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Redfield Muskrats face Tea in State B baseball tourney

Elijah Morrissette, of Redfield, center, greets teammate Nolan Gall (17) after Gall scored during an American Legion game against Wessington Springs in Redfield last season. Morrissette, Gall and the Redfield Muskrats will take on Tea today during the State B Tournament in Sioux Falls. Photo by John Davis taken 7/19/2022
The Redfield Muskrats are no strangers to the State B High School Baseball Tournament, but they are a bit foreign to the role they have in this year’s tourney. The once-beaten squad will take on Tea at 11 this morning in the first game of the two-day event. While Redfield has been at five straight state baseball tournaments, they are normally among the pre-tourney favorites. That is not the case this time around, however. “We’re going to go in as the underdog. That’s just what it is,” said Redfield coach Tommy Gregg. “But I think that fits this group best, going in as the underdog, and we’ll go and let the chips fall as they may and just see what happens.” It’s hard to consider Redfield, which outscored its two Region 1B foes by a combined total of 17-0, as an underdog, but the team did lose four all-state players from a year ago. Not only that, they will be facing a potent squad in Tea to start the tourney. “We knew our draw. We were either going to hav

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