Mandan Owns State Legion Baseball Titles, 1990, 1965 - Mandan News
25 Years Ago – 1990. More than 2,000 people attended the state class AA baseball championship game at Mandan’s Memorial Park where the Mandan Chiefs met the Jamestown Eagles in the final game of the season. It was the best turnout in 20 years, and Mandan fans were rewarded with a state title, the first time since 1970. The Chiefs’ last entry in the state tourney was in 1975. In game one, Mandan was up against the state defending champion Fargo who... Then with two outs, catcher Todd Boehm hit Wick home for Mandan’s 4th RBI and final run of the game, ending with a 4-1 victory. In game two against the Bismarck Governors, pitcher Dave Kloster went seven innings, before Jason “Jake” Meyhoff came in to hand Kloster a 4-3 win after striking out 5 of 6 in the last two innings. Finally, Mandan had to play the Jamestown Eagles twice for the title, and won both games, 6-3. Meyhoff teamed up with cool-handed catcher Todd Boehm and struck out 17 Jamestown Eagles in the championship game of the state tourney. This championship was also a “first” for Mandan’s Coach Owen Stockdill. After nine years as coach for the A’s, Stockdill took over for Joe Warner this year. 50 Years Ago – 1965. Mandan’s American Legion baseball team downed Grand Forks, 5-4, to repeat as North Dakota Legion baseball champions. Source: mandan-news.com
