SETH — No. 4 seed Tug Valley kept their postseason hopes alive on Thursday night as they traveled to play No. 3 seed Sherman at the Joe Tagliente Field of Dreams and the Panthers eliminated the Tide by a final score of 8-7.
“I’m really proud of these kids, we jumped all over them early today,” Tug coach Teddy Hall said. “Our pitching has been good. Our kids have been executing and our bats are still coming. We get to live and fight another day.”
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