AT THE AMERICAN LEGION SUB-STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IN RED LAKE FALLS THIS WEEKEND, ROSEAU WAS PUSHED TO A SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AFTER AN 18-17 LOSS TO BRECKENRIDGE ON SATURDAY. YESTERDAY, ROSEAU WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK, DEFEAT BRECKENRIDGE 10-1 BEHIDN 7 STRONG INNINGS FROM ISAAC WENSLOFF. ROSEAU’S TOP FOUR BATTERS WERE A COMBINED 9 FOR 19, DRIVING IN 8 RUNS. NOW ADVANCING TO STATE, HELD IN EAST GRAND FORKS, ROSEAU WILL PLAY HOLY FAMILY THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:00.
SHOEHEI OHTANI HIT HIS MAJOR LEAGUE-LEADING 35TH HOME RUN, BREAKING A 2-2 TIE, AND THE LA ANGELS WENT ON TO BEAT THE MINNESOTA TWINS 6-2. THE TWINS ARE NOW A SEASON-WORST 16 GAMES UNDER .500.
SOURCES SAY OUTFIELDER BYRON BUXTON HAS TURNED DOWN AN OFFICIAL CONTRACT EXTENSION OFFER FROM THE TWINS. DETAILS OF WHAT THAT OFFER WAS WERE NOT GIVEN.
THE 20-YEAR OLD SON OF MINNESOTA GOPHER HOCKEY GOACH BOB MOTZKO HAS DIED OF INJURIES FROM A CAR CRASH IN ORONO. THE SPEEDING VEHICLE MACK MOTZKO WAS RIDING IN WENT OFF THE ROAD. EMERGENCY CREWS TRANSPORTED HIM A HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. ONE OTHER PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE ALSO DIED AT THE SCENE. MACK WAS ONE OF MOTZKO’S THREE CHILDREN.
THE VIKINGS HAVE SIGNED FORMER JACKSONVILLE WIDE RECEIVER DEDE WESTBROOK TO A ONE-YEAR DEAL. WESTBROOK WAS A FOURTH ROUND PICK OUT OF OKLAHOMA IN 2017, HAD PRODUCTIVE 2018 AND 2019 SEASONS AND WAS SLATED AS A BREAKOUT STAR FOR LAST YEAR, BUT PLAYED ONLY TWO GAMES DUE TO INJURY.
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