CENTERVILLE — The Pleasantville Trojans came rumbling into Tuesday night’s Class 2A, District 10 semifinal battle with the Centerville Big Red on the heels of a 28-1 record and the No. 1 ranking in Class 2A. It didn’t take long for the Trojans to show why.
Pleasantville pitcher Brayden Kennedy was unfazed by a first-inning single by the Big Red sophomore Grantland McDanel and used his bat to drive in a run in the bottom of the inning for a 2-0 Trojan lead. J.J. Phillips drove in the other run with a sacrifice fly.
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