The Rundown

This week on The Rundown we are joined by Minnesota Golden Gopher's assistant coach, Nat Wagner. Nat has been there and done that in the world of Fastpitch coaching. From coaching travel ball, to NAIA and D2 stops along the way, he now sits at the top...on staff with an NCAA Power 4 program at the University of MN! Oh, don't let us forget he won a National Championship with Augustana to boot!! Nat is one of the most knowledgeable and dedicated coaches we know. His passion for the game, and his hunger for knowledge, set him apart. We are blessed to call him a friend an colleague! This is a show that you are going to want to take notes from! As always we are grateful to our audience. Thank you for listening to The Rundown!  

This week on The Rundown Tori and Mike are joined by Midwest Speed and S&C Sports Co-owner Jeremy Chell as we break down the recent weekend at the fantastic Easton Elite Fall Showcase hosted by Savvy Softball. It was a weekend filled with great competition, and blue chip recruiting opportunities! We cover it all right here on this episode of The Rundown! Thanks for listening!   

In this episode of The Rundown we are back with a conversation on the USSSA Fall State Tournament from the weekend of October 3rd. We have a little discussion about the fantastic team we are now blessed to Coach! For the uninitiated...the Midwest Speed 15U National Holt team! We also bring out of the archive an interview with one of the greats! Head Coach Jamie Pinkerton from Iowa State joins us to talk recruiting, NCAA 5 for 5, and a whole host of tangents. It is a great show this week folks! As always, thank you for listening to 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 to you! We thank you for listening to The Rundown!  

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 Holt and Coach Beedle as a 7th grader in her first year of varsity! This is a smorgasbord of content folks with some good laughs along the way. As always, thank you for listening to The Rundown!    

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 with their head coach Rachael Click to recap their amazing 2026 campaign as she continues the journey with her team at the NCAA DIII National Tournament down in Indianola, IA as they battle it out in the regional bracket this weekend! It is another great episode of The Rundown! Thank you for listening!

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 MemberTraxx Player of the Week! Another solid show for you and as always...Thank you for listening to The Rundown!

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 School. Hayley has had a monster season with 3 perfect games in the circle so far! It is perhaps our biggest show in the history of the show. Buckle up! Thank you for listening to The Rundown. 

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 cover thoughts on Ms. Softball and get out frustrations on the lack of funding and administrative apathy our sport receives at the high school and collegiate level. We also talk the pro sports seen, and Mike's disdain for the NBA. Its a good time on this episode of The Rundown! Thank you for listening!