ESSIG, SEARLES TAKE FIRST ROUND 2C WINS

Two one-run games decided first round winners in the Region 2C amateur baseball action Saturday.

Four teams scored only three total runs as Searles nipped Stark 1-0 at Searles while Essig scored early and got by New Ulm 2-1. Essig plays at Lamberton and New Ulm at Stark in second-round games. Stark hosts the game since it did not have a home game in the first round and faces a do-or-die situation against the Brewers. Searles (1-0) faces Lamberton (0-0) which received a first game bye because of it's high seeding.

Essig ............ 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -- 2 - 6 - 1 - 7 LOB
NU Brewers .... 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -- 1 - 6 - 3 - 5 LOB
Fleck and Haala; French and Peters.