Legion baseball: Bucks earn sweep; Spikes, Bandits split
Curt Potkay pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed two hits and struck out seven as the Bozeman Bucks swept both games of a doubleheader with Bitterroot. The Bucks pounded out 23 hits and scored 15 runs over the two games. Jon Paul Horton went 4 fo...
2.4K - May. 1, 2005; scored 590.0

High school baseball, softball: Hawks down Great Falls; Bucks stomp Helena
Bozeman defeated Great Falls on the strength of four strong innings from starting pitcher Caitlin Kelly and the relief work of Kristin Summers. Summers came through at the plate for Bozeman, reaching base in all three of her at bats and hitting a tri...
2.3K - May. 7, 2005; scored 785.0

Legion baseball: Bucks steal a pair from Stallions
Andy Barham and Ben Harris scored in the bottom of the seventh to seal the first of two Bozeman Bucks wins, 6-5, 5-2, Sunday against Great Falls in Legion baseball action. Great Falls had rallied from two runs down in the top of the inning. Nate Weid...
2.3K - May. 9, 2005; scored 732.0

Legion baseball: Bucks 10-run Helena; GVO sweeps Deerlodge
HELENA The Bozeman Bucks broke open a tight game with nine runs over the seventh and eighth innings to defeat the Helena Senators, 12-2 on Saturday. Leading 3-2 through six innings, the Bucks (10-0) scored four runs in the seventh and five in the e...
3.4K - May. 22, 2005; scored 671.0

Legion baseball: Serino pitches shutout
HELENA Mark Serino pitched eight shutout innings to lead Bozeman to a 6-0 Class AA American Legion baseball win over the Helena Senators Sunday afternoon. Serino struck out three, walked three and got some help from his defense. In the bottom of th...
1.4K - May. 23, 2005; scored 247.0

Legion baseball: Bucks, Spikes bring home Missoula Memorial titles
MISSOULA Kyle Ailes was 3 for 3 as the Bozeman Bucks clinched the Class AA title at the Missoula Memorial American Legion baseball tournament Monday night with a 14-6 win over the Helena Senators. Ailes had two doubles and two RBI to lead the Bucks...
3.4K - May. 31, 2005; scored 1000.0

Legion: Bucks stay perfect with 15-inning win
BILLINGS Dane Fletcher s 405-foot triple to the centerfield wall scored Andy Barham to hand the Bozeman Bucks a 4-3 win in 15 innings over the Billings Royals on Tuesday night. The Bucks advanced to 17-0 with the victory, 3-0 in the conference. Boz...
1.4K - Jun. 8, 2005; scored 896.0

Legion baseball: Bucks, Spikes fall
BILLINGS The Royals jumped out to a three-run lead in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, winning 12-5 and handing the Bucks their first loss of the season. Bucks starting pitcher Mark Serino gave up seven runs on nine hits with t...
2.1K - Jun. 9, 2005; scored 863.0

Legion baseball: Weidenaar drafted by Atlanta Braves
There's something about the name Weidenaar and the 48th round of Major League Baseball's amateur draft. On Wednesday, Bozeman Bucks centerfielder Nate Weidenaar was drafted in the 48th round by the Atlanta Braves. Two years ago, his brother, Zach, wa...
2.0K - Jun. 10, 2005; scored 286.0

Legion baseball: Shea Miller making hits on and off the field
You may not see Shea Miller at a baseball field once the summer ends. But you may hear him. Miller's long Bozeman career will come to an end sometime in August. He'll then move on to Pepperdine University, where he will continue to seek the perfect p...
4.1K - Jun. 10, 2005; scored 192.0

Legion baseball: Potkay, Bucks post lopsided wins
GREAT FALLS Curt Potkay s nine hits and nine runs batted in led the Bozeman Bucks to a dominating sweep of the Great Falls Electrics on Saturday. Three days after losing their first game of the season, the Bucks totaled 34 hits in defeating the Ele...
3.7K - Jun. 12, 2005; scored 927.0

Minors would hurt Legion ball
Hey, I'm as much of a baseball junkie as the next guy. Visions of peanuts, Cracker Jacks and the crack of a bat dance in my head every opening day. I often find myself humming "Center Field" or "The Boys of Summer" when leaves unfurl and the sweet sc...
4.4K - Jun. 12, 2005; scored 192.0

