Class B semis next for Mustangs and Rams

Medina and Roy-Hart will both be competing in the semifinal round of the Section VI Class B baseball tournament on Thursday.

No. 2 seed Medina will host No. 3 Southwestern and No. 5 Roy-Hart will visit top seeded JFK, both at 5 p.m.

Medina and Southwestern have become virtually annual foes in the sectionals as this will be the fifth time in the last six years that the Mustangs and Trojans have met in the Class B competition.

Medina blanked Southwestern 4-0 in last year’s Class B final but the Trojans shutout the Mustangs 3-0 in the opening round of the 2023 tournament. Before that the Mustangs downed the Trojans 5-0 in the 2022 semifinals and 10-0 in the 2021 quarterfinals.

Medina advanced to Thursday’s semifinal by blanking No 10 Fredonia 8-0 while Southwestern downed No. 6 Springville 8-6.

The Mustangs bring a 17-2 record into Thursday’s contest while the Trojans are 15-3.

Roy-Hart, which is 14-2, shutout No. 13 Cleveland Hill 3-0 in the quarterfinals while JFK, which is 16-2, nipped No. 9 Akron 3-2 in 8 innings.

The Class B championship game is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday at Frontier High School.