North Broward Prep Sweeps Way Into 3A Regional Final
Anything can happen in a decisive game three.
Fortunately for the North Broward Prep Eagles, a third game never happened. Trailing late in the action of game two in the best-of-three series, the Eagles rallied for an 8-5 victory over the McKeel Academy Wildcats to complete a sweep in the Class 3A regional semifinal. North Broward Prep (22-6) advances into the regional finals, one series victory away from its seventh regional title and a return trip to the state tournament.
“McKeel is a heck of a team. They came out swinging the bats from the jump Friday night and really pushed us, and thankfully we were able to answer,” North Broward Prep Manager Brian Campbell said. “So it’s a great team win for the series, and we’re looking forward to whoever we play in the regional final.”
The Eagles were held scoreless through the first five frames by Wildcats starter Rhett Dion. They finally got on the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the sixth, before the offense came to life in the seventh to erupt for six runs that swung them out in front with a comfortable advantage.
“We were down 4-0 going into the sixth, and got a little life from a two-out hit from Marcus Hall,” Campbell said. “That put us on the board, and then we kind of opened it up in the seventh. We had a homer from Caden Coleman and added on a little bit from there.”
Alejandro Cabral singled and Alex Smith walked to put some ducks on the pond in the sixth. Marcus Hall delivered with a two-RBI single to right field to pull within 4-2. Gabriel Coupet had an RBI single that drove in Zachary Tavarez to get it going again in the seventh, and then Coleman delivered a three-run blast that gave the Eagles the lead. Cabral kept it going with a double, next scoring thanks to an RBI single from Smith. Fittingly, it was Hall who then capped it off with an RBI single that plated Smith.
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