FAIRFAX – Hazen Union alum and current BFA-Fairfax baseball head coach Mike Brown closed out the regular season with an 8-5 record, guiding his Bullets to the #6 seed in the upcoming Division III state tournament.
Fairfax pulled out an extra-inning nail-biter against Hazen at home, 5-4, on Thursday before narrowly falling to Division IV powerhouse Blue Mountain 4-2 over the weekend. Brown was honored after the game for his 30-plus years as an educator at BFA-Fairfax. He is set to retire later this month, but plans to continue coaching.
The Bullets won their fifth Division III State Championship in 2024 under Brown and have a path back to the Final Four this week. Top-seeded Thetford Academy (13-0) and a red-hot Enosburg (10-4) team are both on the other side of the bracket.
Brown’s young squad hosted No. 11 Oxbow on Tuesday and, if they advance, will likely make the long trip to third-seeded Woodstock on Saturday for a quarterfinal match-up. The Wasps have an impressive 11-2 record, but only defeated three teams with winning records this season.
