Elrosa opens state on Saturday the 19th (*Updates, T-shirts!)

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team will open their second consecutive state tournament and 11th in program history with the Hadley Buttermakers out of the Gopher League in the Round of 48. They will face off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 in Dassel. The Saints drafted Jim Thull from New Munich and Cole Fuchs from Cold Spring to add to their pitching battery.

In recent years, Hadley has played at the state tournament in 2001, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and now 2023. Hadley is a town of approximately 55 people located just 5 miles west of Slayton or 22 miles east of Pipestone.

In their seventh state tournament in program history, Spring Hill faces Roseau at 4:30 p.m. on the 19th in Litchfield for their opener.

The Regal Eagles, who are the No. 3 seed out of Region 4C, open state on August 19 at 11 a.m. in Litchfield.

As a No. 1 seed to state, Region 15C champion St. Martin receives a bye and will play the winner of the first-round Luxemburg vs. Loretto game, which is scheduled for August 19 in Delano at 4:30 p.m.

More to come much later tonight.