North Dakota Preps

This is the team we came up with at work the other day....yea i work hard at my job! :D  we decided to go 21st centry since it was too hard to go back to the 90's and beyond.

im going to stick with the class A team since i am not as familiar with class B baseball and dont want to leave a B player out.   

agree/disagree?

Catcher- Dan Roberts( minot)  Reserves: Joel Stuglemyer (bismarck) Mike Feldman (Bismarck) ___? Peterson (fargo south catcher)  Ryan Jungling (mandan) 

1st Base- Brian Devillers (Grand Forks) Reserves: Tate Meyhoff (mandan) Zach Elgie (minot) Mike Lorz (fargo)  Tyler Liffrig (williston)

2nd Base- Tyler Frenzel (dickinson) Reserves:  Robbie Bina (grand forks) Travis Dressler (bismarck) Zach Wentz (Bismarck) Brain Sollemsaas (bismarck)

Shortstop- Danny Marto (Grand Forks)  Reserves: Mitch Kary (fargo) Andy Leer (williston) Nathan Burgard (dickinson) Scott Mikkelson (bismarck) 

3rd Base- Mike Klug (mandan)  Reserves: Andrew Gudmundson (minot) Valdie Magstadt (beulah) Reid Arnold (Fargo) Cole Frenzel (dickinson) Matt Lundeen (minot) Jeremy Flaig (Fargo)

Left Field- Jake Marto (grand Forks) Reserves:  Phil Shirek (minot) Ross Olson (fargo) Jeremy Burgard (Dickinson) Josh Lagein (Devils Lake)

Center Field- Ron Bethke (mandan) Reserves: Dan White (jamestown) Zach Bertschi (fargo) Dale Allard (minot) James Hennessey (williston) Pat Kallenback (dickinson)

Right Field- Tyler Lundy (Minot) Reserves: corey? Weidner (Beulah) Nevin Sorenson (williston) Andy Sadler (Grand Forks) Jordan Huelett (minot)

Designated Hitter- Zach Elgie (Minot) Reserves:  Cole Frenzel (Dickinson) Nate Pederson (fargo) Tyler Jangula (williston) Ben Sherer (Bismarck)

Pitcher- Phil Shirek (minot)  Reserves: Charlie Shirek (minot) Jason Schutt (Jamestown) Reed Kittelson (Fargo) Jake Laber (Fargo) Jake Landry (Grand Forks) Corey Nelson (Minot) Jake Marto (Grand Forks) Brandon Messer (Dickinson) James Hennessey (Williston) Andrew Gudmundson (Minot) Tyler Lundy (minot) Dan White (jamestown)

LINEUP

1. Jake Marto (L)

2. Danny Marto (R)/Tyler Frenzel (R)

3. Ron Bethke (L)

4. Mike Klug (R)

5. Tyler Lundy (R)

6.  Brian Devillers (L)

7. Zach Elgie (R)

8. Dan Roberts (R)

9. Danny Marto (R) /Tyler Frenzel (R)

I tried for a mix of speed, power and hitting and these are the starters and lineup i like.

"All 21st Century Team", what a great name for a team that only encompasses 7 or 8 seasons.  Your day job must be in advertising or marketing!  

Nice job on the list.

would you rather it be called, "new millennuim team"?  and yes i work in advertising and marketing, good guess.  this is what happens when you sit around half the day and have idiots talking about baseball all the time.

No, your name is perfect.  Think how good that would sound on a resume!

Not a Tom Ebert fan?

The ony thing i see wrong with the list is that jordan huettle would not make it at right field. He is a 3rd basemen and is extremely slow. I would maybe replace him with Luke Teagle from Minot he was a great hitter i know i dont remember how great he was in the field.  Also you have already named a bunch of great pitchers but Kyle Carr, Tom Ebert, and Casey Deutsh are some more good ones. And Shane Gathman almost ended his high school season with a 0 ERA.

Most definitely, Casey Deutsch and Rob Bird Horse were pretty good.  Jordan Huettl though?  He is alright but nothing special.  His fielding is sloppy and he seems like hes all or nothing at the plate. 

Gathman had a good run during the HS season, but do his career accomplishments match the other pitchers on the list?  Probably too early to tell since he is still playing. 

Ebert should probably be on the list, but quitting his team during the seaon doesn't earn you a lot or respect for deals like this.

how long was gathman's streak wasnt it like 35 innings but didnt someone else have a longer streak this year just wondering who that was

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how long was gathman's streak wasnt it like 35 innings but didnt someone else have a longer streak this year just wondering who that was

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Lets all keep in mind that streak was during the first season of wood bats.

Gathman ended the season with a 0.72 ERA, teamate Sunhiem's was actually lower at 0.67, and Martinson's was very close at 0.86.  All pitched for Minot.   Gathman was very good, but just average among top HS pitchers.  There were a lot of impressive pitching accomplishments accross the state in the first wood bat season. 

