OAKWOOD — Typically, teams want to be peaking and playing their best baseball when postseason tournament starts.

That wasn’t the case for either the Oakwood Comets or the Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman Buffaloes heading into Monday’s IHSA Class 2A regional quarterfinal at Oakwood City Park.

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