It was a BUSY weekend of playoff baseball in central Minnesota with Region 14C and 16C tournaments beginning. Let’s recap it all and see how the bracket shook out in the opening weekend.

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Friday, July 26

(8 seed) Henning – 6 vs. (9 seed) Vergas – 4 (Played at New York Mills)

(7 seed) Sebeka – 13 vs. (10 seed) Dent – 3 (Played at Menahga)

(6 seed) Clarissa – 10 vs. Staples – 0 (Played at Deer Creek)

• Kole Weishalla goes the distance for the Flyers with  8 shutout innings

Saturday, July 27

(4 seed) Perham – 3 vs. (5 seed) Nimrod – 1

Henning – 0 @ (1 seed) New York Mills – 7 

Sebeka – 2 vs. (2 seed) Midway – 7 (Played at Deer Creek)

• Stetson Burkman goes 7 strong innings, allowing no earned runs for the Snurdbirds. While Scott Seim gets the final 6 outs by striking out 5.

Clarissa – 2 @ (3 seed) Deer Creek – 8 

• Nolan Coyle throws 5 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 5. Chase Nordlund goes 3-3 with a triple, double, and single to finish a home run shy of the cycle.

Kensington Norseman – 8 @ Urbank – 11

• Drew Johnson gets the win on the mound for the Bombers as they win their first game of the Region 16C playoffs

Sunday, July 28

Carlos – 0 @ Urbank – 2

• The Bombers are now two wins away from clinching a state tournament berth behind Hunter Haggenmiller, who pitched a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts

Nimrod – 13 vs. Dent – 2 (Played at Sebeka)

• Paul Funk leads the charge for the Gnats with two home runs in the victory.
• Congrats to the Diamond Hawks for their season!

Staples – 2 vs. Henning – 6 (Played at New York Mills)

• Henning advances to the next weekend of Region 14C play
• Congrats to the Lumberbats for their season!

Clarissa – 5 vs. Vergas -2 (Played at Deer Creek)

• Brian Hinzmann throws 7 innings of one-run ball to help push the Flyers into the second weekend of the playoffs
• Congrats to Vergas on their season!

Amateur Hour, the bi-weekly town baseball segment covering all of the squads across central Minnesota hosted by CJ Baumgartner! We will put out the weekend’s schedule on Fridays and first thing Monday morning we will have a recap of the weekend’s action.

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