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Sunday, August 17, 2025
State amateur baseball yields 3 wins from Region 8C teams (VIDEO)
Paynesville, Farming and Regal all won their respective Class C state tournament openers on Friday and Saturday. More details to follow here later this evening.
Here's a video featuring the postgame celebration after Regal defeated Dumont:
Regal won 2-0 in 11 innings, with their 2 scores coming in the top of the 11th in Hutchinson. The previous night, Paynesville won by a 5-4 score in their state opener. Farming defeated Milroy on Saturday evening. In Elrosa's game, the Saints fell 6-2 to Windom.
Here's the starter introductions for Elrosa before they faced Windom:
Ethan Vogt started and pitched 6 innings, and he was relieved by Norway Lake-Sunburg draftee Weston Gjerde, who pitched in the 7th inning. Will VanBeck was closer in the the 8th inning. Elrosa scored once in the top of the 4th inning to make it a 2-2 tie game, but they were held scoreless across the final 5 innings.
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team opens their 12th state tournament appearance this Saturday, August 16 in Hutchinson. Their game at 1:30 p.m. that day will be against the Windom Pirates. The Pirates won the Region 10C title with a 3-1 win over the Milroy Irish at Milroy's Irish Yard on Friday.
Windom holds a 23-1 overall record. Their last state trip was in 2021, and their program won the Class A state championship in 1936.
Elrosa's state draftees are Weston Gjerde from Norway Lake-Sunburg, Grant Moscho from Greenwald and Ben Welle from Spring Hill.
Hutchinson's state tournament site is Veterans Memorial Field At Dave Mooney Memorial Complex. This is located along the South Fork Crow River. The address is 301 Ontario Street SE, Hutchinson, MN 55350. Other state tournament sites for all classes are Gaylord, Brownton and Glencoe.
Region 8C amateur baseball opening weekend is underway
The opening games of the Region 8C town team baseball tournament took place on Friday in Elrosa. Today, Elrosa faces Regal in Spring Hill at 11 a.m.
More to come.
*Update: after 3 innings, Regal has a 5-1 lead.
*Update: after 4 1/2 innings, the Eagles have an 8-3 lead.
*Update: after 5 1/2 innings, Regal has a 10-5 lead.
Final: Regal 10, Elrosa 6. The Saints fall to the elimination bracket, and their next game is tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. back in Spring Hill.
For Regal, they play at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Spring Hill against Farming. This will be a state-qualifying game.
Update: on Friday in Elrosa, Starbuck defeated Roscoe 5-3. Roscoe will face Spring Hill in Spring Hill on Sunday in an elimination game at 11 a.m. That's all I have for scores at this point.
Farming defeated New Munich on Saturday.
The rest of today will be used up by the Pope County Fair in Glenwood. Here's additional coverage from the fair: https://www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com/section/news. Their fair has been outstanding! It has far and away exceeded all expectations.
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team won their 9th game of the season by defeating Royalton 3-0 tonight in the opening game of their Elite 8 tournament. The Saints will play in the semifinals at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) against the winner of the Courtland vs. Veseli game. Those two teams square off at noon tomorrow in their tournament opener.
In the night cap, Waterville defeated New London-Spicer 7-3 to advance in the championship bracket.
Here's a short video recorded during the postgame handshakes...
I hope you can make it to Elrosa and/or Terrace this weekend!
Saturday night baseball update:
Veseli faces the New London-Spicer Twins at 10 a.m. tomorrow for the 7th place game. Following that, Royalton will play Fergus Falls at noon in the fifth-place game.
Update: the Elrosa Saints lost 5-4 in 8 innings to Courtland in the championship semifinals. They play at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the third-place game against Waterville.
The Elrosa Saints open their Elite 8 amateur baseball tournament tonight with two games at Saints Field for the opening round. They face Royalton at 6:30 p.m. in the first game. First, they will honor our country with the National Anthem, which I hope to get to in time! This is a busy weekend with events also taking place in Terrace.
