The Section 7AA Champion Proctor Rails (18-5) are the #5 seed. The Section 5AA Champion Maple Lake Irish (22-6) are the #4 seed.
Maple Lake was 11-3 in the Central Minnesota Conference, and tied for first place with Pierz, also 11-3. Maple Lake, Pierz, and Paynesville Area, all from the CMC, all qualified for the state tournament. Pierz won Section 6AA and Paynesville Area won Section 3AA.
Proctor won the Lake Superior Conference with a 5-2 record and is the lone LSC representative in the state tournament.
Proctor is making its fourth appearance in the state tournament, with previous trips in 2012, 2011, and 1976. The Rails were state third-place champions in 2012. Maple Lake is making its first state tournament appearance.
MAPLE LAKE LEADING PITCHERS
PITCHER |
W-L |
ERA |
IP |
SO |
Grant Mergen |
7-2 |
0.73 |
57.2 |
56 |
Hunter Malachek |
6-1 |
1.01 |
55.1 |
51 |
Nick Preisinger |
6-1 |
2.13 |
46.0 |
40 |
Nate Hogan |
1-1 |
3.20 |
15.1 |
15 |
MAPLE LAKE LEADING HITTERS
PLAYER |
H |
RBI |
AVG |
HR |
Blake Wellsted |
38 |
22 |
.388 |
0 |
Nate Maas |
38 |
18 |
.409 |
0 |
Jack Siebert |
36 |
41 |
.396 |
3 |
Nick Preisinger |
35 |
19 |
.350 |
0 |
Lucas Fobbe |
29 |
16 |
.341 |
1 |
Nate Hogan |
27 |
13 |
.351 |
2 |
Grant Mergen |
26 |
17 |
.342 |
0 |
Ben Goelz |
25 |
16 |
.368 |
0 |
Hunter Malachek |
23 |
13 |
.277 |
1 |
PROCTOR IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT
DATE |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
SCORE |
LOCATION/NOTES |
6/15/12 |
Fairmont |
W |
6-0 |
St. Cloud (Putz)/Third Place Championship |
6/15/12 |
St. Cloud Cathedral |
L |
8-9 |
St. Cloud (Putz)/Semifinals, 9 innings |
6/14/12 |
Minneapolis Washburn |
W |
1-0 |
St. Cloud (Faber)/Quarterfinals |
6/17/11 |
Delano |
L |
1-5 |
St. Cloud (Faber)/Consolation Championship |
6/17/11 |
St. Anthony Village |
W |
4-1 |
St. Cloud (Faber)/Consolation Semifinals |
6/16/11 |
Fairmont |
L |
1-6 |
St. Cloud (Putz)/Quarterfinals |
6/07/76 |
Little Falls |
L |
0-2 |
Wadena/Quarterfinals |