Easley Edges Fort Mill in Playoff Duel; Copperheads Face TL Hanna Tonight

A single run proved to be the difference Saturday as ninth seed Easley edged fourth seed Fort Mill 7-6 in a tightly contested SCHSL 5A playoff matchup at Fort Mill. Fort Mill’s season comes to a close with a season reacord of 19-7 and 13-5 in the region.

Easley’s victory advances them further in the District 1 bracket where they’ll face Eastside on the road tonight. The winner of that game will challenge number 1 seed Indian Land for the Class 5A-D1 title.

Catawba Ridge takes on TL Hanna at home tonight for the Class 5A-D2 title game.

The winners of the Class 5A D1 and D2 title games will challenge each other in a best-of-threee series for the Upper State Championship.

Easley was out on the play and left two stranded during the bottom of the third inning in Thursday night’s game. Easley went on to win 7-6.

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