The Rundown

This week on  The Rundown  Stella, Tori, and Mike recap the MSHSL State High School Softball Tournament and are joined by one of the best! Class AAAA State Champion and Bloomington Jefferson's Head Coach, Jim Hanson, joins us to talk about their road to greatness in 2026! It has been a great high school softball season full of many great moments and we are happy to have brought many of them t...

This week on  The Rundown   it is sections, sections, sections! We cover all 32 sections and give you the scoop on who is left standing fighting to earn their spot in the 2026 MSHSL State Tournament! It is all high school on this one folks. Thank you for listening to  The Rundown!

On this episode of  The Rundown  we get weird with a little alien talk, Tori shows off his useless NFL Super Bowl knowledge, and we talk a little softball along the way. This week we feature our MemberTraxx Player of the Week, Emma Peterson, a junior from Saint Croix Preparatory Academy who had an amazing week of ball last week. Emma talks about her season and what it was like playing for Coach Ho...

On this episode of  The Rundown  we come back at you with another great episode! This week in our MemberTraxx player of the week we feature junior Addison Leonard from Farmington High School! We keep the train rolling with another great Minnesota colligate program that is hot! The College of St. Benedict - Bennie's are MIAC regular season and conference tournament championships! We catch up w...

This week on  The Rundown Mike, Tori, and Stella host the NSIC Softball champion Head Coach of the St. Cloud State Huskies, Mitch Roberts! The Huskies are fresh off of their regular season conference championship and we chat with Mitch about this special team and the special season they are having! We also catch up with Ani Shank from Rochester Maya, as she is highlighted this week as our MemberTr...

This week on  The Rundown Tori, Mike and Stella reunite with one of the best as former captain of the Huskers women's softball team, McKinley Malecha, joins us to talk about her 4 seasons in the Big 10 and share with you what makes her such a special, authentic, and team first person! We are also joined by our MemberTraxx player of the week, Hayley Kill from Morris Area Chokio-Alberta High Sc...

This week on The Rundown Mike, Tori, and Stella bring a new segment to the show! The MemberTraxx Player of the Week! In this inaugural segment we highlight Avery Muellner and Karianne Drury of Forest Lake High School. We chat senior season, leadership, and their amazing start to the season! We also re-connect with our friend and returning guest of the show, Sara Moulton of Strike Zone Sports. We c...

This week on T he Rundown we get after it and cover a number of topics from ripping Morgan Wallen and Prince to bat flips and automated ball and strike technologies. You also get your dose of collegiate and high school softball updates, so do not fret! Our guest on the show is current Western Michigan Broncos softball player, and former Midwest Speed athlete, Kendall Kotzmacher.  She shares her in...

It has been a long awaited return and  The Rundown  is back! This week's episode is a big one folks. Your hosts Tori and Mike are joined by a welcomed co-host to the show, Stella Dolan! Stella is an alumnus of the Midwest Speed and Bemidji State. She also was an assistant coach for the Beavers before joining the Midwest Speed coaching staff as the director of our Pitching Development Program!...

The big dance in upon us and this week and on The Rundown  Brent and Mike go A to Z on the teams competing in this seasons MSHSL State Tournament! Who is going two win each class? Who is going to shake things up? Only time will tell! Give it a listen on your way down to Caswell Park and find out what we think! As always thank you for listening to The Rundown!  

This week on  The Rundown Mike and Brent breakdown the current MSHSL Section tournaments and highlight some of the amazing story lines to follow in each. It has been a heck of a first week of section play with some upsets and teams making their case! Give it a listen and go out an watch some great games this week as we narrow down the field and approach the 2025 State Tourney! As always thank you...

On this episode of  The Rundown  Mike and Brent return for the 2025 MSHSL Softball season to give you the scoop on the state of softball! For this first look into the 2025 season we cover all of the classes and give you our best analysis on who to watch for as the season progresses. Will we have it right? Only time will tell! As always thank you for listening to  The Rundown! Please note the speci...

This week on The Rundown two of St. Cloud State's finest join us to talk about their fantastic start to the season (22-8) and set the table for what appears to be an exciting second half of the season for the Huskies. Brooke Holmes and Maggie Fitzgerald share their perspectives on the experience of college softball and this sophomore/senior leave all of us with some food for thought on how to...

