STANTON — Coldwell Banker Craig Heinonen’s player-coach Ross Kinnunen summed up his team’s 7-2 Twilight League semifinal win over Houghton Building Supply-Stanton Thursday as a three-facet victory.

“We had great pitching in Cody Turner. Then came strong hitting, and we played well in the field,” he said. “It was a complete-game win.”

Coldwell Banker was the second seed going into the playoffs. Stanton was the third seed. Coldwell Banker had beaten Stanton 2-1 in the three games they played during the regular season. Stanton did, however, even the series at 2-2 with a win against Coldwell Banker in the Leo Durocher Tournament in July. In short, both player-coaches agreed that this one could have gone either way on Thursday.

Coldwell Banker’s trifecta started in the first as they jumped o

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