The Region 8C baseball field is set. Now all that’s needed are large crowds to make the drive to Buddy Beier Stadium in Regal for what should shape up to be two exciting weekends of amateur baseball. Elrosa, the top seed out of the Stearns County League North, begins their quest for state at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 8 against Starbuck. The Stars lost 8-7 to New London-Spicer in the County Line League championship last Friday. On Saturday, Atwater won 5-1 over Lake Henry in the region play-in game.
Region 8C openers in Regal:
On Friday, August 7: New London-Spicer faces Atwater at 6 p.m. in the first region game. New Munich then takes on Farming at 8:30 p.m.
On Saturday, August 8: Spring Hill faces Richmond at 1 p.m. in their region opener before the Saints take on the Stars at 3:30 p.m.
Scores will be posted as I find them out. There's also the Kandiyohi County Fair's final day, which is today. Lots of ground to cover. I've got 2 updates at the newspaper website: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com.
In the Elrosa vs. Starbuck game: the Saints have a 2-0 lead early in the top of the third inning.
In the 7th, Starbuck scored once to make it 2-1.
Earlier today, Richmond beat Spring Hill 3-2.
Final: Starbuck 6, Elrosa 4. The Stars scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 tie. For the game, Elrosa left 15 runners stranded.
Elrosa plays at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Regal. The opponent is Spring Hill.
