The Sacred Heart Eagles take on the Red Lake County Rebels in the winner’s bracket of the West subsection of the Section 8A tournament. Sacred Heart beat West Marshall 5-3 and Red Lake County beat Fertile-Beltrami.
FIRST INNING-
The Rebels were retired in order in the top of the 1st inning, as Parker Erickson induced two strikeouts and a groundout to first.
After a strikeout started the bottom of the 1st, Parker Erickson got things going with a one-out single. After a groundout moved Erickson over, an error at third scored Erickson, making it 1-0 Eagles. Nick Satturlund and David Larson then recorded back-to-back singles to load the bases, but a groundout ended the inning, keeping it at 1-0.
SECOND INNING-
Kegan Schmitz led off the top of the 2nd inning with a single to left field. Schmitz then stole second, and Brock Seeger hit a deep fly to center field, but Micah Zavoral climbed the fence and robbed Seeger of a homerun. Schmitz moved to third, but a strikeout and groundout ended the inning, stranding Schmitz at third and keeping the Rebels scoreless.
In the home half of the inning, Liam Larson led off by reaching on an error. However, he would be left stranded, as the next three batters were set down, keeping the score at 1-0 after 2.
THIRD INNING –
After a leadoff groundout started the top of the 3rd, Denny Lanctot ripped a double to right field, looking to get something going. However, Erickson retired the next two batters on a lineout and a strikeout to keep the Rebels scoreless.
After a popout started the bottom of the 3rd, Jake Satterlund got things started with a walk. Then, after a flyout, a walk to Larson put two on base, but a groundout to second ending the inning for the Eagles.
FOURTH INNING-
FIFTH INNING-
SIXTH INNING-
SEVENTH INNING-
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Red Lake County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Sacred Heart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
OFFENSIVE LEADERS –
Sacred Heart-
Red Lake County-
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB/HBP | K |
| Parker Erickson-SH | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Will Gieseke – RLC | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |