Congratulations to the Minnetonka Millers
2009 Minnesota Class "A" Champions
Hello All,
I would like to take this time to thank everybody who worked their tails off behind the scenes to make this one of the most successful Class A State Tournaments to date. A special thank you goes out to our grounds crew at Dunning (Warren, Tony and Derek). Without your hard work we would not have gotten the games in during the opening weekend and on Championship Sunday the way we did. It was very nice to hear the kind words regarding our field. I would also like to thank members of the Rosetown A's (Scott Rockwood, Brian Heather and Scott & Holly Pfiffer) who helped out with the concession stand (1st Base Cafe), I know Mary and Shawn appreciated the help and it is nice to see teams that care about this tournament. Thank you to Shawn, Mary and Mike for making this one of the highlights of my summer and my job at St. Paul Municipal Athletics. Finally, thank you to all of the teams who participated in this years tournament. Every team handled themselves with class and played hard throughout the tournament. Also, thank you to all of the players, managers, sponsors, umpires and fans who showed up to support Class A baseball by attending this year's tournament. Without all of you this tournament would not be possible.
Without further adieu, The 2009 State Class A All-Tournament Team:
Joe Abellera 3B Minnetonka Millers
Joe Shallenberger SS Minnetonka Millers
Jake Waldman 2B Minnetonka Millers
Chris Urbain CF Minnetonka Millers
Cordell Greene P Minnetonka Millers
Derek Mason P Minnetonka Millers
Brian Whinnery P Air Freight Unlimited
Tony Leseman CF/P Air Freight Unlimited
Luke Vogel 1B Air Freight Unlimited
Buzz Hannahan SS Air Freight Unlimited
Rob Kimlinger 3B/C Air Freight Unlimited
John Licht P Commanding Edge
Tayler Rahm OF Commanding Edge
Roy Larson SS Commanding Edge
Matt Schuld P Commanding Edge
Mike Kimlinger SS Shamrocks
Nick Bellmont 2B Shamrocks
Sean Young 3B/P Shamrocks
Matt Kopp P Shamrocks
Nick Bjerken 1B/P Stockmen's Irish
Dan Miller C Stockmen's Irish
Jake Schmiesing OF/P Stillwater Loggers
Blake Eller OF Moe's
Chad Peterson SS Moe's
Bryan Edstrom P St. Louis Park
Pat Fix 2B St. Louis Park
John Bean 1B Mpls. Rocks
Adam Shoberg P Mpls. Rocks
MVP: Joe Shallenberger SS Minnetonka Millers
(I know it is a BIG list but we had a lot of guys who played well and are deserving.)
Congratulations to the 2009 Class A State Tournament Champions, Minnetonka Millers.
Have a great off season and I look forward to seeing everybody next year!
Sincerely,
Andre Lanoue
St. Paul Amateur League Commissioner
Sean Young of the St. Paul Shamrocks knocks in a run in the 9th inning
to force extra innings. The Shamrocks would push across another run in
the bottom of the 10th to eliminate the Mpls Rocks 5-4 and advance to
play Air Freight on Saturday in the loser's bracket.
Congratulations to the
2009 State Tournament Teams
Minnetonka Millers
St. Louis Park
Bloomington Bandits
Wesley Homes
Minneapolis Rocks
Air Freight
Commanding Edge
Lyon's Pub
Stockmen's Irish
Stillwater
Moes
Shamrocks
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