Back on track

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team defeated visiting Lake Henry in a 2-0 game on Sunday night in front a large Memorial Weekend crowd. Ethan Vogt dealt a tough hand for the Lakers with a complete-game effort on the mound.

Now 6-1 in the Stearns County League North division, the Saints head to Freeport to play under the lights on Friday, June 1 with first pitch at 7:30 p.m. On the following night, the Saints travel south to Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer to face the New London-Spicer Twins (7:30 p.m.).

In another SCL game today, Meire Grove defeated St. Martin by a similar 2-0 score.

Also this weekend, the Greenwald Cubs won two games by defeating St. Martin 8-4 and then Farming 8-7.

...in related news, time to ramp up promotion of the All-Star games coming to Elrosa in late June!

The Stearns County League and the Elrosa Saints baseball team is gearing up to host the Stearns County vs. Central Valley League All-Star game on Saturday, June 30 at Saints Field. Joining selected members of the SCL teams are players from the Central Valley League teams of Kimball (defending Class C champions), Cold Spring, Luxemburg, Watkins, Eden Valley, Pearl Lake, St. Augusta and St. Nick. The day begins with the first-ever SCL Little League All-Star game at 2 p.m. An amateur home run derby follows that at 4 p.m. with one member from each team in each league hitting. The amateur All-Star game gets underway at 6 p.m. Capping off the day of fun in Elrosa is live entertainment at the stadium by Mitch Gordon and the Unleaded Band at 9 p.m.