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Article: AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL <> De Pere advances to regional tournament
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2008
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The De Pere American Legion baseball team won the double-
elimination Class AAA state tournament Wednesday in La Crosse,
beating Eau Claire, 4-3 and 6-3. The victory earned De Pere a berth
in the seven-state Midwest Regional next week.
De Pere (39-13) will take on the Illinois state champion at 9
a.m. Thursday in the first game of the five-day, double-elimination
tournament.
The regional champion will play for the national title starting
Aug. 22 in Shelby, N.C.
De Pere's Tony Cantalupo, the winning pitcher in the final, was
named the tournament's most valuable player.
Class AA: Onalaska (30-6) won the tournament in Merrill with an
11-1 victory over Kaukauna.
The teams met in the first game ...