Here's a video featuring the final out recorded last year in the Elite 8 tournament championship game:
The Saints defeated New London-Spicer by an 11-4 score to claim the Elite 8 title last year.
The Farming Flames came up big in the top of the sixth inning when they plated three runs on a successful suicide squeeze attempt today against the Elrosa Saints. The two amateur baseball teams were vying in an elimination game of the Region 15C tournament at Watkins. The three runs erased a 2-1 Elrosa lead, and the 4-2 lead held up as the Saints saw their season come to a close.
The Saints out-hit the Flames by a wide 11 to 4 margin, but three errors plus 11 stranded baserunners ultimately led to their demise. Payton VanBeck pitched an incredible complete game with 16 strikeouts. I'll update this blog post after I receive the official box score.
Elrosa finishes the season 14-9 overall with a youth-filled lineup. They won the Elite 8 tournament title for the third straight year as well as the Stearns County League North playoff title.
The county fairs for Pope County and Stearns County both conclude today. I've got two videos from Friday at the Stearns County Fair posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/ZV0c7.
Sunday night update...
I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Terrace this morning to take in the Chippewa Falls Lutheran church's 150th anniversary worship service. I am getting my 1.54 gigabyte video uploaded tonight from the service. The organizers did a really fantastic job. I am proud of all our area churches! Look for extended coverage of their 150th anniversary worship in the August 8 and possibly August 15 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper.
It looks like we are set to get another big shot of rain across the next 24 hours. Crazy! This is not a typical time of the year to receive ample rainfall. I know my garden is not complaining about it.
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team won their seventh straight game today by defeating New Munich 7-3 in a Stearns County League North game. They now hold a 9-7 overall record including exhibition contests. In the SCL-North standings, the Saints pull into third place with a 5-6 record.
The Saints posted four runs in the top of the second inning, and the scoring started with Derek Wiener hitting a solo home run. Elrosa made it a 5-0 lead in the third. After they added two additional runs in the seventh, the Silverstreaks rallied in the bottom of the ninth with three runs before they ran out of outs. Jackson Peter and Gavin Kampsen also earned extra base hits with one double each.
Elrosa had 10 hits to 8 for the host Silverstreaks. Will VanBeck started and got the win with 8 1/3 innings pitched. Wyatt Steffensen earned the save with the Saints recording the last two outs with him on the mound. New Munich's Ty Reller was tagged with the loss (7 innings).
Here's action today at New Munich starting with Jackson Peter at the plate facing Ty Reller in the top of the fourth inning:
Next: an exhibition game on Wednesday, July 10 in Elrosa against the Paynesville Pirates. First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m. Following that, Meire Grove is set to come to Elrosa on Friday, July 12. The Roscoe game has not been rescheduled.
Good luck tonight to the Elrosa Saints Little Dipper team, as they enter the SCL playoffs as the No. 7 seed. They face No. 2-seeded Farming in Farming at 6:30 p.m.
Here's a video from a week ago with Greenwald in Elrosa; this is in the bottom of the 8th inning:
More to come.
And just for fun...finally posting this...it was a fun moment! At the Gary Breitbach Memorial golf tournament on June 29 at Prairie View Golf Course.
Duane Braegelman knocks down a great putt:
Stearns County League baseball scores on July 7:
Spring Hill 14, Meire Grove 13 (this was a continuation of a game halted earlier in the season due to the weather; action started today with Spring Hill ahead 11-10 in the seventh inning)
Spring Hill 7, Meire Grove 3
Lake Henry 3, Roscoe 0
Farming 8, Greenwald 1
Food options summary for Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten!
At the Lucky Shots Bowling Alley on main street in Brooten, they will have open kids bowling from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 13. Also! On Lucky Shots Bowling Alley will be grilling brats and hamburgers for sale and also single slices of pizza when open during the BVD weekend.
