A men’s slow-pitch softball team partially sponsored by the Aragon Bar of Albert Lea did not waste any time earning a spot in a 2004 national tournament.

The Aragon/Double Play/Miken team, which includes several area players, finished second in the Corky’s Earlybird World Softball League Class C Qualifier at Owatonna last weekend, gaining an invitation to the WSL World Championships Sept. 10-14 at Panama City, Fla.

Forty teams competed at Owatonna.

Wade Barslou of Blue Earth is the manager and pitcher for the Aragon/DoublePlay/Miken team, which also includes first baseman/outfielder Kevin Alert, Mason City; shortstop Derrick Bauer, Alden; outfielder Tom Fath, Mapleton; outfielder Kris Johannsen, Eagan; catcher Jason Lloyd, Elmore; infielder/pitcher Ryan Long, Albert Lea; third baseman Aaron Phillips, Albert Lea; second baseman/outfielder Matt Schonrock, Winnebago; and infielder Chris Sorensen, Alden.

Alert and Sorensen led the locals in the Owatonna qualifying tournament with an on-base percentage of .828 and .742, respectively.

The WSL Championships will be nationally-televised on Fox.