International Falls’ VFW baseball team is entering this weekend’s Eighth District North Sub-District Tournament with the No. 1 seed in the western division.

The Falls, which closed out the regular season 13-5 overall and won all of its games that counted for tournament seeding purposes. opens the eight-team, double-elimination tournament at 11 a.m. Saturday in Soudan against the Grand Rapids Orange.

The winner advances to play the opening-game winner between Mesabi East and the Grand Rapids Grey at 3 p.m. Saturday in Ely, while the two losers face each other at 4 p.m. Saturday in Soudan.

Of the eight teams to play in the Sub-District Tournament, which also includes Ely, Greenway, Hibbing and Chisholm and wraps up Sunday with all the games in Ely, four teams will advance to the District Tournament to be held in Grand Rapids starting July 27.