Crosby Legion Baseball Coach Monte Ellingson believes his team could be the spoiler heading into the Section 6 tournament that opens today in Watford City.

"I know our record isn’t very impressive," Ellingson said, but, "I feel we have three of the top five pitchers in the region in Cody Roland, Brock Overbo and Kyle Stephens."

Add to that the fact that the tournament will mark the first time all season that Crosby has had all its players on the field at the same time, Ellingson said, and, "We have the potential to be the spoiler."

Crosby opens the tournament at 3 p.m. today against Renville County.

A Crosby win would pit them against the winner of Garrison and Tioga at 10 a.m. Thursday. A loss pits them against the loser of that game at 12:30 Thursday.

Makoti drew a first round bye as the number one seed. Number four Ray plays fifth-seeded Watford City at 10 a.m. today.

Semi final play is slated for Friday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Championship play is Saturday at noon.

Overbo exhibited his pitching savvy Thursday at Tioga when he struck out 10 batters en route to a 13-1 win -- the first district win of the season for Crosby.

Stephens was the star at the plate as he smacked three hits, including his first home run of the year. Roland and Austin Dhuyvetter had a pair of hits each.

Stephens went the distance on the mound in the second game striking out nine batters en route to another 13-1 win.

Haggin and Justin Haugland had a pair of hits each.

Tuesday last week Crosby went to Sherwood to play Renville County, where they were swept by scores of 7-6 and 14-2.

Crosby started slow in the first game, falling behind 7-1 after four innings. But they battled back to come within one run in the last inning before stranding the tying run on third base to end the rally.

Dane Dhuyvetter went the distance on the mound, and Overbo and Aaron Windfaldet charted two hits each.

Windfaldet pitched the second game but didn’t receive much support from his teammates as they committed a season high seven errors in the game.

Windfaldet and Haggin had the only Crosby hits.