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East Ridge High School Baseball Team Fights Through Top-Tier Competition To Earn Spot In State Tourney

"We've worked to get to this spot, and now it's so close we're just excited to take it," player Luke Ryerse said.

WOODBURY, Minn. — The baseball state tournament starts on Tuesday morning. East Ridge, the No. 2 seed, fought through some of best competition in the state to earn a tournament berth.

East Ridge High School opened in Woodbury in 2009. In 2019, the baseball team made its first state tournament and won the whole thing. Back then, this year's graduating class was in eighth grade.

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