Slow Start to 2013 for a STMA Baseball Team with Sights Set High

The St. Michael-Albertville High School baseball team is ready to take the field and, with any luck, take its place alongside successful squads of the recent past as recounted by the Sun Press & News.

That is, if they can ever get a game in. The weather has been unkind when it wasn't being downright hostile, as evidenced by recent team tweets in the Storify window above (or at Storify.com).

See the STMA 2013 baseball schedule at the team website.

In the Sun Press & News article, head coach Paul Schumm reflected on the 2012 season and what lies ahead:

“We are four pitchers deep and [outfielder Tyler] Berg might have been our top player at the end of last year,” Schumm said. “All the teams in our conference have a shot this year. We have a good section. Alexandria, Brainerd and Bemidji are all good. Bemidji has their top pitcher back, but they lost a lot of big hitters.”

It was Bemidji that defeated the Knights 3-2, sending them to the loser’s bracket which ultimately ended with a 6-3 loss to St. Cloud Apollo in last year’s Section 8AAA playoffs. The Lumberjacks went on to advance to Target Field, before losing 1-0 to Eastview in the Class 3A championship game. “We lost to two very good teams last year,” Schumm said.

Read the full article at pressnews.com.