Minor league ball in Bozeman: What are the chances?
Every few years, when one Pioneer League team is looking to move or another is struggling with facilities issues, hopes begin to rise among the hard-core baseball aficionados in the valley. Maybe, they fantasize, it is Bozeman's time. Maybe, we can a...
8.9K - Jun. 12, 2005; scored 286.0

Legion baseball: Bucks offense stalls in two losses
BILLINGS Bozeman Bucks pitchers allowed eight hits in their Class AA American Legion doubleheader Monday, but got no run support. Bozeman lost the first game 4-2, and lost in the final inning of the second, 2-1. It was the Bucks second and third co...
3.5K - Jun. 14, 2005; scored 977.0

American Legion Baseball: Bucks blast Miles City out of the park
The strong points were on display not to mention new old-school uniforms. Returning to Heroes Park after a five-week absence, the Bozeman Bucks showed off two-thirds of what is an always-a-work-in-progress package Tuesday night. The same aspects wh...
5.1K - Jun. 15, 2005; scored 927.0

American Legion AA: Bucks split on opening day
MISSOULA As went the offense, so did the Bucks. Bozeman opened the Scott Klaudt Tournament with a 9-4 win over Gillette, Wyo., but stumbled in the second, falling to Lewiston, Idaho, 8-6. Kip Edwards pitched a complete game in the opener, allowing ...
1.6K - Jun. 17, 2005; scored 671.0

Legion baseball: Bucks offense simply offensive
MISSOULA The normally hot-hitting Bozeman Bucks were cooled off by Spokane's Jake Bussard Friday afternoon at the Scott Klaudt Tournament. Bussard limited the Bucks to four singles as the North Stars defeated Bozeman 3-0 in a game that was started ...
1.0K - Jun. 18, 2005; scored 671.0

American Legion roundup: Bucks drill Missoula in Klaudt Tournament
BOZEMAN BUCKS 9, MISSOULA MAVERICKS 2: At Missoula, Mark Serino allowed five hits and struck out five as the Bucks improved to 2-2 at the Scott Klaudt Tournament. Serino (5-2) did not walk a batter and was backed up by two hits each from Nate Weiden...
4.0K - Jun. 19, 2005; scored 671.0

Around Montana: MSU adds volleyball assistant; Bucks open tourney play with win
Erin Naipo, who has spent the past three seasons as an assistant at the Community Colleges of Spokane, has been named an assistant volleyball coach at Montana State. Coach Miya Malauulu said Naipo will begin her duties July 1. Erin is the perfect fit...
5.0K - Jun. 24, 2005; scored 479.0

American Legion: Bucks split in Lewiston tournament
LEWISTON, Idaho Nate Weidenaar took a shutout into the seventh inning and went 2-for-4 to lead the Bozeman Bucks to a 6-1 victory over Boise on Friday in the Dwight Church American Legion baseball tournament. That victory came after Andy Greenslit...
1.6K - Jun. 25, 2005; scored 671.0

Bozeman Bucks statistics
Batting Nate Weidenaar .509, Curt Potkay .449, Dan Fletcher .426, Jonathan Schlender .418, Kane Urdahl .371, Andy Pike .357, Kyle Ailes .349, Kip Edwards .348, Jon Paul Horton .340, Gabe Wiedenaar .324, Lew Dobie .321, Shea Miller .317, Andy Barham...
1.4K - Jun. 25, 2005; scored 192.0

Area sports: Bucks advance to title game against Spokane
LEWISTON, Idaho It seemed the Bozeman Bucks could do no right. Then, it seemed they could do no wrong. Bozeman did everything it could for six innings Sunday to keep itself from the title game of the Dwight Church Tournament. Then, in the bottom of...
2.5K - Jun. 27, 2005; scored 671.0

Legion baseball: Bucks back in town for two games with Billings Scarlets
This is not the time of the year to cave into the monotony. It may be the beginning of summer, but the Legion baseball season has just six weeks remaining. And for the Bozeman Bucks, the recent schedule has auto pilot written all over it. Since spr...
6.2K - Jun. 28, 2005; scored 952.0

