A note from the publisher's desk...if you can't make it to the region amateur baseball games, I urge you to go to the Pope County Fair! They are having a terrific fair so far, and your attendance and support would be greatly appreciated!
The second day of the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament continues today with the first games being held in Lake Henry. The Elrosa Saints face New Munich at 1:30 p.m. If the Saints win, they play again TONIGHT! Yes, that's right, and that game will be at St. Martin under the Lights at Ray Weber Field.
In the opening game of the tournament last night in St. Martin, Cold Spring won a nailbiter over Spring Hill in 12 innings by a 6-5 score. The Chargers fall to the elimination bracket and play next at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) to fight to keep their state tournament hopes alive; they face Lake Henry. Cold Spring will play in a state-qualifying game on Sunday at 11 a.m.
Today at Lake Henry, St. Martin beat the host Lakers 2-1 in Saturday's opening game. This was originally the 4 p.m. game, but because of the forecast, these two local teams decided to bump that up to a 9 a.m. start!
In today's second game at Lake Henry and the third game overall of regions, Kimball faces Pearl Lake at 11 a.m. You can listen to the game at KASM's website: http://www.mykasm.com. They are also on the radio at 1150 AM!
Baseball UPDATE: that Pearl Lake vs. Kimball game is still going at 2 p.m., although they are near the 9th inning. UPDATE at 14:04... Kimball defeated Pearl Lake by a 4-1 score, and they advance to play tonight in St. Martin. Kimball was lifted earlier in the game by a three-run home run by Adam Beyer, which broke a scoreless tie.
Elrosa vs. New Munich updates will be posted in a new blog post.
In county fair news...
A photo gallery with almost 100 pictures from yesterday's activities at the Pope County Fair in Glenwood has been uploaded to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's SmugMug site. You can find that by clicking on this short link: https://tinyurl.com/2s4wd7rk. You can read a full article on The Voice website that features information on today's activities by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/3mcezezx. That article has a new video I just added which was recorded last night at the fair.
*Here's a video from last night at the fair:
GREAT news...related to the weather...it appears that they've taken much of the chances for rain out for today and the early evening hours. This bodes well for both baseball and county fair events today! As of now there's an overall 42 percent chance of rain for Brooten.
