Polar Bears the first to clinch

Thanks to its 7-3 win over Shippensburg on Thursday, the Northern baseball team wrapped up its third straight Mid-Penn Colonial Division title.

With only one division game remaining, the Polar Bears hold a three-game lead over second-place Greencastle-Antrim. The Blue Devils are new members of the Colonial this year after moving up from the Mid-Penn Capital Division.

Northern will seek to win its second Mid-Penn Conference title in three years when it opens conference tournament play May 16 against the Mid-Penn Keystone Division champion.

Lower Dauphin, with an 11-2 division record, is the current Keystone leader. Palmyra (10-3) and Mechanicsburg (9-3) are still in the running for the Keystone crown.