Class 1A<\/p>\n
2-Susquehanna (6-12) vs. 1-MMI Prep (7-13)<\/p>\n
Defending champ: MMI Prep<\/p>\n
When: Tuesday, 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Wilkes University<\/p>\n
Admission: Tickets are on sale now. Presale tickets are $6 through Hometown Ticketing. Go to piaad2.org and follow the prompts to get you to the link. Tickets can be purchased at the game for $10.<\/p>\n
Up next: The winner advances to the state playoffs to play Fairfield, the No. 2 seed from District 3, in the first round June 1.<\/p>\n
How they got here: As the No. 1 seed in only a three-team bracket, MMI Prep received a bye to the final. Susquehanna beat Forest City, 5-4.<\/p>\n
Breakdown: MMI Prep has won two of its last four games with wins over Northwest and Weatherly. The two losses came to Wyoming Seminary. \u2026 As a team the Preppers are hitting .247 with three home runs, seven triples and 19 doubles. Ben Gombeda leads the team in hitting at .365. Andrew Pedri is batting .341, Caleb Skuba .327 and Dillan Garcia .326. \u2026 Gombda, Skuba and Ben Drobnock each have home runs. Skuba leads the team with 23 RBIs while Gombeda has 19. Garcia and Derek Radzwich each have scored 20 run. \u2026 Skuba leads the pitching staff with eight starts. He is 1-4 with an 8.58 ERA. Drobnock has made seven starts and is 1-6 with an 8.78 ERA. As a staff the Preppers have walked 148 batters and struck out 99. \u2026 Jax Thomas and Alex Krayeski are each hitting .311 for Susquehanna. Owen Cook is batting .306 and leads the team in hits with 15. Thomas has 14 hits and 11 RBIs. Krayeski has 14 hits, nine RBIs. Drew Hennessey has 11 hits, eight RBIs and has scored a team-best 12 runs. Cook has the team\u2019s only home run. Hennessey is 2-1 with a 3.39 ERA. He has 28 strikeouts. Gabe Maby is 2-3 with a 3.54 ERA and 33 strikeouts. Caedon Stone is 1-4 with 34 strikeouts and a 6.73 ERA.<\/p>\n
Class 3A<\/p>\n
3-Dunmore (15-7) vs. 1-Riverside (19-2)<\/p>\n
Defending champ: Dunmore<\/p>\n
When: Tuesday, 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Marywood University<\/p>\n
Admission: Tickets are on sale now. Presale tickets are $6 through Hometown Ticketing. Go to piaad2.org and follow the prompts to get you to the link. Tickets can be purchased at the game for $10.<\/p>\n
Up next: The winner advances to the state playoffs and faces the District 4 runnerup, either Warrior Run or Mifflinburg, in the first round June 1.<\/p>\n
How they got here: Top-seeded Riverside had a first-round bye, then defeated Lakeland in the semifinals, 6-0. Dunmore beat Western Wayne in the first round, 5-1, then outlasted Lake-Lehman in 19 innings, 6-5, in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Breakdown: This is a rematch of last year\u2019s district final that saw Dunmore, down to its final strike, rally for four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win, 4-3. Mason Stets and Evan Mizenko each had two-run singles. \u2026 During the Lackawanna League Division II regular season, Riverside won both meetings with Dunmore: 14-8 on April 9 and 12-9 on May 4. \u2026 Riverside\u2019s two losses this season came against Mid Valley and Scranton Prep. \u2026 The Vikings average 10.6 runs and have scored in double figures in 13 of 21 games. \u2026 Leadoff batter Jose Sosa ignites the attack. Sosa bats .520 (39 for 75) with 11 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 26 RBIs. \u2026 Nick Bohenek bats .529 (36 for 68) with five doubles, four triples, four home runs and 29 RBIs. On the mound, he is 6-0 with a 2.04 earned-run average and 59 strikeouts. \u2026 Chris Graff bats .448 (30 for 67) with 10 doubles, one triple, one home run, 27 runs and 26 RBIs. \u2026 Cooper Borowski bats\u00a0 .339 (21 for 62) with three doubles, one triple, two home runs, 20 runs and 27 RBIs. He also is 6-0 with a 3.98 ERA and 38 strikeouts. \u2026 Dunmore has won five straight since losing to Riverside on May 4. \u2026 Mizenko leads the Bucks with a .379 batting average (35 for 66) with three doubles, one triple, four home runs, 14 runs and 27 RBIs. \u2026 Jamie McMynne bats .349 (22 for 63) with three doubles, one triple, two home runs, 21 runs and 14 RBIs. He also is 4-2 with a 2.71 ERA and 55 strikeouts. \u2026 Nate Grochowski bats .365 (19 for 52) with two doubles, 12 runs and 11 RBIs. It was Grochowski\u2019s infield RBI single that brought home the winning run in the top of the 19th inning against Lake-Lehman. \u2026 Jackson Cady bats .316 (24 for 76) with one double, one triple, one home run, 14 runs and 19 RBIs. He also is 3-2 with a 4.24 ERA and 37 strikeouts. \u2026 Stets is 6-0 with a 1.51 ERA and 43 strikeouts. He bats .263 (20 for 76) with three doubles, one triple, 22 runs and 10 RBIs.<\/p>\n
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