ESSIG QUALIFIES FOR STATE WITH 11-10 WIN

Essig won its second Region 2C playoff game and qualfied for the state amateur baseball tournament with an 11-10 10-inning win over Searles at New Ulm's Johnson Park Tuesday night.

The Blujays await the survivor of the New Ulm/Lamberton/Searles games for a weekend determination of which of the three goes to the state as the regional winner or runner-up. New Ulm is at Lamberton tonight with the winner to play Searles Friday night at whichever survivor has the highest seed.

Searles ... 0 1 1 - 0 5 0 - 0 3 0 - 0 --- 10
Essig ...... 0 6 0 - 1 0 0 - 0 1 2 - 1 --- 11

The New Ulm Journal write-up posted on the internet can be viewed by clicking on the fold face in this line.