Elrosa Saints advance to Region 15C! Take down Meire Grove 3-2 in SCL North loser's bracket final - Up next: at New Munich on Sunday

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team picked up its third win of the Stearns County League North division playoffs with a gritty 3-2 win over Meire Grove on Saturday afternoon.

The Saints travel to New Munich on Sunday for a 1:30 game against the Silverstreaks. The winner earns both the SCL-North division playoff title, as well as the #1 seed from their bracket going into Region 15C. Another added bonus to winning Sunday's game is first chance at picking drafts from Greenwald/Meire Grove/Spring Hill.

In the SCL-South division elimination game, third-seeded St.Martin took out second-seeded Richmond by a 7-2 score on the Richmond diamond. The Martins travel to Lake Henry on Sunday for the SCL-South division championship. Both teams advance to Region 15C.

News for the Cornbelt League:
Two Cornbelt North games will be played Saturday with New London-Spicer hosting Paynesville and Norway Lake-Sunburg hosting Starbuck. Both games start at 1:30 p.m. The winners will face each other at noon Sunday in Regal. The winner of that game will gain the league’s other spot in the Region 15C tournament and will play Regal for seeding purposes following the first game. The winner will be the North’s top seed.

**This is the tentative Region 15C format:

Saturday, August 8th
Game 1: Stearns County South Champion vs Stearns County North Runner-up – 10:30am
Game 2: Stearns County North Champion vs Corn Belt North Runner-up – 1:00pm
Game 3: Corn Belt North Champion vs Stearns County South Runner-up – 3:30pm

Sunday, August 9th
Game 4: Winner of game 3 vs loser of game 1 – 10:30am
Game 5: Winner of game 1 vs winner of game 2 – 1:00pm
Game 6: Loser of game 2 vs loser of game 3 – 3:30pm

Saturday, August 15th
Game 7: Winner of game 4 vs winner of game 5 – 12:00pm (winner advances to State)
Game 8: Winner of game 6 vs loser of game 5 – 2:30pm

Sunday, August 16th
Game 9: Winner of game 8 vs loser game 7 – 12:00pm (winner advances to State)
Game 10: Winner of game 7 vs winner of game 9 – 2:30pm (Seeding Game for State)

Elrosa last qualified for Region 15C in 2007, when they won the SCL-North division playoff title. They also went in 2006, when they advanced to the state tournament as Region 15C runners-up. Other years I know they advanced to regions this decade were 2002 and 2003.

More information will follow later Saturday night.

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