Jon Hausauer from BHS ended his junior season with 44 innings pitched 1 earned run and a 0.16 ERA

shs01240 wrote:Not a Tom Ebert fan?

yes he should definitely be in there. very good pitcher....i'm sure theres a few more who were forgotten and left out as well.

i just didnt think gathman was anything special and doesnt compare to say a tom ebert. (who i forgot about:?)

and hausauer tops out at 76 with a babe ruth curveball.  that right there shows you that it doesnt take much to be effective with wood bats, how has he been doing this summer?

sauce, didnt hausauer get touched up at the WDA tourney? i thought i remember seeing that.

i dont think he did all i really know is he gave up 4 runs all season and only 1 was earned

for legion i havent really talked to him a lot i think he got a W aginst minot maybe dicky and i am pretty sure willy but i dont know

and its not his curveball that will screw you its his ability to locate his fastball and change up that will severly keep you off balance

sauce, quit talking about yourself. you are not good.....

he isn't talking about himself....Drew and Jon are two different people..

thank you i have already seen what happens when dumb people come here and talk about themselves

Saucesauer wrote:i dont think he did all i really know is he gave up 4 runs all season and only 1 was earned

for legion i havent really talked to him a lot i think he got a W aginst minot maybe dicky and i am pretty sure willy but i dont know

and its not his curveball that will screw you its his ability to locate his fastball and change up that will severly keep you off balance

during the williston game at WDA..he gave up 7 and at least 6 of them were earned

yes he beat jamestown the first round and then got shelled against williston he was pitching on 1 days rest

yea thats what i thought too

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Saucesauer wrote:i dont think he did all i really know is he gave up 4 runs all season and only 1 was earned

for legion i havent really talked to him a lot i think he got a W aginst minot maybe dicky and i am pretty sure willy but i dont know

and its not his curveball that will screw you its his ability to locate his fastball and change up that will severly keep you off balance

during the williston game at WDA..he gave up 7 and at least 6 of them were earned

ohh my bad BHS's web page must not be updated than

i_see_it_all wrote:This is the team we came up with at work the other day....yea i work hard at my job! :D  we decided to go 21st centry since it was too hard to go back to the 90's and beyond.

im going to stick with the class A team since i am not as familiar with class B baseball and dont want to leave a B player out.   

agree/disagree?

Catcher- Dan Roberts( minot)  Reserves: Joel Stuglemyer (bismarck) Mike Feldman (Bismarck) ___? Peterson (fargo south catcher)  Ryan Jungling (mandan) 

1st Base- Brian Devillers (Grand Forks) Reserves: Tate Meyhoff (mandan) Zach Elgie (minot) Mike Lorz (fargo)  Tyler Liffrig (williston)

2nd Base- Tyler Frenzel (dickinson) Reserves:  Robbie Bina (grand forks) Travis Dressler (bismarck) Zach Wentz (Bismarck) Brain Sollemsaas (bismarck)

Shortstop- Danny Marto (Grand Forks)  Reserves: Mitch Kary (fargo) Andy Leer (williston) Nathan Burgard (dickinson) Scott Mikkelson (bismarck) 

3rd Base- Mike Klug (mandan)  Reserves: Andrew Gudmundson (minot) Valdie Magstadt (beulah) Reid Arnold (Fargo) Cole Frenzel (dickinson) Matt Lundeen (minot) Jeremy Flaig (Fargo)

Left Field- Jake Marto (grand Forks) Reserves:  Phil Shirek (minot) Ross Olson (fargo) Jeremy Burgard (Dickinson) Josh Lagein (Devils Lake)

Center Field- Ron Bethke (mandan) Reserves: Dan White (jamestown) Zach Bertschi (fargo) Dale Allard (minot) James Hennessey (williston) Pat Kallenback (dickinson)

Right Field- Tyler Lundy (Minot) Reserves: corey? Weidner (Beulah) Nevin Sorenson (williston) Andy Sadler (Grand Forks) Jordan Huelett (minot)

Designated Hitter- Zach Elgie (Minot) Reserves:  Cole Frenzel (Dickinson) Nate Pederson (fargo) Tyler Jangula (williston) Ben Sherer (Bismarck)

Pitcher- Phil Shirek (minot)  Reserves: Charlie Shirek (minot) Jason Schutt (Jamestown) Reed Kittelson (Fargo) Jake Laber (Fargo) Jake Landry (Grand Forks) Corey Nelson (Minot) Jake Marto (Grand Forks) Brandon Messer (Dickinson) James Hennessey (Williston) Andrew Gudmundson (Minot) Tyler Lundy (minot) Dan White (jamestown)

LINEUP

1. Jake Marto (L)

2. Danny Marto (R)/Tyler Frenzel (R)

3. Ron Bethke (L)

4. Mike Klug (R)

5. Tyler Lundy (R)

6.  Brian Devillers (L)

7. Zach Elgie (R)

8. Dan Roberts (R)

9. Danny Marto (R) /Tyler Frenzel (R)

I tried for a mix of speed, power and hitting and these are the starters and lineup i like.

how often have most of those reserves played those positions?

I would put Elgie behind the plate. He is a great catcher. He makes it tough to steal on him because he has such a strong arm. With his hitting ability he needs to be in the line up and I also feel that he is a better catcher than Dan Roberts was.

Willy wrote:Gathman ended the season with a 0.72 ERA, teamate Sunhiem's was actually lower at 0.67, and Martinson's was very close at 0.86.  All pitched for Minot.   Gathman was very good, but just average among top HS pitchers.  There were a lot of impressive pitching accomplishments accross the state in the first wood bat season. 

Gathman would have ended his season with a lower ERA if he had not pitched in back to back days during the state tourney.

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Willy wrote:Gathman ended the season with a 0.72 ERA, teamate Sunhiem's was actually lower at 0.67, and Martinson's was very close at 0.86.  All pitched for Minot.   Gathman was very good, but just average among top HS pitchers.  There were a lot of impressive pitching accomplishments accross the state in the first wood bat season. 

Gathman would have ended his season with a lower ERA if he had not pitched in back to back days during the state tourney.

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Either way, he doesn't belong on this list.