For the fourth time in the past six seasons, the Saint Joseph Saints qualified for the Class C State Tournament.  However, the end result has now been the same all four times - a tough loss in the second round - this time coming to the Midway Snurdbirds by a score of 2-0 in Willmar on Friday night.  The Saints couldn't muster any offense, collecting just three hits in the game while only having five total base runners, and striking out a season-high 15 times.  Chad Krueger had two infield hits and Brent Schloe had a single for all of the team's offense.  Chad Schwegel took the loss on the mound, allowing two runs on six hits, one walk, and two strikeouts over five innings of work.  Josh Vorpahl, a draftee from the St. Cloud Ultimate Sports Snappers, pitched the last four innings without allowing a hit or a walk and struck out five.

Midway scored both of their runs with two outs in the top of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead that would hold for the entire game.  A hit batter, a walk, and a clutch two-run double hit perfectly into the right field corner was all the Snurdbirds would need as the Saints couldn't find a way to score any runs.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The off-season, unfortunately.  The Saints would like to thank all of our families and friends for another fun and eventful season.  Most people never gave the Saints a chance to even get out of the division playoffs, much less make it to state, so to say the season was successful is somewhat of an understatement.  The Saints finished with a 25-15 overall record, improving significantly on the 16-19 record from 2009.

Complete individual stats will be posted soon as well as a season summary.  Good luck to all remaining teams at the Class B and C state tournaments and a big thank you goes out to Willmar, Bird Island, and Spicer for a job well done in hosting this year's events.  See you in 2011!