Elrosa Saints Little League wins playoff opener

The Elrosa Saints Little League baseball team won its playoff opener on Wednesday night this week by an 8-2 margin over New Munich, in a game held in Elrosa. It was an 8-seed vs. 9-seed matchup, with the Saints having the better ranking of the two.

Elrosa now prepares for a battle at top-seeded Lake Henry on Sunday night at 6:30pm in the Stearns County League playoff quarterfinals.

In the other play-in game held on Wednesday night in the SCL Little League playoffs, 10th-seeded Regal fell to #7-seed Spring Hill in a 1-0 battle.

Stearns County League Little League final regular season standings:
1st - Lake Henry (9-0)
2nd - Farming (8-1)
3rd - St.Martin (6-3)
4th - Roscoe and Meire Grove, tie (5-4)
6th - Greenwald and Spring Hill, tie (4-5)
8th - Elrosa (3-6)
9th - New Munich (1-8)
10th - Regal (0-9)

Here are the final Stearns County League Legion team regular season standings:
1st - St.Martin (8-1)
2nd - Roscoe and Regal, tie (6-3)
4th - Spring Hill and Meire Grove, tie (5-4)
6th - Richmond, Elrosa and Greenwald, tie, (4-5)
9th - Lake Henry (3-6)
10th - Farming (0-9)

Last night (Thursday), Elrosa hosted Farming in a 7th-seed vs. 10th-seed matchup of the Legion playoffs. Elrosa lost the game 6-4 to end their season. Farming advances to face #2-seed Roscoe next Tuesday night.

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