Foley Baseball

The Foley Falcons are scheduled to play Rockford Friday at 1 p.m. at Target Field for the Class 2-A State Championship. The Falcons advanced to this point with wins over Zumbrota-Mazeppa 6-5 and Esko 4-0 at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud last week in the Class AA State Quarterfinals and Semifinals.

Foley defeated top seeded Esko 4-0 in the Class 2-A State Tournament semifinals at Dick Putz Field Friday. Foley scored 2 runs in the 1st inning, 1 in the 2nd and added an insurance run in the 6th inning.

Foley lost 7-5 to Belle Plaine in the Class AA State Tournament Consolation Semifinals Wednesday in Sartell at St. Cloud Orthopedics Field. Foley's season ends with a record of 23-7.

The Foley baseball team took a challenging route to the Section 6-2-A title fighting their back through 5 elimination games including two against top seeded Eden Valley-Watkins to capture the section title and a trip to the state baseball tournament in St. Cloud this week.

The Foley baseball team made their first appearance in the state tournament in school history Thursday but lost in the Class AA State Quarterfinals to St. Peter 11-3. St. Peter scored 6 runs in the 5th inning to take a commanding lead.

Foley baseball is headed to the state tournament for the first time in school history. Foley won the Section 6AA title last week needing a pair of 5-4 wins over Pierz in the section final in St. Cloud to capture the championship. The Falcons were the #1 seed in the section and are 24-3.

Prep Baseball: St. John's Prep 1, Kerhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 0 (Alex Kendall singled home the lone St. John's Prep run. R.J. Alpers threw 4 shutout innings for the win and Kendall threw 3 shutout innings for the save)