NEXT UP: Hosting Area with best of 3 games with Weatherford starting Friday
The Racers won the Regional Tournament they hosted on May 2-3 and now head to the Area Tournament starting today.
Head Newcastle Coach Jarod King said, “We pitched the ball really well. Tyler Frazier and Kaden Longman both had double digit strikeouts. Frazier had a no-hitter and Longman only gave up three hits. Connor Leader and Lane Seaton didn’t give up a game either.”
King added that Seaton hit a home run in the first game, and then Jackson Schanuel hit one in the next game.
“We played pretty well. Hopefully we can keep it going,” the coach said.
Newcastle dominated Regionals with an 8-0 victory over Bishop Mc-Guiness to open the tourney. They scored 14 runs and held Tecumseh to 0 in the second game, and then beat McGuiness again, 8-0, in the tournament finals.
Jackson Schanuel was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Newcastle (ranked #2 in Class 4A) hosts Weatherford (#15) for a best of three Area Tournament today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. A third game, if necessary, will be at 2 p.m. Friday. The winner advances to the State Tournament, May 15-17 at Norman. The last day of State will be played in Oklahoma City at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
The Racers have a 32-4 overall record going into Area. They finished regular season 13-1 in District 4A-3.