RJ's Mini Mart, the Backyard Burger drive-in, Marcia's Bar and Grill plus the KaDe Shack will also all be serving food. At the KaDe Shack, they will shut down their kitchen at approximately noon on Saturday, July 13 and be serving only drinks the rest of the day/evening. On Saturday morning, the KaDe Shack will have Tom's hearty breakfast buffet from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. partly to help feed the huge crowd coming to town for the BVD Car and Tractor Show.
Other food vendors are coming to town as well. More on that to come later. I plan to make most updates on this at the Bonanza Valley Voice website, and you can find the BVD food options web article here: https://shorturl.at/muaOI. The July 11 printed newspaper will also have this information.
Special Taher Foods summer meals program announcement:
On Friday, July 12, Tahar will crank up their summer meals to accommodate the extra influx of children who will be in Brooten for the BVD youth baseball tournament. They will have hamburgers to serve up to 200 children between 11 a.m. and noon on Friday. The food will include extra components to qualify as a federally reimbursable meal, and the food will also be served to-go as needed to help keep the kids coming and going and well fed! Please spread the word. These meals are FREE!!!
Elrosa Saints win Elite 8 title: it's a THREE-peat! (VIDEOS)
To cap a long and exciting weekend of baseball, the Elrosa Saints earned the Elite 8 tournament title with a convincing 11-4 win over the New London-Spicer Twins tonight. Elrosa held a 6-4 lead after two innings. The offense was aided by three home runs, a three-run shot by Jackson Peter and solo home runs by Kevin Kuefler and Andrew Weller. In addition to the home runs, Jackson Peter had two doubles, and Derek Wiener and Gavin Kampsen also doubled.
Ashton Dingmann started and pitched four innings for the win, and Wyatt Steffensen closed to earn the save in three scoreless innings. The Twins tallied 7 hits, while the Saints had a 13-hit attack.
This marks the third straight year that the Saints have won the Elite 8 title.
Here's a video from the bottom of the third inning against NL-S:
Here's a video starting when Jackson Peter rounded the bases after hitting a 3-run home run:
The Saints now have four straight wins to their credit and improve to 6-7 overall. Next: the Saints host Richmond on Friday, June 28 in a Stearns County League game which will begin in the fourth inning and Elrosa holding a 3-2 lead. This resumes action from May 24, which was halted due to the weather.
The second day of the Elite 8 amateur baseball tournament got underway by mid-afternoon after another round of rainfall passed over the Bonanza Valley area earlier today.
Elrosa's game tonight should get going by around 8:30 p.m. They face the winner of Royalton vs. Veseli, which started at 3 p.m. Additional game notes from the Spring Hill win last night were added to my previous blog post.
Elite 8 tournament opening-round scores:
Fergus Falls defeated Raymond 10-6.
Elrosa 4, Spring Hill 2 (last night)
New London-Spicer 1, Luxemborg 0 (last night)
Veseli 12, Royalton 1
Elite 8 round two updates...
Fergus Falls faces NL-S in one of the championship semifinals tonight.
Update...in the top of the seventh, NL-S took a 17-10 lead over Fergus Falls. The Twins won by a 17-11 final score to advance to the championship. The nightcap features Elrosa vs. Veseli in the other championship semifinal. First pitch was set for about 8:50 p.m.
Final score: Elrosa 1, Veseli 0! What a game! Ashton Dingmann drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Ethan Vogt pitched a complete game for the win while giving up just four hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Veseli's Jackson Jirk also pitched a great game but took the loss while giving up four hits and four walks with three strikeouts. Earning one hit each for Elrosa were Kevin Kuefler, Blaine Fischer, Ashton Dingmann and Luke Illies.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jackson Peter advanced on an error and stole second base before scoring on Dingmann's base hit. Vogt then earned two strikeouts to go with one grounder to end the game after the top of the seventh. The Saints (5-7 overall) will face New London-Spicer in the championship on Sunday.
