Sd amateur baseball tourney

On this page, you'll find updated scores, schedules and stories for the 85th annual South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association State Tournament, which runs Aug. G2: Vermillion Greysox 11, Clark 7. G4: Garretson 5, Wynot Neb. G5: Freeman 4, Milbank 0. G Crofton Neb. G Canton 3, Platte 0.

Please call South Dakota Magazine at to place your order by phone or if you have any further questions. We apologize for the inconvenience. As a kid in Hamlin County, Burt Tulson was marked for baseball success. He belted rocks with a bat, took batting practice at the granary and played night games under the only yard light on the family farm. He chased foul balls for a nickel at Lake Norden Lakers games and in school he wrote an essay about how he wanted to be in the big leagues and build baseball fields.

Aside from the switch back to wood bats, Jed Schmidt said he didn't notice much difference when the Legion baseball standout jumped to amateur baseball Friday for the Mount Vernon Mustangs. Schmidt - who had a 4-for-5 game, three RBIs and four stolen bases in an opening-round win over Redfield - is among a handful of Legion players who have adapted well to the South Dakota State Amateur Baseball Tournament at Cadwell Park this week. Using players off the local Legion teams has been a roster move many Class B teams are leaning on for the state tournament to add extra players to the roster for a number of reasons. In the tournament, it's common for Legion players to be used as pinch-runners or courtesy runners, which allows temporary substitutes on the basepaths for pitchers and catchers in amateur ball.

Partly cloudy skies early followed by scattered thunderstorms overnight. Low 67F. Winds light and variable. Updated: August 4, pm. It was a tale of two different seasons for many of the players on the Watertown Post 17 American Legion baseball team.