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Seven members of the 2008 Bismarck Governors American Legion
baseball team have announced their intentions to play college
baseball during the 2008-2009 school year. Four players have
elected to play baseball at Bismarck State College (NJCAA
Division II), and one each at the University of Mary (NCAA
Division II), Minot State University (NAIA), and North Dakota
State University (NCAA Division I). Herold, Hruby, Isakson and
Wolf are all eligible to play American Legion baseball in 2009 for
the Governors. Erhardt has already played one year at BSC. The BGovs coaches would like to wish these players the best of luck
as they move on to play baseball the next level. This brings the
total number of current and former BGovs players who plan to play
college baseball during 2008-09 to16 (U-Mary - 4, BSC - 4, NDSU
- 3, Jamestown - 1, Bemidji State - 1, Upper Iowa - 1, Valley
City State - 1, Minot State - 1). |
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Jon Hausuaer
Bismarck State College |
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Jon Herold
Bismarck State College |
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Brady Wolf
Bismarck State College |
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Cody Erhardt
Bismarck State College |
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Jacob Hruby
University of Mary |
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Taylor Isakson
Minot State University |
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Zach Wentz
North Dakota State U |
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2008 North Dakota American Legion State Class "A" Baseball
Tournament
Wednesday August 6 - Sunday August 10
@
Corbett Field - Minot, ND
Seeds: (1)
Bismarck, (2) Dickinson, (3) Fargo, (4) Minot
(5) Williston, (6)
Mandan, (7) Devils Lake, (8) Grand Forks |
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Day One -
Wednesday August 6 |
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Game 1 |
10:00 am |
Bismarck |
def. |
Grand Forks |
9-3 |
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Game 2 |
7:45 pm |
Minot |
def. |
Williston |
6-5 |
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Game 3 |
4:30 pm |
Dickinson |
def. |
Devils Lake |
12-5 |
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Game 4 |
1:15 pm |
Mandan |
def. |
Fargo |
15-3 |
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Day
Two - Thursday August 7 |
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Game 5 |
10:00 am |
Grand Forks |
def. |
Williston |
9-6 |
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Game 6 |
1:15 pm |
Fargo |
def. |
Devils Lake |
7-4 |
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Game 7 |
4:30 pm |
Minot |
def. |
Bismarck |
10-9 |
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Game 8 |
7:45 pm |
Dickinson |
def. |
Mandan |
7-5 |
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Day Three -
Friday August 8 |
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Game 9 |
1:00 pm |
Bismarck |
def. |
Fargo |
6-3 |
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Game 10 |
4:15 pm |
Mandan |
def. |
Grand Forks |
14-10 |
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Game 11 |
7:30 pm |
Dickinson |
def. |
Minot |
10-4 |
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Day Four -
Saturday August 9 |
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Game 12 |
4:15 pm |
Bismarck |
def. |
Dickinson |
12-7 |
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Game 13 |
1:00 pm |
Minot |
def. |
Mandan |
15-4 |
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Pairings for games 12 &
13 will not match previous opponents against each other
unless absolutely necessary. If 3 teams remain after
game 13, the winner of game 11 will automatically
receive a bye in game 14. |
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Day Five -
Championship Sunday August 10 |
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Game 14 |
2:00 pm |
Bismarck |
def. |
Minot |
4-2 |
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Game 15 |
5:15 pm |
Dickinson |
def. |
Bismarck |
7-2 |
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Click
here for
a printable version of the
2008 State Tournament Bracket. PDF: 156 KB
To view and print out
schedule, you will need the
Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
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Brad
Hetland Memorial Award Winner |
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Pictured left to right: Assistant Coach Blaine Steiner,
2008 Hetland Award Winner Cody Erhardt,
and Head Coach Mike Skytland. |
Congratulations Cody!
For the third consecutive
year, Cody Erhardt was selected
as the recipient of the Brad Hetland Memorial Award. Since
1998, the first year of the award, Cody is the only player
selected to win the award more than once.
The award is given each
season to a player, voted on by the team, and approved by the
coaches, who best exhibits the positive qualities Brad always
brought to the team.
