Blooming Prairie Baseball Season Preview

Blooming Prairie baseball is set to open their season Tuesday, April 5, at Triton then play their home opener Thursday, April 7, against Maple River.

Coach Matt Kittelson spoke on the KRFO coaches show recently with a look ahead on the spring season. He said the early approach to practice was to focus on the young pitchers the Awesome Blossoms will be relying on this season. Kittelson says much of the offensive production from last season's team returns.

Blooming Prairie's roster, based on the Minnesota State High School League website, is listed below by jersey number.

• 4 - Jack Abbe, sophomore
• 5 - Ben Smith, junior
• 6 - Lucas Noble, sophomore
• 9 - Ethan Arett, sophomore
• 10 - Luke DeLaCruz, junior
• 11 - Camden Heimerman, junior
• 12 - Seth Peterson, freshman
• 14 - Max Romeo, sophomore
• 15 - Riley Olson, senior
• 18 - Connor Getchell, junior
• 20 - Brad Staska, sophomore

Blooming Prairie's game schedule is below, as listed on the Gopher Conference website.

• April 5 at Triton, 4:30PM
• April 7 vs. Maple River, 5PM
• April 11 at Medford, 5PM
• April 14 at USC, 5PM
• April 16 at Maple River, 11AM
• April 18 vs. WEM, 5PM
• April 19 at Randolph, 5PM
• April 21 at NRHEG, 5PM
• April 22 at JWP, 4:30PM
• April 25 vs. Faribault Bethlehem Academy, 5PM
• April 29 vs. Mankato Loyola, 5PM
• April 30 vs. Lyle/Pacelli, 11AM
• May 5 vs. Medford, 5PM
• May 6 vs. Hayfield, 4PM
• May 10 vs. USC, 5PM
• May 12 at WEM, 5PM
• May 13 at Goodhue, 4:30PM
• May 16 vs. NRHEG, 5PM
• May 19 at Faribault BA, 5PM
• May 20 vs. Alden-Conger, 4:30PM

Home games are in bold.