Cherry, Carlton Advance To Section Finals

June 2nd, 2016

Tyler Peterson-NSO

The Cherry Tigers and Carlton Bulldogs will square off on June 2nd at 4:00pm in Cohasset for the Section 7A championship and a trip to the state tournament.

The Cherry Tigers advanced to the finals by beating the Carlton Bulldogs on Wednesday afternoon by a score of 7-3.

The Bulldogs battled their way back through the losers bracket, edging out the Nashwauk-Keewatin Spartans, 13-12 in a game that went 10 innings.

The Tigers (19-4) will only need to win one game to advance to the State Tournament for the 7th consecutive year, while the Bulldogs (17-7) will need to beat the Tigers twice to advance to the State Tournament for the first time in school history.

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com