DEVILS LAKE — Friday’s matchup was about as good as you’ll see in North Dakota Class B Legion baseball.

It was Cando Post 79 against the Devils Lake B team — the two squads that battled each other for a state tournament spot last summer. It was a close, competitive contest that featured arguments from both dugouts, wacky plays and game-altering momentum swings. In the end, Cando (2-2, 2-0) squeezed out a 3-2 win over the Storm (3-1, 0-1) at DLYA Field.

“We knew that was gonna be a battle coming in,” Bearcats head coach Jesse Vote said. “A little disappointed; we had a couple execution bunts that we needed to get down, and the game probably would have been a little different story there. But sometimes that happens, and we’ve gotta weather through it. I thought the kids competed, and we go

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