Lakers, North Stars, Padres and C&S Design make WBA tourney

Four teams from the Upper 13 Amateur Baseball League were invited to the Wisconsin Baseball Association Tournament.

The Superior Lakers were given a No. 1 seed, the Twin Port North Stars are a No. 2 seed and the Duluth Padres and Ashland C&S Design were given No. 4 seeds.

The Lakers play the Minocqua Wood Ducks at 8 p.m. Aug. 10 in Hayward. The winner will play the winner of Wausau and Menomonie at noon on Aug. 12.

The North Stars will also play in Hayward, against the host Hawks at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11. The winner will play the winner of Taylor City and Prescott at 3 p.m. Aug. 12

The Padres will play Whittlesey at 3 p.m. Saturday in Rib Lake with the winner playing Sparta or Chippewa Falls at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Ashland will play in Haugen against the host Knights at 8 p.m. Aug. 10 with the winner playing Hallie or La Crosse at noon on Aug. 12.

The winners of each bracket will advance to the WBA State Tournament, Aug. 17-19 at Osseo.

The Lakers advanced to state last year with wins over the Haugen Hornets and Hayward. At state Superior lost to Onalaska 8-0. River Falls defeated Beef River 9-8 in the title game.

Complete state pairings may be found at www.wisconsinbaseball.org.

Wisconsin Baseball Association Playoffs

At Osceola

Friday, Aug. 10

Osceola Braves vs. Spooner Cardinals, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 11

Lacrescent Cardinals vs. Whitehall Wolves, 11a.m.

At Haugen

Friday, Aug. 10

Haugen Knights vs. Ashland C&S Design, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 11

Hallie Eagles vs. La Crosse 35ers, 11 a.m.

At Hayward

Friday, Aug. 10

Minocqua Wood Ducks vs. Superior Lakers, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 11

Wausau River Hawks vs. Menomonie Eagles, 1:30 p.m.

At Rib Lake

Saturday, Aug. 11

Duluth Padres vs. Whittlesey Reds, 3 p.m.

Sparta Miller vs. Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks, 6 p.m.

At Osceola

Saturday, Aug. 11

Ellsworth Hubbers vs. Eau Claire Bears, 2 p.m.

River Falls Flying Fish vs. Bruce Belters, 5 p.m.

At Haugen

Saturday, Aug. 11

Tilden Tigers vs. Brill Millers, 2 p.m.

New Richmond Millers vs. Chase-Coon Valley Blues, 5 p.m.

At Hayward

Saturday, Aug. 11

Taylor County Sausage vs. Prescott Pirates, 4:30 p.m.

Twin Ports North Stars vs. Hayward Hawks, 7:30 p.m.

At Rib Lake

Friday, Aug. 10

Cumberland Lumberjacks vs. Rib Lake Lakers, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 11

Osseo Merchants vs. Everest Merchants, noon

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