All 5 Orleans high school varsity baseball teams have played in the state semifinals

Over the 45 year history of the tournament all five Orleans County high school varsity baseball teams have competed in the state semifinals.

Medina will be making its fourth Class B state semi appearance on Friday. The Mustangs will be looking for their first win having previously lost in 2024 to Spackenkill 5-3, in 2019 to Schuylerville 6-3 and in 2003 to Carle Place 9=1.

Kendall will be making its Class C second appearance on Friday and the Eagles will also be looking for their first win having previously lost 9-3 to Greenwich in 1999.

Albion likewise made its only state semi appearance to date in 1999 as the Purple Eagles lost to Johnson City 9-1 in Class B.

Holley was the first Orleans team to reach the semis in 1997 as the Hawks dropped a narrow 5-3 decision in Class C to Carle Place.

Lyndonville reached the Class D semis in 2011 and the Tigers likewise dropped a close 7-4 decision to Livingston Manor.

Nearby Roy-Hart made it to the Class B semis in 2018 and the Rams lost a 7-1 decision to Seton Catholic of Binghamton.

Two Niagara-Orleans League teams, rivals Newfane and Wilson, have both made it to the state finals.

In 2004, Newfane defeated Skaneateles 7-1 in the Class B semifinals but was then defeated by Windsor in the finals 10-4.

Wilson is the only N-O school to win a state baseball championship and the Lakemen did it in just the third year of the tournament in 1983. The Lakemen defeated Mattituck 4-3 in the semifinals and Rome Catholic 5-2 in the Class C-D championship game.

The Lakemen also reached the Class C-D finals the year before in 1982 downing Draper 13-8 in the semifinals but bowing 12-5 to Little Falls in the title contest.

The first few years of the tournament saw only two state champions crowned in Class A-B and C-D.