Jaguars lead Eden Valley-Watkins 9-8 in the fifth inning

The eighth-seeded Jaguars baseball team will have two more innings to try holding off Eden Valley-Watkins from making a comeback.

The Jaguars entered the game 8-12 overall, while the #1 seed Eagles are 15-2.

Update from the final two innings: The Eagles plated seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to go up 16-9. The Jaguars gave an outstanding effort for a seventh inning rally but ultimately could only muster four runs.

Final score: EV-W 16, B-B-E 13.

In another Sub-Section 5A-West quarterfinal round game, the 3rd-seeded Prairie Conference co-champion St. John's Prep Johnnies won 3-2 after rallying for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Both came on two outs.

Browerville and St. John's Prep shared the Prairie Conference title with 8-2 records.

Other Sub-Section 5A-West quarterfinal results:
#2 seed Browerville 11, #7 seed Royalton 2
#5 seed Upsala/Swanville Area 8, Kimball Area 6

The Prairie Conference co-champions (Browerville, St. John's Prep) will face off with one another in one semi-final game at Cold Spring on Tuesday, while Eden Valley-Watkins will face #5 seed Upsala/Swanville Area in the other semi-final.

USA is 13-5 overall, St. John's Prep is 11-4 overall, EV-W is 16-2 overall and Browerville is 14-4 overall.

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