NEW Playoff Schedule!
Wadena Minor Sports Wildcats vs Wynyard Blues 10:00
Rosebud Royals vs Stoney Creek Braves 12:00
Foam Lake Merchants Fastball Club vs winner of 10:00 game 2:00

Tournament Rules
➢ 7 inning games
➢ Mercy Rule in effect
o 15 up after 3
o 7 up after 5
➢ International Tie-Breaking Rules in effect

Finals Standings set after 4 Games June 20th

June 20th Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League:
Stoney Creek Braves 11 Fishing Lake Cubs 1 Syd Keshane WP;
Stoney Creek Braves 6 Rosebud Royals 3 WP Rodney Hather WP;
Foam Lake Merchants defeated Wynyard Blues twice 15-3 and 12-8 James Anderson WP in both
HR: Korby Koshman, Greg Beaudoin

Even though the Blues still face the Fishing Lake Cubs once more game, the June 20th games Solidify the Final standings:
Foam Lake Merchants 8-2
Stoney Creek Braves 7-3
Rosebud Royals 6-4
Wynyard Blues 4-4-1
Fishing Lake Cubs 3-6
Wadena Wildcats 0-9-1

Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League Playoffs are set to start Saturday at 10:00 in Wynyard with the Wynyard Blues (4th) against the Fishing Lake Cubs (5th) and Wadena Wildcats (6th) to face the Rosebud Royals (3rd). Stoney Creek and Foam Lake Merchants earned first round byes and await the winners of the 10:00 games with the Braves (2nd) on the Wildcats/Royals side of the draw. The playoffs are a double knockout format finishing Sunday.

The Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League has some important games this week with the Playoff Picture very unclear. Four teams are battling for the top two spots and the first round bye’s in the playoffs. With a 10 game season the current standings are:

Foam Lake Merchants 6-2
Wynyard Blues 4-2-1
Rosebud Royals 6-3
Stoney Creek Braves 5-3
Fishing Lake Cubs 3-5
Wadena Wildcats 0-9-1

Tuesday Night will be moving day in the league with Playoffs looming. The Braves have a pair of games in Wadena against the Cubs at 5:00 and against the Royals at 7:00 and The Merchants host a double header against the Blues starting at 6:30. After Tuesday the only remaining games will be the Braves vs Cubs and Blues vs Cubs. League Playoffs are set for Saturday and Sunday with a true double knockout format in Wynyard, SK. 1st place plays winner of 4vs5, and 2nd plays winner of 3vs6.

Recent results

Rosebud Royals 4
Wadena Wildcats 1
WP: James Holowaty
HR: Dylon Murias (Royals)
Pictures: Caleb Hamilton

The two Wadena based teams did battle on a nice night in Wadena Monday June 19th in the Richardson Pioneer Men`s Fastball League. The younger Wadena Wildcats jumped out to 1-0 lead in the 1st stranding 2 runners. In the second the Rosebud Royals Scott Comfort had a lead off double and was quickly cashed in with a single to left-center by James Holowaty, who pitched the complete game for the Royals. The Royals followed that up with a two-run homerun in the 3rd by Dylon Murias and with Dane Ward scoring off a Shane Scheschuck hit in the 5th. The Wildcats Nathan Pomedli pitched the complete game and kept the Royals batters fairly quiet with help from the game star Caleb Hamilton at 3rd. Hamilton made multiple solid plays on the hot corner on some hard hit balls to the delight of a large crowd.

Submitted by the Foam Lake Merchants:
Foam Lake Merchants 3
Stoney Creek Braves 0
WP: James Anderson

The Foam Lake Merchants split the double header with the Stoney Creek Braves June 16th in Foam Lake. It was a great night for ball! Thanks to all of the fans who came out to watch the Merchants and support the Foam Lake Minor Ball concession.
Game 1:
James Anderson pitched 7 shutout innings and was backed by the solid Merchants defense in a 3-0 win. Greg Beaudoin and Kyle Jones hooked up for a couple of nice double plays which kept the Braves off the scoreboard. Brennan Hack and Zach Zadorazniak went 2-2 to lead the Merchants at the plate.

