The Forest Lake American Legion Post 225 baseball team finished as the runners-up in the Division 1, Sub-State 8 tournament, falling just short in its bid to return to the state tournament.
Seeded No. 3 in the nine-team bracket, Forest Lake opened play on July 19 by dominating the Burnsville Pythons 17-2 in seven innings at CHS Field in St. Paul.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The remainder of the tournament was played on the campus of White Bear Lake High School. Forest Lake fell into the elimination bracket after losing 10-1 to Stillwater in the semifinals on July 20.
Forest Lake staved off elimination three times in two days, knocking out Lino Lakes 5-4 in 11 innings July 21 and White Bear Lake (8-4) and top-seeded Tri-City Red (20-9) on July 22.
Needing to beat Stillwater twice to claim the sub-state crown, Forest Lake failed in its first attempt 7-2 on July 23 to end its run.
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