• Groton's American Legion baseball team placed second at the LuVerne, Minn., tournament held this past weekend.
• Groton defeated Bold, Minn., in the first game, 7-5. Groton scored seven runs on seven hits and had three errors. Jamie Jorgensen had a double and a single, Drew Planteen had two hits, Mason Madsen had a triple, Dalton Locke and double and Dane Campbell a single. Campbell threw 113 pitches in seven innings with three strike-outs, four walks, one hit by pitch and eight

hits. Kasey Kurtz was the catcher.
• Bold had five runs on eight hits and had one error.
• Groton then defeated Pipestone, Minn., 18-0, in four innings. Matt Thorson threw 50 pitches in three innings with two strike-outs, one walk, one hit and one hit by

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