Magnolia Metal Juniors Heading to July 15-19 Class B Legion State Baseball Tournament

The Magnolia Metal Juniors will play in the Class B state American Legion baseball tournament. The tournament starts Saturday, July 15 continuing through Wednesday, July 19 at Nebraska City.

In the Area B1 tournament at Falls City, the Juniors were 2-1 entering the Tuesday night, July 11 championship. Auburn played Nebraska City with a second game if needed. As the host of the state tournament, Nebraska City qualifies automatically.

Late Friday afternoon, July 7, the second seed Juniors defeated third seed Fairbury, 13-3. Sunday, July 9, Nebraska City, top seed blanked Auburn, 0-11 in five innings. Monday night, July 10, Magnolia Metal Juniors defeated fourth seed Beatrice, 5-3 clinching a spot at state. The Juniors took a 13-10 record into July 11 action.

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