S. ROYALTON – Hazen Union alum and current BFA-Fairfax head coach Mike Brown and his Bullet baseball program came up two outs short from upsetting undefeated White River Valley last week in the Final Four of the Division III tournament.
Brown’s squad and their quest to defend a Division III state title were looking good through 6-1/3 innings last Tuesday, leading 2-0 before the Wildcats stormed back to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh before walking it off in the home half of the eighth to survive with a 3-2 win. Quinlan Grace earned the complete game win for White River, striking out 8 and walking four. Reagan Baumeister was the hard luck loser for Fairfax, recording 11 k’s, while allowing just one free pass in eight innings of work. The Bullets (11-6) were gunning for their sixth state title in 29 seasons under Brown.
The Wildcats perfect season came to an end with a 4-1 loss to second seeded Thetford Academy in the title game over the weekend.
