The Minnesota state amateur baseball tournament — better known as "town ball" by its fans — ended Monday with the Nisswa Lightning defeating the Buckman Billygoats 12-3 in the championship game of the Class C tournament in Faribault. Jeremiah Pipekorn was 4-for-5 with four RBI for Nisswa, which earned its first state amateur title.
Nisswa wins Class C, Rochester takes Class B in state amateur finals
Nisswa defeated Buckman 12-3 for the Class C title Monday after Rochester took the Class B title in 12 innings on Sunday.
September 6, 2022 at 2:01AM
Rochester rallied to defeat Champlin Park, 4-3, in 12 innings to win the Class B State title late Sunday in Dundas.
The Royals scored two runs in the bottom of the 12th after Champlin Park had scored a run in the top of the inning.
Rochester pitcher Matt Meyer was named the MVP of the Class B tournament. He was 4-0 with a 0.57 ERA and allowed just two earned runs and struck out 37 in 31 2/3.
More details of the Class B game are here.
More on the Class C final is here.
St. Louis Park yielded only one run in five games to win the Class A tournament last month.
Final tournament brackets with complete results are here for Class B and C and here for Class A.
Evidence exists that some recent Grand Turkeys changed their behavior after receiving the prestigious honor. Inspired, The Chairman declares this the Make the Turkeys Great Again era.
