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District play for baseball and authentic Matt Williams jersey Grey softball is set to begin this week and the brackets are out.

         On the softball side things get going as Towanda will be at Troy on Tuesday in the opening round of AA authentic Matt Cain jersey Black District Four play. However, both coaches are downplaying the match-up.
"We just need to come and worry about ourselves," Troy coach Jenn Silata said.
"We know what to expect, they know what to expect," Ryan Larcom, the Towanda coach, said, "We're prepared to play anybody."
Silata added that her team likes its seeding, but winning is all that matters.
"We have to win here on out," she said. "We could be the worst seed; the bottom line is, we need to win."

 "I think whoever wins will be in good shape for the next round," Larcom added.
The winner will play on Friday against the winner of South Williamsport and Montoursville. If Troy wins it will be a home game; if Towanda wins it will be on the road.
Also in AA is second-seeded Wyalusing. The Rams receive a first- round bye and will face the winner of Mifflinburg and Bloomsburg on Friday at home.
In A the Northeast Bradford Panthers captured the top seed.
"We're really pleased to be No. 1," Northeast coach Gary Hennip said. "I think we have a good chance. We're going to have to play well."
Hennip believes that his team is peaking just at the right time. "I think if we just play as we've been playing we have a good shot," he said. "Play good defense and get a few timely hits."
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"Obviously, going into the postseason we're very familiar with them and they are familiar with us" Wyalusing coach Dave Hitchcock said. "I don't think one team has an advantage over the other. Obviously, they have been playing very good ball, but so have we."
"I think anytime Towanda and Wyalusing play it's a big game" Towanda coach authentic Matt Cain jersey Grey Bill Sexton said. "I think both teams will show up and be ready to play."
"We'll do everything we can to win the ball game, so won't they," Hitchcock authentic Freddy Sanchez jersey Orange said. "It will be a very competitive game on both sides, equally matched."
"We just got to continue to be able to play and hit," Sexton said. "No secret -- do the fundamental things right that got you to where you are."
Sexton also believes seeding doesn't matter.
"Don't worry about match-ups," he said, "Anybody can win."
The winner will play the winner of Mount Carmel and Southern Columbia at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, at Bowman Field in Williamsport.
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Canton, a four seed, will host Elkland on Tuesday while Sayre, a three seed, will host Line Mountain. If the Warriors authentic Matt Williams jersey White win they will face top-seeded Montgomery on Friday at Bowman Field with a 7 p.m. start. If Sayre wins it will face the winner of Muncy and Bucktail on Friday at Bowman Field with a 4:30 p.m. start.
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All games have a 4:30 p.m. start unless noted otherwise.

 Mt. Abram rallies past Monmouth | Kennebec Journal | Find Articles at BNET
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The loss was as crushing for Monmouth (2-7) as it Joe Mauer official jersey was exhilarating for Mt. Abram. The Mustangs finished with 16 hits -- 11 off Roadrunners ace Aaron McGinness.
He had already beaten Dirigo and Livermore Falls, two of the top teams in the Mountain Valley Conference.
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"We had a great comeback," Mt. Abram coach Ryan Palmer said. "I keep telling the kids if you respect the game and respect your opponents, good things are going to happen."
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Monmouth's Josh Davis, a first-year senior, pitched well in just his third varsity start but gave way to Derrick Gray in the fourth. Gray pitched two shutout innings before Jeremy Ashlock came in and was victimized by some timely Mt. Abram hits and four errors.
Mackenize Tozier led Monmouth with three hits while Mike Bonney had three hits and scored three runs for Mt. Abram.
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 St. Benedict gets by McCallie, 2-1 | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Find Articles at BNET
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The junior left-hander struck out 12, walked one and scattered six hits in seven innings to improve his record to 8-0. Brookshire (8-2), who's headed to authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream Birmingham-Southern, struck out 13, walked four and allowed five hits in seven innings.
"When you get to the state tournament, every team is going to authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue have at least one good kid who can throw," Eagles coach Steve Heinz said. "I'm glad we got runs early, because the last two innings we didn't sniff the Stan Musial official jersey ball, and if we had to go extra I was a little worried."

 The Eagles (27-7) built a 2-0 Tim McCarver official jersey lead on catcher Nolan Woody's throwing error in the second inning and Paul Frierott's RBI single in the third.
"Sometimes my fastball was a little high, but they'd swing at it so I got pretty lucky sometimes," Moll said. "You just try not to let the other team get to you when they're yelling at you and all that. Stay calm and focus on the mitt."
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 Plea deals explored in Wilson hazing case | Buffalo News Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
As crunch time approaches in the Wilson High School baseball hazing case, plea negotiations are heating up.

         One of the teenage defendants was ready to enter a guilty plea Tuesday in Town Court, but Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco asked for a delay so all three former varsity players might be able to plead guilty at once.
The cases were adjourned until June 9, but Zucco said later that he's not certain a plea deal will come off.
"It's not a complete package yet," Zucco said. "I'm not sure what will happen."
"If we don't have an agreeable disposition at that time, we'll definitely have to have a trial," said Town Justice George R. Berger. The trial is tentatively set to begin June 20.

