New York Mills baseball wins Section 5A, earns state berth
A 5-4 win over Sebeka sent New York Mills to state, capping a Section 5A run that included wins over Frazee and Mille Lacs Co-op.
New York Mills turned a one-run Section 5A final into a school-wide milestone, edging Sebeka 5-4 at Pierz High School and punching its ticket to the Minnesota state Class A baseball tournament. For the Eagles, a program listed by the Minnesota State High School League with 197 students, the win marked the payoff from a tight section run and put the Otter Tail County community back on the state stage.
The championship game came down to the final margin, and New York Mills held on against Sebeka after beating the same opponent 6-1 earlier in the section bracket. The Eagles also rolled past Frazee 11-5 and topped Mille Lacs Co-op 6-2 in the section semifinal on June 1, building a path that ended with the June 2 title game at Pierz High School. The league bracket lists New York Mills as the 2026 Class 5A champion.
That state berth moves New York Mills into the 2026 Minnesota State High School League Class A tournament, where seeding is set for Saturday, June 6. The quarterfinals are scheduled for June 11 at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud, with the championship game set for June 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis. For a small-school program with the Eagles nickname, the trip extends a season that has already delivered a section title and a return to the state tournament bracket.
The result also adds to the program’s recent history of staying in the section-title conversation. New York Mills had been close in previous runs, and this year’s finish showed it could convert that experience into a championship when the bracket tightened. Prep Baseball Minnesota highlighted the achievement with a photo and linked the team’s run, while Lakes Area Radio reported the Eagles captured the section crown in a 5-4 game that sent them on to state.
With the section trophy secured and the state bracket ahead, New York Mills now carries a title earned the hard way, through a narrow win over Sebeka and a bracket path that required the Eagles to deliver in every round. The next step comes June 11 in St. Cloud, where the state tournament begins.
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