Twenty-four tournaments have been sanctioned for this baseball season by the Minnesota Baseball Association Board of Directors.  One has already been played.  That one was held in Freeport.  The Moorhead Brewers won it all by beating Belle Plaine, Avon, and Holdingford 8-3 in the final.  Upsala was third, Avon fourth, and Freeport was fifth.  Moorhead is 7-1 on the season and looks to be a force to be dealt  with in class "C" this year. 

The granddaddy of tournaments will be played in Dundas this weekend May 30, 31, and June 1.  It is the 30th year of the Dundas Invitational Tournament.  The tournament started in 1979.  The Arlington "A's" won the first four tourneys.  Hamel has also won the tournament four times in a row and Minnetonka is going for its fourth in a row this year. 

Games start at 6:00 P.M. on Friday night with the Rochester Royals taking on Highland Park.  At 8:30 P.M. St. Louis Park plays the Austin Blue Sox.  Saturday it's Highland Park vs. Minnetonka at 11:00 A.M., Dundas vs. St. Louis Park at 1:30 P.M., Rochester vs. Minnetonka at 4:00 P.M. and Austin vs. Dundas at 6:30 P.M.  Sunday finds the Pool A runner-up vs. the Pool B runner-up at 11:00 A.M. for third place and the Championship begins at 2:00 P.M.  For more information check out the Dukes website at:  www.dundasdukes.com

Here is a list of the other sanctioned tournaments this year:

June 6-8                         St. Cloud Orthopedic

June 6-8                         Belle Plaine "Tigertown Classic" www.bptigertown.com/TTCl.htm

June 7                            Kingston

June 6-8                         Hamburg

June 6-8                         New Prague

June 6-8                         Sartell

June 13-15                     Dumont

June 11-15                     Cannon Falls

June 12-15                     Detroit Lakes

June 13, 14                    Chokio

June 12-15                     Red Wing

June 13-15                     Bemidji

June 14, 15                    Sobieski

June 14                         Gaylord

June 20-22                     Isanti

June 20,21                      Howard Lake

June 20-22                      Hibbing

June 19-22                      Arlington-Green Isle

June 19-22                      Laverne

June 26-30                      Stockmen's in South St. Paul

June 26-29                      Austin

June 27-29                      Rum River @ Cambridge

Get out and see some great amateur baseball!