Ten Years Ago...
First Round of Section 7AA Playoffs, June 1, 2005, at Ely
Proctor 2, Greenway 1
Kyle Wojtysiak scored the winning run in the fourth inning and Dan Solarz homered to back Wojtysiak's five-hit pitching...Derek Vogel allowed eight hits and struck out six for the third-seeded Raiders. (Duluth News Tribune)
Wojtysiak had 10 strikeouts and three walks...The Rails lost to Esko, 13-3 in six innings, the following day at Virginia to end their season with an 8-14 record.
Twenty Years Ago...
First Round of Section 7AA Playoffs, May 24, 1995, at Duluth
Proctor 5, Duluth Denfeld 1
Ron Jauhola allowed two hits and struck out four as seventh-seeded Proctor upset second-seeded Denfeld in a Section 7AA first-round game at Wade Stadium. Andy Slattengren had three hits and Travis Tanski two for Proctor, 4-11. Jay Mickolajak was the losing pitcher for Denfeld, 9-12. (Duluth News Tribune)
Proctor lost to Duluth Central, 8-1, in the second round on May 26.
Thirty Years Ago...
First Round of Region 7AA South Playoffs, May 28, 1985, at Proctor
Proctor 11, St. Francis 7
Proctor scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to defeat St. Francis in a Region 7AA South playoff game at Terry Egerdahl Memorial Field. The Saints had taken a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on a home run by Jim Weidner, who was 3-for-3 with three RBI. Mark Kieren, who went 3-for-3 for the Rails, hit two homers in the game, including a two-run shot in the sixth to complete the scoring. Ray Sandstrom pitched five and 2/3 innings for the win, combining with Lee Stephenson for an eight-hitter. Stephenson, Jeff Erikson and Randy Fietek had two hits apiece for Proctor, now 8-7. (Duluth News Tribune)
Second Round of Region 7AA South Playoffs, May 29, 1985, at North Branch
North Branch 3, Proctor 2
Proctor nipped in 10th
Proctor pitcher Lee Stephenson was one pitch away from shutting out North Branch in the Region 7AA South high school baseball tournament Wednesday, but instead suffered a 3-2 loss in 10 innings. North Branch's Al Martinson hit a two-out, 0-2 pitch for a two-run home run, tying the game in the bottom of the seventh. The Vikings won the game in the 10th when winning pitcher Tim Carr scored John Vaughn with a suicide squeeze bunt. Mark Kieren had two hits and scored a run for Proctor. Stephenson gave up six hits and struck out 10. Carr allowed five hits and fanned 10. The Rails close the season with an 8-8 record. North Branch takes an 11-5 mark into the regional tournament [held at Proctor]. (Duluth News Tribune)
Region 7AA Tournament, June 4-5, 1985, at Proctor
Proctor has hosted the Region 7AA Tournament just once, in 1985. The semifinals pitted Duluth East against Princeton and Duluth Denfeld-Morgan Park against North Branch. East and D-MP were both victorious, setting up an all-Duluth championship game. Unfortunately, the game was moved from 7:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to accomodate for East's graduation ceremony that evening. Only 150 spectators saw East defeat D-MP, 11-10, at Egerdahl Field for the Region 7AA championship. East hadn't been to state since 1973. In fact, no other team besides Grand Rapids had represented Region 7AA at the state tournament since Proctor in 1976. East had knocked out eight-time defending champion Grand Rapids in the semifinals of the North sub-section playoffs. The Greyhounds successfully defended their Region 7AA title in 1986.