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Article: Wildcats benefit from HRs: ; High school baseball; Class AAA Region 4 final
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 23, 2008
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RIPLEY - Those who thought top-ranked Nitro might have exhausted
all of its offensive firepower in Wednesday night's regional
semifinal win over Parkersburg South apparently forgot to check with
Wildcat first baseman Matt Frazer.
On the heels of a 5-for-5 showing in a 20-4 rout of the Patriots,
the sweet-swinging junior authored another 5-for-5 performance -
including three home runs and seven RBI - to fuel a 13-5 win over
Spring Valley (17-12) in the Class AAA Region 4 championship game on
Thursday at Ripley High School's Ray Swisher Field.
The victory sends Nitro (30-4) into state tournament play for the
second consecutive year. The Wildcats will face the winner of
tonight's Region 2 ...