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December 1st, 2007
- The voters thought that
Randall was the biggest surprise in regions this
year. See the results and read the comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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November 17th, 2007
- By a three to one margin the voters
wanted more polls. One even offered up a
suggestion (Thanks!). See the results and read the
comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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October 25th, 2007
- By popular demand, I've added a new
poll.
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September 24th, 2007
- Congratulations
to Sobieski Skis outfielder Beau Hanowski, as he has
accepted a scholarship offer to play baseball at D1
South Dakota State University. The Little Falls High
School senior will begin his career at SDSU in the
2008-09 season. Way to go Beau.
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August 31st, 2007
- Holdingford's state tournament run ends at the hands
of the Plato
Blue Jays in a 3-0 loss. Congratulations to
the Express on a fine season.
- St. Stephen also ended its state tournament run with a
8-3 loss to the Winsted
Wildcats. Congratulations to the Steves on a
fine season.
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August 26th, 2007
- Holdingford advanced in the state tournament today
with a 10-8 win over Granite Falls. They will now
play next Friday night at 5:00 pm in Hamburg facing the Plato
Blue Jays.
- St. Stephen made it two for two for the VL teams in
the second round. They move on in the state tournament
with a 5-2 win over Milroy. They will now
play next Friday night at 7:30 pm in Hamburg facing the Winsted
Wildcats.
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August 24th, 2007
- St. Stephen defeated Howard
Lake, 5-3 tonight. They will now play the
winner of the Milroy/Rochester
Blues game in Hamburg on Sunday at 1:30 pm
(following the Holdingford game).
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August 19th, 2007
- Added statistics
for the 2001 & 2000 seasons.
- Holdingford advances in the state tournament.
They completed the two-day shut out of Watkins
1-0. They will now face either Kasson or Granite
Falls in Hamburg next Sunday at 11:00 am.
- St. Stephen's game against Howard
Lake was postponed again. It has now been
scheduled for next Friday night in Green Isle at 7:30
pm.
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August 18th, 2007
- Congratulations to Beau Hanowski on being voted
the 2007 Ski of The Year. Beau came out on
top in a close race between four different Skis.
See the numbers and read the comments here.
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August 13th, 2007
- The Holdingford Express and St. Stephen Steves open up
their state tournament play this Saturday. The
Express will take on the region 11C runner up Watkins
Clippers from the Central Valley League, in Norwood at
11:00 am. The Steves game will follow in Norwood
at 1:30 pm when they do battle with the region 11C
champion Howard Lake Orphans of the North Star
League.
Head down to Norwood this weekend for some great
baseball action and to cheer on the Victory League
teams. If you can't make it to the games be sure
to listen to all the action on KLTF radio (960
AM). Good luck to the Express and Steves!
- Updated the roster pages with 2007 statistics.
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August 12th, 2007
- Joe Thoma took home the final weekly
MVP award. See the
results here.
- Added the Ski of the Year Poll.
- Congratulations to the Holdingford Express on winning
the region 8C tournament.
- Congratulations to the St. Stephen Steves on qualifying
for the state tournament.
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August 7th, 2007
- Updated the lifetime
statistics.
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August 6th, 2007
- We have some smart voters. In the
latest poll 90% of them said that the Express would be
one of the two teams going to state. However, if
St. Mathias beats St. Stephen next weekend 32% of
those voters will be smarter than the rest. See
what I'm talking about here.
- Updated the final overall statistics.
- Added a new poll.
- Ski of the year poll coming soon.
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August 5th, 2007
- Congratulations to the Holdingford Express on advancing to the State Tournament.
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August 4th, 2007
- The Skis season ends when the Randall Cubs score 5 runs in the bottom of the ninth without an out recorded to take the game 9-8. Check the region bracket for all the scores.
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August 2nd, 2007
- It was a very close race, and all nominees
got votes, but in the end draftee John Fuchs took
home the MVP honors for
the first week of regions. See the numbers and
read the numerous comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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August 1st, 2007
- Added 35 pictures
from the region tournament.
