Halifax County (3-0) continues to win close ballgames and they will be the next hurdle for Carroll County (2-1) tonight at 7pm in the Final Four.
Carroll County drew Halifax County in the opening round as was clinging to a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning before losing in walkoff style 7-4.
Now with just four teams remaining in the seven team field, Carroll County will finish no lower than tied for 3rd place in the State.
The team will be looking to extend its stay in the Farmville area at least one more day and first pitch is set to be thrown at 7pm !
More to follow as the day plays out…
6pm Update :
We had a weather delay.
Patrick County just lost to Appomattox 15-7 in 6 innings.
We probably won’t see the field until 8:30 or 9 tonight.
Division 2 game is before ours, Clarksville and Amherst.
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Three teams remain – Halifax County (3-0), Appomattox (2-1) and Carroll County (2-1). A Carroll County victory pushes the team into a tie with Halifax and into a drawing for a Bye while a defeat leaves them tied for 3rd place with Patrick County.
Appomattox Community Park is the host site for the event.
The team Hotel 🏨 is in Farmville
Our Squad !
First Pitch ETA – 9pm
79° will feel like a cold 🥶 spell by comparison to the past few days !
1st Update :
Mason leads off and reaches on a throwing error by the shortstop and advances to 2nd on a wild pitch. Will walks. Mason and Will both advance on a passed ball. Alex hits a line drive to right center, scoring Mason and Will. Jace walks. New pitcher in for Halifax. Aiden hits into a fielders choice shortstop to first baseman. Both runners advance. Landon hits into fielders choice, pitcher to catcher tagging out Alex. 2-0 after the first half inning.
Halifax answers back with 3 runs in the bottom half to take the lead 3-2. Plenty of ball left to play.
Nothing doing for us in the top of the inning. Halifax pushes another one across the plate. 4-2 after 2.
Same result for us in the third. Halifax adds 4 more. 8-2 Halifax after 3.
Nothing going in the top of the 4th. Halifax leads 8-2 through 3.5. Plenty of fight left in our boys. Aiden Dority on the hill. We may be down, but we’re not out.
Halifax tacks on 1 more. 9-2 after 4.
10:52 pm – Carroll County won’t go quietly into the night….
Landon leads off with a dropped third strike and reaches in error. Grant and Ty both walk. Camden hits a fly ball to left, Landon tags up and scores. Grant to 3rd on throw home. Appomattox catcher throws to 3rd and it goes into left field. Grant scores, Ty to 2nd. Connor walks. Remington reaches on an error by the third baseman, Ty scores. We get 3 in the frame and trail 9-5 .
Aiden Dority holds Halifax scoreless in the bottom of the 5th. 9-5 through 5 complete. (11:01)
3 up, 3 down to end the game. 9-5 Halifax.
Shortly after 11pm on Day Four, the impressive run by our team comes to its conclusion. The official finish is tied for 3rd in the Commonwealth.
” Nothing to hang their heads about. Super proud of all these kids and all they’ve accomplished over their 4 year careers (most of them).”
Thank You Travis for helping share 🙏 the teams journey !
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Mr. Shane Reed checked in with his closing thoughts :
Finished 3rd, forth game in a row as the visitor, came out and scored 2 runs in the first, there were two play at home that didn’t go our way and we ended the first down 3-2. We struggled some in the field but battled back as the game went on. Eventually falling 9-5.
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A.S.P.N on The Hill 