Baseball roundup: Titans, Bulldogs stay alive
Jake Mellin pitched the Nashua High School North baseball team back into the Division I semifinals Saturday, while the Bedford baseball team needed some late-game heroics to get itself a return trip to the final four and a rematch in Division II. Wilton-Lyndeborough had its season ended by Colebrook
Jake Mellin pitched the Nashua High School North baseball team back into the Division I semifinals Saturday, while the Bedford baseball team needed some late-game heroics to get itself a return trip to the final four and a rematch in Division II.
Wilton-Lyndeborough had its season ended by Colebrook Saturday in the Division IV quarterfinals.
Division I
Mellin struck out seven and allowed three hits as No. 1 North defeated No. 9 Manchester Central 5-0 in the quarterfinals Saturday at Holman Stadium. Louis Tarantino drove in three runs on a two-run single and a suicide squeeze for the Titans.
North will face No. 13 Timberlane, which continued its surprising run by knocking out No. 12 Winnacunnet 7-4, in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Friday at Holman Stadium.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 6 Concord defeated No. 14 Keene 7-5 to advance to the semifinals, where the Crimson Tide will face No. 2 Salem, which shut out No. 7 Dover 1-0. Concord and Salem will play in the other semifinal on Thursday at 4 p.m. at Holman.
Division II
No. 4 Bedford came close to ending its season early Saturday, but got a walk-off home run to defeated No. 12 Coe-Brown 8-7 in the quarterfinals. The Bulldogs now get to face No. 1 Portsmouth in the semifinals, after the Clippers defeated No. 8 Laconia 7-0.
No. 7 St. Thomas knocked off No. 2 Goffstown 3-2, setting up a semifinal game with No. 6 Lebanon, which defeated No. 14 Con-Val 12-2. The Saints and Raiders will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Field in Concord, while Bedford and Portsmouth will play at 4 p.m. on Friday, also at Memorial Field.
Division IV
No. 7 Wilton-Lyndeborough fell in the quarterfinals No. 2 Colebrook, 13-3, Saturday. Colebrook will take on No. 6 Lisbon, which defeated No. 3 Portsmouth Christian 3-2, in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Thursday at Plymouth State University.
The other semifinal will feature No. 1 Sunapee and No. 4 Gorham, after Sunapee beat No. 8 Littleton 3-1 and Gorham defeated No. 5 Newmarket 12-2. Sunapee and Gorham will play at 4 p.m. Friday, also at PSU.
Mellin hurls North into baseball semis - Nashua Telegraph
Tournament run ends for Winnacunnet baseball - Portsmouth Herald
Concord takes the next step - Concord Monitor
No. 4 Bedford 8, No. 12 Coe-Brown 7 - Concord Monitor
High School Roundup - Foster's Daily Democrat
Clippers cruise past Laconia - Foster's Daily Democrat
