The Albert Lea Knights baseball team hosted the 32-team Gopher-Hawkeye Scrimmage Fest April 18 at Snyder Fields. The scrimmages featured teams from Minnesota and Iowa to prepare for the season. Teams from as far north as Anoka and as far south as Decorah, Iowa, competed in 9U to 14U brackets. Front row from left are 10A players Dirk Fornwald, Mason Buendorf, Luke Olson, Henry Buendorf and Tanner Nelson. Middle row from left are 10A players Jack Stevens, Grant Adams, Brendan Earl, Drew Teeter and Kadin Johnson. Jesse Baltazar is not pictured. Back row from left are 14AAA players Jake Ball, Jaeger Classon, Sawyer Vanmaldeghem, Isaac Moyer, Brock Hammer, Ian Ball, Drake Dawson and Parker Andersen. Alex Ulve and Carter Simon are not pictured. — Provided