Tuesday, May 26, 2009

What's down the road

With the washout Tuesday and an ugly forecast for Wednesday comes a backlog of games that need to be played over the next few days to fill out the PIAA baseball brackets.

For brevity's sake, we're going to focus on the situation that faces defending PIAA Class A champion Camp Hill.

The top-seeded Lions (17-3) head back to Wenger Field in Fredericksburg on Wednesday to meet No. 4 Lancaster Christian (11-4) in a District 3 Class A semifinal game. With a 70-percent chance of showers and the way Wenger took water this afternoon, it's unlikely that game will be played.

That could push the semifinals to Thursday, when the finals were set. The rain date for the district title games is Friday.

Monday begins PIAA play with the 3-A winner meeting District 12 king Girad Academic Music Program at a site in District 3. The runner-up heads to Bedford County for a tussle with the District 5 champion.

In the event that the district tournament cannot be played out, Camp Hill and Lancaster Christian would gain entry to the state tournament by virtue of being the highest seeded teams remaining in the district field.

Berks Christian and Newport are seeded sixth and seventh, respectively.

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