Lakeville Athletics Baseball

CCVL SHUTS OUT CVL IN 4TH ANNUAL ALL-STAR CLASSIC
Hauck Pitches Well With 1-2-3 Scoreless 6th Inning For CVL
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The CVL all-stars line up on the 3rd base line for the national anthem.

The Cannon Valley League won the home run derby with a walk-off tie breaking homer from Jason Grimm of Elko, but the Classic Cannon Valley League shut out the CVL in the actual game by a 4-0 score on Wednesday night at Fredrickson Field in Elko.

The CVL wasn't without their chances, with too many missed opportunities with runners on base, actually out-hitting the CCVL nine hits to six for the night. The Cannon Valley League left ten runners on base, missing the key hits when they needed them the most.

The CVL had runners at 2nd and 3rd in the 1st, but couldn't capitalize with two ensuing ground outs to end the inning. They had a man on in the 3rd, runners at 1st and 2nd in the 4th, one runner on in the 5th, as well as runners at 1st and 2nd in the 7th and 8th innings, but couldn't get the big hits when they needed them. The home plate umpire arguably didn't help matters much with an erratic strike zone most of the game and a blown call on a double down the left field line which clearly crossed over the bag. Coach Grant Mohwinkle plead his case on the play, but to no avail.

Athletics all-star pitcher Jake Hauck looks in for the sign in the top of the 6th.

Pitching appeared to be the showcase and was dominant for both sides. Neither team managed more than two hits per inning, but the CVL collected pairs in the 1st, 4th and 7th innings, while the CCVL could only muster two in the 2nd.

First time all-star Trent Larson awaits the pitch at 3rd base in the 6th inning.

The Athletics all-stars didn't see action until the 6th, when Jake Hauck took the mound, Trent Larson manned 3rd and normal shortstop Derek Jacobson played out of position at 2nd base. Hauck was his usual self on the mound, pitching a 1-2-3 scoreless 6th on twelve pitches. Trent Larsen made a nice catch on a smoked liner in the 9th inning. Both Larson and Jacobson were hitless at the plate.

Thee-time all-star Derek Jacobson at the plate in the 7th inning.

Three errors didn't help the CVL cause as the CCVL scored one run in the 1st, two in the 2nd and a final run in the 8th.

Kyle Blahnik of Red Wing played the entire game at shortstop for the Classic Cannon Valley League and was named the game's MVP, going 2 for 4 with one run and an RBI.

The CVL and CCVL all-stars shake hands after the game.

Collecting hits for the Cannon Valley League were...

Evan Walker, 2 for 3
Ash Larsen, 1 for 3
Jeremy Chlan, 1 for 3
Charlie Dubanoski, 1 for 2
Robbie Wiens, 1 for 2
Troy Hoeppner, 1 for 2
Trent Anderson, 1 for 2
Dan Lojovich, 1 for 1

All-Star Game Rosters | Microsoft doc format
Cannon Valley League Line-Up | Microsoft doc format

LAKEVILLE HAS FOUR IN 2010 CVL-CCVL ALL-STAR GAME
Hauck, Jacobson Repeat; Larson, Jim Gaylord Get First Nods
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All-Stars Jake Hauck, Trent Larson and Derek Jacobson. (Jim Gaylord is on the DL)

The 4th annual Cannon Valley League versus Classic Cannon Valley League All-Star game is scheduled for Wednesday night, July 7th at Fredrickson Field in Elko. The home run derby will kick off at 7pm with the game getting underway at 8:00.

This year the Athletics have four members selected for the mid-summer classic. Shortstop Derek Jacobson will be making his 3rd consecutive appearance while pitcher Jake Hauck will make his 2nd appearance in two years.

New this year are two players who earn the versatility award by holding down multiple positions for the Athletics. Right fielder and sometimes 2nd baseman Jim Gaylord, who is leading the team in hitting this year, earned his first selection to the team. Also new this year as an all-star is Infielder and pitcher Trent Larson who regularly holds down 3rd base and occasionally shortstop for the Athletics. Gaylord is currently on the DL with 30 stitches in his arm and will unfortunately miss seeing action for this year's All-Star classic.

Congratulations to these four players for their well deserved selection.

