Jackson is seeded second for the Sub-Sub-state B American Legion baseball tournament that will be held at Riverside Park in Springfield Thursday-Saturday.
Post 130 will play third-seeded Springfield Post 257 in a first-round game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Jackson defeated Springfield 5-4 in their only regular season meeting on June 19 in Springfield.
The other first-round game Thursday has top-seeded Sleepy Eye Post 7 playing fourth-seeded Wabasso Post 263 at 5 p.m.
Three games (one winner’s bracket and two elimination games) are scheduled for Friday. The championship round is on Saturday.
Two teams from the sub-sub-state tournament will advance to the Southwest Sub-State tournament in St. James. The state Division II tournament will be held July 28-30 in Roseau.
Last year, Jackson placed third in the sub-sub-state tournament to advance to the Southwest Sub-State tournament in St. James, where it finished first.
Post 130 then placed sixth in the state tournament in Luverne.
SUB-SUBSTATE B TOURNAMENT
At Springfield
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
Two teams advance
Thursday, July 6
First round
Game 1 – Sleepy Eye (1) vs. Wabasso (4), 5 p.m.
Game 2 – Jackson (2) vs. Springfield (3), 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 7
Elimination bracket
Game 3 – Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 11 a.m.
Winner’s bracket
Game 4 – Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 1:30 p.m.
Elimination bracket
Game 5 – Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 4 p.m.
Saturday, July 8
Championship
Game 6 – Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBA
Game 7 – If necessary. If Game 5 winner wins Game 6, TBA