amateur baseball

The Class C and B State Amateur baseball tournaments start this weekend in Belle Plaine, Green Isle, Jordan and Shakopee. The lone St. Cloud area team playing in the Class B state tournament is the Cold Spring Springers. They will play the Minnetonka Monarchs Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Shakopee.

Faribault is now 6-8 and hosts Webster, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2024. New Prague entertains Shakopee Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

The Lakers play Noon Sunday at home against St. Benedict while New Prague is at Lonsdale Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

Region 5C amateur baseball schedule

The Owatonna Aces are still alive in the region playoffs and need two more wins to reach the state tourney.

Stewartville-Racine eliminated Owatonna from the Region 5C amateur tournament Saturday 8-3. Rochester then edged the Sharks 7-6 to earn a trip to state.

The Dodge County Diamondbacks earned a trip to the state Class C amateur baseball tournament by beating Rochester onSunday night at Fuller Field in Owatonna.

The Aces amateur baseball club sailed by Pine Island 13-3 in eight innings in Wednesday's Region 5C playoff opener at Fuller Field at Dartts Park.

Playoff losses over the weekend ended the summer season for the Owatonna and Medford American Legion baseball teams.

I enjoyed a recent stretch of six ballparks in six cities in seven days last week. It would have been seven games had rain not forced one cancellation.