The Brownton Bruins won its final two regular season games — both over Young America — to solidify its second-place position in the Crow River Valley League (CRVL) South Division.
The Bruins and Plato were sharing the second-place spot with 16-5 CRVL records, but since the Bruins beat Plato both times in the regular season, they were awarded second place while Plato is third. Green Isle topped the South Division. Following Brownton and Plato are Carver, fourth; Hamburg, fifth; Young America, sixth; Cologne, seventh; and Norwood, eighth.
Brownton started CRVL South Division playoffs Tuesday in a best-of-three series with Cologne. The second game will be Thursday, July 30, in Brownton, at 7:30 p.m. A third game, if needed, will be played Sunday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. in Brownton.
The winner of the Brownton vs. Cologne series will advance to the Region 7C tournament.
For more on this story, see the July 29 issue of the Chronicle.