Hampton & Gloucester Post Region Semifinal Wins and Will Face Each Other in the Class 4 Region A Finals

Hampton rally beats Jamestown, nets first baseball state tournament berth in 35 years

HAMPTON — Hampton High’s most recent baseball state tournament trip came the year Crabbers coach Matt Mitchell was born, in 1990, with his late father, Danny Mitchell, then coach. It hardly looked like the drought would end going into the bottom of the sixth inning of the Class 4 Region A semifinals Tuesday at War Memorial Stadium, with the Crabbers trailing Jamestown by four runs. Matt Mitchell knew better. “I didn’t learn anything new, it was …

Hampton & Gloucester post region semifinal wins and will face each other in the Class 4 Region A finals

The Crabbers rallied to win 7-4 over Jamestown, while the Dukes held off the Packers in extras 4-3 in 8 innings.