Sunday's schedule in Elrosa:
10 a.m. - Spring Hill vs. Royalton
12 p.m. - Luxemborg vs. Raymond
2 p.m. - Veseli vs. Fergus Falls (third place)
4 p.m. - Elrosa vs. NL-S (championship)
On to the Round of 32 at State! Let's go Saints! (VIDEOS, UPDATES!)
Note: this was updated yet again on Monday morning...see below.
The Elrosa Saints baseball team will play in the second weekend of the 100th Class C amateur state tournament. They earned that right thanks to a walk-off RBI-single by Jackson Peter to defeat Hadley 4-3 in today's opening round game in Dassel.
Peter's base hit was buried in left field, which allowed Andew Weller to score from second base for the game winner. Weller, the leadoff batter for the Saints in the ninth, was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on Will VanBeck's sacrifice bunt. Kevin Kuefler drew a walk, and Jackson Peter then drilled his shot over the third baseman's head for the game winner.
*Here's a rough video of the exciting post-game celebration in Dassel!
*Here's a video from the bottom of the 8th inning when the Saints tied the game at 3-3...
Hadley got a two-RBI home run in the top of the fifth inning that gave them a 3-2 lead.
Payton VanBeck got the pitching win in the ninth inning in relief of Cole Fuchs of Cold Spring, who pitched three scoreless innings. Starter Brett Engelmeyer of Greenwald went the first five innings.
*Here's a video featuring the entire top of the 9th inning with VanBeck on the mound:
Next: the Saints play Region 9A champion Minneota next Saturday at 4:30 p.m., with the site to be determined. **UPDATE: the game will be in Litchfield. Further details to come. Video is uploading. I have to put sports aside for part of the evening as I join what is the 'Event of the summer' at the Brooten Pavilion, where the wedding reception is being held for Larry Torkelson and Eva Smith of Sunburg. They got married! And we couldn't be happier for them.
UPDATE: the Spring Hill Chargers have also advanced to the second weekend of state! They toppled Roseau 6-4 tonight in Litchfield to get Region 15C a total of four teams in the final 32 teams left in contention. Congratulations! Ben Welle started for Spring Hill and pitched seven innings and was relieved by Anthony Revermann, who pitched the eighth inning. Lake Henry draftee Grant Ludwig was closer in the ninth. Next for the Chargers: their second round game is on Friday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Delano, where their opponent will be the host Delano Athletics, champions of Region 12A.
New York Mills ended Regal's season with a 3-2 state tournament win in Litchfield after the Eagles took a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning. It marked the first state win for New York Mills since 1969.
The Kimball Express defeated Region 9C's runner-up team, the Dumont Saints, by a 4-2 score on Friday in Litchfield to advance. They play Region 8A champion Buckman on Saturday, August 26 at 7 p.m. in Litchfield, a game that follows Elrosa's game with Minneota.
Region 15C champion St. Martin opens their state tournament with the Loretto Larks on Sunday, August 27 at 1:30 p.m. in Litchfield. The Larks were the fourth-place team out of Region 12C, and they beat Luxemburg 8-3 to advance.
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team begins the Class C state tournament today with a first-round game at 1:30 p.m. in Dassel. THe Hadley Buttermakers will provide the competition on which team advances to the Round of 32! The game will be broadcast on KASM 1150 AM of Albany and on their website: http://www.mykasm.com.
*Here's a video from the top of the 9th inning last Saturday in Lake Henry:
In honor of the incredible level of respect and admiration that I have for the Elrosa Saints baseball program, I wanted to share this incredible video recorded at a farmer's market in North Carolina where now-famous farmer and song artist Oliver Anthony drew a crowd of over 1,000 people to hear him sing! This is amazing.
Enjoy for yourself...
Remember that on Friday, June 12, 2020, our Elrosa Saints baseball team displayed their own version of civic disobedience in defiance of Governor Tim Walz when they played a baseball game on a quiet Friday night against the Cold Spring Rockies. I'll never, ever forget that night.
I have to get a new blog post added tonight on the B-B-E girls' tennis team, who fought their way into the win column yesterday on the first day of competition of the fall season. They beat Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area by a 4-3 score.
