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Posted Aug 19, 2008
It is a very sad day in the Hornets family today, as 16-year old Hornet, Marcus Miller, died in a one-car accident yesterday. Our hearts go out to the Miller family. The funeral for Marcus is at 3:00 pm Saturday at the Rice Lake High School Gym, and visitation is Friday, from 5-9 pm, at the High School Gym.
Posted August 12th
WBA Playoffs
The Haugen Knights defeated the Hornets 10-1 on Sunday in the second round of the WBA Playoffs and advanced to Ashland for the WBA Finals. The Knights scored three runs in the bottom of the first to grab the early lead. The Hornets answered with a run in the second. The Knights extended the lead with three more runs in the fourth, and put the game away with four big runs in the seventh. Draftee Bryon Johnson of Grantsburg threw a complete game for the victory, while Hornets starter Justin Everson took the loss. Scott Schultz and Casey Martin worked in relief for the Hornets.
A successful and fun 2008 season for the Hornets ends with a 19-11 overall record. The Hornets would like to thank all their fans for the great support they gave the team all season and all the help they provided at the WBA Semi-finals this past weekend.
On Saturday, the Hornets opened the WBA Playoffs with a 3-0 victory over the Norwalk Knights of the Mississippi Valley League. Greg Aune blanked the Knights with a live-fastball and sharp-breaking pitches. The Hornets scored two runs in the top of the first, with Adam Hill contributing a run-scoring single to left. That proved to be all the runs that Aune would need, as he cruised through the complete-game shutout.
Brill advanced to the State finals in Ashland with victories over Proctor and Ashland.
NOTE:
The Hornets team party is on Saturday afternoon/evening, August 30th, at Joe Juza's home. All wives, kids, parents, and girlfriends are invited to attend. It should be a great time.
Posted August 5th
The pairings for the WBA Tournament were set last night in Eau Claire, with the Hornets recieving a #2 seed and an opening round game against #3 seed Norwalk of the Mississippi Valley League. That game will be played at noon on Saturday, Aug 9th. The other two teams in the Hornets bracket are the Haugen Knights and Bay City, and their game will start the tournament on Friday, Aug 8th at 8:00pm. The winners of these two games will meet at noon on Sunday, Aug 10th with a berth in the WBA State Finals at stake.
The Brill Millers are the #1 seed in the other bracket at Haugen. Brill will open up against Proctor, Mn at 3:00pm Sat. Ashland and Augusta are the other two teams in that bracket.
Cumberland recieved a #3 seed and will play Prescott in Osceola at noon on Saturday. Also at Osceola, the St. Croix Ravens will play Menomonie in the second bracket. Spooner will go to Osseo at 3:00pm Saturday to take on the Eau Claire Bears.
Good Luck to the six Independent League teams in the WBA Playoffs.
The Hornets fell to Grantsburg 3-1 in their first game of the Indy League Tournament at Hayward. Bryon Johnson was the winning pitcher, with Greg Aune taking the loss. Paul Juza had a pair of hits, including a double for the Hornets. The tournament was rained out in the middle of the second semi-final game and will not be completed.
The Hornets drafted Mike Golum an outfielder from Hayward for the WBA Playoffs. The Hornets play Norwalk at noon on Saturday in the first round of the WBA Playoffs.
League Play
The Hornets wrapped up the regular season schedule of the Independent League with a 15-5 victory at Webster on Sunday. The Hornets finished third in the league with a 13-3 record. Casey Martin, in relief of starter Ryan Meyers earned the victory on Sunday, with Justin Everson getting the three inning save. Jeremy Musil led the offense with three hits, while Jim Juza added a pair of hits and drove in three runs.
Non-League Play
The Hornets travelled to Bruce on Thursday Night and won a non-league contest by a score of 11-7. The Hornets started fast, scoring four runs in the top of the first, highlighted by Steve Aune's two-run homer. Bruce answered with a grandslam in the bottom of the first off starter Scott Schultz. Both starting pitchers settled down after shaking first innings and Bruce held a 5-4 lead going to the ninth. The Hornets scored seven runs in the ninth and held on for the victory. Jordan Crotteau, in relief of Scott Schultz earned the win, with Justin Everson getting the save. Adam Hill had a pair of hits for the Hornets.