Legion baseball: Serino gives Bucks key win over Scarlets
Mark Serino had delivered his last pitch. But he wasn't done producing. After throwing 129 pitches, it was Serino's only swing that served as the catalyst of the most important victory of the season for the Bozeman Bucks. His pinch-hit, leadoff singl...
4.3K - Jun. 29, 2005; scored 732.0

Legion baseball: Bucks win in dramatic fashion; Spikes sweep Bandits
Nate Weidenaar scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a single by Jonathan Schlender to cap a comeback victory in the Bucks' second game against the Billings Scarlets in as many days. The Bucks opened their first home stand since...
4.3K - Jun. 30, 2005; scored 1000.0
 

Legion baseball: Bucks open Helena tourney 2-0
HELENA Curt Potkay and Jonathan Schlender combined to allow Playball Sports just two hits after Gabe Weidenaar pitched a complete game as the Bozeman Bucks won two games at the Keith Sell Wood Bat Tournament Thursday. Potkay worked the first four i...
1.9K - Jul. 1, 2005; scored 732.0

Legion baseball: Bozeman pitcher has taste for the big leagues
His name has been filled in on a major league lineup card, penciled in for future Hall-of-Famer Mike Piazza. His goal now is to fill a major league uniform. Mark Serino has breathed big league life from outside the lines. As a wide-eyed kid, he consu...
5.1K - Jul. 1, 2005; scored 317.0

Legion baseball: Bucks caught by Shoreline
HELENA For the second time in three days, the Bozeman Bucks surrendered five runs in the first inning. Only this time, they weren't able to pull off a dramatic finish. After taking a brief 6-5 lead in the top of the fifth inning, the Shoreline (Was...
3.7K - Jul. 2, 2005; scored 590.0

Legion AA/A: Bucks, Outlaws win easily
HELENA Nate Weidenaar had nine strikeouts in seven innings to lead the Bozeman Bucks to a 7-2 victory over Edmonston on Saturday in the Keith Sell American Legion Tournament. The victory sets up a championship game today between the Bucks (32-8, 7-...
2.9K - Jul. 3, 2005; scored 827.0

Legion baseball: Bucks fall to Scarlets in title game
HELENA Mark Serino had eight strikeouts and allowed only five hits, but the Bozeman Bucks offense never got started Sunday, dropping the championship game to Billings, 4-2, at the Keith Sell Legion Baseball Tournament. A non-conference game between...
1.5K - Jul. 4, 2005; scored 671.0

Legion baseball: Bucks split doubleheader with Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho Lew Dobie went 4-for-5 and Mark Serino was 3-for-4 with five runs batted in as the Bozeman Bucks pummeled the Idaho Falls Russets 16-12 in the first game of an American Legion baseball doubleheader Thursday. The Bucks fell 12-5 i...
1.9K - Jul. 8, 2005; scored 732.0

Around Montana: Bozeman Bucks reschedule doubleheader; Outlaws split, sweep weekend series
The Bozeman Bucks will host a conference doubleheader against Butte on Wednesday, July 20 at 5 p.m., which will also be senior night. The games were originally scheduled to be played June 1, but were rained out. The Bucks play two games tonight at 5 ...
6.9K - Jul. 12, 2005; scored 590.0

Legion: Bucks swept by Butte
BUTTE The Bozeman Bucks allowed three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of Tuesday s nightcap and were swept by the Butte Miners in a conference doubleheader. The Bucks, who lost the opener 8-2, led 7-5 heading into the final inning. But the...
0.9K - Jul. 13, 2005; scored 732.0

Legion baseball: Bucks end skid with win over Helena
The Bozeman Bucks downed the Helena Senators 8-3 in a conference game in Bozeman Thursday night. Kip Edwards pitched seven strong innings for his fifth win of the season. Edwards struck out five, walked four and allowed only one earned run in his sev...
1.7K - Jul. 15, 2005; scored 671.0

Legion Baseball: Bucks fall to Billings Royals
That other team from Billings is beginning to become a front runner. Thomas Ackerman allowed the Bozeman Bucks a team hitting .346 entering the evening just three hits as the Billings Royals posted a 3-0 victory Friday at Legion Field. The first-...
2.3K - Jul. 16, 2005; scored 827.0

