The Kewaunee County 17U American Legion baseball team won the regional in Casco last weekend and will play at the State Tournament in Clintonville. The Lakers beat Marinette, Reedsville and Manitowoc before a 9-inning, 4-3, win over the Green Bay Hornets in the championship game. Steve Doell says that they are proud to be the first KC 17U team to qualify for state…
The Lakers have an overall record of (14-5) heading into the State Tournament and Doell tells us how their season has gone…
Pitching and defense is always important in a double elimination format, and while Doell says that they have a lot of pitching, who pitches is a bit complicated…
The Lakers open the tournament against Oconomowoc (17-3-3) at 11:00am on Friday. Other first round games have Chippewa Falls vs Stevens Point, Holmen plays the Appleton Doubledays and Fond du Lac plays Clintonville. All games will by played at Don Jirschele Stadium.
~photo submitted Matt Piesler