Updates to follow on this blog post this afternoon.
Game updates...
After one inning, it's a scoreless game.
*After 3 innings, the Buttermakers hold a 1-0 lead. They scored in the top of the second.
**After 5 innings, the Saints are trailing 3-2. Hadley got a two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to reclaim the lead.
**After 7 innings, Hadley is ahead 3-2.
**Final: Elrosa 4, Hadley 3. The Saints advance to the Round of 32! Details to follow in a new blog post.
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.
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.
A determined, gritty Greenwald Cubs team came to town today for a border battle to open the Stearns County League North division playoffs. After drawing first blood with one run in the top of the third, the Cubs fell behind 5-1 in the bottom of the third when Gavin Kampsen hit a grand slam home run over the left field fence at Saints Field. His one-out bomb, which sailed 5 to 10 feet above the fence, gave the Saints a 5-1 lead.
**Here's a video featuring Kampsen rounding the bases and being greeted back at the dugout:
Down the stretch, the bats came alive for the Saints, who finished with two doubles and one triple to go with Kampsen's grand slam. Elrosa joins St. Martin as two SCL teams with tickets to the Region 15C tournament in Lake Henry/St. Martin in August.
Final: Elrosa 12, Greenwald 3. Ethan Vogt pitched six innings for the win with five strikeouts, one walk and three earned runs. Ashton Dingmann earned the save in three innings with just one hit, no walks and three strikeouts. Overall, the Saints had 12 hits to 10 for the Cubs.
NEXT: the Saints play in the division championship at noon tomorrow, July 23, at New Munich. Their opponent will be the winner of this afternoon's game between New Munich and Spring Hill. First pitch at the Silverstreaks' stadium is at 2:30 p.m.
At St. Martin last night, the host Martins defeated Richmond 3-2 in walk-off fashion after trailing 2-0 to earn a spot in the region tournament.
UPDATE on my Bonanza Valley Days coverage...we are entering the final week with BVD coverage to publish in the newspaper. The July 27 issue will have additional coverage from the BVD kiddie parade, kids pedal pull, Scouts BSA Waffle Feed, the Miss Brooten program and the grand parade. So far at the newspaper's SmugMug photo gallery, the BVD photo totals is 855 pictures from the big four-day celebration in Brooten. Of that total 371 uploaded photos are from the BVD grand parade. The direct link to the SmugMug folder that has all the BVD galleries is: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2023-B-B-EBonanza-Valley-area-events.
Elrosa Saints win walk-off thriller, Legion Post 288 stays alive in sub-districts
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team has clinched the Stearns County League North division title, the 11th overall in program history. They did so tonight thanks to late-game heroics at the plate combined with speedy baserunning as they edged visiting New Munich by a 3-2 score. Blaine Fischer's RBI-single with no outs scored Will VanBeck from third base for the game winner.
New Munich had just tied the game with one run in the top of the ninth inning. Video from the end of the game is uploading.
Ethan Vogt started for Elrosa, and Will VanBeck was the closer. For New Munich, Ty Reller pitched all nine innings. Each team finished with 7 hits. Jackson Peter hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first.
*Here's video featuring the bottom of the ninth inning:
That was some rough video, but it's better than nothing. I had my Porsche camera in action for the first time at a night-time baseball game. I did not know what I was doing with it, although I have an idea now on what settings work best under baseball stadium lighting.
NEXT: the regular season concludes for Elrosa with a trip to neighboring rival Spring Hill on Sunday with a 1:30 p.m. contest.
Also, the Region 15C tournament will be hosted in Lake Henry with night games in St. Martin.
In a sub-district elimination game at Benson, the Brooten American Legion Post No. 288 baseball team defeated Benson/Hancock 4-1 to advance to the championship game. Luke Dingmann pitched a complete game with five strikeouts. They play tomorrow night at 6 p.m. at Minnewaska Area high school where they face Glenwood/Lowry. They need to win twice to advance to the district tournament.
