2005
Division I
Minnesota State
American Legion Baseball
Tournament Information
Last Updated: 8/7/05, 11:30 p.m.
Eden Prairie will
represent Minnesota in the Central Plains,
Region 6 National Regional Tournament in Mandan, ND.
Woodbury Blue will represent Minnesota in the Great Lakes,
Region 5 National Regional Tournament in Moline, IL.
| Game 29 (Sunday, 11 a.m. @ Putz):
SEMI-FINAL (LOSERS') FINAL SCORE |
Game 30 (Sunday, 2 p.m. @ Putz):
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SCORE |
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Game Highlights and Summaries: Issue 4 of the Gazette
| Game 27 (Saturday, 4 p.m. @
Putz): Bloom Blue vs. Roch A's FINAL SCORE |
Game 28 (Saturday, 7 p.m. @
Putz): Woodbury Blue vs. Eden Prairie FINAL SCORE |
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| Game 25 (Saturday, 1 p.m. @
Putz): Brainerd vs. Bloomington Blue FINAL SCORE |
Game 26 (Saturday, 1 p.m. @
Faber): Apple Valley vs. Rochester A's FINAL SCORE (8 innings) |
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The Annual Division I
Minnesota State Amrican Legion Baseball Championship Tournament
is being held in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Thursday, August 4, 2005
through Sunday, August 7, 2005. Team check-in and photographs
will take place on Wednesday, August 3, 2005.
The annual banquet will be held that evening (Wed., 8/3) at 7 p.m. at the St. Cloud Holiday Inn (intersection of Highway #15 and #23.) Parents, family, friends and fans of team members should contact the St. Cloud Tournament Committee directly for tickets ($15.00 each) as soon as possible, due to limited availability: Pete Cheeley, 320-253-8741 or 320-248-7577, or Duffy Johnson, 320-251-9477 or 320-309-3899.
| Tournament Fields: | Field #1: | Dick Putz Field, St. Cloud |
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| Field #2: | Joe Faber Field, St. Cloud | ||
| Field #3: | Sartell Field | ||
| Field #4: | Cold Spring Field |
For more information on the host facilties and location in St. Cloud, as well as links to St. Cloud visitor information, visit the Municipal Athletic Complex's website.
Directions to Dick Putz and Joe Faber Fields (adjacent): From the intersection of Highways #15 and #23 (Holiday Inn), take Highway #15 North 1.1 miles to Veterans Drive (also 8th Street North; stop light) and make left turn. Travel 0.8 miles and MAC are on your right.
Directions to Cold Spring Ball Park: From the intersection of Highway #15 and #23 (Holiday Inn), take Highway #23 West 145 miles to Cold Spring and to Red River Avenue (stop light) and turn right. Proceed 0.2 miles to Main Street and turn left. Travel another 0.2 miles to 7th Avenue and turn left. Ball Park is one block down on right.
Directions to Sartell Ball Park: From intersection of Highway #15 and #23 (Holiday Inn), take Highway #15 North 2.5 miles to County Road #134 (stop light), and turn left. Proceed 1.0 miles to Pine Cone Road and make right turn (Gold's Gym and Dome at turn). Travel only 0.2 miles and turn right on a narrow road (nor markings) that lead to the ball park.
2005 Minnesota State Tournament Bracket:
With Scores, in Web Page Format
Blank, in PDF Format
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Click on
team names for Team's Submitted Roster and Season Statistics
(PDF files, approximately 50KB each: Get Acrobat Reader)
Click on Post Number
for Team Website
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return to this page.)
| District | Team | Post | Tournament Berth |
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| 1 | Rochester A's | 92 | Champion | |
| 2 | New Ulm Gold | 132 | Champion | |
| 3 | Woodbury Blue | 501 | Champion | |
| 3 | Apple Valley 76ers | 1776 | Runner Up | |
| 4 | Tri-City Red (New Brighton) | 513 | Champion | |
| 5 | Holy Angels Stars (Richfield) | D5 | Champion | |
| 6 | Brainerd | 255 | Champion | |
| 7 | Alexandria | 87 | Champion | |
| 8 | Duluth Lakeview | 342 | Champion | |
| 9 | East Grand Forks | 157 | Champion | |
| 9 | Fergus Falls | 30 | Runner Up | |
| 10 | Coon Rapids | 334 | Champion | |
| 10 | Eden Prairie | NA | Runner Up | |
| 10 | Hopkins Royals | 320 | 3rd Place | |
| 10 | Bloomington Blue | 550 | 4th Place | |
| 6 | Waite Park Silver Stars | 428 | Host |
If your team has a website, please e-mail the URL address for its listing in a future Minnesoa team web links page.
View
the Most Recent Minnesota Statewide Coaches'/Media Poll
(7/31/05
Final Pre-State Tournament Poll)
2005 State Tournament Game
Schedule/Results
If Game Date / # is highlighted, click on it to view the
full box score and play-by-play narrative.
