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FIRST ROUND CRVL PLAYOFFS (1) Watertown Red Devils - Bye received automatic bid to Region 7C tournament and the top seed after winning the CRVL North title and league’s best record. (2) Plato Bluejays - Bye received automatic bid to Region 7C tournament and the No. 2 seed after winning CRVL South title. (3) Waconia vs. (14) Norwood Indians Tues., July 25 – Waconia 6, Norwood 0 Thurs. July 27 – Waconia 11, Norwood 2 Waconia wins series 2-1 (4) Mayer Blazers vs. (13) New Germany Dutchmen Tues., July 25 – Mayer 7, New Germany 0 Thurs., July 27 – New Germany 3, Mayer 0 Sun., July 30 – Mayer 11, New Germany 0 Mayer wins series 2-1 (5) Green Isle Irish vs (12) Winsted Wildcats Wed., July 26 – Green Isle 5, Winsted 4 Fri., July 28 – Green Isle 7, Winsted 0 Green Isle wins series 2-0 (6) Hamburg Hawks vs (11) Glencoe Brewers Wed., July 26 – Glencoe 3, Hamburg 2 Fri., July 28 – Glencoe 3, Hamburg 0 Glencoe wins series 2-0 (7) St. Boni Saints vs (10) Carver Black Sox Tues., July 25 – Carver 6, St. Boni 3 Thurs., July 27 – Carver 5, St. Boni 4 Carver wins series 2-0 (8) Cologne Hollanders vs (9) Bronwton Bruins Wed., July 26 – Brownton 5, Cologne 3 Fri., July 28 – Cologne 3, Brownton 1 Sun., July 30 – Brownton 7, Cologne 2 Brownton wins series 2-0 CRVL FINAL STANDINGS Region 7C (Final standings in order by seed based on tiebreaker) (1) Watertown . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1 – (2) Plato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-3 2 (3) Waconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-3 2 (4) Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9 8 (5) Green Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9 8 (6) Hamburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9 8 (7) St. Boni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9 8 (8) Cologne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 9 (9) Brownton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 10 (10) Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 10 (11) Glencoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13 12 (12) Winsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 13 (13) New Germany . . . . . . . . 5-14 13 (14) Norwood . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 18 Official 2023 Region 7C Tournament Program Region 7C Crow River Review Volume 23, Number 9 www.CRVLbaseball.com HIGHLIGHT Region 7C Preview STATS Check out the league leaders from the 2023 Crow River Valley League season, Page 20 3 BOLD PREDICTIONS HJ Sports Editor Kip Kovar offers up 3 predictions for the tournament, page 15 @Kovar_HJSports REGION 7C TOURNAMENT PREVIEW Region 7C Tournament is poised to be an exciting one once again BY KIP KOVAR Herald Journal Sports Editor As always the regular sea- son and the Crow River Val- ley League playoffs were once again exciting. That sets up what should be another thrill- ing Region 7C Tournament in 2023 as eight teams vy for four spots in the Class C State Tour- nament. The Watertown Red Devils come into the Region 7C Tour- nament for the second year in a row. The Red Devils won the CRVL North title on the final day of the regular season in a thrilling 2-1 win in 12 in- nings over the Waconia Lakers. Should the Red Devils secure a spot at the state tournament for the fourth year in a row, they’ll be looking to make history with another deep postseason run. Watertown has reached the Class C semifinals in the past two seasons. Since the Min- nesota Baseball Association went to this format, no team has made the semifinals three times in a row. The Plato Bluejays are the No. 2 seed in the Region 7C Tournament this year. After breaking the curse of the No. 2 seed last year, the Bluejays are looking to make back-to-back state tournament appearances. The Bluejays won the CRVL South title and feature one of the top pitching staffs in the league as they look to make an- other postseason run. Coming in as the No. 3 seed are the Waconia Lakers. Waconia finished in second place in the CRVL North standings just one game behind Watertown. The Lakers have been a Top 10 team in Class C for much of the season and fea- ture a talented and experienced lineup once again as they look to secure another state tourna- ment appearance. The Lakers are the only team to reach the Region 7C Tournament every year since 2014. Derek Martin and the Waconia Lakers are the only team in the CRVL to make the Region 7 C Tournament every year since 2014. PHOTO BY KIP KOVAR see REGION 7C PREVIEW , Page2