Millers receive top seed in Region 11C tournament
Sports | Published on July 22, 2025 at 6:13pm GMT+0000 | Author: Tucker Henderson
0NYM wins a pair of one run games with Deer Creek
By Chad Koenen
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The New York Mills Millers wrapped up their season on a high note on Saturday with a pair of one run wins over the Deer Creek Shockers. The win secured the top seed in the region tournament as they finished with a record of 11-2 in the Hi-10 and 13-3 in league action.
The Region 11C tournament will kick off this weekend in both Henning and Deer Creek and feature teams from the Hi-10 and Resorters leagues.
Henning received the fifth seed from the Hi-10 and will host the fourth seeded Kensington team from the Resorters on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. The winner will take on top seeded New York Mills on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Deer Creek.
Deer Creek received the third seed from the Hi-10 and will take on seventh seeded Dent from the Hi-10 on Friday night in Deer Creek at 7:30 p.m. The game will be followed by a fireworks show in honor of Deer Trails Day and the winner will take on Sauk Centre, who was the second seed from the Resorters on Saturday at 4 p.m.
On the other side of the bracket, Long Prairie who is the fifth seed from the Resorters will take on Hi-10 fourth seed Clarissa on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Dent. The winner of the game will take on the Resorters top seed Urbank on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Henning.
Ashby was the third seed from the Resorters and will take on Hi-10 sixth seed Vergas on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Detroit Lakes. The winner of the game will take on Hi-10 second seed Perham on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Henning.
Saturday
A pair of runs in the top of the first inning proved to be the difference in a 2-1 win over Deer Creek on Saturday afternoon.
Derin Gaudette led off the game with a walk, before Brayden Ehnert reached on an error to leave runners on second and third base with nobody out. Logan Small followed with a two-run double to make the score 2-0 in favor of the Millers.
Deer Creek was able to cut the lead to 2-2 in the bottom of the second inning when Lane Dilly hit a sacrifice fly to right field to allow Chase Nordlund to cross the plate.
From there it was a bit of a pitcher’s duel as neither team was able to mount much of an offensive attack as Jonah Johnson struck out nine hitters and gave up just two hits over seven innings for NY Mills to pick up the win.
Nolan Coyle gave up a pair of unearned runs and five hits, while striking out two hitters for the Shockers in a tough loss.
Runs were equally difficult to come by in the second game of the day as the lone run for either team came on a Skylar Mursu sacrifice fly to center field that allowed Johnson to cross the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Deer Creek’s Ashton Detloff and NY Mills’ DaShaun Robinson combined to give up just one unearned run and seven combined hits in the game. Robinson gave up just three hits, walked five batters and struck out 10 Deer Creek batters to pick up the win on the mound.