COMING UP! The 121st annual Stearns County Fair is coming in Sauk Centre from July 26 to July 30. They will advertise in the Bonanza Valley Voice across the next two weeks.
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team faced New Ulm in the second round of the Class C state tournament yesterday. The start of the game in Dundas was delayed by over two hours due to a steady rainfall in the latter part of the morning at Memorial Park.
New Ulm, one of the top teams in Class C, defeated Elrosa 12-2 in eight innings to advance to the Sweet 16 round of state.
Below is a video featuring the playing of the National Anthem in Dundas:
About halfway into the National Anthem, an eagle can be seen flying over the park. It was quite a moment! Additional videos are being uploaded this afternoon and will be added here.
*Here's a video featuring the starter introductions in Dundas:
*Here's video from the top of the third inning starting with top-of-the-order batter Kevin Kuefler at the plate:
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team won 3-1 in their state tournament opener! They led 1-0 early againtst Montgomery on their way to advancing to the Round of 32 in the Class C state tournament. The Mallards and Saints had one error each, and the Mallards out-hit the Saints by a 7-to-6 margin. Elrosa's Ashton Dingmann had the game's only extra-base hit, as Dingmann hit a two-out double in the top of the second inning. Payton VanBeck pitched all nine innings with one earned run, two walks and six strikeouts. Two Montgomery pitchers combined to strike out 10 Elrosa batters, and starter Johnny Krocak gave up two earned runs in seven innings to take the loss. Elrosa's defense worked to strand 11 Montgomery base runners, while Elrosa had six stranded in the game.
I haven't confirmed all the information for the next round, but I know the Saints will play on Saturday, August 27 at 11 a.m. More informatio to come. I have to get back to Sedan for about the fifth time today! They are having an amazing Sedan Daze celebration!
**Confirmed: the Saints play in Dundas at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 27 against the Region 2C champion New Ulm Brewers. Spread the word!
Here's a video from the Sedan Daze tug-of-war competition that was held in the hay field due east of Heidi's Bar this evening:
If you were unable to attend Sedan Daze, that is very, very unfortunate!! They pulled off an incredible day. It was amazing from start to finish.
Not much time to blog this morning as we prepare for the Belgrade August Fest activities, but here's a video of the National Anthem from last night in Elrosa.
VIDEO:
**Another video added on Saturday afternoon before the Belgrade August Fest parade...
It was a beautiful night for baseball!
Please come to Belgrade today! The parade is at 4 p.m.
Update: at Meire Grove today, Richmond defeated New Munich in a 10-inning thriller by a 3-2 score to advance to the state tournament. That's all I've got right now. Heading back to the street dance in Belgrade! It has been an incredible day of fun at the Belgrade August Fest!! REMEMBER: Elrosa plays tomorrow (Sunday) at 1:30 p.m. in Meire Grove in a seeding game. If they win, they will be the No. 2 seed to the Class C state tournament out of Region 15C.
We have rain delay changes at the Region 15C baseball tournament in Meire Grove today.
Shortly after 2 p.m., the first game (the 11 a.m. game) was still going in the ninth inning. The second game, which is the "1 o'clock game" is likely to get going at about 3 p.m.
The Elrosa vs. Spring Hill game will likely start at about 5 p.m. today in Meire Grove. More updates to come. I am going to make a swing over to the Pope County Fair before heading back into Stearns County!
On Friday night, the Richmond Royals won 7-2 against Watkins in the first game of the region tournament. That game was played in Elrosa.
*Update: the Elrosa game started shortly after 5 p.m. against Spring Hill. Starting for Elrosa is Payton VanBeck, while Anthony Revermann is Spring Hill's starting pitcher.
In the first game played today, St. Martin defeated New Munich. All games are being broadcast on KASM 1150 AM radio and at "mykasm-dot-com" online.
Final score: Elrosa 4, Spring Hill 1. The Saints play at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow back in Meire Grove.
