HARMONY — The season is over for the Neshannock High baseball team.

The top-seeded Lancers managed just four hits in dropping a 3-0 WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal-round tilt against No. 8 Freedom on Tuesday afternoon at Seneca Valley High School.

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