District 5 VFW baseball tournament

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Both the Alexandria Grey and Purple VFW baseball teams head into the weekend hoping to make a run in the District 5 VFW baseball tournament.

Alexandria Purple enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed in the bracket. Morris will be the favorite as the No. 1 seed after going 10-0 in district play during the regular season.

The Purple beat New London in five innings in the opening round of Districts on Tuesday. All opening round games were played at the home field of the higher seed. The rest of the tournament will be played in Spicer from July 25-28.

The Purple take on either Madison or Ortonville tomorrow, Saturday, at 1:30 p.m.

The Alexandria Grey enter the tournament as the No. 5 seed. They opened district play in Willmar this past Tuesday with a 10-0 loss to Willmar I. That sent them to the losers’ bracket where they will play tonight, Friday, at 5 p.m.

The championship game of the District 5 tournament will be played on Monday at 6 p.m. If the team that advances out of the losers’ bracket wins that game, a second game will be played immediately after to determine the champion.

2008 DISTRICT 5

VFW BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

(All games will be played in Spicer)

FRIDAY, JULY 25 – Game One – 5 p.m., Alexandria Grey vs. Morris/#8, #9; Game Two – 7:30 p.m., Madison/Ortonville vs. New London

SATURDAY, JULY 26 – Game Three – 11 a.m., Morris/No. 8, No. 9 vs. Willmar; Game Four – 1:30 p.m., Madison/Ortonville vs. Alexandria Purple; Game Five – 4 p.m., loser of game three vs. winner of game two; Game Six – 6:30 p.m., loser of game four vs. winner of game one

SUNDAY, JULY 27 – Game Seven – 12:30 p.m., winner of game three vs. winner of game four; Game Eight – 3 p.m., winner of game six vs. winner of game five; Game Nine – 5:30 p.m., winner of game eight vs. loser of game seven

MONDAY, JULY 28 – Game 10 – 6 p.m., winner of game seven vs. winner of game nine; Game 11 (If Necessary) – 8 p.m. winner of game 10 vs. loser of game 10

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