Friday Night the Exeland Braves slipped past the Hornets 2-1 in an excellent game at the Haugen Ballpark. Exeland scored an unearned run in the top of the first to take an early 1-0 lead. Jim Juza's two-out run scoring single in the third tied the game at 1-1. Exeland broke through with another unearned run in the seventh and hung on for the victory. Adam Rothenbuhler was the winning pitcher, going 6.2 innings, with Jon Winter pitching the final 2.1 for the save. Greg Aune was the tough-luck loser, allowing no earned runs in 7.2 innings. Justin Everson finished up on the mound for the Hornets.
This weekend the Hornets will be in Hayward for the Independent League Tournament. The Hornets first game will be at 3:45pm Saturday against the winner of the Grantsburg-Siren game. If the Hornets win they will play in the first semi-final game at 10:00am on Sunday. The championship game is scheduled for 2:30pm on Sunday. It should be a great weekend of baseball and hope to see a lot of Haugen fans in Hayward this weekend.
Pairings for the WBA Tournament, with the Semi-Finals at Haugen, Osceola, Osseo and Rib Lake, the weekend of August 8-10th, will be determined Tuesday Night, July 29th, in Eau Claire, at the WBA Seeding Meeting. The WBA Finals are in Ashland the weekend of August 15-17th.
Posted July 21,2008
The Brill Millers jumped on the Haugen Hornets early on Saturday Night, scoring three times in the top of first off Justin Everson. The Hornets hit into double plays in the second and third innings, including with the bases loaded in the third to keep them off the scoreboard. Brill added two runs in the fifth, three in the sixth, and put the game away with four in the seventh, to build a 12-0 lead. In total the Hornets hit into four double plays, with three of them coming with the bases loaded. Arnie Bartes was the winning pitcher, with Justin Everson taking the loss.
On Sunday, the Hornets defeated Siren 11-1, with Casey Martin earning the victory. Martin went the first seven innings, allowing the one run, while striking out a dozen Steelers. Paul Juza led the offense with a 4-4 day, including a homerun. Greg Aune had two hits, one which was a long two-run homer to right-center field. Jim Juza added three hits, including a pair of doubles.
This week, the Hornets travel to Bruce on Thursday Night for a non-league contest. On Friday Night, the Hornets will host the always tough Exeland Braves in a non-league contest. Sunday, the Hornets go to Webster to close out the 2008 Independent League Schedule. The Hornets are locked into a third-place finish in the Indy, behind the Brill Millers and Haugen Knights.
Posted July 14th
The Haugen Hornets split a pair of league games over the weekend and now their record stands at 11-2 in the Independent league and 15-7 overall.
The Hornets missed out on a chance to gain a share of first-place in the Indy league when they lost to the Haugen Knights 2-0 on Saturday Night in front of a huge crowd at the Haugen Ballpark. Dan Lindsey pitched a four-hit shutout for the Knights, while Greg Aune was the tough luck losing pitcher for the Hornets, allowing only five hits. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the eighth, when the Knights got a lead off triple from Andrew Mau that was lost in the tough twi-light sky. The Knights then came up with two more singles to score the only two runs of the ballgame. There was great defense played on both sides to keep the game scoreless through seven innings.
On Sunday the Hornets bounced back with a 6-5 win over the Grantsburg Honkers, scoring the winning run on an error in the bottom of the ninth. Grantsburg took a 1-0 lead in the first, only to have the Hornets come back with four runs in the bottom half of the inning. Grantsburg battled back with the help of some shaky defense by the Hornets to regain the lead at 5-4. Greg Aune tied the game with a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh. Brian Walvogel scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Justin Everson, who came on in relief of Ryan Meyers with one out in the top of the fifth, allowed only one run in the final 4.2 innings to earn the victory. Chris Ryan, in relief of starter Bryan Johnson took the loss.
This Wednesday Night the Hornets will play at the Eau Claire Bears. On Saturday the Hornets will host the Brill Millers at 7:30 pm. Sunday the Siren Steelers will come to Haugen to take on the Hornets.
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