HURST — Midway is third round-bound.
The Panthers punched their ticket to the Class 6A regional quarterfinals with a three-run seventh inning in the second game against the Blue Raiders, sweeping the series.
The game was tied at 2 entering the seventh, but Midway (29-8) loaded the bases on a Clayton Stewart single, a Logan Pace walk and a Couper Cornblum single. Then the Panthers scored the go-ahead run on Hunter Jones’ groundout. They added two more insurance runs in the inning, scoring on a Bell balk and a hit-by-pitch.
Midway pitchers Braden Bowles and Jackson Berry teamed up to limit Bell to just five hits. For the series, the Panther hurlers tossed up scoreless innings in 15 out of 16 frames.
Midway will draw the winner of the Belton-Flower Mound Marcus series in next week’s regional semifinals. Midway coach Eddie Cornblum was formerly head coach at B... Click here to read full article
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