2011 West Lakeland All-Conference

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Softball all-conference announced

photo courtesy of Steve Johnson

Another regional championship is in the books for Grantsburg. They beat Cameron 9-3 on Thursday night to stay perfect on the season, 20-0.

Cameron was a spirited team with good fundamentals and they took advantage of a couple Grantsburg mistakes early in the game. Grantsburg trailed early in the game but eventually pulled away late to win it in seven innings. By the way… it was the first time all year that Grantsburg trailed in a game. It lasted half an inning.

This was only the second time all year Grantsburg was forced to go all seven (there's a ten run rule after five innings). Cameron fell to 19-2 on the season.

Grantsburg will be traveling to Hurley on Tuesday game time is 5pm. We're trying to figure out how to broadcast their game and also get the baseball games on the air as the Grantsburg baseball team has also advanced to Sectionals and plays in Osseo at 11am that Thursday and if they win they play again at 5pm.

Here's the audio replay of the game as heard on WXCX and streamed online at redrockonair.com.

Great job, Pirates!
 

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Grantsburg fast pitch regional champs again!

The baseball team scored six runs in the second inning and that was enough to beat the Chetek/Weyerhauser 7-5. Jimmy Nelson got the win and Jacob Glover took over in the fifth and did a pretty good job.

Trevor Thompson takes the hill today against the Cameron Comets who beat Clayton/Turtle Lake last night 3-2.

The game will be streamed live HERE.

The softball team fared well again, beating Clayton/Turtle Lake 12-0 in five innings. Stacey McKenzie and Gabby Witzany went yard and the girls face off against Cameron on Thursday… this one could be the toughest game of the year for the Pirates.

We'll be broadcasting that one, too. It will be streamed HERE.

Both games start at 5pm.

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Grantsburg ball teams 2-0 in tournament

They've not only done it, but they've done it BIG!

They've outscored their opponents 262-18…

Played a full game (7 innings) just once, the rest were 10-run rule games…

Shut out opponents 10 times…

Gave up just one run 4 times…

One of only four undefeated high school fastpitch teams in the state Wisconsin…

They have the highest team batting average (.462) in team history…

They have the most home runs (8) in team history…

They have four pitchers who have combined for the stats listed above (with some help from a very good defense)…

Kylie Pewe has a .643 batting average. .643! That's going to beat the all time team record set in 2010 (.610) by, um, her.

And they have the funkiest website in America…

They have accomplished this run with an unorthodox approach to pitching, if you've seen the games then you'll know what I'm talking about.

Are they a shoe-in for state? No. Do they have a chance? You better believe it!

As we learned last year, there are no "for sure's" in this game… except that girl from Arcadia was "for sure" out at home… but I digress….

Its another great season put out there by the Pirate gals and they're so much fun to watch… seems like they're always smiling and having fun and relaxed, but they do everything right… or at least the come close to doing everything right… not many strikeouts… lots of walks, hits, and putting the ball in play….

It seems like a lot of the competition has trouble with knowing where to throw the ball… situational stuff… not always an athletic problem… a thinking ahead problem Throwing the ball around and giving up extra bases because of that has not been an issue for Grantsburg.

What I'm getting at is there are some pretty fantastic coaches working with the team and it starts with Don Bjelland and Steve Johnson. They have a lot of differences, but they both know the game and have a knack for teaching it. Then it moves down to the "minor leagues" and those teams are staffed with coaches who care and are also knowledgeable in the basics and fundamentals of the game. It is truly a great system in Grantsburg with parents and coaches who really care a lot about this sport and the ones playing it.

Congratulations on a fantastic REGULAR season… *the real season starts now.

Juniors then… taken at the 2010 season banquet. Photo courtesy of Scott Hoffman.

Grantsburg seniors walk away from their home field after the last regular season game of their careers. Photo courtesy of Steve Johnson.

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Softball finishes* 18-0

Grantsburg is 9-0 in the West Lakeland conference and ranked number one in Division Three, while Unity is 8-1. Grantsburg beat the Eagles earlier in the year by a score of 6-2.

Unity’s field is brand new and hadn’t been playable this entire year, so this will be Unity’s first real home game of the year.

The game starts at 5pm and you can listen to it on 105.7 WXCX or online by clicking the STREAMING tab on top of the page.

(This is a change from our previously scheduled fast pitch game between Grantsburg and Siren/Webster team)

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Conference on the line tonight for baseballers

The baseball team will face the winner of the (5) Chetek/Weyerhauser @ (4) Ladysmith game. The Grantsburg game will be played Tuesday, May 31. [BRACKET]

The fast pitch team will face the winner of the (5) Turtle Lake/Clayton @ (4) Unity game. The Grantsburg game will also be played Tuesday, May 31. [BRACKET]

Both games will be in Grantsburg… not sure which one will be on the radio. Stay tuned for more on that.

Both the baseball and softball teams from Grantsburg have had unbelievable years and with a couple games remaining in the regular season, both have perfect records.

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Tournament fields set in baseball, softball

The Grantsburg Pirates are now 4-0 on the young season and are outscoring their opponents a combined 60-2 in those four games.

Wow.

(You can click on the picture to see my scribbles on the game.)

Grantsburg looks like they're reloaded again.

The baseball team also won,11-1 over Frederic and the Pirates remain undefeated at 5-0.

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Grantsburg puts up season high in shutout

The Pirates were ranked #1 in the final poll last year which was pre-tournament.

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Fastpitch team pre-season rankings

Here's the story.

Winona State is 20-3 on the season (they started their season February 18 and played a bunch of games in Florida, too… here's their schedule).

Here's the stats page for the Warriors.

Great job to Mollie and Michelle!

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Grantsburgers going strong in Winona

Grantsburg has always had excellent pitching and the girls have been practicing over and over at the 40′ distance (and to be fair, so has everyone else). I wonder how this will affect the pitching for Michelle Lund et. al. for the Pirates come this spring.

I’m sure the hitters will be happy to hear about the change. I would expect scoring (and walks) to be up significantly this year.

Here’s an article about the change.

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A significant fastpitch rule change