The RVL is an association of amateur baseball clubs, organized into two separate divisions, governed by the rules of
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Region 6C final results, Jordan defeated Le Sueur 4-2 last night.
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- Jordan Brewers
#2
- Le Sueur Braves
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- Waterville Indians
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- St Peter Saints
Remembering Mike Poppitz, Long-Time Manager of the Victoria Vics
"There's a lot of pride in what you are presenting. There's never an end to how much you can get done. And I've got a lot of pride in the baseball field, so I just keep bangin' up there.” MP
Region 6C Draft:
Jordan:
Andy Regner (St. Peter)
Wilson Magers (St. Clair)
Kelvin Nelson (Waseca)
Blue Earth:
Lou Magers (St. Clair)
Derek Dahlke ( Belle Plaine)
Todd Rasmussen (Wells)
Waterville:
Nick Werk (Eagle Lake)
T. J. Nowak ( MN Lake)
Sam Carlson (St. Peter)
"The Voice of the Valley has found his final score." Mike Kennan's adult life was dedicated to supporting amateur sports, including
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Baseball as board president (37 years) & PA announcer, at a level that is practically unparalleled. His absence will be felt. ⚾️🎙️✨
The Henderson Independent: Bruce Hollom, Lon Berberich honored for baseball career contributions
>> Well-deserved recognition for long-serving RVL Secretary
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Dave Hartman of the State Amateur Baseball Board talks to Mike Max about the special first pitch at Wednesday's Twins game, thrown by Kim Glieden, who is battling cancer, and the news about a stroke recently suffered by Joe Driscoll.
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RVL and Jordan Brewer Alex Beckman named 12th annual DRS/RVL All Star Game Player of the Game. At the plate, Beckman was HBP, singled, scored two runs and drove in one. On the mound, Beckman closed the game with one unearned run in the RVL’s 10-6 win.
2018 RVL All-Stars (photo by Rachel Marie - Professional Photography: ) 📸
Game photos expected by Saturday & broadcast link by later today. We'll send out once available. All else, including a game recap, is currently available at
🌟🌟🌟ROSTERS & GAME-DAY DETAILS🌟🌟🌟 for the 2018 DRS - RVL All-Star Game at Memorial Park in Fairfax on Saturday, July 14!
Home run derby at 1:15 pm, first pitch at 2 pm. 💥⚾️🐦
#Region6C
bracket for the RVL & 13-60 League:
Note: For Sun., Aug. 5 games, the high seed is the home team and primary host sites Jordan, Gaylord, Blue Earth & Waterville will all host games at 6 pm.
Host-site details and rules:
River Valley League extends best wishes to 2020 tournament hosts Shakopee, Springfield and Milroy. Good luck to Region 6C representatives Jordan and Gaylord from the RVL, St. Clair from the 13-60 and Section 3B reps Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria and Prior Lake. It's tourney time!
Chaska fell to Hopkins Berries 3-0.
Shakopee wins in a thriller 7-5 over Plymouth HitDawg. Shakopee pitchers Vinny Schleper and Joey Connelly combine to fan 22 Plymouth hitters.
Shakopee advances to play the winner of Stockmen’s Irish/Moorhead Mudcats on Sun, 8/27 at 11am.
Updated
#Region6C
bracket (through Aug. 8)
Two RVL teams -- the winners of Gaylord/St. Peter & Belle Plaine/Jordan -- will punch their tickets to
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Nate Beckman's complete game, 3-hit, 14 K shutout leads Jordan to a 6-0 win, qualifying for their 36th state tournament appearance.
BP O-3-2
Jor. 6-10-0.
RVL C Standings:
Jordan 9-1
Belle Plaine 6-4
Arlington 5-5
St Clair 5-5
St Peter 5-5
Gaylord 3-7
Le Sueur 2-8
*JOR is the 1 seed
*BP, ARL, STC, STP will be seeds 2-5, order TBD
*GAYL, LS will be seeds 6-7, order TBD
RIver Valley League’s Jordan Brewers (30-7) will be the home team vs the North Star League’s Hutchinson Huskies (28-7) in Class C championship game today at Noon in Delano
Five State Tournament bids have been awarded.
Congratulations to:
2024: Jordan, Belle Plaine, Green Isle
2025: Brownton, Gaylord, Hutchinson
2026: New Prague, Shakopee, Jordan
2027: Cold Spring, Watkins, Avon
2028: Cannon Falls, Red Wing, Miesville
The preliminary league schedule was sent to teams yesterday and games will be locked in for the 2019 season (for the most part) at the Monday, Jan. 14 meeting at Neisen's Corner Bar in Belle Plaine. 7 pm start time.
