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Tomahawk League East baseball officials today released the selections for the National team for the league’s all-star game Sunday, July 5 at Gibbon. The game is at 4 p.m. A band concert by the "Gibbon Uncommon Band of Renown" is scheduled for 2 p.m. with a home-run hitting derby at 1 p.m. Food and beverages will be available on the grounds.

Teams aligned with the Nationals are New Ulm Brewers, Essig Bluejays, St. James A’s, Leavenworth, Redwood Falls and Searles. Searles and Levenworth named four players and the others three. John Branstad, of the St. James A’s will manage the Nationals. His coaching staff includes: Bob VanHee, Redwood Falls; Terry Helget, Essig; and Steve Kloeckl, Searles.

The National roster includes:

St. James – Shea Roehrkasse, C; Tyler Kaus, OF/P; Justin Kaus, 2B.
New Ulm – Andrew Irlbeck, P ; Landon Rewitzer, 3B; Luke Altmann, OF/1B.
Leavenworth – Billy Cook, IF; Andy Cook, C/P/CF; Chris Reinarts, P/C/IF; Jake Schwartz, IF.
Essig – Kyle Helget, SS/C; Mitch Stueber, 2B/1B; Drew Wenninger, CF/P.
RWF – Jacob Frank, P/2B; Seth Junker, CF;Josh Junker, DH/1B.
Searles – Ryan Turbes, C; Matt Johnson, P/1B; Casey Lux, 2B/P; Dave Hatle, DH/1B.

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