Monday, May 24, 2010

Road to McCoy

Could we have has asked for a better local high school baseball season? The top two teams - Middletown and Portsmouth - split their two games in a very-fun-to-watch fashion, and after a wild weekend, the Division I-East title is up for grabs.

Should Middletown, which closes the regular season today, beat visiting East Providence today at 4 at Gaudet Middle School, the Islanders take the title solo. If they lose to the Townies, the Islanders and Patriots share the division.

Either way, both teams will be in good shape when the tournament seeds are announced later this week. Tiverton, which finished 8-10 in division play, will hope to give some of the higher seeds fits, while Rogers - despite a winless campaign - played in some pretty tight contests.

So we have three teams out of 24 with a shot at state title glory. Just so you know, the last local team to win a Division I championship was Tiverton in 1982. Middletown and Portsmouth each will be looking for its first.
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Josh Krueger said...

The Islanders appeared to be running away with the I-East title not long ago, when they were 13-0. But a late-season slide made things interesting, just like Monday's 3-2 win over EP.

I was told that, if Middletown had lost Monday, Portsmouth would be the division champion based on a second tiebreaker, but fortunately for the Islanders, no tiebreakers were necessary.

May 25, 2010 at 9:31 AM

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