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July 31st, 2007
- Be sure to listen to the Mike Max show tonight on WCCO
(830 AM). The Victory League's own Scott
Beniek will be on among others talking amateur baseball.
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July 30th, 2007
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
- Added game recaps.
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July 29th, 2007
- The Skis survived a 3-2 win over Lastrup today to
move on in the region tournament. Check the region
playoffs section for all the scores.
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July 28th, 2007
- The Skis dropped game one of the regions to St.
Mathias 6-5 in eleven innings. They now play Lastrup
tomorrow at 11:00 am. Check the region playoffs section
for all the scores.
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July 26th, 2007
- As expected, Beau Hanowski ran away with
the MVP voting this
week. It's his second win of the season. See
the numbers and read the comments here.
- This weekend marks the first weekend of the region 8C
tournament. Eight teams, eight games, two days,
two eliminated, six survive to play on. It can
almost be likened to the first two days of the NCAA
basketball tournament, only better.
It's wall-to-wall ball. Starting at 11:00 am on
Saturday morning there will be baseball nearly
twenty-four of the following thirty-six hours.
Making it better is the fact that there are no
"Cinderella" teams for a #1 seeds to walk all
over. It's the best of the best locking up in two grueling
days of hard fought battle.
Anyone of this years participants could come out on
top. The St. Stephen Steves (11-2), Lastrup Lakers
(11-2), Sobieski Skis (10-3), and the Pierz Brewers
(10-3) boast some pretty lofty regular season records,
but the others are no slouch. Holdingford (8-5) is
on a nice winning streak, taking out perennial region
qualifier Avon in their road to the tourney.
Randall (8-5) comes to the table with one of the most
dominant players not only in the Victory League in Jason
King, but also in the state as proven in the past couple
years. Don't let the 8-5 records of St. Mathias
and Fort Ripley fool you either. They both
survived the hard fought North division where three
quality teams beat up on each other during league play.
Expect games where one run will be cheered like it's the
most important run of the season and a two run lead will
feel like five. The atmosphere in Pierz will be
electric, the weather steamy, and the teams focused on
one goal. Winning one of the toughest regions in
the state and a berth to the 2007 State Tournament.
So, if you're a fan of one of the teams, or just want to
see some great amateur baseball make a beeline to Pierz
Saturday and Sunday. If you can't make the games
you can hear all the action as it unfolds courtesy
of KLTF radio (960 AM).
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July 23rd, 2007
- Added a new poll (though I think it's a mere
formality).
- Updated the statistics.
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July 22nd, 2007
- The Skis are the West division playoff
champions. They defeated the Randall Cubs this
afternoon 8-2, to hang another banner. They now
advance to the region tournament to face the St. Mathias
Devils, #2 seed from the North, in Pierz at 11:00 am
next Saturday.
- The Skis drafted John Fuchs and Jamie Leners of
the Blue Jays.
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July 21st, 2007
- Congratulations to the Randall Cubs, Pierz Brewers
and the Holdingford Express on advancing to the region
8C tournament.
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July 20th, 2007
- The Ski MVP voting
was a tight race between two with a couple others
picking up votes as well. In the end Jon Czech
took home his seventeenth MVP award. See the
numbers and read the comments here.
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July 16th,
2007
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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July 15th, 2007
- The Skis beat the Cubs 11-7 today in the West playoffs.
- Updated the divisional
brackets and the region
bracket.
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July 14th, 2007
- The Skis beat the Riverdogs 12-1 in seven innings
to advance in the West playoffs to play the Randall Cubs
tomorrow in Sobieski.
- Congratulations to the St. Mathias Devils on punching
a ticket to regions with a 10-0 win today.
- Updated the regular season record rank to
include the 2007 records. See it here
(at the bottom).
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July 13th, 2007
- It's Friday the 13th and the numbers for
the latest polls are scary close. See the results
of the tight races and read the comments here.
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July 10th, 2007
- The Skis finished the season ranked #3 in
the Hardballer
Top Ten.
