NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — One game looked easy, while the other was a nailbiter. In the Class 4 Region A Championship between unbeaten and #1 Pouquoson dispatching #3 Smithfield on Thursday with a 13-1 win.
Tessa Carteret got four RBIs and Kaia Hutton had an RBI double in the bottom 2nd for the 100th of her career for the Dukes (22-0) in the win. Both schools are heading to the state tournament.
The same could be said in the Class 5 Region B title game between #1 Granby against #2 Kecoughtan. Cameron Hamilton connected on her 10th home run of the season with a two-run shot in the first. Taylor Langston drove in the go-ahead run in the home sixth for Granby (19-2).
Here are Thursday's results from area region playoffs:
Class 3 Region A championship game
Lafayette 6, York 5
Class 2 Region A championship game
Poquoson 4, King William 0
Class 5 Region B championship game
Granby 3, Kecoughtan 2
Class 4 Region A championship game
Gloucester 13, Smithfield 1
Class 3 Region A championship game
New Kent 10, Tabb 0
Class 3 Region A championship game
Grafton 3, Lafayette 2
Class 2 Region A championship game
Bruton 7, Arcadia 0
Class 3 Region A championship game
Lafayette 5, Tabb 0
Class 2 Region A championship game
Poquoson 2, Nandua 0