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Otters 12U Baseball Team Wins Morris Tournament

By Craig Olson, 06/06/21, 4:00PM CDT

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The Fergus Falls Otters 12u baseball team won the Morris tournament on Saturday to punch their ticket to the MSF State Tournament scheduled for July 23-25 in Sartell. The Otters beat Alexandria 12AA 12-2 in the first game, took down New London-Spicer 4-0, and conquered Breckenridge 4-0 in the championship.

Against Alex, the Otters started with a bang in the top of the first with Caleb Fronning roping an inside the park home run down the left field line to open the game. Nolan Felstul, Brody Krein, Jacob Jenc, and Logan Schoon all singled and scored in the inning. Kadyn Zender and Josh Horgen both reached on errors and scored. The Otters tacked on runs in the 2nd and 3rd with Fronning getting on base and scoring and Zender roping a triple and scoring. The Otters wrapped up the scoring in the 4th with Fronning, Felstul, and Jenc scoring and Krein bombing a triple in the inning. The Otters received strong pitching performances from Josh Horgen and Jenc in the game to keep the Alex bats in check.  

Krein shut down New London-Spicer in the second game with a masterful no-hit performance with the only batter reaching in the 2nd via a hit by pitch. Krein struck out 7 batters in the 5 inning no-hit virtuoso performance. The game was tied going into the bottom of the fourth when Fronning reached on a error and came around to score on Felstul’s single. Krein walked and came around to score and Schoon singled and came around to score to round out the scoring for the game.

In the championship, Fronning toed the bump for the Otters and threw 5 shutout innings. The Otters scored 3 times in the bottom of the 1st with Fronning and Felstul singling and coming around to score on Krein’s single. Krein scored on Kadyn Zender’s single. The Otters scored the last run of the game in the bottom of the 3rd with Fronning walking and coming around to score on Felstul’s single.

Hitting leaders for the tournament for the Otters were Felstul with 4 hits, Krein, Schoon, and Zender, with 3 hits, Fronning and Jenc with 2 hits, Benett Thielke, John Abrahams, and Horgen with 1 hit. Kellen Funkhouser and Hunter Welle also contributed to the team’s wins in Morris.

With the championship, the Otters improve to 13-2 on the year.


Front Row L-R: Kadyn Zender, Kellen Funkhouser, Caleb Fronning, Josh Horgen, Benett Thielke Back Row L-R: Coach Darren Krein, Brody Krein, Logan Schoon, Hunter Welle, Jacob Jenc, John Abrahams, Nolan Felstul, Coach Chad Felstul