- Added 27 pictures from the old-timers game.
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July 9th, 2007
- Craig Kern finished the regular season MVP
list with his first win of the season and second all
time. See the numbers and read the comment here.
- Added a new poll.
- Updated the divisional brackets.
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July
4th,
2007
- Happy Independence Day.
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July 2nd,
2007
- There were a lot of Kool-Aid drinkers voting in
the weekend poll. See the numbers and read the
comments here.
- The Skis begin the Victory League
Western Division playoffs on Saturday, July 14th at 1:30
when they host the winner of the Flensburg/Royalton
play-in game.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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July 1st,
2007
- The Skis dropped the last regular season game to the
Cubs, 6-4.
- Updated the divisional
playoff brackets.
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June 30th,
2007
- Congratulations to the Fort Ripley Rebels on winning
the North division title.
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June 28th,
2007
- Simon Waltman takes his first MVP
award of the year and extends his all time lead.
It was another tight race with all nominees getting at
least one vote. See how it shook out and read the
comments here.
- With the weekend split in Pierz the Skis dropped one
spot in the Hardballer
Top Ten to #3.
- Added a new poll.
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June 24th,
2007
- The Skis split the Pierz double header last
night. Beating the Bulldogs 13-0 in seven, and
losing to the Brewers 2-1 in ten. More info to
come.
- Congratulations to the Lastrup Lakers and the St.
Stephen Steves on clinching their divisions.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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June 23rd,
2007
- It was a competitive vote, but in the end Jake
Kluver came out on top and won his first Ski
MVP award. See the numbers and read the
comments here.
- Added 2007 divisional and region brackets.
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June 21st,
2007
- Once again the Skis hold onto the #2 spot in the Hardballer
Top Ten. They are back to VL play this weekend
with two tough games in Pierz on Saturday
afternoon/night.
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June 18th,
2007
- Congratulations to the Midway Snurdbirds on
winning the 2007
Skis Tournament with a 3-0 record. The
remaining three teams all tied for second with a 1-2
record.
- The voters think that the Pierz/Avon combo is the best
choice for the Region tournament. See the numbers
and read the comments here.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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June 17th,
2007
- Happy Fathers Day!
- With the Royalton win over the Randall Cubs today the
Skis have secured the 2007 West Division
Championship! Congratulations to the Skis.
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June 15th,
2007
- It was an easy win for Aaron Hennes in
this weeks Ski MVP
voting. He took all but one vote. It's
Aaron's second MVP win and first since the 2000 season.
See who got the other one and read the comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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June 14th,
2007
- The Skis hold on to the #2 spot in the Hardballer
Top Ten this week.
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June 11th,
2007
- This weekend the Skis will be hosting their
annual tournament at the Sobieski ball park and there
will be FREE ADMISSION
for all fans! See you all at the ball
park.
- Congratulations to Skis
first baseman Jon Czech and centerfielder Aaron
Hennes, who were named to the 2007 Hamburg Coors
Classic All Tournament Team.
- The voters overwhelmingly thought that the Upsala
1-8 start was the most surprising option in the poll
over the weekend. The Blue Jays must have taken it
to heart as they won big twice over the weekend to move
their record to 3-8. See the numbers here.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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June 9th,
2007
- Skis hold on to the #2 spot in this weeks Hardballer
Top Ten.
- The Skis lost game one of the Hamburg Tourney 7-0
against Carver yesterday, and won game two today 4-2
over Montgomery. They will play for the
consolation championship tomorrow at 3:30 pm.
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June 7th,
2007
- The numbers
were small, but Nathan Olson won his third MVP
award of the year. It's his fifteenth win
overall which puts him in third all time.
- Added a new poll.
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June 5th,
2007
- Added some more information on the Hamburg
Coors Classic. See the complete bracket here.
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June 4th,
2007
- The votes thought that the back and forth
game against the Lakers was more entertaining than the
lop-sided win the day before. But by how
much? See the numbers and read the comments here.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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June 3rd,
2007
- The Skis once again make it a weekend sweep with a 9-8
win over the Riverdogs.
