The road to the state baseball tournament will begin here Friday night at home for St. Edmond.

The Gaels (12-11 overall) are set to host Glidden-Ralston (5-13) in a Class 1A, District 6 quarterfinal at 7 p.m. AGWSR (11-12) and Colo-Nesco (8-11) square off before at 5 p.m.

Under first year head coach Jordan Miller, St. Edmond finished fifth in the North Central Conference — a league loaded with 3A and 2A programs. Miller led the Gaels to the program’s most wins in a season since 2018.

Freshman Blake Bartlett is batting a team-best .417 with four home runs, six doubles, 22 RBI and 14 runs scored. Senior Grant Galles sports a .366 average, driving in 21 and scoring 26 times, while sophomore Coltin Fevold is hitting .359 with 23 RBI and eight extra-base hits.

Bartlett is 3-2 with 44 strikeouts and 3.59 earned run average. Senior Jack McElroy owns a 4-2 record with 29 Ks, a 3.90 earned run average and one save, and sophomore Thomas Ehn is 3-2 with two saves and 31 strikeouts on the mound.

Glidden-Ralston finished fourth in the Rolling Valley Conference — a league that includes top-ranked Coon Rapids-Bayard and Woodbine. The Wildcats are led by Landon Rohrbeck at the plate, as the senior is hitting .382 with four triples, 14 runs scored, 14 stolen bases and eight RBI.

Junior Greyson Renze and eighth-grader Landon Whitaker each have nine RBI. Jackson Whitaker, a junior, has 43 strikeouts and three victories on the mound.

With a win, St. Edmond would advance to face either AGWSR or Colo-Nesco on Tuesday. The other side of the District 6 bracket features Ankeny Christian (24-5) vs. Mormon Trail (0-17) and Collins-Maxwell (13-10) vs. Madrid (10-15).

The district final is scheduled for Saturday, July 11.