Guess it just wasn't meant to be.The year started out with 234 teams in Class C Amateur Baseball, on Labor Day only the Waconia Lakers and the Isanti Redbirds were left playing. Behind great pitching from Chris Bullis (12.1 innings, 1 earned run) the Lakers stood toe to toe against a very good Isanti Redbird team, but none of the close plays went Waconia's way and in the end the score read 4-3 Redbirds. The title deservingly goes to them.

The Lakers out hit the Redbirds 11-8 but time after time the Redbirds pulled a rabbit out of their hat with great defensive plays nipping Waconia runners as the potential winning run failed to count.

That's it till 2012. Lakers go from a 5 win 2010 season, to 29 in 2011 and 2nd place in the State Class C Tournament.  Nice job guys.