In the opening round of the PIAA Class A baseball playoffs, Camp Hill (8-14) will trek to McConnellsburg High School for a 4:30 p.m. battle with District 5 champion Northern Bedford County (16-6).The Black Panthers captured their fifth straight District 5 Class A championship on Friday with a 5-4 win over Meyersdale.
NBC has a 2-4 record in PIAA playoff games since 2006 but hasn't advanced past the first round since 2007.
Camp Hill, the two-time defending PIAA champion, hasn't lost a state playoff game since 2005.
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Camp Hill is making the journey west because it finished as District 3-A runner-up after falling to Berks Christian, 4-1, Thursday.
The Lions beat Northern Bedford, 9-5, in the 2008 opening round of the state tournament.
The winner advances to Thursday's quarterfinal round against Pius X (11-1, 15-5) or Sayre (4-1, 19-3).
The Royals upended District 11 heavyweight Williams Valley -- a major nemesis of Camp Hill during its two title runs -- in the 11-A semifinals last week.
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