THREE ATHLETICS CHOSEN FOR 2009 ALL-STAR GAME
17, 18, 19: Hauck, Jacobson And Gaylord Voted In For Mid-Summer Classic

Lakeville Athletics All-Stars, Jon Gaylord, Jake Hauck and Derek Jacobson

Three Lakeville Athletics players were chosen to represent the team in the 2009 Cannon Valley All-Star Game. Centerfielder Jon Gaylord will make his third consecutive All-Star appearance while shortstop Derek Jacobson will make his second appearance in a row. Pitcher Jake Hauck will make his first appearance in the summer classic. This will be the third annual meeting of All-Stars from the Cannon Valley League and the Classic Cannon Valley League. The Cannon Valley league won the first two meetings of the two amateur leagues, 6-5 in 10-innings in 2007 and 6-4 in 2008. This year's game will be played in Red Wing at the ATH ballpark on July 8th at 8:00pm. The home run contest will be featured prior to the game. Tickets are $5.00 a piece and can be purchased at the game or through coaches from either league.

Previous All-Star game recaps

ATHLETICS PLAY WELL IN 2009 ALL-STAR GAME
CVL Loses 10-9 In 10-Innings During Big Comeback Effort In Red Wing

Athletics all-stars Jacobson, Gaylord and Hauck during pre-game introductions.

The 3rd annual CVL-CCVL All-Star contest was another great game, even though the Cannon Valley League lost in extra innings by one run. The CVL put up one run in the 1st and one in the 2nd to take a quick 2-0 lead, but the CCVL came back and scored five runs in the bottom half of the 2nd to take a 5-2 lead. The CCVL scored in pairs, four times before the 5th inning, to lead the CVL with a 9-2 score.

Derek Jacobson gets set to drive a lead-off single in the 6th inning.

In the 6th inning, the Cannon Valley League fortunes turned for the better, thanks in part to some great contributions from the Athletics players entering the game. Derek Jacobson took over at shortstop and started the 6th with a lead-off single to right. A walk later he was on 2nd and then a wild pitch later he was on 3rd. He then scored on a two-RBI double by Inver Grove catcher Alex LaShomb. Center fielder Jon Gaylord reached on an error by the 2nd baseman who ranged too far wide to his right on a tough ball that probably should have been taken by the shortstop. Gaylord was left stranded at 1st, but the CVL plated three to cut the score to 9-5.

Jake Hauck gets ready to deliver a pitch during a hitless 6th inning.

Jake Hauck came on to pitch in the bottom of the 6th and shut the door on the Classic Cannon Valley League, allowing no hits and one walk, while rolling up a groundout and two fly outs to end a scoreless 6th for the CCVL. It was a solid inning from Jake Hauck.

The last fly-out was an outstanding diving catch in center field by Jon Gaylord, who helped to strand the go-ahead run at 3rd.

Jon Gaylord steps to the plate before pounding a double in the 9th inning.

Gaylord walked in the 8th and scored on a single by Billy Denet from Apple Valley. Jacobson picked up his second hit of the game, only to be left stranded at 1st, but not before the CVL tied the game with four more runs.

In the top of the 9th, with two outs, Gaylord stroked a double down the left field line that somehow stayed fair to give the Cannon Valley League a chance to go on top. Josh Nelson of Apple Valley then hit a shallow fly ball to right, but a hesitant right fielder got a poor read on the ball before making a diving catch for the 3rd out.

The Classic Cannon Valley League led off the bottom of the 10th with a strikeout looking and then a hard to handle infield base hit to the left of the pitchers mound. A stolen base put the runner into scoring position, with a hit to right scoring the winning run.

The Athletics stats are as follows...

Jon Gaylord, 1 for 2, OBE, BB, 2B, 1R
Derek Jacobson 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1R
Jake Hauck 1 IP, BB, 1 GO, 2 FO

It was the first loss for the Cannon Valley League in the third ever CVL-CCVL annual All-Star game.

TWO ATHLETICS NAMED AS 2008 CVL ALL-STARS
Gaylord Gets 2nd Consecutive Honor; Newcomer Jacobson Earns First

Jon Gaylord and Derek Jacobson will represent the Athletics in the all-star game.

The Lakeville Athletics were happy to learn that two of its players, centerfielder Jon Gaylord and shortstop Derek Jacobson, have been named as 2008 Cannon Valley League all-stars and will play against the Classic Cannon Valley League in the Wednesday, July 9th All-Star game at Cannon Falls.

Athletics veteran centerfielder Jon Gaylord is making his second consecutive appearance as a CVL all-star. First year Athletics teammate, shortstop Derek Jacobson will be making his first appearance in the summer classic.

The game will be preceded with a home run derby starting at 7:00, with the all-star contest beginning at 8:00. Tickets for the game are $5.00 apiece and can be purchased in advance from coach Doug Johnson.

CANNON ALL-STARS HIT WHEN IT COUNTS
Friday, 11 July 2008

Cannon Valley League stars lost the home run derby to Classic Cannon Valley League, but out-hit home team Wednesday at Cannon Falls Field

by Jason Olson
Thisweek Newspapers

The second edition of the Cannon Valley and Classic Cannon Valley League’s midsummer all-star game ended with the same result as the first game last season, with the CVL winning 6-4.

