Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Tribute to David Forster Jr.
Date:06/19/2017 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Tribute to David Forster Jr. (1988-2016) David Forster was a graduate of Hopkins High School in 2007 and of St. John’s University in 2011. While in high school and college, David participated and excelled on the Cross Country & Track teams. He was an enormous sports fan starting at a very young age. In June of 2016, David was out for an evening jog near his home in Northeast Minne...
Mike Perry is 2017 Dedication & Service Award Winner
Date:06/13/2017 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
2017 Dedication & Service Award – Michael D. Perry The Post 320 Baseball Association is proud to announce this year’s honoree for the Hopkins American Legion Dedication and Service Award, Mr. Michael Perry. Mike’s history of dedication and service spans nearly a half century. It’s a history built on a culture of success, a focus on hard work and perseverance, a ...
2017 Flyers Team Preview
Date:06/06/2017 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Team Name: Hopkins Flyers 2016 Record: 19-14 2017 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Todd Jahnke (12th season), Record: 281-155-2 (.644) Associate Head Coach: Neil Lerner (10th season) Pitching Coach: Pat Berger (12th season) Assistant Coach: Peter “Pedro” Hames (12th season) The Hopkins Flyers, Post 320 SR. American Legion Baseball Team represents t...
2017 Millers Team Preview
Date:06/06/2017 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Team Name: Hopkins Millers 2016 Record: 22-17-1 2017 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Jason Mihalakis (1st season) Assistant Coach: Matt Sinderson (1st season) Assistant Coach: Jack Deutsch (1st season) General Manager: Mike Perry The Hopkins Millers, Post 320 JR. American Legion Baseball Team represents the highest level of amateur baseball (in the 17U age ra...
Post 320 Announces 2017 Rosters
Date:10/07/2016 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Hopkins, MN - The Hopkins Flyers announced the 2017 Senior and Junior American Legion baseball rosters today. Coach Todd Jahnke and his staff will have future announcments regarding the team posted on this site. Click here to view the roster. ...
Flyers Enjoy 4 Game Winning Streak
Date:06/23/2016 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Hopkins, MN - The Hopkins Flyers are off to a 4-2 start this season and are winners of 4 straight. After dropping their first two games to open the season against Chanhassen (4-0) and Delano (13-3), the Flyers have ripped off four straight wins are ranked 10th in the current LegionBaseballHub poll. With wins over St. Louis Park and Chesterbird last week, the Flyers are now 2-0 and stan...
Post 320 Announces Senior Spotlight
Date:04/14/2016 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Hopkins Post 320 American Legion Baseball is pleased to announce a new edition to our website this season. The Senior Spotlight section will feature a new player every week for the next ten weeks leading up to and beginning Thursday April 14th, 2016 and will run through Thursday June 16th, 2016. This week’s featured player is Parker Banyard. The Senior Spotlight is a cele...
Hopkins Post 320 American Legion To Serve Breakfast
Date:12/16/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
The Hopkins Post 320 baseball teams are proud to announce their participation in serving an omelette breakfast to our Veterans on Sunday December 20th, 2015 at the Hopkins Legion Post. The breakfast runs from 8:15am-1:45pm. The breakfast is their monthly breakfast and the team is looking forward to the event. For more information, click here. ...
2016 Flyers and Millers Rosters Announced
Date:10/02/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Hopkins, MN, October 2, 2015 - The Hopkins Post 320 Baseball Association announced rosters today for both the Hopkins Flyers (Sr. Legion) and Hopkins Millers (Jr. Legion). Teams were selected based on tryouts that were conducted on September 19th and 20th. Team meetings will take place in the coming 4-6 weeks and will be announced on the Post320 website and on the Twi...
Coach Jahnke Works USA Baseball Event in Cary, NC
Date:08/26/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
The beautiful town of Cary, NC is home to the one and only USA Baseball National Training Complex. The complex consists of four beautiful ballparks with pristine playing surfaces, and has a grounds crew with members worthy of MLB consideration. The only thing more special than the complex itself are the players and coaches that are fortunate to step foot on it. These players cons...
It's another good year for the flyers
Date:08/25/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
By: John Sherman Sun Current Newspapers Hopkins American Legion Baseball coach Todd Jahnke has a good thing going in his hometown. A former Hopkins Legion player, Jahnke has found his niche coaching the Flyers. His program is a model of consistency with at least 20 wins in each of his first 10 seasons. “Every year we have a great group of kids,” said Jahnke in a postseason int...
2016 Season Information posted
Date:08/04/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
The Hopkins Flyers and Millers have announced tryout dates and a player/parent information night coming up in late August. All information regarding registering, the informational meeting an tryouts can be found by clicking here. ...
2015 Awards Announced
Date:08/03/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
The Post 320 Baseball Program wants to recognize the following individuals (as voted on by their respective Coaching Staffs) for their efforts this past summer. They embodied what it means to be a Post 320 ball player both on and off the field, and are hereby recognized for the following awards. Congratulations to all recipients! Click here to see this year's winners. ...
Post 320 Completes Succesful Season
Date:08/03/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
The 2015 Season for the Hopkins Flyers was a very successful one from a multitude of viewpoints. First and foremost, in a “down numbers” year, the Flyers finished with a 22-13 (.629) Overall Record, and 6-2 (.750) South Hennepin Record, which was good for a share of 2nd place. A tremendous finish in arguably the most competitive League in the State, boasting well-respected programs suc...
