Blackduck earns top seed in sub-section baseball playoffs

BLACKDUCK – With a 17-3 record the Blackduck baseball team earned the top seed in the East Sub-Section 8A baseball tournament and will begin its postseason Tuesday when it hosts No. 8 Laporte.

Tuesday’s other first-round matchups send No.5 Remer to No. 4 Kelliher-Northome, No. 6 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley to No. 3 Lake of the Woods and No. 7 Red Lake to No. 2 Cass Lake-Bena.

Tuesday’s winners will advance to the sub-section semifinals which will be played May 31 at Bemidji State at noon and at 2 p.m. The semi-final survivors will square off at 5 p.m., also at BSU.

The sub-section semifinalists will advance to the Section 8A tournament which will be played June 5 and June 7, also at BSU.