The BOLD Mudhens and the Morris 29ers open play today at the Division II Legion Baseball State Tournament in Morris.
BOLD qualified for the tourney by winning the District 7 tournament last Saturday and Morris had an automatic spot in the tourney by being the host. Games will be played on Chizek Field and Babe Ruth Field.
The tournament has a new format this year as there are nine teams placed into three pools. Each pool winner and a wild card advance the final four where the semifinals and the championship game will be played on Sunday.
BOLD plays Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton today at 4:30 p.m. and Morris takes on La Crescent right after at 7 p.m. in their openers. BOLD will then play Foley at noon and Morris plays Moose Lake at 4:30 p.m. in their other pool-play games on Saturday.
Plato, last year’s state champion, did not qualify for the tournament this year.
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Cardinal Classic tennis tournament starts today
The Cardinal Classic tennis tournament in Willmar starts today and runs through the weekend at the Middle School and High School courts.
Youth singles opens the annual tournament and Saturday will feature other singles action along with mixed doubles. Sunday will consist of doubles.
There are 90 players registered for the tournament.
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Ohio State suspends Bosa, three others for opener
Ohio State All-American defensive end Joey Bosa and three other players were suspended for the 2015 opener for a violation of athletic department policy.
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Sophomore H-back Jalin Marshall, senior receiver Corey Smith and junior H-back Dontre Wilson also were suspended.
Bosa was a first-team All-American and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2014. He is projected to be a top-10 draft pick in 2016 if he declared for the NFL.
The Buckeyes begin the season Sept. 7 against Virginia Tech, which upset Ohio State in Columbus last season.
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Buckeyes No. 1 in Coaches Preseason Poll
Defending NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision champion Ohio State will open the season with the No. 1 ranking in the Amway Coaches Poll, receiving 62 of 64 first-place votes in the preseason picks released Thursday.
Second-ranked TCU and No. 3 Alabama each claimed one first-place vote apiece.
TCU has its highest preseason ranking in program history and with quarterback Travone Boykin returning, the Horned Frogs are the favorites in what is expected to be a competitive Big 12. Baylor, which won the conference title in 2014, is ranked fourth. Oklahoma was the third team in the preseason poll at No. 19.
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Competition is always fierce in the Southeastern Conference, which has eight ranked teams in the preseason poll, including five of seven teams in the SEC West Division.
Oregon, national runner-up to Ohio State in January, is ranked fifth and one of six Pac-12 teams in the top 25.
Michigan State (No. 6) and Wisconsin (No. 18) are the only other Big Ten schools in the poll.
The last team to go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country was Southern California in 2004.
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