loss on
Saturday, when Jason Blinn pitched the complete game win.
Against, Bloomington Gold, Red was unable to "beat
the clock," as the game was called when it hit the
maximum time limit. |
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| League Play, District 7: | |||||||
| -Wednesday, 7/18/07 | River Rats (cancelled) | Tri-City Red VFW | 4:30 p.m., Irondale | -- | -- | ||
| - Wednesday, 7/18/07 | River Rats (cancelled) | Tri-City Red VFW | 6:15 p.m., Irondale | ||||
| Sub-District Tournament: The top team in each of the 4 divisions gets a bye from the Sub-District playoffs. All other teams play in the Sub-District, single-elimination tournament, vying for 4 District playoff spots. | |||||||
| Tournament Notes: | |||||||
| -Saturday, 7/21/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | TBD | TBD | ||||
| -Sunday, 7/22/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | TBD | TBD | ||||
| Tournament Notes: | |||||||
| District Tournament: Eight-team, double elimination tournament, with the winner advancing to the State Tournament. | |||||||
| Tournament Notes: | Visit the VFW District 7 website at http://www.ballcharts.com/district7vfw2007 for additional info on the D7 Tournament, including maps to field locations! | ||||||
| -Wednesday, 7/25/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 15 | Chisago | 6 | Schumacher Field, Forest Lk, 6 p.m. | ||
| Great team effort at the plate with everyone contributing to the win. Austin Hanson pitched a complete game. | |||||||
| -Thursday, 7/26/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 15 | Brooklyn Center | 13 | Schumacher Field, 8 p.m. | ||
| Another great effort by the Red hitting the baseball. Chinedum Oji was 4 for5. Tri City will play Centennial at 11:00 am at Parade Stadium on Saturday. | |||||||
| -Saturday, 7/28/07 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | Centennial | 2 | Parade Stadium, 11:00 a.m. | ||
| -Sunday, 7/29/07 | Tri-City Blue VFW | 6 | Tri-City Red VFW | 5 | Parade Stadium, 2 p.m., DH if nec. | ||
| -Sunday, 7/29/07-Champ. | Tri-City Blue VFW | 11 | Tri-City Red VFW | 6 | Parade Stadium, 5 p.m. | ||
| Tournament Notes | CONGRAT'S RED ON A SPECTACULAR SEASON!!! | ||||||
| -Thursday, 8/9/07 | TBD | TBD | New Ulm (Johnson Park?) | ||||
| -Friday, 8/10/07 | TBD | TBD | New Ulm | ||||
| -Saturday, 8/11/07 | TBD | TBD | New Ulm | ||||
| -Sunday, 8/12/07 | TBD | TBD | New Ulm |
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