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June 2nd,
2007
- The Skis took game two in the season series with the
Blue Jays, 2-1. Lonny Hutchins drove in Nathan
Olson for the winning run with a two out single in
the bottom of the eighth.
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June 1st,
2007
- The Skis dropped one spot to #2 in the Hardballer Top
Ten this week. See the full list here.
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May 31st,
2007
- It wasn't quite unanimous, but Jeff Thoma
easily added a Ski MVP
award to his previously announced Victory League MVP
award for his weeks effort. See the numbers,
comments, and who else took a vote here.
- This week is the last week of league play until June
23rd with the Skis playing in two tournaments in the
following weeks. It also features two tough divisional
games. First up the Upsala Blue Jays. It
doesn't matter if the Jays are at the bottom of the
standings and the Skis are at the top, whenever these
two teams get together it's always a hard fought
game. Then the Skis go to Royalton to take on the
surging Riverdogs. The Riverdogs won two last
weekend and will be looking to even the season series
with the Skis. That game also marks the first time
the Skis will be featured on the Victory League game of
the week. If you can't make it out to the ballpark
be sure to listen to KLTF radio (960 AM) for all the
action.
- Added a new poll.
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May 30th,
2007
- Added 32 new pictures.
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May 28th,
2007
- The Skis split the weekend with a lopsided win
and a topsy-turvy loss. On Sunday they beat the
Billygoats 29-3 in seven innings while on Monday they
fell one comeback short against the Lakers of Lastrup
and lost for the first time this season, 11-10 in eleven
innings.
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May 24th,
2007
- The Skis are #1 in Hardballers Top Ten for the 6th
week. See the full results here.
- Two home games this week against the East
division. One is a perennial power and the other
is the undefeated leader of the East. Sounds like
games you should attend!
- Nathan Olson becomes the first two time winner
of the Ski MVP award in
2007. It wasn't easy though. The race for
the top was close and not only did all nominees get
votes, but even non-nominees got votes! The first
ever write in campaign fell a little short though.
See who it was, the final numbers, and read the comments
here.
- Added a new poll.
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May 21st,
2007
- The majority of voters think inter-league play is
alright. See the numbers and read the comments here.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added a new poll.
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May 20th,
2007
- The Skis made it a weekend sweep with a 5-1 win over
Flensburg today. More info to come.
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May 19th,
2007
- The Skis took game one of the weekend in Randall in
comeback fashion. They trailed 3-1 in the ninth
before winning 4-3 in ten innings. Up next, the
rematch with the Falcons.
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May 18th,
2007
- Third week of the season and the third different Ski
Weekly MVP. Nathan Olson wins it this
time in a close vote. All the nomniees got at
least one vote. See how close it was and read the
comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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May 16th,
2007
- The Skis are once again #1 in Hardballers Top
Ten. See the full results here.
Two more tough divisional games this week, on the road,
will put them to the test.
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May 15th,
2007
- Updated the statistics.
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May 14th,
2007
- Added the game recaps from last weekend.
- Added a new poll.
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May 13th,
2007
- The Skis took game one of the Blue Jays series, 6-1
yesterday.
- The Skis made it a weekend sweep with a 10-1 win over
the Falcons. Game recaps to come...
- Two brave souls selected the Twins to win the AL
Central this year, but was it enough? See the
results and read the comments here.
- Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's.
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May 11th,
2007
- Joe Thoma
easily won this weeks Ski MVP
award. See the numbers and read the comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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May 10th,
2007
- The Skis remain #1 in week four of Hardballers Top
Ten. See the full results here.
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May 7th,
2007
- It appears that baseball fans do not correlate to
action movie fans. See the results of the latest
poll and read the comments here.
- Updated the statistics.
- Added 24 pictures.
- Added a new poll.
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May 3rd,
2007
- Beau Hanowski was the overwhelming favorite for
the first Ski of the week.
