Jamestown Eagles earn first 2026 win over Edgeley

The Jamestown Eagles did not stay stuck in their opening-night loss for long. After Valley City rallied twice and scored three runs in the ninth inning to win 13-10 at Jack Brown Stadium on Wednesday, June 3, Jamestown came back with its first victory of the 2026 season over Edgeley.

That rebound mattered because the Eagles entered the summer trying to reset after a difficult 2025 campaign. Jamestown finished 13-35 last year and was eliminated at the AA Legion state tournament in Williston, a finish that left little margin for another slow start. Beating Edgeley gave the Eagles an immediate chance to change the tone of the season before June baseball settled into its usual grind.

The timing made the result feel even larger in Stutsman County. Jamestown’s opener came during Jamestown Area Youth Baseball’s fourth annual Opening Day celebration at Jack Brown Stadium, turning the ballpark into a full community baseball scene as the Legion season began. The city had also hosted the 2026 NDHSAA Class B baseball and softball state tournaments in late May and early June, keeping Jack Brown Stadium at the center of local baseball for days before the Eagles took the field.

Edgeley arrived with recent tournament momentum of its own. LaMoure/Litchville-Marion/Edgeley had just finished its run in the 2026 NDHSAA Class B baseball tournament in Jamestown, closing with a 10-0, five-inning win over Bottineau in the seventh-place game on May 30. That made Jamestown’s win over the program a meaningful early test, especially for a team looking to show it could bounce back after Valley City’s late rally in the opener.

For Jamestown, the Edgeley victory was about more than one mark in the win column. It was the first sign that the Eagles could turn the page quickly, protect their home field, and keep their season from being defined by the same late-game collapse that opened it. With Valley City back on the schedule in the Legion opener at Jack Brown Stadium, the Eagles now had proof that an early stumble did not have to become the story of their summer.