Baseball Bucs begin sectional play Tuesday at UHS

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Seedings and schedules are set for the WVSSAC Baseball Sectional Tournaments. Sectional champions advance to best-of-three regional play, which begins Monday, May 23.

The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers (9-17) earned the third seed in Region I, Section 2.

They will open the sectional against No. 2 seed University in Morgantown at 6 p.m.

The Bucs dropped both games to University, opening their season with a 12-7 road loss and then falling by a 9-5 score last Monday at home.

Fourth-seed Preston will visit top seed Bridgeport Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the other Section 2 battle.

In Section 1, Morgantown earned the top seed and will host the No. 4 seed Brooke while No. 3 seed John Marshall will make a visit to No. 2 seed Wheeling Park.

Both of those games are scheduled for Tuesday.

The schedule and pairings for Class AAA Region 1.

Class AAA

Region I

Section 1

Tuesday, May 10

Game 1 – No. 4 Brooke at No. 1 Morgantown

Game 2 – No. 3 John Marshall at No. 2 Wheeling Park

Wednesday, May 11

Game 3 – Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser

Game 4 – Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

Thursday, May 12

Game 5 – Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser

Friday, May 13

Game 6 – Championship

Section 2 (all games at 6 p.m.)

Tuesday, May 10

Game 1 – No. 4 Preston at No. 1 Bridgeport

Game 2 – No. 3 Buckhannon-Upshur at No. 2 University

Wednesday, May 11

Game 3 – Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

Game 4 – Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser

Thursday, May 12

Game 5 – Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner

Friday, May 13

Game 6 – Championship

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