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Section 7A Baseball Playoffs Preview

May 30th, 2016

Tyler Peterson-NSO

Section 7A kicks off their first round match-ups on May 31st with games starting at 2:00pm.

In sub-section 1, the Cherry Tigers received a 1st round bye with a 17-3 record. They will play in the 2nd round tomorrow against the winners of 4 seed vs 5 seed matchup. That game will be at 4:30pm at Wade Stadium.

The South Ridge Panthers received the 2nd seed with a 15-5 record and they will face the 7th seeded Wrenshall Wrens, who went 0-10 in the regular season. This game will be played at 2:00pm and on the south field at Esko.

The 3rd seeded Cook County Vikings will travel to take on the 6th seeded Carlton Bulldogs in Esko at 2:00pm. This game will be played on the north field at Esko and the winner will play the winner of the South Ridge/Wrenshall game.

In the 4th seed vs 5th seed matchup, the Silver Bay Mariners will square off with the Floodwood Polar Bears. This game will be play at Wade Stadium with first pitch occurring at 2:00pm.

In sub-section 2, the top-seeded Ely Timberwolves will face off with the 8th seeded Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings. This game will be played in Cohasset at 2:00pm.

Also in Cohasset, the 4th seeded Chisholm Bluestreaks will go to battle with the 5th seeded North Woods Grizzles. This game will be played at 4:30pm and the winner will face the winner of the 1 seed vs 8 seed game, with that game taking place at 7:00pm.

In Virginia, the 2nd seeded Deer River Warriors will face off with the Northeast Range, who drew the 7th seed. First pitch will be at 2:00pm.

The 3rd seeded Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers will take the field against the 6th seeded Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartanas, also in Virginia, with the first pitch occurring at 4:30pm. The winner will face the winner of Deer River and Northeast Range at 7:00pm.

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com

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