Tag Archives: Softball
E/SW Softball Finishes Fourth
By Mike Drooger E/SW 3 Red Lake Falls 1 (8 innings) In the wonderful atmosphere Mankato’s Caswell Park provides, the Edgerton/SW MN Christian Flying Dutchmen softball team was hoping to play three games for the eighth straight season. After beating
First Softball Playoff Is A-OK
By Mike Drooger – There are three main components to the game of softball—pitching, hitting, and defense. Very successful teams do well in all three. Another important aspect of softball is base running. Smart base runners and the fleet-of-foot can
E/SW Softball Blanked By Luverne
By Mike Drooger – On Tuesday, May 17, the Edgerton/SW MN Christian softball team traveled to New Ulm to take on the Greyhounds of New Ulm Cathedral. During most of the 110-mile trip, the bus rode through rain showers. Near
E/SW Softballers Quickly Dispose of HL-O/F to Win Conference Title
By Mike Drooger – The weather forecasters predicted a major storm to hit the Edgerton area around 5:30 on May 12. With that in mind, the start time of the softball game between the Edgerton/SW MN Christian Flying Dutchmen vs.
E/SW Softball Takes Double Dip From Falcons
By Mike Drooger – Rescheduling high school softball games is generally a certainty in Minnesota, and that rescheduling can be a headache for athletic directors, coaches, players, fans, and umpires. But the Edgerton/SW MN Christian Flying Dutchmen softball team welcomed
Another Cold Day — More Hot Bats and Pitching
By Mike Drooger – It’s spring in Minnesota. Sometimes, in order to get a softball game played, the teams have to play in less than desirable conditions. Such was the case Tuesday afternoon, April 19, when the Dragons of Adrian/Ellsworth
NO HITS, NO RUNS, NO ERRORS, NO ANYTHING!
By Mike Drooger – If the Edgerton/SW MN Christian Flying Dutchmen softball program had a sports information director, he or she would have been forced to burn the midnight oil on Tuesday, May 4, after E/SW’s game vs. Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda.
Dutchmen Cruise In The Cold
By Mike Drooger – It was mostly cloudy and 41 degrees in Edgerton on April 20 when the first pitch was thrown. For the Rebels of Murray County Central, it had to feel much colder than that, but for the
Softballers In Midseason Form
The Edgerton/SW Christian Flying Dutchmen were scheduled to open the 2021 softball season at home, but that game was washed out. That meant the first game of the season was held in Wanda. Did you just wonder to yourself, “Where’s
