Iowa American Legion Area Baseball Tournament

Central Iowa – Area 2

Sunday April 23 in Milford

Saturday April 29 & Sunday April 30 in Carroll

 

• Carroll Merchants - Carroll Post #7
• Breda Cubs - Breda Post #607
• Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis - Spencer Post #1
• Ruthven Blues of Palo Alto County - Ruthven Post #33 & Ayrshire Post #173
• Milford Muskellunges - Milford Post #384

 

SCHEDULE

Sunday, April 23

PLAY-IN GAME - Winner ADVANCES to Carroll portion of Area Tournament - 1-7 inning game

Okoboji High School in Milford

3:00PM                Milford Muskellunges vs. Ruthven Blues

 

April 29 & April 30

PLAY OFF GAMES - 4 Team Round Robin Format

Merchants Park in Carroll

 

Saturday, April 29

10:00AM             Carroll Merchants vs. Breda Cubs

12:00PM             Ruthven Blues vs. Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis

2:00PM                Carroll Merchants vs. Ruthven Blues

4:00PM                Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis vs. Breda Cubs

 

Sunday April, 30

12:00PM             Breda Cubs vs. Ruthven Blues

2:00PM                Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis vs. Carroll Merchants

 

*Coin flip for Home Team

*Cages will be available for hitting before the game

 

Tournament Rules:

• Each team will play 3 games
• Winner will be decided by best overall record.
• If a tie for best record then Head-to-Head will be used to determine the winner.
• If head-to-head doesn’t break the tie the following criteria will be used in order:

1) Run differential (capped at +7)

2) Runs allowed

3) Runs scored

4) Coin flip

 

High School pitching limitation rules are in effect:

1-25 pitches = No Rest required

26-40 pitches = 1 day rest required

41-65 pitches = 2 days rest required

66-90 pitches = 3 days rest required

90-110 pitches = 4 days rest required

110 hard stop on all pitchers

 

Game Rules:

• MLB Rules will apply for all games
• DH for Pitcher only
• No courtesy runners
• All games are 7 inning games with no time limit
• 10 run-rule after 5 complete innings
• 15 run-rule after 4 complete innings

 

2023 is here and here is your beginning of the year American Legion Baseball news!

(January 25, 2023) Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis, Ruthven Blues, and a new Mystery Team #3 here in 2023 (that will be announced soon) are three American Legion baseball teams in the northwest corner of the state of Iowa in the greater area of the Iowa Great Lakes.  Tryouts will begin for all three teams on February 5 in Pocahontas, Iowa and will begin a series of tryouts in different locations in northwest Iowa during the month of February.  Games are scheduled in March and April.  Iowa utilizes Recruiting Plan B for team selection. 

Keep posted to the TBD website and TBD Social Media sites for details soon on Legion baseball tryout dates and locations for all three teams. 

Is Legion baseball a big deal?  YES!!!  Read this article about former MLB stars Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff being elected into the 2023 class of Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.  Rolen and McGriff also both former American Legion baseball players and will bring the total of Legion Baseball alumni in the Hall of Fame to 85 when they are formally inducted July 23 in Cooperstown.

 

👆Legion Baseball alumni Rolen, McGriff headed to Hall of Fame👆

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American Legion Baseball

JOINT TRYOUTS in February for the three teams of:

👆 Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis 👆

👆 Ruthven Blues 👆

Milford Muskellunges - NEW in 2023!

 

Tryouts are Free - Please register here:

 

👆CLICK HERE to register for tryouts for American Legion baseball👆

 

Tryouts Schedule for February:

February 5

2:00-4:00 at 90TEN Athletics located at 49471 180th Avenue - Pocahontas, Iowa 50574

February 18

2:00-3:30 OUTDOORS at the Sioux Central High School football field located at 4440 U. S. Hwy 71, Sioux Rapids, Iowa 50585

4:30-6:00 INDOORS at Tiger Den located at 210 West 8th Street; Spencer, Iowa

February 25

2:00-5:30 - ONE LOCATION = OUTDOORS/INDOORS at Sioux Central in Sioux Rapids.  OUTDOORS first on the football field as weather permits, and then INDOORS in the small elementary gymnasium.  The high school gymnasium will also be used.  If OUTDOORS is cancelled due to inclement weather, then the entire tryout will be INDOORS at the Sioux Central High School located at 4440 U. S. Hwy 71, Sioux Rapids, Iowa 50585.  Please use the WEST entrance doors to the small elementary gym.

IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE ANY OF THESE DATES . . . 