The CVL won for the second year after last year’s 6-5 win in 10 innings in the first all-star game in Miesville.

Before the 2008 all-star game, the two teams traded long balls in the home run contest, with the Classic CVL out-belting the CVL 12-4.

“The Classic League really hit some bombs out there,” said CVL director Dudley Olson, describing the pregame derby.

The Cannon Valley League trailed 3-0 after the first inning and took the lead for good on an RBI base hit by Eagan’s Brandon Paetznick to go up 5-4 and Dan Norsten added an insurance run for the 6-4 score.

Burnsville’s Jason Grimm gave the visitors a 4-3 lead with his three-run home run. Rosemount pitcher Tim Radmacher picked up the win with a scoreless fifth inning for the Cannon Valley League.

Eagan pitcher Jeremy Liebherr started for the CVL but gave up three runs, all unearned, in the opening inning.

Olson said the combined league venture was a hit among baseball faithful for the second time.

“What a great showcase for amateur baseball,” he said. “I think the games have been very competitive and we’ve established a rivalry now with the Classic Cannon Valley League. It’s really been a privilege to get to play in two great parks in Miesville and Cannon Falls.

“It’s definitely two highlights in my eight years I’ve been involved in it,” he said. “It’s really outdoor baseball at its best.”

The CVL’s starting lineup included, starter and backup:
C: Mark Radmacher, Rosemount; Kyle Sovde, Apple Valley;
1B: Tom Buske, AV; Brandon Paetznick, Eagan;
2B: Roddy Hort, Burnsville; John Bauer, Eagan;
SS: Jeremy Chlan, AV; Derek Jacobson, Lakeville;
3B: Charlie Dubanowski, Bville; Tony Peterson, Savage;
UTL: Billy Stitz, Burnsville; Dan Norsten, Eagan;
OF: Kyle Baren, AV; Jason Grimm, Burnsville; Jason Kirshman, Rosemount;
P: Tom Buske, AV; Jeremy Liebherr, Eagan; Matt Doornick, Rosemount; Brandon Walczak, Savage; Trevor O’Shaughnessy, Burnsville; Tim Radmacher, Rosemount; Ben Turnwall, Savage.
Final push

Heading into the mid-summer break, Eagan continued to lead the Cannon Valley League by one-half game over Savage.

“We’ve had an all-around good season for us, but it would be nice to get the first or second seed heading into the playoffs for the first-week bye,” Bandits manager Eric Swanson said.

The Bandits held a half-game lead over Savage heading into Thursday’s game. Eagan played Apple Valley before finishing the regular season with a pair of games against Savage.

“We control our own destiny, but a first-round bye would really help our pitchers rest up for the second half of playoffs,” Swanson said. “Our main goal this season is still to make it back to state.”

The District 5B round one playoffs run Monday through Wednesday, July 28-30, at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville starting at 7:30 p.m. The top two teams in the final standings received a first-week bye, while the bottom four teams play a double-elimination tournament. The top two teams from the first week move on for the second week of double-elimination play.

The top two teams left from the district playoffs will move on to the state tournament set for Aug. 14-17, 22-24 and 29 and Sept. 1 in Chaska and Shakopee.

Outlaws rallying

Savage increased its winning streak to five games before the holiday break by sweeping Hampton 6-4 in nonleague play before returning home to beat Lakeville 11-2 in CVL play.

On June 28, it was Savage all-star catcher Tony Peterson who put the Outlaws into the lead with a two-RBI single before closer Brandon Walczak shut down Hampton in the ninth inning for the win.

The Outlaws pounded out 15 hits in an 11-2 win over Lakeville on June 29.

Adam Evanoff, Tony and Tyler Peterson each hit a home run, and Chris Steenberg added three hits. Relief pitcher Tyler Ball tossed three scoreless innings.

The Outlaws beat Arlington 10-5 on July 1 before beating the Lakeville A’s for the second time in one week, 15-13, on July 2.

After dropping five-straight games to fall to 3-5, Savage found a way to win with a 7-1 record since June 19.

CVL ALL-STARS TOP CLASSIC CVL ALL-STARS 6-4
Gaylord, Jacobson Represent Athletics In 2nd Ever CVL/CCVL All-Star Game

The second ever CVL/CCVL All-Star game was held on July 9th in Cannon Falls. The Cannon Valley League defeated the Classic Cannon Valley League by a score of 6-4.

