Superior, Proctor advance in Northland Tournament

Superior, Proctor, Virginia and Forest Lake won quarterfinal games Friday to advance in the Northland high school baseball tournament.

George Hansen hit a three-run home run and Josh Edwards added a two-run shot as Superior defeated host Cloquet 9-1. Jamie Johnson was the winning pitcher for the Spartans, who will face Forest Lake in today's 1:30 p.m. semifinal. The Rangers, Minnesota's No. 2 rated Class AA team, rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Duluth East 12-11.

Brent Bordson scored on a sacrifice fly by Kelly Hanna in the top of the ninth inning as host Proctor edged Mahtomedi 8-7. Hanna and Brian DeDominces each had two hits and Scott McLeod pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief for the win. Jeff Kath hit two home runs and Todd George hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.

The Rails will face Virginia, which defeated Duluth Denfeld 10-4 behind three hits and three RBIs by Ryan Skubic. Dan DeSanto had a two-run double for the Hunters, who stranded 13 runners.

In today's 11 a.m. consolation games, Duluth East is at Cloquet and Denfeld faces Mahtomedi at Proctor.

(Duluth News Tribune, May 1, 1993)

Note: the Northland Tournament's May 1, 1993, games were canceled due to rain.