ST. JAMES — The Tomahawk East League vs. Corn Belt League All-Star Game is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. this Saturday in St. James at Veterans Field.

New this year will be a pre-game Home Run Derby featuring participants from teams in both leagues. This is the ninth meeting between the two leagues since the series began in 2016. The TEL is 7-1 in the series and has won six games in a row against the CBL, but all six have been one-run games and four of them required extra innings to decide the winner.

This year’s TEL roster will be managed by the New Ulm Brewers’ Al Flor and Courtland Cubs’ John Giefer. Players representing the TEL include: Courtland’s Teagan Kamm, Teddy Giefer and Nolan Drill, Essig’s Winsten Nienhaus, Fairfax’s Luke Bastian, Gibbon’s Devon Schwarzrock, Hanska’s Brock Wellmann and Chris Knowles. Lamberton’s Hudsen Jenniges, Leavenworth’s Jackson Huiras and Mark Anderson. New Ulm’s Josh Seidl, Sam Keckeisen and Cole Ranweiler, St. James’ Wyatt Haler, Searles’ Mark Schommer and Nathan Vance, Sleepy Eye’s Marcus Martinez and Matt Mielke, Springfield’s Jordan Milbrath and Tyler Hach and Stark’s Adam Sellner and Zach Haala.

Mielke and Haala led the TEL in most ASG appearances, with their fifth ASG appearance coming this Saturday.

The Corn Belt League will be managed by Bird Island Bullfrogs managers Mike Nagel and Jeremy Mortensen. Players representing the CBL include: Bird Island’s Dylan Gass, Zeke Walton, Casey Lewandowski, Jimmy Woelfel, Shawn Dollerschell and Derek Holm, Marshall’s Cody Wichmann, Connor Neubeck, Josh Kraft, Liam Kruse and Ryan Schwagel, Milroy’s Alex Schuh, Nathan Deutz, Aaron Mathiowetz, Joe Liebl, Branden Flock and Brock Schultz, Sacred Heart’s Jack Howard and Brandan Hoberg, Wabasso’s Deagan Maurice, the Willmar Indians’ Jelking Herrera and Josie Ortiz and the Willmar Rails’ Christian Lessman, Cullen Gregory and Zach Reierson. 

There will also be prize drawings, cold beverages and food available at the game.