2015 State Tournament Results

  Grand Rapids fell to Eden Prairie (who is going on to a regional) and a tough Princeton team.  Moose Lake went 1-1 in pool play, played well enough to earn the wild card draw, avenged an earlier loss to La Cresent, but fell in the championship 6-2 to Foley.  Moose Lake will join Foley in the DII Regional held in Le Sueur MN this week.

Champions Crowned in District 8 & Sub State 10

Champions were crown in both DI Sub State 10 and DII District 8 on Sunday 7/26/15

In Hibbing, Grand Rapids opened up a close game late and defeated Hibbing 12-4.  Grand Rapids advances to the Legion DI State Tournament in Chanhassen and will take on Eden Prairie in the first round.

In Deer River, Moose Lake lost to International Falls in the first game 4-2, then rebounded early in route to a 13-0 win to to the District 8 DII title.  Moose Lake will head to the DII State Tournament in Morris and play LaCresent and host Morris in their pool play.

District 8 DII Day Three

Day Three action in Deer River sets up Championship game for Sunday

Winner's Bracket

Moose Lake 5 Esko 4 (12 innings)

Elimination Bracket

International Falls 10 Taconite 0 (5 innings, Taconite eliminated)

International Falls 1 Esko 0 (Esko eliminated)

Championship Game, Sunday 7/26/15, 1pm, Deer River

Moose Lake v International Falls

Mose Lake has no losses, IFalls must win twice.

District 8 DII Tournament Second Round

DII resumed play on Friday 7/24/15 in Deer River and Cohasset with close games in both brackets

Early games in the winner's bracket:
Esko 5 IFalls 3
Moose Lake 3 Ely 2

In elimination bracket games
Taconite 3 Deer River 0
Two Harbors 5 Brookston 3
Taconite 7 Ely 4
IFalls 8 Two Harbors 5

Friday's play sets up Saturday's action in Deer River
Esko v Moose Lake 1230pm
Taconite v IFalls 3pm
Taconite/IFalls winner v Esko/Moose Lake loser 530pm

Sub State 10 Day Three Results

Pitching made a comeback on Day Three as scores lowered and games were close.

Hibbing 4 West Duluth 2 (West Duluth eliminated)
Grand Rapids 6 Duluth Lakeview 4 (Duluth Lakeview eliminated)

Championship is set for Sunday 7/26/15 at 1pm Grand Rapids v Hibbing.  Hibbing would have to win twice as Grand Rapids remains undefeated.

Sub State 10 Day Two Results

Offense continued to play a dominant part during Day Two of the Sub State 10 Tournament.

Duluth Lakeview 16 Virginia 11 (Virginia eliminated)
Hibbing 12 Cloquet 4 (Cloquet eliminated)
Grand Rapids 20 West Duluth 2

Day Three will have the following match ups with Grand Rapids the lone undefeated team:
Hibbing v West Duluth 3pm
Grand Rapids v Duluth Lakeview 7pm

Sub State 10 First Day Results

Day one featured lots of offense at both the Hibbing (host) and Nashwauk sites:

West Duluth 13 Cloquet 2 (7 innings)
Hibbing 12 Duluth Lakeview 11
Virginia 6 Proctor 2
Grand Rapids 7 Hermantown 2

Cloquet 9 Proctor 2 (Proctor eliminated)
Lakeview 17 Hermantown 14 (Hermantown eliminated)
West Duluth 11 Virginia 0 (7 innings)
Grand Rapids 14 Hibbing 2 (7 innings, walk off 3-R HR by Hasbargen)

First day results sets up day two schedule, all games at Hibbing:

Virginia v Lakeview 1pm
Hibbing v Cloquet 4pm
Grand Rapids v West Duluth 7pm

District 8 DII Tournament Update 7/21/15

Scores from the first round:
Moose Lake 7 Brookston 6 (walk off single in the bottom of the 7th)
Esko 8 Deer River 7
Ely 4 Two Harbors 3
IFalls 6 Taconite 3

That sets up Friday's schedule as follows:

Esko v IFalls 1230pm @ DR
Moose Lake v Ely 1pm @ Co
Taconite v Deer River 3pm @ DR
Two Harbors v Brookston 33pm @ Co

Losers of the first two games will take on the winners of the second two games.  Losers of the second two games will be eliminated.

District 8 DII Tournament Play In Game Final

Brookston defeated Cook County 5-4 with a walk off single in the bottom of the 7th inning.  Brookston will face the number 1 seed Moose Lake, Tuesday 7/21/15, 6pm at Esko

Sub State 10 (District 8) Tournament Pairings

Seeds are set for the Sub State 10 Tournament hosted by Hibbing.  Nashwauk is the second site for the first day of play, Wednesday 7/22/15.

Sub State 10

Wednesday 7/22/15

G1 3 Cloquet v 6 West Duluth 10am @ Nashwauk

G2 4 Hibbing v 5 Duluth Lakeview 10am @ Hibbing

G3 2 Virginia v 7 Proctor 1pm @ Nashwauk

G41 Grand Rapids v 8 Hermantown 1pm @ Hibbing

G5 L1 v L3 4pm Nashwauk

G6 L2 v L4 4pm Hibbing

G7 W1 v W3 7pm Nashwauk

G8 W2 v W4 7pm Hibbing

Thursday 7/23/15

G9 W6 v L7 1pm Hibbing

G10 W5 v L8 4pm Hibbing

G11 W7 v W8 7pm Hibbing

Friday 7/24/15

G12 W9 v L11 3pm Hibbing (see Note 1 below)

G13 W10 v W11 7pm Hibbing

Saturday 7/25/15

(Rain make-up games if needed @ Nashwauk)

Sunday 7/26/15

G14 W12 v W13 1pm Hibbing

G15 (if necessary - if W11 loses G13 or W12 wins G14.  Start time 30 minutes after G14)

Note 1 - pairings for G12 & G13 will not match previous opponents if possible

District 8 DII Tournament Pairings

Seedings are set and the tournament begins with the Play In game on Monday 7/20/15.  Deer River is the host but early games are spread out as the Play In game and three 1st round games are played at different sites.

District 8 DII

Monday 7/20/15 - Play In Game

8 Brookston v 9 Cook County 6pm @ Brookston

Tuesday 7/21/15

G2 4 Ely v 5 Two Harbors 5pm @ Cohasset

G4 1 Moose Lake v 8 or 9 6pm @ Esko

G1 3 IFalls v 6 Taconite 730pm @ Cohasset

G3 2 Esko v 7 Deer River 530pm @ Deer River

Friday 7/24/15
G5 L1 v L3 3pm @ DR
G6 W2 v W4 1pm @ Co
G7 L2 v L4 330pm @ Co
G8 W1 v W3 1230pm @ DR

G9 W5 v L6 530pm @ DR
G10 W7 v L8 6pm @ Co

Saturday 7/25/15

G11 W6 v W8 1230pm @ DR
G12 W9 v W10 3pm @ DR
G13 W12 v L11 530pm @ DR

Sunday 7/26/15

G14 W11 v W13 1pm @ DR
(G15 - if necessary - if W11 loses G14)