Elrosa Saints baseball teams are in the thick of playoffs - Amateur & Little League play Sunday

Second baseman Marshall Zachman picks off a fly ball in the Elrosa Little League game on Sunday night. Backing him up is shortstop James Kuefler.

Don't forget to pick up this week's issue of the Sauk Centre Herald to see their "Boys of Summer" section, featuring seven area amateur baseball teams, including Elrosa. Copies are on sale at Micki's, Coop's Corner, and Rooney's Oil in Belgrade and Bayer's Gas and Grocery in Elrosa.

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team travels to New Munich on Sunday in a 1:30 afternoon affair. The winner will get a pass to the Region 15C tournament in August. The Saints are 7-8 against SCL opponents this year; the Silverstreaks are 10-4.

The Region 15C amateur baseball tournament will be held on August 8,9 and 15,16 in Spring Hill. The top two teams from the SCL-North, SCL-South, and Cornbelt North leagues will battle it out double-elimination style for the right to advance to the Amateur State baseball tournament. That will be held in Arlington and Gaylord this summer, August 20 – 23, 28 – 30, and September 4 - 7.

The Elrosa Little League team is in the Stearns County League Final Four round, and as the number-two seed they will host #3-Lake Henry on Sunday night (July 26) at 6:30pm. They went 8-1 in the regular season.

The Elrosa Legion team is seeded #6 and will travel to #3 Regal next Tuesday, July 28 for a 6:30 game. They went 5-4 in regular season play.

A photo gallery at the Sauk Herald's website includes photos from Sunday's game. The album with the Elrosa-Spring Hill amateur game is completed, with a total of 109 photos. The Little League album with New Munich-Elrosa photos has been completed, and it includes 94 photos from Sunday night's game.

The link to the gallery is: saukherald.mycapture.com

Honoring the American Flag...

A video clip from the Star Spangled Banner, prior to the New Munich vs. Meire Grove playoff game on Sunday.

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