(See the issues of the Gazette, below, for line scores and
highlights of all games):
Tournament
Team and Individual Statistics
(through Sunday, August 7, 2005)
| Date/Game # | Team | Score | vs. Team (Home) | Score | Time/Field |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-1 | Eden Prairie | 10 | Duluth Lakeview | 6 | 9:45 a.m. Field 2 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-2 | Apple Valley | 10 (7 inn) |
Tri-City Red | 0 | 1:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-3 | Rochester A's | 7 | East Grand Forks | 3 | 10:00 a.m. Field 3 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-4 | Hopkins | 7 | Holy Angels Stars | 8 | 1:00 p.m. Field 3 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-5 | Coon Rapids | 2 | Brainerd | 12 (7 inn) |
10:00 a.m. Field 4 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-6 | Woodbury Blue | 1 | New Ulm Gold | 0 | 1:00 p.m. Field 4 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-7 | Fergus Falls | 2 | Alexandria | 3 | 10:00 a.m. Field 1 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-8 | Bloomington Blue | 13 | Waite Park | 6 | 1:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Thu, Aug 4, 2005-9 | Loser 2 - Tri-City Red (eliminated) | 2 | Loser 1 - Duluth Lakeview | 3 | 4:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-10 | Winner 1 - Eden Prairie | 13 | Winner 2 - Apple Valley | 5 | 7:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-11 | Loser 3 -East Grand Forks (eliminated) | 2 | Loser 4 - Hopkins | 7 | 4:00 p.m. Field 3 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-12 | Winner 4 - Holy Angels Stars | 2 | Winner 3 - Rochester A's | 10 | 7:00 p.m. Field 3 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-13 | Loser 6 - New Ulm Gold (eliminated) | 7 | Loser 5 - Coon Rapids | 8 | 4:00 p.m. Field 4 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-14 | Winner 6 - Woodbury Blue | 10 | Winner 5 - Brainerd | 4 | 7:00 p.m. Field 4 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-15 | Loser 7 - Fergus Falls | 7 | Loser 8 - Waite Park (eliminated) | 1 | 4:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Thu Aug 4, 2005-16 | Winner 7 - Alexandria | 5 | Winner 8 - Bloomington Blue | 6 | 7:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-17 | Loser 14 - Brainerd | 8 | Winner 9 - Duluth Lakeview (eliminated) | 2 | 10:00 a.m. Field 1 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-18 | Loser 16 - Alexandria | 5 | Winner 11 - Hopkins (eliminated) | 3 | 10:00 a.m. Field 2 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-19 | Winner 13 - Coon Rapids (eliminated) | 3 | Loser 10 - Apple Valley | 10 | 1:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-20 | Winner 15 - Fergus Falls (eliminated) | 14 | Loser 12 - Holy Angels Stars | 24 (7 inn) |
1:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-21 | Winner 18 - Alexandria (eliminated) | 4 | Winner 17 - Brainerd | 9 | 4:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-22 | Winner 19 - Apple Valley | 8 | Winner 20 - Holy Angels Stars (elim.) | 4 | 7:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-23 | Winner 12 - Rochester A's | 9 | Winner 10 - Eden Prairie | 10 | 4:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Fri Aug 5, 2005-24 | Winner 16 - Bloomington Blue | 3 | Winner 14 - Woodbury Blue | 15 (7 inn) |
7:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Sat Aug 6, 2005-25 | Winner 21 - Brainerd (eliminated) | 12 | Loser 24 - Bloomington Blue | 15 | 1:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Sat Aug 6, 2005-26 | Winner 22 - Apple Valley (eliminated) | 9 | Loser 23 - Rochester A's | 19 | 1:00 p.m. Field 2 |
| Sat Aug 6, 2005-27 | Winner 26 - Rochester A's | 14 | Winner 25 - Bloomington Blue (elim.) | 3 | 4:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Sat Aug 6, 2005-28 | Winner 24 - Woodbury Blue | 13 | Winner 23 - Eden Prairie | 2 | 7:00 p.m. Field 1 |
| Sun Aug 7. 2005-29 | Winner 27 - Rochester A's (3rd Place) | 3 | Loser 28 - Eden Prairie | 4 | 11:00 a.m. Field 1 |
| Sun Aug 7, 2005-30 | Winner 29 - Eden Prairie | 10 | Winner 28 - Woodbury Blue | 5 | 2:00 p.m. Field 1 |
*If necesary, Losers of 23 and 24 could be switched from the originally scheduled teams so as to prevent prior opponents from playing each other again.
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| The Gazette, Saturday, August 6, 2005 (Friday's Action) |
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| The Gazette, Sunday, August 7, 2005, (Saturday and Sunday's Action) |
The 2005 Regional American Legion Tournaments will be held as follows:
Central Plains: Mandan, North Dakota Thursday, 8/11/05 - Monday, 8/15/05 Great Lakes: Moline, Illinois Thursday, 8/11/05 - Monday, 8/15/05
Follow the action at www.baseball.legion.org! (National American Legion Web Site)
The 2005
American Legion World Series will be held in Rapid City,
South Dakota on
Friday, August 19, 2005 through Tuesday, August 23, 2005.
For more
information on the Regional and National Tournaments, visit Rapid City's official web site,
or take this link to the National American Legion Baseball Web Site.
The 17th Annual
Division II Minnesota State American Legion Baseball Championship
Tournament is being held in LeSeuer, Minnesota, Friday, August 5,
2005 and through Sunday, August 7, 2005. Visit the Division II
Tournament through the following links:
Division II
Tournament Brackets:
With Scores, In Web Format
Blank Bracket, In PDF Format
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Links to Other Tournament Web Sites and Related Information |
Minnesota Department of the American Legion |
| National American Legion Baseball Site |
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Other Related Links | Prior Minnesota State Champions, Since 1926 |
| Prior Minnesota Outstanding Tournament Players of the Year | ||
| Other State Department Awards and Trophies |
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