Gopher Classic Launches New Website
Posted June 7, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - This year, the Gopher Classic welcomes 96 teams from 9 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces making it the largest American Legion tournament in North America. The tournament is held on 16 different sites throughout the Twin City Metropolitan area and each team will participate in a pool of 6 teams while playing five games in three days. All of pool games will be played at the same host site with the exception of Lakeville North that will utilize its traditional two sites at Lakeville North High School and Elko Field in Elko, Minnesota.
The winner of each pool will move on to the final round of sixteen that will play out on Monday July 11th, 201t at four different locations. This year the playoff round sites will be Bloomington Gold (Red Haddox Field), Eden Prairie (Round Lake Park at the EP Community Center), Exelsior (Veterans field at Minnetonka High School), and North St. Paul (McNight American Legion Field).
The round of 16 will be narrowed to the final four that will play out with the semi-final round and championship game on Tuesday July 12th, 2016 at Veterans Field in Minnetonka.
The www.gopherclassic.com site will allow you to follow the scores of your favorite team and provide schedules, updated weather information, standings, rules, hotel accommodations through RoomRoster that will save each team significant money, and daily recaps.
