No. 1 Dakota stunned in extras by Hartland in Division 1 state championship

No. 1 Dakota stunned in extras by Hartland in Division 1 state championship

EAST LANSING — A run that has been defined by jubilation ended in disappointment for the top-ranked Dakota Cougars, who lost to the Hartland Eagles in Saturday afternoon’s Division 1 baseball state championship, 5-3, in nine innings. For the sixth time in six postseason games, Dakota scored first with a two-spot in the first inning, but they didn’t add on for the rest of the regulation innings. Hartland answered with two runs in the third, setti…