I wish I would've started rolling tape right away when James Kuefler stepped to the plate! Kuefler, Elrosa's lead off batter, drilled the first pitch he saw over the center field fence at Greenwald, sailing over just north of the scoreboard.
Earlier today at Minnewaska Area high school, the Starbuck Stars earned their first state tournament berth in 21 years with a thrilling 3-2 win in 10 innings over the Milroy Yankees. Starbuck, which includes 1986 Belgrade-Elrosa graduate Brian Gruber on the roster along with two of his sons, will play Bird Island at 7:30 p.m. back at Minnewaska in the Region 4C winner's bracket final. The winner of that game gets a pass to the championship game that takes place at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Bird Island earned a state berth with a 2-0 win over Regal earlier today. Shane Radermacher, a 2005 graduate of B-B-E high school, went all nine innings on the mound for the Eagles. He pitched a great game with three strikeouts, no walks and just five hits.
More to come.
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