Game 2:
Foam Lake Merchants 5
Stoney Creek Braves 6

The Merchants got out to an early lead but the Braves bats got hot in the 3rd and 4th innings to carry the Braves to a 6-5 win. Ryan Junop pitched 4 solid innings with James Anderson coming in for 2 innings to close the game. Carson and Logan Kristjanson led the Merchants with strong games in the field and at the plate.

Cubs and Royals split a double header in Fishing Lake June 8th. The Rosebud Royals started Steve Moulding in the first game and held a lead into the 7th when the Cubs took the lead with a big 6 run inning. The Royals had a more steady attack on Cubs Pitcher Corbet Sabit scoring a few runs each inning. The Cubs held on for a one run win after Jordan Thiessen brought the Royals within one with a 2 run double off the top of the wall. The Royals were unable to cash Jordan in for the tie. Dylon Murias had a home run in the game and Corbet Sabit was credited with the 11-10 win.

In game two the Royals sent James Holowaty to the mound against the Cubs Hal Machiskinic. The game was 5-1 through 4 innings but the Royals scored a bunch in the 5th inning and took the win 12-5. Chad Paquachan had a home run in the game.

_Pictured is Brynn Achtymichuk ripping a 2 run double. Brynn had a great day at the plate reaching all but two times in two games. _

Tayler Jordan lead the Blues to a victory against the Wildcats in the Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League on June 6th. Taylor went 5 for 5, hit THREE homeruns, and was the winning pitcher in a 21-9 victory. Mike Jordan pitched the second half of the game for the Wynyard Blues while Luke Ochitwa, Kolten Paquachan and Nathen Pomedli shared the mound for the Wadena Wildcats. Nathen Pomedli also had a home run in the game. The next game for the Blues is Wednesday June 14th in Fishing Lake while the Wildcats face the Rosebud Royals in Wadena.

WYNYARD BLUES 21
WADENA WILDCATS 9
WP: Tayler Jordan
Blues HR: Tayler Jordan 3
Wildcats HR: Nathen Pomedli

Wadena Ball Days wrapped up with a pair of games in the Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League Saturday night. The first game say the Fishing Lake Cubs come to town and pick up a win against the young Wadena Wildcat team. The score was 4-2 after 3 but the cubs bats hit their stride for a 14-3 final score. The Cubs send Corbet Sabit and Hal Machiskinic to the mound and the Wildcats had Coltin Paquachan, Lucas Ochitwa, and Nate Pomedli share the duties. Coltin Paquachan had a homerun in addition to his pitching duties while Lucas went 2 for 2 adding a walk.

FISHING LAKE CUBS 14
WADENA WILDCATS 3
WP: Corbit Sabit
HR: Coltin Paquachan

The final game of the day saw a good battle between the Foam Lake Merchants and the Rosebud Royals. The Merchants jumped to a 4-2 lead through two but the Royals answered back in the 4th with a 5-run inning. The Merchants rallied in the top of the 7th with 4 runs of their own but the Royals held them off for a 11-8 victory. The Royals James Holowaty pitched 6 1/3 innings with Neil Finch coming in to close out the 7th. For the Merchants Kevin Garinger went 4 for 4 with a Homerun and Brodie Lamb went 3 for 3. The pitchers for the Merchants were Kevin Garinger (4 innings) and James Anderson (2 innings). The Royals Mason Nedjelski and James Holowaty both reached base every at bat.

ROSEBUD ROYALS 11
FOAM LAKE MERCHANTS 8
WP: James Holowaty
HR: Kevin Garinger

Pictured: Cubs player/coach Rocky Nanaquawetung just about to swing and hit a double in the 6th Inning. Inset picture is Rocky reaching second.