Michael Lyne

Willmar

Sports Reporter at West Central Tribune

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Area baseball: Willmar loses a slugfest to Eastview

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

Jun. 22—BURNSVILLE — The Willmar Post 167 American Legion baseball team concluded the Burnsville tournament on Sunday with a 14-12 loss to Eastview. Eastview scored five times in the top of the first. But by the bottom of the second, Willmar earned a 6-5 lead with two runs in the first and four more in the second. Both teams scored five times in the third. AdvertisementWillmar built a 12-10 lead before Eastview answered with a four-run top of the fifth in the five-inning game.
Amateur baseball: Bird Island beats the heat and the Saints

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

Jun. 22—SACRED HEART — For the Bird Island Bulldogs, it was a day of dealing with hot, humid conditions and one more afternoon of confronting yet another pesky Class C team in the Corn Belt League. This day, with the sun beating down and the temperature in the mid-90s, it was the Sacred Heart Saints who gave Bird Island a tough amateur baseball game. AdvertisementThe Bullfrogs prevailed 7-2.
Northwoods League: Stingers bounce back, 22-3

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Michael Lyne

Jun. 22—LA CROSSE, Wis. — Another series, another series split for the Willmar Stingers. After losing 26-1 on Saturday night against the La Crosse Loggers, the Stingers bounced back. And they did so in a big way. AdvertisementWillmar responded with a 22-3 rout of the Loggers in the Northwoods League Great Plains Conference series on Sunday before 1,544 fans at Copeland Park. The Stingers are 13-12 in the Great Plains West and La Crosse is the top team in the Great Plains East at 20-8.
Amateur baseball: Bird Island beats the heat and the Saints

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

SACRED HEART — For the Bird Island Bulldogs, it was a day of dealing with hot, humid conditions and one more afternoon of confronting yet another pesky Class C team in the Corn Belt League. This day, with the sun beating down and the temperature in the mid-90s, it was the Sacred Heart Saints who gave Bird Island a tough amateur baseball game. The Bullfrogs prevailed 7-2.
Northwoods League: Stingers bounce back, 22-3

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Michael Lyne

LA CROSSE, WIS. — Another series, another series split for the Willmar Stingers. After losing 26-1 on Saturday night against the La Crosse Loggers, the Stingers bounced back. And they did so in a big way. Willmar responded with a 22-3 rout of the Loggers in the Northwoods League Great Plains Conference series on Sunday before 1,544 fans at Copeland Park. The Stingers are 13-12 in the Great Plains West and La Crosse is the top team in the Great Plains East at 20-8.
Area baseball: Willmar loses a slugfest to Eastview

5 days ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

BURNSVILLE — The Willmar Post 167 American Legion baseball team concluded the Burnsville tournament on Sunday with a 14-12 loss to Eastview. Eastview scored five times in the top of the first. But by the bottom of the second, Willmar earned a 6-5 lead with two runs in the first and four more in the second. Both teams scored five times in the third. Willmar built a 12-10 lead before Eastview answered with a four-run top of the fifth in the five-inning game.
Legion baseball roundup: Willmar still searches for its first win

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

Jun. 20—BURNSVILLE — Willmar Post 167 lost one and tied one in its first two games at an American Legion baseball tournament Friday in Burnsville. Willmar fell 8-5 to the Minneapolis Lakers, a team made of players from Minneapolis Southwest High School. Post 167 tied 6-6 with the Superior Reds of Wisconsin in a game that was calleda after six innings.
Amateur baseball roundup: Raymond walks-off Marshall 2-1 in Corn Belt play

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

RAYMOND — Tyler Steen scored on a wild pitch after reaching on an error with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. That carried the Raymond Rockets to a 2-1 Corn Belt League amateur baseball victory over the Marshall A’s on Friday night. Raymond is now 6-1 in the Corn Belt League. Marshall fell to 4-4. Esau Nelson and John Sawatzky combined on a two-hitter for the victory. Nelson went the first six innings, allowing one hit and one run. He struck out nine and walked four.
Northwoods League: Larks jump on Stingers’ miscues

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Michael Lyne

WILLMAR — Bismarck bounced back to split a Northwoods League Great Plains West Division series with the Willmar Stingers on a breezy, toasty Friday night. The Larks (8-18) lashed out 12 hits and capitalized on nine hit-by-pitches and seven walks by Willmar’s pitching staff in their 15-7 victory at Bill Taunton Stadium. The Stingers are 12-11. Ricardo Aponte led the way for Bismarck, recording all three of its extra-base hits.
Legion baseball roundup: Willmar still searches for its first win

1 week ago | wctrib.com | Tom Elliott |Michael Lyne

BURNSVILLE — Willmar Post 167 lost one and tied one in its first two games at an American Legion baseball tournament Friday in Burnsville. Willmar fell 8-5 to the Minneapolis Lakers, a team made of players from Minneapolis Southwest High School. Post 167 tied 6-6 with the Superior Reds of Wisconsin in a game that was calleda after six innings.