 Defense attorney Mark Guglielmi, who represents a 19-year-old Wilson graduate who was among three players charged in the April 17, 2008, incident, said his client wants to make a deal.
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P. Andrew Vona, attorney for one of two 18-year-old defendants, told reporters, "If the right plea comes along, we'll take it. They've known all along what an acceptable plea would be."
In Vona's view, that would be a violation "at most," a charge such as harassment.
"At this point in time, we haven't heard anything that is acceptable," Vona said.
None of the attorneys would say what plea offers are on the table.
Guglielmi asked Berger for a sentencing commitment before the plea, but Berger  said he didn't want to get involved in the plea talks until a deal was done.
       Zucco said, "Part of the resolution we're discussing is a [sentencing] recommendation from the people."
Berger said, "Until I see what the sentencing recommendation is, I can't say whether I'd commit to it."
Vona said he doesn't intend to get hung up on sentencing. "I'm not real worried about sentencing on a harassment [for a defendant] with no priors," he said.
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The three players are charged with first- and second-degree hazing and forcible touching. The 19-year-old also is charged with endangering authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream the welfare of a child. All the charges are misdemeanors except for second-degree hazing, a violation.
The Buffalo News is not publishing the names of the defendants because, no matter what charges Tim McCarver official jersey they plead guilty to or are convicted of, youthful offender status is mandatory.
Berger said because the cases would be sealed, he would accept any guilty pleas in his Stan Musial official jersey chambers rather than in the open courtroom.
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He said the probe was "fairly recent," but didn't know how long it would take. Nor would be disclose exactly what the issue is, and he said he didn't know where the complaint came from.
The attorneys for the former varsity baseball coaches, Thomas J. Baia and William M. Atlas, carried out their own investigation, but the lawyers said they knew nothing of the State Police probe.
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Neither did Wilson School Superintendent Michael Wendt authentic Matt Holliday jersey White or Donald Palacios of the Wilson authentic Tim McCarver jersey Cream "Support Our Schools" group.
Wendt said, "We'll let the judicial system take its course."
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 AACS lets baseball finals bid slip away | Maryland Gazette | Find Articles at BNET
Quakers snatch title berth from Eagles

         BALTIMORE - Will Poulakos dove headfirst into third base, letting out a cathartic scream of joy after his go-ahead, two-run triple.
But after he took the mound in relief, Poulakos, and the rest of his teammates' emotions turned to the polar opposite.
After putting Annapolis Area Christian School Justin Morneau official jersey ahead, 7-5, in the sixth inning of Monday's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Joe Nathan official jersey Conference baseball playoff elimination game, Poulakos yielded three unearned runs to Friends School, and the Quakers held on for an 8-7 victory.
"Going in, I felt like I had them, especially after hitting that triple," authentic Justin Morneau jersey Grey Poulakos said. "I guess it just wasn't meant to be."

 The Eagles (14-9) made three errors in the bottom of the replica Justin Morneau jersey Red sixth, allowing the tying runs authentic Justin Morneau jersey Blue to score and extending the inning for cleanup hitter Kelly Dayton.
The slugger responded with a hit to left that drove in his third run of the game.
"That's why he's No. 4," Friends coach Thomas Randall said. "We knew we could come back because we've done it before. This is a veteran team."
Despite leading until the fifth inning, the Eagles' defense couldn't maintain a firm grip on the ball. The team committed eight errors, including three that led to a run in the fourth and another that gave the Quakers (18-3) a chance to plate the tying run in the fifth.
"Errors kind of gave it away," AACS coach Talbot Watkins said. "Those were the games we lost this year, when we let down on our defense."
       The Eagles fell to the Quakers in the opening game of the double- elimination tournament, and they dropped the two regular-season meetings as well.
But AACS came out with the gusto and Kent Hrbek official jersey energy of a team that looked primed for a spot in the league finals.
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Marshall was charged with five runs - three earned in five innings, and he struck out three pitching on short rest.
"We had never seen that pitcher before, and he was really good," Randall said. "But we knew we'd catch up to him."
The Quakers broke authentic Joe Nathan jersey Cream through in their half of the third, plating two, two-out runs on Dayton's triple replica Kent Hrbek jersey Blue to deep left. After scratching across a run on a double play in the fourth, the hosts tied the game on a pair of RBI singles by Austin Lasky and Matt Vaselkiv.
"Once the momentum started, I didn't know it was in the bag, but I knew we had a good shot at bringing it home," Randall said.
The Eagles rallied with two outs in the sixth to take the lead. Marshall and Jon Lentz hit consecutive singles, and each advanced a base on winning pitcher Wick Eisenberg's wild pitch.
Poulakos then stepped to the plate and unleashed a majestic shot to deep left. The only thing stopping the blast from becoming a three-run Kirby Puckett official jersey home run was the lack of an outfield fence.
"They were pounding me outside, but I finally got a pitch I could handle," Poulakos said. "It was right in my zone. I just nailed it. It felt really good off the bat."
Dan Beall led off the Eagles' half of the seventh with a double. But pinch-hitter Tony Villafane bunted foul for a third strike, Beall was caught stealing after taking off on a pitch in the dirt and FX Graham struck out to end the Eagles' shot at a championship.
The Quakers advanced to the MIAA B Conference finals, held at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, where they'll face top-seed Lutheran, which hasn't lost yet in the tournament. Friends will need two wins, while Lutheran only needs one, to secure the league title.
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Friends (18-3)    002  123  x - 8 8 4
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