Team Name: Delano Post 377
2016 Record: 8-9
State Tournament appearances: 1
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
Coach: Mark Schramel
Coach Record: 14-15
Years Coaching: 2
D1 Team Capsules
Host Delano
Substate 1 Rochester Patriots
Team Name: Rochester Patriots
2016 Record: 21-13
State Tournament appearances: N/A
State Championships: 1 (2009)
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Alex Welder UMD
Coach: Dutch Heiderscheit
Years Coaching: 14
Notable Accomplishments: This has been a pretty resilient group that got off to a slow start - we have played some good competition out in the Alex tournament - our own Firecracker 4th of July and the Gopher classic - went up to Eau Claire and played so had chances to play a lot of games and keep improving - going 4-0 in our sub state is tough to do - we played very good defense and got some timely hits
Substate 2 Fairmont
Team Name: Fairmont Post 36
2016 Record: 11-3
State Tournament Appearances: 3
State Championships: None
Regional Championships: None
National Championships: None
College Commitments: Tyler Tennyson (Buena Vista University), Jack Waletich (Minnesota State Mankato)
Coach: Don Waletich
Coach Record: 11-3 as Fairmont coach
Years Coaching: 1 for Fairmont Post 36
Substate 3 Edina
Team Name: Edina Legion Post 471
2016 Record: 28-9
State Tournament appearances: 8 (1959, 1966, 1982, 1983, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016)
State Championships: 5 (1959, 1966, 1982, 1982, 2012
Regional Championships: 1 (1983)
National Championships: 1 (1983)
College Commitments: Ben Vanhove University of Wisconsin-Stout, Joey Sorenson College of St. Scholastica, Ben Arndt, St. Olaf, Brock Boltmann University of North Dakota (Football)
Coach: Gene Larkin
Coach Record: 73-24
Years Coaching: 3
Notable Accomplishments: Winning Substate 3 with just 3 seniors.
Substate 4 Wayzata
Team Name: Wayzata Post 118
2016 Record: 34-2
State Tournament appearances: 3 - 1989, 2009 (3rd), 2015 (1st)
State Championships: 1 (2015)
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: LHP Tom Skoro (Kansas St.), LHP Eric Stolt (Dartmouth), OF Cam Keenan (Concordia-St. Paul), RHP Donny Schroeder (SW Minnesota St.), C/RHP Jake Marsh (Bethel), OF Griffin Schneider (Century College), IF Jarett Briol (UW-LaCrosse), 2B Parker Hlavacek (St. Thomas)
Coach: Adam Goethke
Coach Record: 184-88
Years Coaching: 7 (2010-2016
Notable Accomplishments: Won the Gopher Classic Tournament.
Substate 5 Woodbury Blue
Team Name: Woodbury Blue
2016 Record: 18-7
State Tournament appearances: 3 - 2005, 2015, 2016
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Max Meyer University of Minnesota, Sebastian Holte-Mancera Ellsworth Community College
Coach: Kyle Hunt
Coach Record: 43-10 (2015-2016)
Years Coaching: 6
Notable Accomplishments: Burnsville Snakepit Champions.
Substate 6 Eastview
Team Name: Eastview Thunder
2016 Record: 17-8
State Tourney Appearances: 6
State Championships: 1 - 2008
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Riley Johnson (NDSU), Dylan Brend (St. Thomas)
Coach Name: Bob Klefsaas
Coach Record: 260-85
Years Coaching Legion: 10
Notable Accomplishments: Riley Johnson 40 1/3 innings pitched, ZERO earned runs allowed, 13 hits and 63 strikeouts
Substate 7 Hamline Purple
Team Name: Hamline Purple
2016 Record: 24-8
State Tourney Appearances: 3
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Jordan Ammons Mercer University, Justin Weinberg St. Mary's University (Winona), Jack Johnson Des Moines Area CC (DMACC)
Coach Name: Matt Johnson
Coach Record: N/A
Years Coaching Legion: 3
Notable Accomplishments: West St. Paul Tournament champions.
Substate 8 Forest Lake
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Substate 9 Champlin
Team Name: Champlin Post 600
2016 Record: 21-3
State Tournament appearances: 3 (2014, 2015, 2016)
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Riley Johnson Augustana, Derek Smith Southwest Minnesota State, Eric Pearson College of St. Scholastica, Drew Nelson Grand View, Riley Reuter Northland
Coach: Mike Loberg
Coach Record: 79-36
Years Coaching: 6
Notable Accomplishments: Final 8 of the Gopher Classic, St. Cloud Chutes tournament champion, finished secon in the Minnesota State High School championship.
Substate 10 Grand Rapids
Team Name: Grand Rapids
2016 Record: 20-13
State Tourney Appearances: 9 since 1999 (99, 04, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 15, 16
State Championships: 1 - 1975
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Nick Johnson Itasca CC, Tanner Shepard Itasca CC, Jake Galatz Itasca CC
Coach Name: Bill Kinnunen
Years Coaching Legion: 17
Substate 11 Maple Grove
Team Name: Maple Grove Crimson Post #172
2016 Record: 16-5
State Tournament appearances: 5 - 1999, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Isaac Collins Creighton, Brett Schulze University of Minnesota, Max Marshall St. Olaf
Coach: Adam Spurrell
Coach Record: 39-14
Years Coaching: 2
Notable Accomplishments: Undefeated in District 10 North Hennepin League play.
Substate 12 Little Falls
Team Name: Little Falls Post 46
2016 Record: 8-3
State Tourney Appearances: 1
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Thomas Miller St. Johns, Justin Jenks St. Cloud Tech
Coach Name: Evan Athman
Coach Record: 8-3
Years Coaching Legion: 1
Notable Accomplishments: Avearaged 7.5 runs per game, had 3 come-from-behind victories and posted 2 shutouts this year.
Substate 13 Princeton
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Substate 14 Bemidji
Team Name: Bemidji Centaurs
2016 Record: 17-10
State Tournament Appearances: 5th
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Matt Morgan Southwest Minnesota State University
Coach Name: Nathan Blumhagen
Coach Record: 43-55
Years Coaching: 4
Substate 15 Waconia
Team Name: Waconia Wildcats- Post 150
2016 Record: 21-5
State Tournament Appearances: 1st Appearance
State Championships: 0
Regional Championships: 0
National Championships: 0
College Commitments: Derek Martin (Winona State), Adam Nichols (Gustavus)
Coach Name: Erik Olson
Coach Record: 21-5
Years Coaching: 1st Season
Notable Accomplishments for this year: Won the Marshall Mid Summer Classic tournament and finished 3rd in the New Ulm Upper Midwest Classic.
