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Posted Oct 2/09 - 2009 Wildcats State Tourney Photos Now Available

Hey fellas....

Posted Sep 18/09 - Newest Future Wildcat

The Winsted Wildcats will begin scouting their newest prospect in the very near future!

Max Bradley Schlagel was born this morning and tipped the scales at 8lbs, 6oz. Max was 20 inches long.

"Wildcats Nation" sends a big "congrats" out to Neil, Susie, Greta and Lincoln!

Posted Sep 13/09 - 2nd Annual Wildcats Open (9-26-09)

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Posted Sep 9/09 - Two Wildcats Named to "All-Tourney Team"

A big "congrats" goes out to both Greggy Kohler and Josh Anthony (draftee Watertown) on being named to the "2009 Class C All-Tournament Team." Well done, fellas! Well done!

Sorry for the delay, folks. It's taken me a couple of days to clear the "cobwebs." As Will Ferrell said in the movie "Old School," "It got crazy last night!" That pretty much sums up mine and a few other Wildcats evening at the Dodge House on Sunday.

On Sunday, September 6th, 2009, the Winsted Wildcats bid for a state championship came to an end.

The Wildcats lost 1-0 to the Hanska Lakers at Arlington. The Wildcats Tony Kley got his first start of the State Tourney, throwing 6 no-hit innings before allowing a freak Hanska run in the 7th inning. TK attempted to "kick save" a hard-hit Hanska grounder at the mound, only to have the ball carreen into shallow left field. The Hanska runner alertly took off from 2nd base and scored without a play at the plate. Who would have thought that would be the Wildcats would end their season?

Hanska pitcher Josh Hadley spread out the 8 Wildcats hits over the course of 9 solid innings. The Wildcats had a couple of opportunites with runners at 1st & 3rd with 1 out, only to hit into a line-drive double play. It was as frustrating of a game I have witnessed these past two seasons. We simply couldn't get things going. You need a little bit of luck to be success in these games. On Sunday, our luck simply ran out.

The loss meant the Winsted Wildcats wrapped up their 2nd, 4th place finish in the Class C State Tourney in the past 3 seasons. This means, for the 2010 season, the Wildcats will be moved up to Class B.

Game Awards....

"The Bike Athletic Supporter Award" goes to: Who else? Matt Wroge...Wroge took a hard liner to shortstop right in the "grapes." Wroge has prided himself the past two seasons by not wearing any "protection" while playing in the field. He calls it "pride," I call it "nuts" (no pun intended). It's safe to say, that the entire Wildcats team got the last laugh on this one.

The "Baseball Gods Were With Us Award" goes to: I'm not really sure, but think I have a good idea. In the bottom of the 9th, the Wildcats were down to their last out when draftee Josh Anthony was put in to pinch hit. Anthony hit a lazy fly ball to shallow centerfield that should have been an easy catch to end the game. Somehow, at the very last second, the ball drifted towards shallow right field and the center fielder dropped the ball, allowing Anthony to advance to 2nd base. Now I usually don't buy into this stuff, but I'm thinking that Kenny "Fossil" Norman may have had something to do with that ball being dropped. What do you think?

Posted Sep 5/09 - Wildcats Top Blue Earth, 2-1

The Wildcats topped the Blue Earth Pirates Saturday afternoon in Arlington, by a score of 2-1.

Posted Sep 4/09 - Wildcats lose tough one, 4-3 to St. Cloud Ortho

The Wildcats faced their stiffest opponent of the 2009 season tonight, and the end result reflected that as well. The Wildcats lost a heart breaker to St. Cloud Ortho with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, by a score of 4-3.