Saints prevail vs. Royals in 10 innings

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team kept their playoff hopes alive with a thrilling walk-off 7-6 win in 10 innings against Richmond on Friday night. The game was played across two days, as it began on May 24 but was halted after the third inning due to the weather. It was an incredible game that saw 24 runners stranded by both teams.

In the bottom of the 10th, Will VanBeck led off with a walk, advanced on a two-out intentional walk issued to Jackson Peter and then scored on Derek Wiener's RBI-single off the fence. Wiener had a hot bat all night and went 5-for-6 with 5 RBI while accounting for half of Elrosa's hits.

Payton VanBeck started and pitched three innings before being relieved by Ethan Vogt. Will VanBeck earned the win while pitching 2 2/3 innings of two-hit relief.

The amateur baseball Stearns County League All-Star game takes place in Roscoe today at 1:30 p.m., and the Little Dipper All-Star game with 8th grade players starts at 5 p.m. in Roscoe. On Sunday, the Saints host Greenwald at 1:30 p.m.

Today is a big day with the Gary Breitbach Memorial golf tournament at Prairie View in Brooten. The 18-hole tournament started at 11 a.m.

I've got a brief web article with video posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website featuring the Brooten Farmers Market season which officially restarted on June 20. Click here to find that: https://shorturl.at/1eyY1.

Also! On Sunday, tomorrow, the Parishes on the Prairie Catholic churches will hold their summer church social in Elrosa. The big day starts with outdoor mass at 10:30 a.m. and is followed by five hours of FREE food, live music, games and more. This was outlined in better detail on page 2 of both the June 20 and June 27 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers.