JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Trinity Christian and St. Johns Country Day are headed to the high school baseball state semifinals.
The Conquerors ended the fairytale season of Bishop Snyder in the Region 1-3A final, winning 8-6 to advance to the state semifinals. Trinity (24-6) will face Miami Westminster Christian on Monday at 10 a.m. Trinity chased Snyder ace Aidan King after three innings, six Ks and a 4-3 lead.
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The Cardinals surged right back and wound up retaking the lead on a two-run homer by Cody Boshell in the top of the fifth. But Trinity stormed back in the bottom of the inning, pushing four across and hanging on when Snyder put go-ahead runners on base in the final two innings. Aaron Wilson earned the save in the seventh with the final three outs.
The Cardinals had 11 hits, three by Tristan Silver and two apiece by King and Boshell. But four errors stung and Trinity capitalized.
In Region 1-2A, St. Johns Country Day got a two-run walk-off homer from James Gilson to lift the Spartans to an 8-6 win over North Florida Christian and back into the state semifinals.
Kyle Boylston hit a solo homer to open the seventh and knot things up. Boylston had three hits, Gilson and Kody Daneault added two each and the Spartans (24-6) overcame five NFC homers to reach the final four for the third time under coach Tom Lucas. NFC led 6-5 after a homer in the top of the seventh to set the table for the St. Johns heroics.
Jack Ensell and Kolt Myers combined to whiff 12 for St. Johns.
Monday’s result
Regional finals
Region 1-7A
(1) Timber Creek 3, (2) Creekside 0 (5 innings)
Tuesday’s results
Region 1-5A
(3) Clay (18-9) at (1) Lincoln (17-11), postponed to Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Region 1-3A
(2) Trinity Christian 8, (4) Bishop Snyder 6
Region 1-2A
(1) St. Johns Country Day 8, (2) North Florida Christian 6
State semifinals
Monday’s game
Class 2A
St. Johns Country Day (23-6) vs. Northside Christian (20-9), 10 a.m., Fort Myers
Tuesday’s game
Class 3A
Trinity Christian (24-6) vs. Westminster Christian (24-4), 1 p.m., Fort Myers