The Altoona 14-and-under traveling baseball team won the Gopher State Tournament of Champions, which occured the weekend of Friday, July 18. This puts an exclamation point on an already outstanding season for a team that is comprised of players from the region who have yet to play at the high school level.

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   The Altoona Traveling Baseball Team qualified for the United States Specialty Sports Association World Series by winning a 14-and-under qualifier tournament in River Falls on Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29.
   The team suffered a tournament-opening 6-5 loss to Hudson, but rebounded with an 11-1 win over River Falls, and then defeated Prescott 5-4 in extra innings to earn a berth in the title game. There, they faced Prescott again, winning 10-2 to claim the tournament championship.   Altoona also has a tournament victory in the Robbinsdale AA Tournament, as well as two second-place finishes, in River Falls and in Burnsville, Minn.