Sunday, July 28, 2013

Grand Rapids wins first Sub State 10 Championship

Grand Rapids defeated Nisswa 8-2 to win the first Sub State 10 Championship and advance to the State Tournament in Edina

Taconite takes D8 DII Championship

Taconite downed Ely 5-1 to claim the D8 DII Championship and move on to the State Tournament in Bird Island

Championship Updates

Taconite 3 Ely 1 after 5 innings

Grand Rapids 3 Nisswa 1 after 6 innings

Championship Games Updates

In D8 DII it is Taconite 3 Ely 0 after 2 innings

In Sub State 10 it is Grand Rapids 2 Nisswa 0 after 4 innings

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Scrappy Cloquet falls in 13 innings

Grand Rapids outlasted Cloquet with a walk off HR to eliminate Cloquet in the 13th

Grand Rapids will square off with Nisswa tomorrow at 1pm in the championship game

Nisswa Eliminates Lakeview

Nisswa advances to Sunday play by beating Lakeview 12-1. Their opponent will be determined by the result of the Cloquet and Grand Rapids game

D8 DII Championship Game Set

Ely defeated Deer River 9-6 in the elimination game setting the stage for the championship game tomorrow at 1pm between Ely and undefeated Taconite

Taconite Advances to Championship Game

Taconite jumped out early and never looked back to defeat Deer River 9-2 and remain undefeated. They will face the winner of Ely and Deer River in the championship game tomorrow at 1pm

D8 DII Schedule Change - Chisholm Drops Out

The D8 DII tournament has a schedule change due to Chisholm unable to field a team for the Saturday round of games. In the winner's bracket Taconite takes on Deer River as scheduled at 1230pm and Ely will play the loser at 3pm

Friday, July 26, 2013

Grand Rapids in the Driver's Seat

Grand Rapids came back from an early 6-0 deficit to defeat Nisswa 16-8.  Nisswa will face Lakeview at 5pm while Grand Rapids will take on Cloquet at 8pm. Both games are at Legion Field in Grand Rapids

Chisholm moves on in D8 DII

Chisholm downed Brookston 5-3 to stay alive. They will face Ely in an elimination game at 3pm Saturday in Deer River

Ely Stays Alive in D8 DII

Ely rebounded with a 6-0 win over Carlton in the elimination bracket

They will face the winner of Brookston and Chisholm tomorrow

Lakeview moves on to Saturday

Lakeview beat West Duluth 6-1 to advance to the semi-final round. They will play Nisswa and Cloquet will face Grand Rapids. Game times will be determined by so wins the winners bracket game

D8 DII - Taconite doubles up Chisholm

Taconite downed Chisholm 8-4 in the D8 DII winners bracket. Taconite will face Deer River Saturday at 1230pm in Deer River.  Chisholm will play Brookston at 630pm today in Cohassett

Carlton advances in D8 DII

Carlton defeated Cook County 14-2 to advance in the D8 DII tournament. They will face Ely at 530pm today in Deer River

Cloquet stays alive in Sub State 10

In the first elimination game today Cloquet topped Virginia 4-3. Their Saturday opponent will be determined by who wins the winners bracket game later today

D8 DII - Deer River Holds On

DII action resumed today with Deer River scoring two in the first and holding on to defeat Ely 2-1

Nisswa strikes in the 9th

Nisswa tied it in the 8th then won it in the 9th to defeat Cloquet 8-7. Nisswa will face Grand Rapids in the undefeated game at 7pm. Cloquet will face Virginia at 1pm at Legion Field

Grand Rapids Comes From Behind

In the winners bracket Grand Rapids defeated Lakeview 4-3. Rapids advances to the 7pm game while Lakeview takes on West Duluth at 4pm

Virginia knocks off Hermantown

Virginia got ahead early and held on to defeat Hermantown 11-10 in an elimination game

Virginia will play the loser of the Cloquet and Nisswa game at 1pm in Rapids

Thursday, July 25, 2013

West Duluth Stays Alive

After giving Nisswa all they could handle, West Duluth upended Proctor 5-1 in the first elimination game. West Duluth will take on the loser of Lakeview and Grand Rapids at 4pm in Rapids

Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain

Sub State 10 action was delayed by rain causing some schedule changes

After the delay at Cohassett, Nisswa defeated West Duluth 2-1

Because of the rain, the elimination games were moved to Cohassett as Legion Field in Grand Rapids is unplayable for the rest of the day. Proctor will face West Duluth at approximately 630pm with Hermanton and Virginia to follow.

Winner's bracket games will be held in the morning with Cloquet taking on Nisswa at 930am in Cohassett and Lakeview facing Grand Rapids at 10am, Legion Field

Sub State 10 Grand Rapids Site

1Grand Rapids defeated 8Virginia 14-4 in 7 innings
Virginia will face Hermantown at 4pm while Lakeview will take on Grand Rapids at 7pm

Sub State 10 Early Action

A pair of upsets marked the opening games of the Sub State 10 tournament
6Cloquet downed 3Proctor 3-2 in 10 innings
5Lakewiew beat 4Hermantown 9-6

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Sub State 10 Tournament

The new Sub State playoff format began today with the play-in game.

Virginia 12 Hibbing 6

Virginia advances into the final 8 double elimination tournament which gets underway on Thursday 7/25 in Grand Rapids and Cohassett

Game 1 - Proctor v Cloquet 10am (Coh)
Game 2 - Hermantown v Lakeview 10am (GR)
Game 3 - Nisswa v West Duluth 1pm (Coh)
Game 4 - Grand Rapids v Virginia 1pm (GR)

second round action continues Thursday with 4 more games

2013 District 8 Tournament

The 2013 District 8 Tournament is under way with first round action

Game 1 - Taconite 9 Carlton 3
Game 2 - Chisholm 10 Cook County 0
Game 3 - Deer River 5 Brookston 4
Ely - bye

Play resumes Friday 7/26 with

Game 4 - Deer River v Ely 1230pm (DR)
Game 5 - Cook County v Carlton 130pm (Coh)
Game 6 - Chisholm v Taconite 3pm (DR)
Game 7 - W game 5 v L game 4  530 (DR)
Game 8 - Brookston v L game 6  630pm (Coh)