The Section 8A Baseball tournament seeds have been announced after the coaches had the seeding meeting on Friday afternoon. The seeds are below –
WEST SUBSECTION-
1. Sacred Heart
2. Ada-Borup-West
3. Red Lake County
4. West Marshall
5. Northern Freeze
6. Fertile-Beltrami
7. Badger/Greenbush-MR
8. Kittson County Central
EAST SUBSECTION –
1. Fosston (defending Section and State champ)
2. Blackduck
3. Win-E-Mac
4. Lake of the Woods
5. Mahnomen/Waubun
6. Bagley
7. Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
8. Northome/Kelliher
9. Red Lake
FIRST ROUND – Tuesday, May 28 at high seed
WEST Sub-section (All games 4:30 PM)
#8 KCC at #1 Sacred Heart (at EGF)
#5 Northern Freeze at #4 West Marshall (at Argyle)
#7 BGMR at #2 Ada-Borup-West (at Ada)
#6 Fertile-Beltrami at #3 Red Lake County (in RLF)
EAST Sub-section
Play-in game – #9 Red Lake vs #8 Northome/Kelliher (at Fosston) 2:00 PM
Play-in winner vs #1 Fosston (at Fosston) 4:30 PM
#5 Mahnomen/Waubun at #4 Lake of the Woods (at Baudette) 3:30 PM
#7 NCE/UH at #2 Blackduck (at Blackduck) 4:30 PM
#6 Bagley at #3 Win-E-Mac (at Erskine ) 4:30 PM
SECOND AND THIRD ROUND (Thursday, May 30)
WEST Sub-section (at Fertile)
10:00 AM – Sacred Heart/KCC winner vs West Marshall/Freeze winner (ON KROX)
12:30 PM – ABW/BGMR winner vs RLC/FB winner (ON KROX)
3:00 PM – Winners of the 10 AM and 12:30 PM game (ON KROX)
5:30 PM – Losers of the 10 AM and 12:30 PM games (ON KROX)
EAST Sub-section (at Bemidji State)
10:00 AM – Fosston/Play-in winner vs LOW/MW winner
12:30 PM – Blackduck/NCE-UH winner vs WEM/Bagley winner
3:00 PM – Winners of 10 AM and 12:30 PM games
5:30 PM – Losers of 10 AM and 12:30 PM games
FOURTH ROUND/SEMI-FINAL (Saturday, June 1 at Crookston)
11:00 AM – Losers bracket game
1:30 PM – Losers bracket game
4:00 PM – Winners bracket game (West vs East undefeated team)
FIFTH ROUND – Tuesday, June 4 at Crookston
2:00 PM – Losers bracket game
4:30 PM – Losers bracket winner vs winners bracket loser (winner goes to the championship)
CHAMPIONSHIP – Thursday, June 6 at Crookston
2:00 PM – Championship
4:30 PM – Championship game 2 – if needed.
