HELENA — All top-four seeds advanced Wednesday, setting up a Billings crosstown showdown and the lucky 13th head-to-head meeting between Helena and Missoula Thursday night.
An upset in the loser’s bracket greeted fans at Kindrick Legion Field under a sun-splashed sky on Day 2 of the 2024 Class AA Montana/Alberta American Legion Baseball State Tournament.
Lethbridge’s Tristan Oriold-Marek connects with a pitch from Bozeman during Thursday’s 2024 American Legion Class AA Montana/Alberta State Tournament at Kendrick Legion Field.
No. 8 Lethbridge Elks 5, No. 5 Bozeman Bucks 4
Tristan Oriold-Marek and Fawkes Bruinsma shared a victorious airborne celebration at shortstop, the game-clinching pop fly in Oriold-Marek’s left hand.
For the third consecutive tournament (Medicine Hat & Bozeman), the No. 8 seed advanced to Day 3.
