1912/ Waseca Wins Another Ball Game; Will. Foster plays with Albert Lea ball team; 1937/ Waseca's Bats Garner a High Season Rating; 1962/ Braves Rally Nips Henderson Sunday in Thriller 4-3; New Ulm Downs Vet's Midgets on One-Hitter 7-3; 1987/ Bluejays win at state behind Case's one-hitter; Szyszka, Miller named to All-League Softball Team; Bluejays' Tramp to play in All-Star Baseball Game; Bluejays take third at state baseball tournament.

1912/ Waseca Wins Another

    The ball game last Sunday, between the Waseca and Ellendale teams, resulted in a victory for Waseca by a score of 5 to 6. The local players felt confident from the first that they would win the game, and consequently did not exert themselves to the utmost at any time. Hartwick pitched a good, steady game, striking out five men and allowing but five hits.
    - 100 years ago, June 13, 1912, Waseca Herald

1912/ The City and County

    - Will. Foster played with the Albert Lea ball team last Sunday.
    - 100 years ago, June 13, 1912, Waseca Herald

1937/ Waseca's Bats Garner a High Season Rating

    According to press reports coming through the channels of The Owatonna Daily People's Press, the Waseca representatives of the Southern Minnesota League are causing no end of had-Eats to their opposition following a short glance at the season's ratings compiled recently which shows that the team is batting .331 for the season. Added to this the team has a .968 fielding record and consistent pitching which this year has yielded an average of eight trips to the plate for a .316 average per game.
    Myers, leadoff man for Waseca, has registered six hits in 19 official [at bats]. R. Gray has made one in 12 for .083, yet retains the title as one of Waseca's most dangerous men at bat. He seldom strikes out, and is exceptional in the matter of laying down bunts.
    Bob Hahn and Happy Lowe have identical averages of .400, each getting eight in 20, while Johnson has registered seven in 16 for .438. W. Gray has .350 on seven in 20 and Groebner has seven for 10 with a .700 average having played but two and one-half games.
    Catcher Bauman is averaging .333 with six in 18 and Bell has made two in 13 for .154, with Sponberg following with one in 10. Fiebiger has made two trips to the plate without hits.
    - 75 years ago, June 16, 1937, Waseca Journal

1962/ Braves Rally Nips Henderson Sunday in Thriller 4-3; Take Over League Lead in Winning Fifth Straight

    An unearned run in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Waseca Braves a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Henderson Sunday night at Community Field and boosted the Braves into sole possession of first place in the Le Sueur County league.
    The Braves ran their season's record to 4-0 in loop play and made it five straight over-all. The loss snapped a three-game win string for Henderson, now 3-1 in the league.
    Manager Warren Dunn's crew thus wins the right to play host in the 1962 Le Sueur County league all-star game which will be held Wednesday, June 20 at 8:15. The all-stars will be made up of players from Henderson, Montgomery, LeCenter and Le Sueur...
    Mike Gray, speedy Braves shortstop, was the culprit as far as Henderson was concerned. Gray dropped a "Texas league" double to short left-center field with one out in the ninth. As Gray was sliding into second, the throw from the left fielder went soaring over the second baseman's head and into the dugout area of the Braves. Ground rules permitted Gray to come all the way home with the winning and unearned run making it a two base throwing error.
    - 50 years ago, June 13, 1962, Waseca Journal

1962/ New Ulm Downs Vet's Midgets on One-Hitter 7-3

    Waseca's VFW Midget baseball nine suffered an opening day loss at the hands of New Ulm Saturday afternoon at Community Field by a score of 7-3...
    Jerry Gleisner, husky right-hander for the visitors, held the Vets hitless until Bob Good broke the spell with an infield hit in the seventh. Waseca scored two runs in the final frame but could not keep the rally going.
    New Ulm slapped out eight hits off Jerry Tollefson and reliever Dan Kelly. Tollefson was forced out of the game with a sore finger on his pitching hand in the fourth inning. He allowed six hits and all seven runs during this stint.
    Kelly worked three and a third innings and allowed only two hits while striking out four.
    - 50 years ago, June 13, 1962, Waseca Journal

1987/ Bluejays win at state; Case throws one-hitter

    Waseca Bluejay baseball team advanced to the Final Four of the Minnesota High School State Tournament with a 3-0 opening-round victory over Norwood-Young America Tuesday at St. Cloud.
    The Bluejays, now 21-3 on the year, will play St. Cloud Cathedral Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Metrodome in a semi-final game...
    The Bluejays scored twice in the first inning and once in the second and then rode the one-hit, shutout pitching of lefthander Chris Case to the victory.
    Case surrendered only an infield single in the second inning in hurling his fifth shutout of the year. Centerfielder Derrick Harmon saved one hit with a spectacular catch of a long drive. Harmon raced with his back to the infield to make a sensational catch near the centerfield fence.
    Case walked three and struck out seven in raising his record to 10-0 for the season and lowering his earned run average to 0.75.
    - 25 years ago, June 11, 1987, Waseca County News

1987/ Szyszka, Miller named to All-League Team

    Bluejays Susan Szyszka and Shannon Miller were recently selected to the South Central Conference All-Conference Softball Team.
    Susan, a junior, was chosen to an outfield berth. Susan was second in the conference with a .514 batting average. She also tied a school record with 22 hits for the season.
    Shannon, a senior shortstop, was selected to an infield position. She batted .391 in SCC play and now holds all the Bluejays shortstop assist records with nine in one game, 43 during the season and 106 assists for her career.
    - 25 years ago, June 11, 1987, Waseca County News

1987/ Bluejays' Tramp to play in All-Star Baseball Game

    Bluejays' catcher Doug Tramp has been selected to play in the Lions All-Star High School Baseball Tournament that will be held in the Twin Cities June 18 and 19.
    Doug will be one of 24 out-state seniors that will be playing against 24 seniors from the Twin Cities and suburban communities.
    Three games will be played with the first game Thursday, June 18 at the Metrodome at 7 p.m. The other two will be played at the St. Paul Municipal Stadium June 19 starting at 5 p.m...
    Doug has been the catcher for the Bluejay baseball team this past season and is a big reason the Bluejays are now in the state tournament. His strong hitting and catching are the backbone of the team.
    - 25 years ago, June 11, 1987, Waseca County News

1987/ Bluejays take third at state; Dufault, Tveite Star

    The Bluejay baseball team capped an outstanding season by winning third place at the state tournament which concluded Saturday at the Metrodome.
    The Bluejays finished the season with a 22-4 record after winning one and losing one Saturday at the Dome.
    The Bluejays edged Windom 4-3 in 11 innings for the third-place trophy after losing to St. Cloud Cathedral 3-2 in the semi-finals and winning in the opening-round 3-0 over Norwood.

    Windom game
    Monte Dufault and Joel Tveite were the big heroes for the Bluejays in winning the Windom game that gave the Bluejays the third-place trophy. Monte with his game-winning home run and Joel with his brilliant 11 inning pitching performance.

    St. Cloud Cathedral game
    The loss to Cathedral in the semi finals ended the Jays hopes of a state championship. "The inability of our team to come up with the key hit in scoring situations hurt the cause," Bluejay coach Tink Larson said...
    Chris Case lost his first game of the season to end up 10-1. He gave up just four hits, walking six and striking out six. All of Cathedral's runs had gotten on base by walks.
    - 25 years ago, June 16, 1987, Waseca County News