Baseball players partake in Slugfest tournament
Published 9:28 pm Wednesday, May 23, 2018
- Albert Lea Baseball hosted Slugfest, which is a tournament for 12- through 15-year-olds, May 18-20, according to a press release. The Albert Lea 14/15A Blue team took first place, earning two bids to state — MBT and Gopher State, which are both in July. Pictured, first row, are Hunter Anderson, Derek Overland, Caleb Talamantes, Joey Flores, Reece Nelson and Cody Yokiel; and, second row, are assistant coach Aaron Cook, assistant coach Tony Yokiel, Noah Pesch, Sam Witham, Spencer Clark, Tyler Lair, head coach Joey Talamantes, Malachi Loyd and assistant coach Brad Nelson. - Provided
The Albert Lea 12A baseball team took second place on May 20 at the Slugfest tournament in Albert Lea. In pool play the team defeated Stilwater Black and Owatonna Blue, while losing to Bloomington. In the playoffs it defeated Owatonna 9-6 before losing in the championship game to Bloomington 13-3. Pictured, front row, are Ashton Besco, Kameron Nelson, Pranav Jha, Brennan Folie and Devin Truesdell; middle row, are Nelson, Tredan Gilliam, Spencer Jones, Danta Dressen and Devin Truesdall; and, back row, are coach Ryan Green and coach Tom Jones. Not pictured is Gavin Anderson. – Provided
