Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Dickinson, North Dakota – The Charleston Fighting Squirrels defeated Eden Prairie, Minnesota 4 – 1 to become the Midwest Plains Regional Champions on Sunday evening.  It also secured them a second straight trip to the Senior Babe Ruth World Series.

Charleston defeated Holyoke, Colorado 11 -1 Thursday, Eden Prairie 3 – 1 Friday and Dickinson 9 – 0 on Saturday to finish the pool play.  They then defeated Oskaloosa, Iowa 4 – 1 in the Midwest Regional Semifinal on Sunday afternoon.  The Squirrels with an impressive record of 40 – 16 will have two weeks off before traveling to Washington to compete in the World Series.

The Fighting Squirrels scored two runs in the first inning to jump out in front of Eden Prairie scoring again in the 4^th and 5^th innings to secure the win.  Eden Prairie’s rallied in the 2nd inning hitting a home run.

Jarrett Sandlin from Sikeston, Missouri earned the win for Charleston.

The Squirrels will return to Charleston on Tuesday before making their trip to Ephrata, Washington to compete in the World Series August 7^th – 14^th.  This will be Minner’s 3^rd trip to the World Series in 10 years of coaching the organization.

Final Score Charleston 4  Eden Prairie 1 

Eden Prairie 0  1  0  0  0  0  0  - 1 3 2

Charleston    2  0  0  0  1  1  x  - 4 9 1

WP – Jarrett Sandlin.  LP – Alex Beneke.  HR – Aaron Kerber (EP).  2B – Colton Hampton (CH), Ryan fortner (CH).  Multiple Hits – Matt Ulrich 2-3 (CH), Colton Hampton 2-3 (CH); Aaron Kerber 2-3 (EP).

Shown in the photo are Dexter's Austin Aldridge, Chandler Young, Jason Mattison, and Brad Potts. Thank you Jason Mattison, Sr. for the great photo!