SID's JOTTINGS
• The Gophers football team has 19 seniors on the roster, but injuries have forced many of them to miss games since the season opener with TCU: offensive linemen Joe Bjorklund, Brian Bobek and Josh Campion; defensive linemen Scott Ekpe and Robert Ndondo-Lay; running backs Miles Thomas and Rodrick Williams; and defensive backs Briean Boddy-Calhoun and Damarius Travis. Tight end Lincoln Plsek has missed the entire season because of a back injury, too. The other seniors are receiver KJ Maye; offensive linemen Foster Bush and Jon Christenson; defensive linemen Theiren Cockran and Alan Keith; linebacker De'Vondre Campbell; defensive backs Eric Murray and Antonio Johnson; and punter Peter Mortell.
• In the Arizona Fall League, Twins prospect Mitch Garver is off to a good start, batting .462 (6-for-13) with a homer and five RBI, getting two hits in each of his first three games with Scottsdale. Other Twins prospects there are catcher Stuart Turner, outfielder Adam Brett Walker and pitchers Nick Burdi, Trevor Hildenberger, Taylor Rogers and Jake Reed. … Former Gophers lefthander Tom Windle, a 2013 second-round pick of the Dodgers who was traded to Philadelphia last year, has struck out three in two innings for Glendale.
• In the United States Hockey League, a few Gophers recruits are off to good starts. Edina native Ryan Zuhlsdorf has eight assists in nine games for Sioux City and was named the USHL defenseman of the week this past week. Goalie Ryan Edquist, who led Lakeville North to the state title last season, is second in the USHL with a 2-0-1 with a 1.35 goals-against average for Madison. Brannon McManus has two goals and three assists in nine games for Omaha, and Tarek Baker has two goals and five assists in nine games for Bloomington.