PLEASE CONTACT BOB PROTEXTER FOR PERSONAL WORKOUT AT A TIME THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE - 712-490-7199 / protexter.tbd@gmail.com

 

All tryouts are joint tryouts and are for these three teams:

• Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis American Legion Team
• This team's roster will be made up of 2022 returning players and new players coming to tryouts that are within the recruiting area of the Okobojis.
• 22-24 game schedule on weekends with Opening Day on March 12.
• Home games at Cardinal Field in Spencer, Iowa  
• Ruthven Blues American Legion Team - Ruthven Post #33 & Ayrshire Post #173
• This team's roster will first be made up of players from GTRA and then supplemented from players from other schools within the area of the Blues. 
• 10 game schedule on weekends with Opening Day on March 26.
• Home games in Ruthven.
• GTRA High School players are to contact Head Coach Mike Saul with their interest.
• Milford Muskellunges American Legion Team - Milford Post #384
• This team's roster will first be made up of players from Okoboji High School and then supplemented from players from other schools within the area of the Muskellunges.
• 10 game schedule on weekends with Opening Day on March 26.
• Home game locations TBA. 
• Okoboji High School players are to contact Head Coach Ridge Jostand with their interest.

 

*Players trying out will be considered first for the Iowa Great Lakes Okobojis.

*As open roster spots are needed to be filled on the Ruthven Blues (GTRA High School) and the Milford Muskellunges (Okoboji High School) then players trying out at the joint tryouts may have opportunities to play for one of those two teams.

*For Iowa, Plan B base school recruiting allows American Legion Baseball teams to select players who attend nearby high schools. High schools are combined to form a recruiting area. A player whose parent’s domicile is nearest a base school is eligible to try out and play for the team if the player meets all other eligibility requirements and the combined enrollment of the recruiting area (combination of schools) does not exceed 7,500 students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.

*Tryouts for Total Baseball Development American Legion teams are FREE OF CHARGE.

 

 

With any questions about tryouts and the selection process and American Legion Baseball for ALL three teams above please call, text, or email Bob Protexter at 712-490-7199 / protexter.tbd@gmail.com

 

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Results and winners from the American Legion Baseball 2023 Spring Raffle ARE IN!

   

The Winners Board for the American Legion Baseball 2023 Spring Raffle!!! Thanks to all of the hard working players from the O's, the Blues, and the Muskellunges for selling raffle tickets this spring. And THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all of the generous and thoughtful people who purchased raffle tickets from our fine young men who play baseball in the spring. This greatly helps move our three teams forward and fuels the extra baseball that they love to play. If your name is on the Winners Board then you will be getting a call the week of April 24 to find out how to receive your prize!

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL FROM TOTAL BASEBALL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST IOWA! 

American Legion Baseball 2023 Spring Raffle

 

   

 

If you see one of these tickets you better grab one . . . They are going like hotcakes . . . Selling until April 5  STILL SELLING! . . . drawing on April 6  APRIL 15-16 APRIL 23. . . These Baseball Raffle Ticket sales will help cover spring American Legion baseball costs for our three teams!

This drawing will now be on this weekend of April 15 - 16 APRIL 23 at home plate of all three team's games, prior to First Pitch!  GOOD LUCK!!!

 THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THE RAFFLE DRAWING AS THE RAFFLE DRAWING HAS BEEN WEATHERED OUT JUST LIKE THE GAMES.  HOME PLATE THIS SUNDAY APRIL 23!!!

Only $10 per ticket.

Some tickets still available!!!

See below how you can still by tickets!

 

For the drawing, each team's ticket sales will get one grand prize winner. 

Tickets are color coded for each team . . . so one Grand Prize drawing per team.

Those three winners, in order of team's established seniortiy listed below, will then select their prize of these three Grand Prizes:

1. SUMMER SCENIC AIRPLANE RIDE AROUND THE IOWA GREAT LAKES (DETAILS BELOW)

2. ULTIMATE FISHING PACKAGE (DETAILS BELOW)

3. ULTIMATE HUNTING PACKAGE (DETAILS BELOW)

 

2nd Prize; with each team having one winner = $50

3rd Prize; with each team having one winner = Team cap or team t-shirt of your choice

 

Three Great Grand Prizes for these limited raffle tickets being sold by the THREE area American Legion Baseball Teams from Total Baseball Development:

👆  IOWA GREAT LAKES OKOBOJIS - SPENCER POST #1 (3RD YEAR) - IVORY TICKETS

Contact O's Head Coach Bob Protexter for tickets for his team at:

712-490-7199

#	Name	Positions	Ht.	Wt.	Bats	Throws	Grade	High School	Hometown
1	Jaxon Hefner	CF/P	6'2"	203	L	L	JR / 2024	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Spencer
2	Nick Hansen	OF/P	5'10"	140	R	R	SR / 2023	ELC HS (Estherville)	Estherville
3	Kole Hooyer	SS/P	5'9"	160	R	R	JR / 2024	Sioux Center HS (Sioux Center)	Sioux Center
4	Javen Baumgarn	UTL	5'11"	145	R	R	JR / 2024	Harris-Lake Park HS (Lake Park)	Lake Park
5	Cooper Griffin	1B/SR	6'1"	222	R	R	SR / 2023	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Spencer
6	Bowden Barnhart	3B/C/P	5'9"	135	R	R	SO / 2025	Harris-Lake Park HS (Lake Park)	Lake Park
7	Garrett Heying	C/1B/3B/P/OF	6'0"	198	R	R	SR / 2023	Bishop Garrigan HS (Algona)	Dickens
8	Preston Crees	P/1B/3B	6'3"	228	R	R	SO / 2025	ELC HS (Estherville)	Estherville
9	Sam Colerick	C/P	5'10"	162	R	R	SR / 2023	Alta-Aurelia HS (Alta)	Alta
10	Riley Sorensen	INF/P	6'1"	190	R	R	JR / 2024	Humboldt HS (Humboldt)	Humboldt
11	Tyson Getting	SS/P	6'2"	175	R	R	SO / 2025	Sheldon HS (Sheldon)	Sheldon
13	Owen Worthan	C/P/3B	6'1"	265	R	R	FR / 2026	Ridge View HS (Holstein)	Storm Lake
14	Blake Evans	SS/2B/P	6'1"	165	L	R	SR / 2023	ELC HS (Estherville)	Estherville
17	Aiden Seversen	OF/1B/P	6'0	147	R	L	SO / 2025	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Spencer
18	Gabe Olsen	INF/P	6'2"	160	R	R	FR / 2026	Alta-Aurelia HS (Alta)	Aurelia
19	Aiden Comstock	1B/P	6''4	165	L	L	SR / 2023	Washington HS (Cherokee)	Cherokee
23	Logan Lentz	C/INF/P	6'1"	190	R	R	JR / 2024	Algona HS (Algona)	Algona
24	George Lawson	INF/P	6'0	160	L	R	FR / 2026	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Greenville
29	Reid Tigges	SS/P	6'2"	188	L	R	SR / 2023	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Spencer

 

👆  RUTHVEN BLUES - RUTHVEN POST #33 & AYRSHIRE POST #173 (2ND YEAR) - PINK TICKETS

Contact Blues Head Coach Mike Saul for tickets for his team at:

712-298-4261

#	Name	Positions	Ht.	Wt.	Bats	Throws	Grade	High School	Hometown
1	Aiden Egertson	2B/SS/3B	5'11"	165	R	R	SR / 2023	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Terril
2	Braden Simington	C/P/INF	6'0"	155	R	R	JR / 2024	GTRA HS (Ruthven)	Ruthven
3	Collin Hoffman	OF/P/3B	6'0"	162	R	R	JR / 2024	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Graettinger
6	Kenny Ness	C/2B	5'6"	133	R	R	FR / 2026	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Terril
7	Jordan Saul	INF/P	6'0"	180	S	R	SR / 2023	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Graettinger
8	Andrew Kral	2B/1B	6'2"	208	R	R	SR / 2023	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Emmetsburg
9	Caleb Swedin	P/C/INF	5'6"	132	R	R	FR / 2026	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Graettinger
10	Lewis Vulk	C/P/3B	5'6"	180	R	R	JR / 2024	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Spencer
12	Koda Saul	2B/P	5'3"	155	R	R	FR / 2026	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Graettinger
13	Michael Valen	1B/P/OF	5'8"	145	R	L	8th / 2027	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Estherville
20	Patrick Fiddler	1B/P	6'3"	195	L	L	SR / 2023	GTRA HS (Graettinger)	Graettinger
31	Aidan Gigstad	SS/2B	5'8"	155	R	R	JR / 2024	Spirit Lake HS (Spirit Lake)	Spirit lake
51	Austin Jorgensen	P/OF/1B/C	6'3"	180	S	L	JR / 2024	Spirit Lake HS (Spirit Lake)	Spirit Lake
95	Isaac McCormick	SS/P	5'5"	145	R	R	SO / 2025	Spencer HS (Spencer)	Spencer

 

👆  MILFORD MUSKELLUNGES - MILFORD POST #384 (INAUGURAL SEASON) - TEAL TICKETS

Contact Muskellunges Head Coach Ridge Jostand for tickets for his team at:

712-330-6748

#	Name	Positions	Ht.	Wt.	Bats	Throws	Grade	High School	Hometown
1	Boden Bright	SS/P/2B	5'10"	153	R	R	FR / 2026	Sioux Central HS (Sioux Rapids)	Newell
2	Akron Jostand	CF/SS/P	5'7"	117	R	R	JR / 2024	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
3	Layton Yager	3B/SS/C/P/OF	5'10"	145	R	R	FR / 2026	ELC HS (Estherville)	Estherville
5	Roy Blankers	1B/P	6'1"	184	R	R	JR / 2024	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
5	Walt Blankers	INF	5'10"	163	R	R	FR / 2026	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
7	Brady Muzney	3B	5'11"	180	R	R	JR / 2024	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Spencer
8	Brennan Baschke	P/INF	5'9"	143	R	R	SO / 2025	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
9	Jack Swygman	SS/P	6'1"	158	R	R	FR / 2026	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
11	Hayden Kershner	OF	6'0"	180	R	R	JR / 2024	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
12	Caden Chapman	3B/1B/P	5'10"	175	R	R	JR / 2024	Okoboji HS (Milford)	milford
15	Lake Rezac	SS/P	5'4"	130	R	R	FR / 2026	ELC HS (Estherville)	Estherville
17	Tyler Netsch	SS/2B/P	5'11"	170	R	R	SO / 2025	Okoboji HS (Milford)	Milford
22	Kolt Roos	C/2B/P	5'9"	170	R	R	FR / 2026	Sheldon HS (Sheldon)	Ashton
30	Wyatt Wittrock	3B/C/P	5'8"	170	R	R	FR / 2026	Harris-Lake Park HS (Lake Park)	Lake Park
33	Andrew Nelson	C/SS/2B	5'6"	133	R	R	FR / 2026	Sioux Central HS (Sioux Rapids)	Linn Grove

 

Total Baseball Development's three local American Legion Baseball Teams THANK YOU for your support!

*Accepted are cash, checks made payable to your team, or to one of the four American Legion posts above!

 

Winners Win!!!

HERE ARE THE GRAND PRIZE DETAILS . . . 

 

1. SUMMER SCENIC AIRPLANE RIDE AROUND THE IOWA GREAT LAKES

on a beautiful Cessna 182 Skylane with three total passengers and the pilot that will take off  from the Milford, Iowa airport this coming summer of 2023 at a time that you select.  This plane ride will take you on a scenic tour of the greater area of the Iowa Great Lakes so you can take in the beautiful sights. Total time from arriving to the aiport and back in your car to go home will be 1.5 hours or less.  Its a great and unique way to see the very famous Iowa Great Lakes. 

   

 

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2. ULTIMATE FISHING PACKAGE

$350+ worth of Fishing Gear, Fishing Accesories, and Gift Certificates guaranteed to catch anything but Muskies . . . Because after all the Milford Muskellunges are one of our American Legion baseball teams!!!  With these items coming from the many fine fishing companies in and around the greater area of the Iowa Great Lakes that include . . . 

Stan's Bait Shop in Milford, Iowa!

Fishermen's Factory Outlet in Spirit Lake, Iowa!

Kabele's Trading Post in Spirit Lake, Iowa!

   

(Norman Rockwell print not included in this Grand Prize.)

 

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3. ULTIMATE HUNTING PACKAGE

Ruger American Rifle Predator

350 Legend - Model #36902

From: No Limits Outdoors in Spencer, Iowa

 

   

 

• Ruger Marksman Adjustable™ trigger offers a crisp release with a pull weight that is user adjustable between 3 and 5 pounds, allowing shooters to make that perfect shot.
• Ergonomic, lightweight synthetic stock designed for quick, easy handling blends a classic look with modern forend contouring and grip serrations.
• Soft rubber buttpad is crafted for maximum recoil reduction.
• The one-piece, three-lug bolt with 70° throw provides ample scope clearance and utilizes a full diameter bolt body and dual cocking cams for smooth, easy cycling from the shoulder.
• Patented Power Bedding™, integral bedding block system positively locates the receiver and free-floats the barrel for outstanding accuracy.
• Factory-installed, one-piece Picatinny scope base.
• Outstanding accuracy helps make every hunt a success.
• Heavier tapered, threaded barrel with factory-installed thread protector is cold hammer-forged, resulting in ultra-precise rifling that provides exceptional accuracy and longevity.
• The visible, accessible and easy-to-actuate tang safety provides instant security.

• StockMoss Green Synthetic
• Model OptionRight-Handed
• SightsNone - Scope Rail Installed
• Barrel Length22"
• Barrel MaterialAlloy Steel

 

• Capacity5
• Thread Pattern1/2"-28 x 0.4"
• MagazineAR-Style
• Barrel FinishMatte Black
• Weight6.6 lb.
• Twist1:16" RH

 

• Overall Length42"
• Length of Pull13.75"
• Grooves5
• UPC7-36676-36902-7