Burnsville Cobras Baseball Team Competing in State Legion Tournament

The Burnsville Cobras American Legion baseball team will play in the 2013 Legion State Tournament this week. The team defeated Woodbury 4-2 on Sunday to make it into the state competition.

Edina, the host community for the tournament, will hold an opening ceremony at Braemar Field on Thursday, Aug 1 at 2:30 p.m. Tyler Hanson, a Burnsville High School graduate, will represent the Cobras in a Home Run Derby that will begin at 3:15 p.m.

Burnsville will play their first game on Friday, Aug. 2 at Round Lake in Eden Prairie. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

Pictured in the photo: Back row--Asst. Coach P. Nesbitt, Head Coach Greg Nesbitt, Bo Hellquist, Zach Smith, Scott Richardson, Tyler Hill, Cooper Maas, Ty Alyea, Asst. Coach Carter Sackett, Asst. Coach John Loeffler. Middle row--Aaron Rozek, Camden Traetow, Pete Nordgren, Eric Watters, Logan VerMeer, Joe Keller. Front row--Brandon Dorshak, Jake Ruffing, Brennan Pruszinske, Tyler Hanson, Luke Hanson, Ben Sherman.

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