See the numbers and read the comments here.
- Added a new poll.
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April 30th,
2007
- The make up game vs. Upsala that was rained out
earlier this season has been set. It will take
place on Saturday, May 12th in Upsala at 1:30 pm.
- Updated the stats.
- Added a new poll.
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April 29th,
2007
- The Skis win the first league game beating
Foley 12-0 in seven innings. They lead the West
after week one as the remaining West teams lost their league
opener. Stats and recaps to come.
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April 28th,
2007
- The Skis start the season with a win.
They beat Staples 12-2 in seven innings this
afternoon.
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April 22nd,
2007
- The weather wins again. For the
second weekend in a row the game was postponed due to
weather. No make up date for the Upsala game has
been set.
- The start time for the game against Staples this
coming Saturday has been moved back a half hour to 2:00
pm, in Sobieski.
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April 21st,
2007
- The voters think the Skis will win the West
with Upsala coming in second. See the complete
results and read the comments here.
The two teams will kick off the season tomorrow in
Upsala.
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April 20th,
2007
- Updated the Skis Tournament with teams and
game times. This year the Skis welcome Clarissa,
Sauk Centre, and Midway. Check the entire
tournament schedule here.
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April 19th,
2007
- The Skis are ranked #1 in this years inaugural
top ten! See the complete list here.
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April 18th,
2007
- The Skis look to finally get
the season started this weekend against the division
rival Upsala Blue Jays. The game is scheduled for
Sunday at 1:30 in Upsala, be sure to attend and cheer on
the Skis.
- SobieskiSkis.com goes over 100,000 visitors!
Thanks to all the loyal fans that make this a successful
venture.
- Added a new poll.
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April 12th,
2007
- The Skis game this weekend
against Pearl Lake has been cancelled due to the
weather. No make up date has been set.
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March 29th,
2007
- Updated the roster page with the
2007 team. Also added a new and improved look.
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March 19th,
2007
- The results of the preseason poll
are now available. See where your team landed and
read the comments here.
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March 17th,
2007
- The preseason poll is now
closed. The results will be posted soon..
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March 10th,
2007
- The preseason poll will end on
March 18th at 12:00 pm or when the vote total reaches
100, whichever comes first.
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March 9th,
2007
- The Flyers dropped game two to
Albert Lea 5-2, ending their state tournament run.
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March 7th,
2007
Ben Hanowski scores in the 2nd to
put the Flyers ahead 3-2, but the Hawks take the game
6-3.
- The Flyers fell to the number one
team in the class A tournament, 6-3. A 4 goal 3rd
period including an empty netter propelled the Hawks to
the victory. The Flyers will now move into the
consolation bracket to face Albert Lea at 12:30 pm
tomorrow.
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March 5th,
2007
- Good luck to Sobieski Skis
players Beau Hanowski, Ben Hanowski, Logan Kalis, and
Andrew Lange as they and the rest of the Little Falls
Flyers take on Hermantown in the MN State Boys Hockey
Tournament on Wednesday at 6:00 pm.
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February 26th,
2007
- Filled in the rest of the regular season
schedule.
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February 24th,
2007
- Added the 2007 Victory League Pre-Season
Poll. Get your votes in now! Only one entry
per person per day will be counted.
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February 22nd,
2007
- Updated the 2007 schedule with a new date
for the Staples game.
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January 25th,
2007
- Added the first games of the 2007 schedule!
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January 22nd,
2007
- Added some more history with the 2000 standings.
See the 2000 standings here
and the new cumulative standings here.
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January 8th,
2007
ATTENTION MANAGERS:
The First Victory League meeting of the 2007 season
will be held at the 10 Spot Bar & Lounge in
Royalton, Friday January 19th at 7:00 pm.
Note the location and time change.
The 10 Spot is on highway 10 in Royalton. All
teams in the Victory League must have a representative
at this meeting. The agenda will include league schedules,
playoff schedules, umpire assignments and other topics.
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January 1st,
2007
- Happy New Year.
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