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Teams like move from single-elimination - American Press

Playing best-of-three series in the postseason adds an extra step to preparations, but it has not hindered Southwest Louisiana high school baseball teams’ postseason success. Since Classes 5A and 4A introduced the best-of-three series in the regional and quarterfinal rounds in 2014, Southwest Louisiana has won 66.2 percent (88-45) of those series. Thirty-six times area teams have reached the state tournament by working their way through brackets…