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*PRESS RELEASE* for the 12th annual RVL-DRS All-Star Game! 💫⚾️💫
This year's contest is at Memorial Park in Fairfax on Sat., July 14 at 2 pm. 🗓️
Rosters, managers & honorary captains to be announced on July 6 ...▶️
PHOTO CREDIT:
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All Region 6C games postponed today. Continuing rain has become the issue.
Schedule, all 7:30pm games:
Monday night:
Waterville vs Waseca (in Jordan)
Morristown vs Le Sueur (in Gaylord)
Tuesday night:
Jordan vs Belle Plaine (in Jordan)
Blue Earth vs Gaylord (in Gaylord)
Section 3B has just two remaining seeds to lock in, based on the results of Shakopee/Prior Lake on Thursday. Standings and first round playoff information updated.
RVL Commissioner
@RonBeckman1
emailed the 2018 preliminary league schedule to teams this morning. Teams will discuss any changes this week before meeting formally next Monday, Jan. 15, 7 pm at Neisen's Bar in Belle Plaine, when the 2018 league schedule will be finalized. ⚾
6:15 - Ron Beckman, RVL President
6:25 - Scott Hollingsworth, Jordan
6:35 - Joe Kreger, MBA
6:45 - Lon Berberich, Henderson
6:55 - Matt Ruehling, Belle Plaine
7:05 - Le Sueur Braves
7:15 - Gary Schleper, Shakopee
7:25 - "Tex" Chapman, Prior Lake
7:30 - Jim Bartels, New Ulm 2020
RVL C Standings
Lg Rec OVR
Jordan 8-1 18-2
Belle Plaine 6-3 10-7
Arlington 5-5 8-8
St. Clair 4-5 5-5
Gaylord 3-5 6-8
St. Peter 3-5 5-6
Le Sueur 2-7 2-14
River Valley League action in Jordan tonight: Gaylord at Jordan. 16 year old Kyle Hvidsten homers in bottom of 1st giving Jordan a 1-0 lead. Starting pitcher Scott Hollingsworth struckout his 1,000th hitter as a Brewer in the 2nd and drove in two runs in the 4th. 3-0 after 4.
A public service announcement that the spambots are back en force in 2023 on Twitter & Facebook.
Do ❌NOT❌ click any of their "game day" or "live video" type links! 🙅🏼♂️
REGION 6C UPDATED SCHEDULE (games will start at 1:30 not 11:00)
1:30pm - Morristown vs Le Sueur
4:00pm - Waterville vs Waseca
7:00pm - Blue Earth vs Gaylord
Jordan vs Belle Plaine has been postponed. Game will be played in Jordan either Monday or Tuesday night TBD.
Region 6C schedule, Saturday 8/10 in Arlington:
Starts with a pair of state qualifier/elim games:
11:00 Waterville vs MN Lake
1:30 St. Peter vs St. Clair
Winners at 4:00 for 3rd place seeding, and the always important draft positioning.
7:00 Jordan vs Le Sueur (Championship)
RVL C Standings. Tonight’s game between Jordan and St. Peter does have seeding implications for St. Peter (and Le Sueur. A playoff series schedule update will be sent out after tonight’s game.
Section 3B Standings:
Burnsville 9-1
Shakopee 7-3
Chaska 7-4
Eagan 5-4
Young America 6-5
Victoria 4-6
Prior Lake 2-9
Chanhassen 1-9
*15 games left to be played over the next 11 days
Section 3B (Seeding notes to follow):
1. Burnsville (12-1)
Shakopee (9-4)
Chaska (9-5)
Eagan (6-6)
Young America (6-7)
Victoria (6-8)
7. Prior Lake (3-11)
8. Chanhassen (2-11)
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3 games left:
Tues:
Burnsville at Shakopee
Chanhassen at Eagan
Thurs:
Eagan at Young America
Donning the new
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lids -- not to mention Betsy Ross spectacles and a goatee that would make Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart proud -- is the one and only "Tex" Chapman.
River Valley League has its first Region 6C qualifier with Jordan's 10-0, 7-inning win over St. Peter. JHS senior Afton Koch's 3-run homerun capped a 6-run first inning. JHS graduate Kyle Hvidsten's 6th inning grand slam concluded the scoring.
First place in the River Valley League will be on the line Wednesday night in St. Peter when the 6-1 Jordan Brewers will face the 6-1 St. Peter Saints. Game time is 7:30 PM.