The top six teams from league play competed in the dartball banquet tournament Monday night. - Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
No. 4 seed Lunder-Round Prairie and No. 5 seed Conger-Bear Lake compete at First Lutheran Church to see who will advance in Monday night’s dartball tournament. – Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
Lonny Hagen removes a few practice darts from the dartball board Monday night as the game between No. 3 seed Crossroads Church and No 6 seed Mansfield Lutheran Church prepares to get underway. – Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
A player in the match between No. 3 seed Crossroads Church and No. 6 seed Mansfield selects his darts as the last two batters collect theirs from the dartball board. – Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
Ascension Lutheran Church won dartball league play this year. Here, they line up for a team picture before the banquet tournament begins. “It’s tough to win both,” team member Barry Hoffman said. While usual league play includes three games of seven innings, Monday night’s tournament play included one game of seven innings for each team pairing. The Ascension team includes Barry Hoffman (front left), Larry Zevenbergen, Steve Guenthner, Tom Leeman, Barry Coughlin, Lowell Dopplehammer (back right), Justin Kohn, Dan Kohn and Larry Irvine. – Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
The top six teams from league play competed in the dartball banquet tournament Monday night. – Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
At the banquet tournament, the league recognized its top 10 dartball batters: Mike Gooden (10), Scott Stolaas (9), Paul Budd (8), Dan Bakken (7), Justin Kohn (6), John Hubly (5), Chris Sorensen (4), Lowell Doppelhammer (3), Josh Sorensen (2) and Corey Bakken (1). – Sarah Kocher/Albert Lea Tribune
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