May 29, 2019

Commodores seek revenge against Spartans

By Jeremy Sellew

Ben Bamford / For the MVI
Frazier’s Logan Hartman has 163 strikeouts entering today’s matchup with Laurel.

By ASHLEY CHASE
For the MV Independent
The word rematch doesn’t do justice to the second coming of Frazier and Laurel squaring off in the WPIAL Class 2A softball championship.
In 2018, the teams battled in a scoreless game into the top of the seventh inning, when Laurel broke through a stellar pitching performance by Commodores ace Logan Hartman and took home the WPIAL crown.
That game is in the distant past but the memory lasts, with both teams highly anticipating the second round of the title fight.

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