High school baseball playoffs ‘24: Beachside, Clay, Creekside, Union County win openers

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Beachside, Clay, Creekside and Union County all won their first-round games to move on in the playoffs on Tuesday night. Teams in Class 2A, 3A and 4A — the heavyweight classifications that include teams like Bishop Snyder, Bolles, Episcopal, St. Johns Country Day and Trinity Christian — play their openers on Wednesday.Beachside made history in Region 1-5A, using a complete game gem from Jake Meadows to beat Columbia 2-0 for the first playoff win in the school’s brief history.

Host Creekside edged Winter Park 3-2 in Region 1-7A. Sean Ashenfelder, also the school’s top quaretrback for the Knights football team, broke a 2-all tie in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single to put the Knights up for good . Creekside, seeded No. 2 in the region, will host third-seed Lake Mary on Friday.

In Region 3-1A, Union County shook off four errors and pushed across the winner in the bottom of the 10th inning to edge Madison County 1-0. The Tigers will face top-seeded Lafayette on Saturday in the regional finals. It was a tough night for other area teams. Bartram Trail and Flagler Palm Coast suffered one-run losses in Region 1-7A. All three teams in 1-6A — Fleming Island, Oakleaf and Tocoi Creek — bowed out in the first round. And both St. Augustine and Orange Park suffered one-run losses in Region 1-5A. Pace 3, Fleming Island 2 Union County at Lafayatte Justin Barney joined News4Jax in February 2019, but he’s been covering sports on the First Coast for more than 20 years.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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