MSU BEAVERS PLAY BASEBALL WITH LOCAL DREAM CATCHER ORGINIZATION
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The Minot State University Football team was invited to play with the local Dream Catchers organization in their weekly Thursday evening baseball game.  They were treated to a beautiful rain free evening with comfortable 80 degree temps for the game.

The evening kicked off with the younger groups game, which consisted of about 20 plus young athletes and Head Coach Paul Rudolph and 17 current Beaver football players.  The young dream catcher members picked sides and the game began.  Below are some pictures from the first game.

Above, Chris Bowden gives a little encouragement to the young lady in the batters box.		Above, Tyson Snelling and Coach Ford help the young players cross home base to take the lead in the first inning.
Above, Head Coach Paul Rudolph helps a young man get ready to field his position at second base.		Above, Carson Carr helps out by playing a little catcher during the second inning of the game.

There was a short break with cookies and refreshments served by the host Dream Catchers, which gave all involved the opportunity to visit with the current Beaver Football players and coaches.

The second game featured the older group.  There were some excellent plays made in the second game, a couple of home runs and some tremendous fielding by a couple members of the Dream Catchers group, (See pictures below).  The Beavers were also treated to a sing along (Take me out to the Ball Game), lead by a very talented young vocalist from the Dream Catchers!

Above, Brock Sandy and Andrew Gessner congratulate this young man after a great stop, before he makes a great throw to home, catching the runner to keep the game tied.		Above, Ryan Jutras and Casey Medows help this young lady make a force out at second base.
Above, Casey Meadows helps this young lady get started on her home run trot, look closely you will see she hit the ball so far she spun the helmet around on her head!		Above, Zack Rudolph prepares this young base stealer to steal second base as Coach Heitkamp looks for the signal.

Here are some pictures from after the games!  We would like to thank the Dream Catchers Organization for treating us to an evening we will not soon forget!  The pictures below tell how much we enjoyed working with these young people.

Brendon Weidler and Zack Rudolph with one of the top batters of the game.		Tommy Weidler and Brendon Weidler pose with the star shortstop of the game.
Kurt Bowen and Adrian Smith with the home run king!		KXMC Sports Lauren Shehadi and Coach Heitkamp with a star outfielder.
Lance Hollinger with the star third baseman.		Matt Weidler with a talented young base stealer!