2024 Baseball State Tournament Advance Release

Baseball teams from throughout the state will gather this week for the start of the Minnesota State High School League’s Baseball State Tournament. The three-day tournament begins with quarterfinals on Thursday, June 13 and continues with championship semifinals, third place and consolation round games on Friday, June 14. 

The final destination is Target Field in downtown Minneapolis for the Prep Championship Series featuring four title games in the four enrollment classes. 

Here is a look at the Baseball State Tournament: 

Schedule

Class A

Thursday, June 13

At Faber Field, St. Cloud

• Heritage Christian Academy (17-4) vs. No. 2 Parkers Prairie (23-1), 10:30 a.m.
• Sacred Heart (19-3) vs. No. 3 Lyle-Pacelli (22-2), 1 p.m.
• Lac qui Parle Valley (16-6) vs. No. 1 Cherry (23-2), 3:30 p.m.
• No. 5 New York Mills (18-6) vs. No. 4 Springfield (22-2), 6 p.m.

Friday, June 14

At Faber Field, St. Cloud

• Championship Semifinals --- 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
• Third place --- 3:30 p.m.

At Bob Cross Field, Sauk Rapids

• Consolation semifinals --- 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
• Consolation final --- 2:30 p.m.

Monday, June 17

Target Field, Minneapolis

• Championship --- 10 a.m.

Class AA

Thursday, June 13

At Dick Putz Field, St. Cloud

• Blake (14-10) vs. No. 2 Rockford (23-5), 10 a.m.
• Le Sueur-Henderson (19-5) vs. No. 3 Perham (22-2), 12:30 p.m.
• Montevideo (21-4) vs. No. 1 Esko (24-3), 3 p.m.
• No. 5 Zumbrota-Mazeppa (17-7) vs. No. 4 Foley (21-4), 5:30 p.m.

Friday, June 14

Dick Putz Field

• Championship semifinals --- 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
• Third place --- 3:30

St. Cloud Orthopedics Field

• Consolation semifinals --- 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m.
• Consolation final --- 2:30 p.m.

Monday, June 17

At Target Field

• Championship --- 1 p.m.

Class AAA

Thursday, June 13

At Chaska Athletic Park

• Grand Rapids (16-8) vs. No. 2 Mankato East (20-5), 10 a.m.
• Northfield (14-9) vs. No. 3 Mahtomedi (20-4), 12:30 p.m.
• St. Thomas Academy (12-12) vs. No. 1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s (20-3), 3 p.m.
• No. 5 Little Falls (18-6) vs. No. 4 Totino-Grace (16-8), 5:30 p.m.

Friday, June 14

At Chaska Athletic Park

• Championship semifinals --- Noon, 2:30 p.m.
• Third place --- 5 p.m.

At Mini-Met, Jordan

• Consolation semifinals --- Noon, 2:30 p.m.
• Consolation final --- 5 p.m.

Monday, June 17

• Championship --- 4:30 p.m.

Class AAAA

Thursday, June 13

At CHS Field, St. Paul

• Forest Lake (13-11) vs. No. 2 Farmington (23-3), 10 a.m.
• Eastview (14-13) vs. No. 3 East Ridge (18-6), 1 p.m.
• St. Cloud (19-5) vs. No. 1 Wayzata (24-0), 4:30 p.m.
• No. 5 Mounds View (18-8) vs. No. 4 Minnetonka (17-7), 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 14

At CHS Field, St. Paul

• Championship semifinals --- Noon, 2:30 p.m.
• Third place --- 5 p.m.

At Palm Field, St. Anthony 

• Consolation semifinals --- 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
• Consolation final --- 2 p.m.

Monday, June 17

At Target Field

• Championship --- 7:30 p.m.

Spotlight

Class A

• Heritage Christian Academy is 6-1 over its past seven games. Parkers Prairie’s only loss of the season was on May 8 to New York Mills. Since that setback, the Panthers are on a 14-game spree. Sacred Heart returns after a one-year hiatus. Lyle/Pacelli was the Class A runner-up last season to Fosston. Lac qui Parle ended the regular season on a three-game losing streak, but went 6-1 in the Section 3A tournament, including two victories over Dawson Boyd in three games. Top-seeded Cherry, making its first state tournament since 2008, lost to South Ridge in the second game of the season, but played them three times during the Section 7A tournament, culminating in a 4-1 victory in the championship. New York Mills, the Class A runner-up in 2019 and 2019, is on a seven-game winning streak. Springfield returns for the first time since 2021. The Tigers were the Class A champs in 2016. 

Class AA

• Blake, making its first appearance since 2014, ended the regular season on a five-game losing streak, but rattled off four consecutive victories in sectional play. Rockford played eight games in the postseason. After losing to Southwest Christian, the Rockets won five games through the losers’ bracket. Left-handed junior pitcher Will Haas is 8-1 with a 0.99 earned-run average. He has 141 strikeouts and hits .381. This is the tournament debut for Le Sueur-Henderson. Le Sueur last made the tournament in 1979. Esko is looking to defend its Class AA crown. Montevideo is on a five-game winning streak. Zumbrota-Mazeppa is coming off a mini best-of-three series with Cannon Falls to win the Class AA crown. Each game was a nail-biter. Foley is on a nine-game winning streak that extends from the end of the regular season through the Section 6AA playoffs. 

Class AAA

• After losing to Duluth Denfeld in the third game of the Section 7AAA playoffs, Grand Rapids bounced back with three consecutive victories, including two over Duluth Denfeld. Grand Rapids placed fourth in 2023. Mankato East ended a long state tournament drought with a 6-0 victory over crosstown rival Mankato West to earn a berth in the state tournament for the first time since 2010. Northfield won 2 of 3 against Stewartville in the Section 1AAA tournament. Junior left-handed pitcher and outfield Ethan Felling leads Mahtomedi with a .419 average, 28 RBIs and 21 scored. On the mound, he is 4-0 with a 0.85 ERA. He has committed to play at Texas Christian University. St. Thomas Academy returns after winning the consolation final in 2023. Top-seeded Benilde-St. Margaret’s is paced by senior Caleb Koskie, an Indiana University recruit. The outfielder/right-handed pitcher is batting .464 with five home runs, 28 runs scored and 25 RBIs. He is 5-0 on the mound with a 0.84 ERA. Little Falls returns, hoping to capture a state crown for the first time since 1979. Totino-Grace opened the season with five consecutive losses and six of its first seven. Things are better now for the Eagles; they are 12-1 since May 4. 

Class AAAA

• Forest Lake is on a six-game winning streak entering its first state tournament trip since 2017 when the Rangers were the big-school runner-up. Farmington relies on junior right-handed pitcher Joe Baldus. The Tigers were back-to-back Class AAAA runner-ups in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Eastview lost its first game to district rival Eagan in the Section 3AAAA playoffs, but traveled through the losers’ bracket and won six consecutive games. East Ridge, the defending Class AAAA champion, defeated Eastview in the season opener. Senior shortstop Luke Skinner is hitting .425. St. Cloud, a co-op between St. Cloud Tech and St. Cloud Apollo, are on an eight-game winning streak. Top-seeded Wayzata is the only undefeated team in Minnesota. Wayzata junior right-handed pitcher Noah Filer is 7-0 with a save this season. He has committed to play at Purdue. The Trojans’ ace is right-handed senior Riley Leatherman, a North Carolina recruit. He is 6-0. Mounds View senior Tyler Guerin, an Iowa recruit, throws a fastball that has reached 94 mph. Minnetonka’s Will Koeppen, a shortstop and right-handed pitcher has committed to play at the University of St. Thomas.