Hopkins Legion vies in Gopher Classic
Date:07/15/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
By: John Sherman Sun Sailor Newspapers Image By: Mark Trockman July is the peak month for American Legion Baseball from one end of the country to the other. In Minnesota the biggest event of the Legion season is the 96-team Gopher Classic, which is played at 16 sites in the Twin Cities area. One of those sites, Big Willow Park in Hopkins, hosted 15 games in pool pla...
Post 320 Travels to Fargo
Date:07/01/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
This past weekend, the Hopkins Flyers (Sr. Legion) and Hopkins Millers (Jr. Legion) of Post 320 Baseball jointly traveled to Fargo, ND, where they competed in the 43rd Annual Fargo-Moorhead Invitational. The teams left on Thursday, commuting out I-94W in a 56-passenger coach bus, and attended a Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks vs. St. Paul Saints game that same evening. The tournament began Fri...
Save the Date
Date:06/23/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
SAVE THE DATE! The dates for the 2016 Post 320 Hopkins American Legion Teams have been announced. They will take place this coming FALL, on September 19th and 20th, 2015 at both North Junior High and Big Willow Field respectively. Additional details regarding tryout format, participation fees, age eligibility requirements etc. will be announced soon. There will be a Pa...
Flyers Drop League Game to Excelsior
Date:06/19/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
June 18, 2015 Hopkins, MN. This past week, the Flyers visited neighboring Excelsior (Minnetonka) for a game between two teams who competed in a Winner’s Bracket game in last years Sub-State Tournament. The Post 259 Fire Club from Excelsior drew the win in last year’s postseason, and also defeated the Flyers this past Wednesday, by a score of 4-0, dropping the Flyers early ...
Williams Pitches Post 320 to Win
Date:06/17/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
The Hopkins Flyers continued their hot start to the 2015 season with a 3-1 win over St. Louis Park on Tuesday June 16th at Big Willow in Minnetonka. Starting pitcher Shawn Williams worked six innings for the Flyers to earn the victory on a cold, windy, rain spattered evening. After a slow start by Williams in the first inning that plated the first run by St. Louis Park off a bases lo...
Hamilton Graduates wins MIAC Title
Date:05/11/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
It was a day that former Hopkins Flyers standout Jack Hamilton will not forget. He finished his collegiate playing career and graduated all at once. Hamilton graduated from St. John’s University and then his baseball team went on to defeat heated MIAC rival St. Thomas twice in one day on Sunday to capture the double elimination playoff series. The Flyers would like to congratulat...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: WICKLUND'S PASSION AND LOVE OF THE GAME
Date:05/06/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
For the last half decade, Coach Jahnke has written “Wicklund” on his lineup card over 200 times. With the 2015 Flyers season just around the corner, he will have to learn how to write in a new name at the shortstop position. This week’s Alumni Spotlight takes us on a journey west, out I-94 to North Dakota, where the Wicklund brothers, Andy (class of 2012) and Erik (cl...
Fargo Player & Parent Guide
Date:05/06/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Hopkins American Legion Post 320 Baseball released the player/parent guide for the upcoming Fargo tournament this year. The tournament is scheduled for June 25-28, 2015 and the guide consists of all the key information players and parents will need to know for the weekend. Please click here to view the guide. ...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: MATT ROWLEY PARLAYS LESSONS OF BASEBALL TO LIFE
Date:04/12/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
“I love baseball. It is a wonderful teacher about life. Life is an application of the lessons learned in baseball.” These are the words of former Flyers standout Pitcher/Outfielder, Matt Rowley, and they provide a brief glimpse into the type of high-character individual that he is. Matt played for the Flyers from 2008-2009, and was an integ...
Alumni Spotlight: Dalton Having Impact at Concordia University
Date:03/30/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Our second installment of the Flyers Alumni Spotlight Series takes us east of the river, to the campus of Concordia St. Paul University, where former Flyers great, Kyle Dalton, has been making waves in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), and across the country, for going on four years now. Following a storied career with the Flyers, one in which saw him compete in more game...
4th Annual H.A.L.L. Challenger Games Dates Announced
Date:03/25/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
4th Annual H.A.L.L. Challenger Games Dates Announced Date: May 31st, 2015 Time: 1:00PM Location: Hopkins Area Little League (Maetzold Fields) Coach Jahnke is excited to announce that the Hopkins American Legion Baseball Teams will once again participate in the Challenger Division ballgames on May 31st at 1:00pm at Hopkins Area Little League (H.A.L.L.). This annu...
Shannon Overcomes Obstacles Starts at U of M
Date:03/09/2015 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Our first Alumni installment focuses on former Flyers standout pitcher, Tim Shannon. Tim recently earned his first NCAA Division I collegiate victory over Florida Gulf Coast University on the Golden Gophers spring trip to Florida, completing six innings of work, allowing just two earned runs on six hits, while striking out three. He cruised to his first victory, but success hasn’...
Welcome to the new home of Hopkins Post 320 Baseball
Date:03/10/2014 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Welcome to the new online home of the Hopkins Flyers and Millers American Legion Post 320 baseball clubs. The new site can be navigated to by using this url: www.post320baseball.com. Our site has many new capabilities and information that will be helpful to all for enjoying the season. Online registration will be available and released in the coming days and can be accesse...
Tryout Information Released
Date:03/09/2014 Source:Hopkins Flyers American Legion
Tryouts will be held Saturday May 2nd, 2015 and Sunday May 3rd, 2015, the Hopkins Post 320 American Legion Baseball team announced today. The tryouts will be split in two segments with the first day consisting of skill evaluation and the second day the scrimmage day. The location of day one on Saturday, May 2nd is Eden Prairie High School Field and will run from 10am-1pm. This ...
