With the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) district tournaments in the rearview, it’s time for the state tournaments in high school spring sports. On Monday, the first round of the state baseball tournament took place. In Class 5A, Lampeter-Strasburg hosted Peters Township. The Pioneers are fresh off winning a District 3 title, one week ago.Scoreless in the bottom of the third inning, Lampeter-Strasburg’s Brady Scranton knocked in Brayden Hart with an RBI. The Pioneers got on the board 1-0.In the fourth inning, another RBI for Lampeter-Strasburg, as Gavin Tipping drove in Logan Leaman.That would prove to be the insurance run, as Peters Township would plate a run. But the Pioneers’ Cooper Hillen shuts the door with a game-ending strikeout as the Pioneers advance to the state quarterfinal round with a 2-1 win.”We just want our guys to come out and compete with every pitch. We track something at the plate, swing decisions, and we just want to make good swing decisions at the plate. We really battled there, and it’s playoff baseball, playoff baseball is hard, it’s meant to be hard. And you got to compete for 21 outs. I was really proud of how our guys did that today,” Lampeter-Strasburg head coach Jeffrey Swarr said. The Pioneers will face Pine-Richland in the quarterfinal round on Thursday.

LANCASTER, Pa. —

With the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) district tournaments in the rearview, it’s time for the state tournaments in high school spring sports.

On Monday, the first round of the state baseball tournament took place.

In Class 5A, Lampeter-Strasburg hosted Peters Township.

The Pioneers are fresh off winning a District 3 title, one week ago.

Scoreless in the bottom of the third inning, Lampeter-Strasburg’s Brady Scranton knocked in Brayden Hart with an RBI.

The Pioneers got on the board 1-0.

In the fourth inning, another RBI for Lampeter-Strasburg, as Gavin Tipping drove in Logan Leaman.

That would prove to be the insurance run, as Peters Township would plate a run.

But the Pioneers’ Cooper Hillen shuts the door with a game-ending strikeout as the Pioneers advance to the state quarterfinal round with a 2-1 win.

“We just want our guys to come out and compete with every pitch. We track something at the plate, swing decisions, and we just want to make good swing decisions at the plate. We really battled there, and it’s playoff baseball, playoff baseball is hard, it’s meant to be hard. And you got to compete for 21 outs. I was really proud of how our guys did that today,” Lampeter-Strasburg head coach Jeffrey Swarr said.

The Pioneers will face Pine-Richland in the quarterfinal round on Thursday.