ST. MICHAEL — Alexandria Zimny Insurance Post 87 got off to a hot start in Saturday’s Minnesota American Legion State Tournament game against Shakopee as a Griffin Wimmer RBI single in the top of the first inning, and a Zach Iverson RBI single in the top of the second inning gave it a 2-0 lead.
But all it took was one inning to change the tide of the game. Shakopee scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 7-3 lead.
Shakopee scored a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the lead to seal a 9-4 win and advance to the American Legion state semifinals.
Nolan Johnson and Landon Gess-Norling had RBI hits for Alexandria in the loss on Aug. 1, 2025.
Alexandria went 2-2 in its first legion state tournament appearance since 2018, having beaten White Bear Lake 2-1 on Thursday, losing to Grand Rapids 2-0 on Friday, then beating Hutchinson 9-3 later that night.
Post 87 finishes the summer with a 28-10 record.
This season built a lot of momentum for the next school year, as all but one of their players (Sam Anderson, who will play college baseball at North Dakota State), is not a graduating senior.
Alexandria Post 87’s Nolan Fettig gets a lead-off from second base in a Minnesota American Legion State Tournament against Grand Rapids on Aug. 1, 2025, at St. Michael-Albertville High School in St. Michael.
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Alexandria – 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 – 4 10 1
Shakopee – 0 0 0 7 2 0 X – 9 8 1
ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Evan Zabel – 4.2 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO; Lucas Brovold – 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Jackson Waltzing – 1/4, R, 2B; Connor Anderson – 1/4; Griffin Wimmer – 2/3, R, RBI, BB; Sam Anderson – 1/3, BB; Nolan Johnson – 2/3, RBI, HBP; Evan Zabel – 0/3, BB; Nolan Fettig – 1/2, R, 2 HBP; Landon Gess-Norling – 1/2, RBI, BB; Zach Iverson – 1/4, RBI
Sam Stuve covers a variety of sports in the Douglas County area. Sam is a December 2021 graduate from Iowa State University. Sam joined the Echo Press in January 2022 and became the Sports and Outdoors Editor in February 2023.