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Hail Mary. It lasted less than five minutes and splattered our deck and the lawn with mothball size hail, but it did not damage lawn furniture or potted plants. It ripped a few large hosta leaves and that was about the extent of damage. The brief hail storm occurred in parts of the community on the evening of Thursday, June 5th, 2008.

Editor Sue

Victoria, Minnesota

Baseball Champions. Chaska’s first ever nine-year old All Star Team won the 12-team Rochester 10A (ten-year olds) Tournament Sunday, June 22nd. The team went 5-0 while outscoring opponents 66-19. The victory earned the team a berth to the MBT (post season) State Tournament. Unfortunately the team will be unable to compete in the MBT State Tournament due to Chaska Area Youth Baseball In-House tournament scheduling conflicts.

Front (l-r): Zach Nelson, Trent Dawson, Trent Clark, Conner Clark (batboy), Jacob Goraczkowski, Brock Hansen. Middle: TJ Hokanson of Victoria, Max Voehl, Jacob Hitz, Jack Tulley, Brady Knotts of Victoria, Brad Fering. Back: Head Coach Jon Hokanson of Victoria, Assistant Coach Jon Fering, Assistant Coach Steve Knotts of Victoria. Not pictured: Jack Perrill and Assistant Coach Mark Dawson.

Steve Knotts

Victoria, Minnesota

Daughters and Dads. The Chaska U10 Black Girls Softball Team won the Tier 1 Championship while winning 5 games and losing only 1 over the Father’s Day Weekend in Shakopee. Players pictured are, on both knees in front, Lindsay Snuggerud of Victoria. On dads’ knees (l-r): Taylor Soine of Victoria, Erin Schindler, Dana Schindler, Kelsey Hirsch, Liz Gallardo of Victoria. Standing with dads (l-r): Anna Silkey, Natalie Lenzen, Carly Hendrickson, Paige Holberg, Jaime Dritz, Brooke Riddle of Victoria. With this championship, the team qualifies for a National Tournament. Congratulations, Girls!

Greg Silkey, Head Coach

Chaska, Minnesota

Boy Scouts are often helping out in Victoria, including at the Concert in the Park series this summer. Front (l-r): Cole Dawson and Justin Eddy. Back: Dale Dawson, Peggy Cermak, Rick Cermak, and Adam Cermak. The Cermak family are residents of Victoria. All the kids are in Boy Scout Troop #337 from Victoria.

Two-Time Champs. Chaska’s 12AA metro baseball team, including players from Victoria, Cologne, Chanhassen, and Chaska, prevailed in the 12-team Mankato tournament of the June 20-22 weekend for its second tourney championship of the season.

The Beasts won all six games by a combined score of 66-20 while out-hitting the opposition 91-28. All 12 players contributed in big ways at the plate, in the field, and on the base paths. One of many highlights of the weekend was consecutive suicide squeeze plays in the bottom of the last inning of the semi-final for the tying and winning runs. The Hawks followed that up with a one-hitter vs. LeSueur for the championship.

Team members pictured are (front, l-r): Marc Hyman, Ryan Obermeyer, Brett Struthers of Victoria, Ethan Eiden, Max Kasel, Matt Kochinski of Victoria. Standing: Connor Foley of Victoria, Dylan Standafer, Hector Garza, Matt Torntore, Nick Brown, Jake Hokanson of Victoria. Back row coaches: Randy Eiden, Scott Hyman, Phil Standafer, Mark Brown, and Jim Kochinski of Victoria.