Class C Rankings--June 10, 2011

Class C Rankings—June10, 2011

	Johnson	Buesgens	Elliott	Bnbaseballguy
1	Fort Ripley	Midway	Green Isle	Howard Lake
2	Milroy	Fort Ripley	Ultimate SB & Snappers	Fort Ripley
3	Sacred Heart	Howard Lake	Loretto	Blue Earth
4	Fairmont	Sacred Heart	Watkins	Dassel-Cokato
5	Blue Earth	Raymond	Fort Ripley	Milroy
6	Nisswa	Loretto	Winsted	Sacred Heart
7	Midway	Milroy	Milroy	Nisswa
8	Dassel-Cokato	Dassel-Cokato	Blue Earth	Sartell
9	Howard Lake	Lastrup	Sartell	Loretto
10	Loretto	Fergus Falls	Spring Hill	Midway

                                        Spring Hill                                                 Belle Plaine

Andy Johnson’s Notes: New to my rankings: Fairmont, Nisswa, Loretto

Dropped from my rankings: Raymond, Lastrup, Winsted

On my radar: Isanti, Green Isle

These are Tom Elliott’s notes:

1). Green Isle. The Irish are 10-0, have a great tradition, and were even a good 'B' team when they did that.

2). Ultimate Sports Bar & Grill Snappers of Waite Park. They are 11-1 and are playing well. They have a deep pitching staff and might be the best Class C team in the St. Cloud area.

3). Loretto Larks. Loretto is 7-0 in the North Star League. That's good enough for me.

4). Watkins. The Clippers look like the best team in the Central Valley League after knocking off a very good Kimball team over the weekend.

5). Fort Ripley. The Rebels are still unbeaten in the 19-team Victory League.

6). Winsted. They are 5-1 and I think one of the best teams in the state.

7). Milroy. The Yankees won the Stearns County Challenge, beating Sobieski of the Victory League in the championship game.

8). Blue Earth. They are 7-2 and like Winsted, I think they are always one of the top teams in the state.

9). Sartell Muskies. Sartell is 8-4 and can beat any Class C team in the state with David Deminsky on the mound.

10). Spring Hill. Spring Hill has one loss and might be the team to beat in the Stearns County League.

I don't pretend to be all-knowing on these rankings. I know our area leagues well enough -- Lakewood, Central Valley, Stearns County and Central Valley. It's the rest of the state that's pretty hard to know about.

Bnbaseballguy’s Notes:  This is getting interesting.  Nisswa, a new member of the Victory League this year, is starting to get some notice around the state. Belle Plaine is a legitimate contender, beating Winsted by the ten run rule and Green Isle by one in the TigerTown Classic.  Midway has been beaten a few times but they are playing a good schedule and have already been in a few tournaments.  I ranked Howard Lake one because they have been so consistent over the years.  I still think one of the best State Tournament moments came in 2008 at Shakopee when announcer Dick Jonckowski asked the “parents of the Orphans to please stand.”

I know that Loretto is 8-0 and they also have the Mayor of Loretto, Kent Koch, playing for them, but I’m not convinced that they will win the head to head meeting.  That meeting will take place tonight, June 12 at 6:00 P.M. @ Howard Lake. 

Also tonight Cold Spring will play Sauk Rapids at 7:30 P.M. in Cold Spring.