Centerfielder Jon Gaylord made his 2nd consecutive appearance in the the newly formed summer classic, while first year shortstop Derek Jacobson enjoyed his first selection as a CVL all-star.

Pictures From The Cannon Falls 2008 All-Star Game:

Jon Gaylord steps to the plate for his 2nd consecutive all-star game.

Derek Jacobson looks for a pitch to hit in the CVL/CCVL all-star game.

Jacobson (18) and Gaylord (19) shake hands with other all-stars at the end.

CVL Drops 3-Run Lead, Recovers To Down CCVL 6-5 In Ten
By Jeff Barthel

The 2007 Cannon Valley League vs. Classic Cannon Valley League All-Star Game took place in beautiful Miesville, Minnesota Tuesday night at Jack Ruhr Field. Approximately fifty players from the respective leagues participated in the inaugural event, which began with a homerun derby at 7:00pm. The CCVL won the derby, but the CVL would survive a rough ninth inning and a questionable call to defeat the CCVL in ten innings.

In the homerun derby, five players from each league faced a piercingly, bright sun as they reared back and took their homerun swings. Fans squinted their eyes or dimmed the sun with their hands as they watched the CCVL edge out the CVL 3-2 in the derby. Despite the defeat, Savage’s Joe Loftus launched two homeruns for the CVL. Both teams enjoyed watching each respective league’s teammates as they cheered on their homerun contestants and prepared for the game.

At approximately 8:12, Hasting’s Mark Moriarty delivered the game’s first pitch to Burnsville’s Roddy Hjort. Moriarity pitched a 1-2-3 first inning, but would struggle in the second as Apple Valley’s Mike Krejci doubled in Rosemount’s Matt Tschida for the game’s first run.

CVL pitchers kept CCVL bats silent through the first three innings, then Apple Valley pitcher Zach Schneider (who had an 11-person fan club named "Zach Attach" in the crowd) entered the game in the fourth and allowed two quick walks. The CCVL had runners on second and third with two outs when Red Wing’s Kyle Blahnik laced a Schneider offering toward the right center gap; Blahnik’s hit would not find the ground though as Lakeville centerfielder Jon Gaylord tracked it down to make the catch and end the CCVL rally.

Eagan’s Andrew Kes put the CVL up 2-0 with a run-scoring single to right field in the top of the fifth. However, on the same play, a possible second run was gunned down by Dundas’ Carson Jones, then Bay City catcher Bump Ulvenes threw a pellet to third to get Kes for the third out to end the CVL threat.

Dundas pitcher Ed Hagberg struck out two CVLers in pitching a scoreless top half of the sixth inning for the CCVL. The CCVL followed Hagberg’s performance by scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score 2-2.

The seventh inning featured a spectacular play by Miesville’s Nate Otto to stave off a CVL rally. The CVL had two runners on with two outs when Savage’s Tony Peterson crushed a ball to deep centerfield. With runners blazing around the bags, Otto jetted straight back and tracked down Peterson’s liner near the warning track in dead center.

The CVL scored three runs to take a 5-2 lead entering the bottom of the ninth. An infield single, sharp single to right and another hit to right loaded up the bases for the CCVL with nobody out. Burnsville’s Tyler Ball then hit a batter to make the score 5-3. Jeremy Chlan, who played earlier at shortstop, entered to pitch and immediately induced Northfield’s Erik Anderson to pop up to shallow center for the first out. Chlan walked the next CCVL hitter to make the score 5-4 before Dundas’ Kyle McDemott hit a ground ball to short. The would-be game-winning double play was turned, or so CVL players and coaches thought, but McDemott was ruled “safe” at first and the game was tied at five runs apiece. Chlan would escape the ninth after a line out to third and it was on to extra innings.

In the top of the tenth, Miesville pitcher Dave Johnson retired two CVL batters in order before hitting Savage’s Joe Loftus and allowing a walk to Tyler Peterson. With two runners on, Johnson faced Apple Valley’s Kyle Baran. After Johnson’s first offering went high, Baran knocked a 1-0 pitch to right field to score Loftus for the go-ahead run. Chlan pitched a scoreless bottom of the tenth and the Cannon Valley All-Stars celebrated its 6-5 victory.

PAST CVL-CCVL ALL STAR GAMES
A Brief Glimpse of Games Past

The All-Star game between the Cannon Valley League and the Classic Cannon Valley League is a fairly recent addition to the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Association. The mid-summer classic between the two leagues began in 2007. The 2010 game will mark the 4th annual meeting between the two leagues.

2007 Miesville - Winner CVL 6-5

2008 Cannon Falls - Winner CVL 6-4

2009 Red Wing - Winner CCVL 10-9

2010 Elko - Winner CCVL 4-0