Legion baseball: Bucks fall again to Royals
The Billings Royals again out paced the pitching efforts of the Bozeman Bucks with an 11-5 victory at Heroes Park. Mark Serino pitched six inning for the Bucks allowing eight runs on 12 hits. Reliever Gabe Weidennar didn't fair much better allowing t...
2.5K - Jul. 17, 2005; scored 732.0

Legion baseball: Bucks bounce back, defeat Helena
Welcome back. Dane Fletcher made his return to the Bozeman Bucks Sunday against the Helena Senators in dramatic fashion. Fletcher returned from Saturday's Shrine Bowl to resume catching duties and go 3 for 4 with three RBI and two home runs in the Bu...
1.3K - Jul. 18, 2005; scored 671.0

Legion baseball: Bucks' Ailes prepares for an end and a beginning
Kyle Ailes knows a good situation when he sees it. He's fully aware of the dreams young ball players have in Bozeman. Had them himself when he was the one circling the small diamonds. And while Ailes is close to moving on, he's already passed the tor...
4.1K - Jul. 20, 2005; scored 927.0

Legion baseball: Bucks hope for health as tournament time nears
The Bozeman Bucks are gimping to the finish line. With enough injured players to field a team complete with backups the current six-day layoff could not have come at a better time. And Monday's rain allowed for additional recuperation time as the...
3.3K - Jul. 27, 2005; scored 827.0

Legion baseball: Familiar friends set to become in-state foes
The 'Cat-Griz rivalry is coming to Stucky Road. With lifelong friends on opposite ends. Andy Barham and Dane Fletcher grew up on ranch property less than two miles from each other. On Stucky's dirt portion, just before it reaches South 19th Street, a...
4.9K - Jul. 29, 2005; scored 317.0

Legion baseball: Class AA tournament starts today
The great unknown will be revealed tonight at 7:30. The Bozeman Bucks face the Kalispell Lakers for the first time this season in the final game of today's Class AA Legion state tournament slate. All that is known of the Lakers is that they, like the...
3.5K - Jul. 30, 2005; scored 401.0

Legion baseball: A look at the rest of today's games
Teams from all over the region come to Bozeman today for a chance to win the 2005 Class AA American Legion baseball state championship. Here's a brief look at today's match ups. Billings Scarlets (54-14) vs. Great Falls Stallions (28-42), 9 a.m. The ...
3.2K - Jul. 30, 2005; scored 192.0

Class AA state tourney: Bozeman opens with 19-1 win
This pace will be difficult to sustain. In fact, Bozeman's blistering start to the Class AA state Legion tournament was too much for the Bucks themselves to keep up with. The first inning and a half of Saturday night's game took nearly an hour to pla...
3.2K - Jul. 31, 2005; scored 384.0

Commentary: One man's sacrifice is an entire community's gain
The line between Field of Dreams and field of broken dreams can be as gray as a visiting baseball team's uniform. For Bill Warden, Legion Field at Heroes Park could easily represent both. Yet as Warden surveys the immaculately manicured grass, the pi...
4.7K - Jul. 31, 2005; scored 192.0
 

Class AA state tournament: Bucks fall in extra innings, 6-5
If it's to happen, it will have to come the hard way. After a hard loss. The Bozeman Bucks put themselves into the unenviable position of "one more and your out" after falling to the Billings Royals 6-5 in 10 innings Sunday night at the AA state Legi...
3.0K - Aug. 1, 2005; scored 952.0

Legion baseball: Sloppy play ends Bucks' season, 7-2
It wasn t the way he wanted to leave the field. Under his own power under better circumstances would have been preferable. Instead, under a brisk rain, Dane Fletcher was helped off. With an arm draped around longtime teammates Mark Serino and Kyl...
4.5K - Aug. 3, 2005; scored 977.0

Legion baseball: Bucks pitcher Andy Barham to play baseball at Columbia Basin College
Andy Barham, who up until last week was planning on walking onto the University of Montana's football program, has accepted an offer to play baseball at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wash. Barham will be a pitcher for the Hawks. As a football play...
1.1K - Aug. 16, 2005; scored 671.0

Weidenaar signs deal with Atlanta Braves
Baseball and family. Those two dominated the menu at Old Chicago restaurant where wooden bats serve as door handles at the main entrance Thursday afternoon. Surrounded by his parents and five of his six siblings, Bozeman's Nate Weidenaar signed a...
3.2K - Aug. 19, 2005; scored 286.0