On this episode of The Rundown we are joined by North Iowa Area Community College head coach Matt Egger. The 2023 ICCAC Division II Coach of the Year gives us the inside look at the NJCAA landscape and the incredible opportunities that exist for play at this next level. For many athletes the junior college option provides a great opportunity to continue to develop their skills and extend their sco...

On this episode of  The Rundown we are joined by Head Softball Coach at the University of St. Thomas, Jen Trotter. We talk about her journey as a coach and the success the Tommie's are having as they migrate their program into NCAA's top level of play. The Tommie's are on the up swing...look for them to take a run at the top spot in the Summit league in 2025. Tori and Mike also chat...

This week on The Rundown we are joined by Associate Head Coach of the Wisconsin Badgers, Michael Roberts! Coach Roberts has had an amazing career coaching at the NCAA Division 1 level, working at Washington during the Huskies three straight 40 win seasons from 2015-2017, and Oregon when in 2014 the Ducks went 56-9-1 advancing the the WCWS semifinals! Prior to his time at Wisconsin Coach Roberts al...

We are back on  The Rundown and this kickoff episode for Season 3 features two fantastic young women who are closing in on the final chapters of their travel and high school careers! We go in depth chatting with Midwest Speed 18U National-Holt's Division I pitcher/catcher battery of Brier Blietz (University of St. Thomas) and Kylnn Stangl (University of Minnesota). We cover their experiences...

On this episode of  The Rundown  Tori and Mike are joined by the head honcho, Sean Hall, Director of Midwest Speed and Owner of S&C Sports Services. We visit with Sean about another successful club season, recap some solid tournament finishes, and talk a bit about the upcoming tryout week! Another season is in the books and another is just around the corner! It is going to be a good one!! Than...

This week on  The Rundown we bring you the re-cap of the 2024 MSHSL State High School League State Tournament! We cover all 4 classes and the teams that have etched their names in history. It was a great tournament down in Mankato that made good on some predictions and gave us some exciting surprises! Congratulations to all of the student athletes and coaches on a tremendous 2024 season! It is now...

This week on The Rundown we find ourselves only a few days ahead of the final push for the remaining 8 teams from each of the 4 classes of MSHSL Girls softball! We are "down to the wire" on the 2024 season and this episode has upsets, bold predictions, and a little rant mixed in! Sara Moulton of Strike Zone Sports joins us to share her expertise and even a few predictions for the tournam...

This week on  The Rundown we tackle a recent social media post and conversation about the challenges associated with coaching softball. It is an introspective conversation on how we should handle ourselves as coaches, players, parents, and programs when things become difficult. We also break down the current status of MSHSL section play, and give our two cents on how things may shake out over the...

This week on  The Rundown   Mike and Brent give a full breakdown of how things are shaking out in the MSHSL Girls Softball world. From single A to AAAA we have the contenders and the pretenders covered! We also get into a little MIAC conference tournament conjecture and give  a quick status update for the NSIC Conference tourney! Lots of ground covered in this one folks! As always, thank you for l...

This week on The Rundown we catch up on the NCAA Women's Softball season with a little Big 10 opening weekend recap and some NSIC chatter. In our second segment we are joined by two Junior studs from Saint Cloud State University, C/OF Reese Holzhueter and (P) Emma Eickhoff.  Both of these women are off to a heck of start this season and we get into why the pack is howling up in Husky land. Th...

This week on The Rundown it is full on Minnesota State High School League Girls Softball! Mike is joined by our high school contributor and friend Brent Anderson of the TC Blitz for another spring season of contributions!  This episode is the 411 on the 2024 season. We have state champion picks for each class and go deep into the sections and teams to watch across the state. Class A to AAAA...this...

On this episode of The Rundown Tori and Mike sit down with one of the good guys in our game of club softball, Nick Reimler Head Coach of Minnesota Moose 16U National Orange. Nick and his squad of Moose (or is it Meese?) are one of the best teams in our region, and are doing a great job of growing their organization. We chat on a number of topics in this tangential, yet relevant conversations. On a...