Brad Hetland Memorial Award
History |
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Thanks for the memories!
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Three members of the 2008 Bismarck Governors
are completing their final year of eligibility and
played their final
home games at Bismarck's Municipal Ballpark on Saturday July
26th against Fargo Post #2. Cody, Zach and Jon have played a key role in the success of the BGovs
during the 2008 season. Thanks for all of your hard work and
dedication, we wish you the best of luck with all of their future
endeavors! Bismarck defeated Fargo twice, 6-1 and 5-0. |
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Senior
day, Saturday July 26 - Pictured left to right: Head
Coach Mike Skytland, Assistant Coach Blaine Steiner,
Jon Hausauer, Zach Wentz, and Cody Erhardt. |
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Three members of the 2008 Bismarck Governors
completing their final year of eligibility were
recognized at the end-of-the-year picnic on August 4th. Pictured
left to right: Assistant Coach Blaine Steiner,
Cody Erhardt, Jon Hausauer, Zach Wentz, and Head
Coach Mike Skytland.
Thanks for everything and good luck at the state tournament
August 6-10 in Minot! |
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Minnesota
Twins Night at the Ballpark
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Thank
you to everyone who came out to the ballpark to support
American Legion baseball on July 22!
Special
thanks to Minnesota Twins President and Bismarck native
Dave St. Peter and the Minnesota Twins for their
continued support of Bismarck American Legion Baseball! |
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BGovs
Players/Coaches Golf Scramble
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Front Nine Winners
(Lt
to Rt) Tyler Peterson, Alex Deyle, Hunter
Johnson, and Tate Leapaldt.
Winning Score: 2-under par |
Back Nine Winners
(Lt
to Rt) Tyler Peterson, Jon Herold, Coach Matt
Power, and Matt Chuppe.
Winning Score: 3-under par |
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The
Road
to
Omaha
Members of the 2008 Bismarck
Governors American Legion baseball team pose for a
picture by The Road to Omaha statue just outside
of Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE. Omaha has
been the home of the NCAA Division I Baseball College
World Series since 1950. The BGovs
participated in the 2008 Decker Sports College World Series Tournament June 18-22 at Omaha.
This is the 4th straight year the BGovs have gone to
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Front row (left to right): Eric
Peterson and Jacob Hruby. Second row (L to R):
Alex Deyle, Brady Wolf, Tate Leapaldt, Matt Chuppe, and Tyler
Peterson. Back row (L to R): Taylor Isakson, Sam
Ingemanson, Hunter Johnson, Jon Herold, Jon Hausauer, and Cody
Erhardt.
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Two North Dakota
Athletes Selected in 12th Round of
2008 Major League
Baseball First-Year Player Draft |
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Zac Elgie of Minot
Photo Courtesy of The Bismarck Tribune |
Linton native Kyle Carr
Photo Courtesy of GopherSports.com |
Friday June 6, 2008 - Two
North Dakota athletes have been selected
in the 12th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball first-year
player draft.
Multi-sport standout
Zac Elgie of Minot was picked by the
Oakland Athletics with the 364th pick. The 18-year-old
right-handed hitting first baseman, who just graduated from
Minot High School, has signed to play baseball for the University of
Kansas starting fall 2008. The 6-foot-2 Elgie
drew the attention of scouts last summer when he hit .473 for
the Minot Vistas American Legion team and
had 34 home runs and 114 RBIs in 65 games. Elgie
becomes the highest high school
player to be drafted out of high school in North Dakota history.
Two picks after Elgie was selected, the Minnesota Twins selected
Linton native Kyle Carr. The 6-foot-5 left-handed pitcher
with a 90 mile per hour fastball, who just completed his junior
year on the University of Minnesota baseball team, was selected
by the Twins previously. Carr was drafted by the Twins in the
31st round out of high school in 2005. Carr has decided to skip
his senior season with the Gophers to sign a contract with the
Twins. He will start his professional pitching career in
Elizabethton, Tennessee, which is the Twins advanced Rookie
League affiliate.
The Bismarck Governors would like to
congratulate Zac and Kyle on this great accomplishment and wish
both of them the best of luck with their future in baseball.
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