AMATEUR BASEBALL
SDABA annual meeting set for Mitchell 
The annual meeting of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association will be Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Highland Conference Center in Mitchell.
January 21, 2010
S.D. splits on first day of over-35 World Series
PHOENIX — The South Dakota Rushmores went 1-1 Monday on the first day of the over-35 baseball World Series in Phoenix.
November 05, 2009
Jacklopes win 50-and-over title
LAS VEGAS — The South Dakota Jackalopes defeated the Denver Broncos 11-3 in the 50-and-over Senior World Series of Baseball championship game.
November 02, 2009
State amateur baseball tournament to return to Mitchell in 2011
After a one-year hiatus, the South Dakota state amateur baseball tournament will return to Mitchell in 2011, it was announced Monday.
Jim Johnston, longtime Mitchell Baseball Association member and tournament coordinator at the 2008 and 2009 state tournaments, said the state tournament will run Aug. 3-14, 2011.
By Leah Rado , September 22, 2009
Aberdeen claims over-40 state title
CANOVA — Aberdeen claimed the over-40 state baseball championship Sunday in Canova.
September 01, 2009
Opinion: Stars align for Canova’s state title
Here’s an answer to a question many Canova fans are wondering: Kevin Leighton will absolutely not play baseball next season — not one single game.
The Gang just captured their first state championship in 30 years, but who at Cadwell Park Sunday didn’t wonder if Leighton would at least play a handful of games next season?
By Luke Hagen , August 18, 2009
Record crowds attend 2009 tourney
Several records — both monetary and athletic — were broken at this year’s state amateur baseball tournament at Cadwell Park.
Nathan Hainy, of Wessington Springs and a pickup player for Miller/Wessington, set a new tournament record for batting average over the course of the tournament.
By Leah Rado , August 18, 2009
Canova wins first title since 1979
All is well in the state’s biggest small-town baseball community once again.
By Luke Hagen , August 17, 2009
Renner Monarchs win third straight Class A title
Derek Ohme pitched eight strong innings and the Renner Monarchs won their third consecutive Class state amateur baseball title, beating the Brookings Cubbys 4-2 Sunday afternoon at Cadwell Park.
Ohme pitched seven shutout innings before finally surrendering a two run homer to Billy McMacken in the eighth, helping Renner to its fifth title in the last six years.
By Matt Bunke , August 17, 2009
Canova will play Dell Rapids PBR in title game
Canova will try for its first amateur baseball title in 30 years on Sunday afternoon after beating Wessington-Miller 12-10 Saturday in a semifinal game of the Class B state amateur tournament at Cadwell Park.
By Matt Bunke , August 15, 2009
Hainy sets state tournament batting average record
Wessington-Miller's Nathan Hainy went 4-for-5 in Saturday's semifinal game against Canova in the state amateur baseball tournament at Cadwell Park, helping him set a new tournament record for batting average over the course of the tournament.
Hainy, who was actually a pickup player and normally plays for Wessington Springs, went 13-for-17 in the tournament, good for a .765 batting average before his team was eliminated in the 12-10 loss to Canova.
By Matt Bunke , August 15, 2009
Leighton, Canova hoping for state title
CANOVA — After a come-from-behind victory Thursday, 51-year-old Kevin Leighton told his team, the Canova Gang, that his body has two more games left in it.
By Luke Hagen , August 15, 2009
State amateur tournament resuts and schedule
Thursday's results and today's pairings in the Class B state amateur baseball tournament, under way in Mitchell.
August 15, 2009
Redfield rolls over Menno
Both teams had the bats going early in Friday’s quarterfinal game between Menno and Redfield.
Unfortunately for the Menno Mad Frogs, their bats slowed down, and Redfield’s just kept getting hotter.
By Matt Bunke , August 15, 2009
Eight eighth-inning runs push Canova over Mudcats 12-9
Canova’s eighth-inning clutch hitting sent the Gang within two wins of their first state title since 1979 Thursday night at the Class B state amateur tournament at Cadwell Park.
Pickup player Thomas Gulledge hit a two-out, two-RBI double to the right field corner in the bottom of the eighth, giving Canova a 10-9 lead — its first lead since the third inning.
By Luke Hagen , August 14, 2009
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