History

  The Fisher Group Fastpitch Softball team of Mankato, Minnesota is currently in its 13^th year of existence.  The team has enjoyed a steady climb of success each year it has taken to the diamond.

  The team began in 1993 as the Sunset Lounge of North Mankato.  It was started by Brent Rabenhorst, Wayne Baumgartner, Dean Kent, Kevin Kent and Kevin Timm and was managed by Mike Wahtel and was comprised of players from the Vernon Center area of southwestern Minnesota.

  Original team members were:  Brent Rabenhorst, Wayne Baumgartner, Dean Kent, Kevin Kent, Kevin Timm, Brian Wahtel, Todd Wahtel, Terry Wahtel, Mike Chamberlain, Scott Ostermann, Randy Olson, Steve Haynes and Manager Mike Wahtel. 

  In 1996 they took on the name of their new sponsor, Rod’s Bar of Good Thunder and won the Minnesota ASA Class C State Championship.

  The 2000 season saw Fisher Group become the team’s sponsor and namesake.  One year later, the team reached the fastpitch pinnacle, when they won the NAFA Class A World Championship in Hutchinson, Kansas.

  The team has appeared in 8 NAFA World Series and plays a competitive tournament schedule each summer.

  Fisher Group is currently the three-time defending Minnesota ASA Class B State Champions and all of their players are still from the same area they were when the team was first created.

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