Licking County baseball teams set postseason path

Top-seeded NC (14-6) hosts either No. 4 Shekinah Christian or No. 8 Madison Christian at 2 p.m. May 23 in Division VII. With a win, the Green Wave would host a district semifinal May 27 against either No. 9 Liberty Christian (5-10) or No. 11 Northside Christian, and the potential district final is set for 10 a.m. May 29 at Beavers Field with No. 2 Fairfield Christian and No. 3 Ridgedale potential opponents.

Newark (17-3) is the No. 7 seed in Division I and plays No. 12 Hilliard Darby in a district semifinal on May 26 at Dublin Coffman. The winner plays either No. 6 Coffman or No. 8 Lancaster in a district final at 5 p.m. May 28 with the highest remaining seed hosting.

Watkins Memorial (12-8) is the No. 4 seed in Division II and hosts either No. 9 Dublin Scioto or No. 18 Mifflin for a district semifinal May 26. With a win, the Warriors would host either No. 5 Worthington Kilbourne or No. 12 Mount Vernon for a district final at 5 p.m. May 28.

Licking Heights (5-12) is the No. 14 seed and plays No. 15 Briggs in a district semifinal May 27 at New Albany. The winner likely visits the No. 1 Eagles for a district final May 29.

Granville (11-9) is the No. 6 seed in Division III and hosts No. 14 Whitehall at 2 p.m. May 23. A win likely would send the Blue Aces to No. 4 Bloom-Carroll for a district semifinal May 27 with No. 1 Bishop Watterson a potential opponent in a district final.

Granville Christian (11-8) is the No. 11 seed in Division VI and visits No. 5 Grandview Heights at 2 p.m. May 23. The winner visits No. 4 Northmor on May 26 for a district semifinal.

Softball brackets completed

The Division I and II softball brackets were finalized a week after those for the other five divisions were set.

Watkins Memorial (16-7), in pursuit of a sixth consecutive district championship, received the No. 8 seed in Division I and hosts No. 25 Westerville South for a semifinal at 5 p.m. May 18. A win would send the Warriors into a district final at 5 p.m. May 21 at London against either No. 12 Dublin Coffman or No. 14 Pickerington North.

Lakewood (15-9) is the No. 15 and visits No. 4 Delaware for a district semifinal at 5 p.m. May 18. The winner plays either No. 6 Upper Arlington or No. 11 Pickerington Central for a district title at 5 p.m. May 21 at Berne Union.

Newark (5-18) is the No. 26 seed and visits No. 3 Olentangy at 5 p.m. May 18. The winner plays in a final at 2 p.m. May 21 at Big Walnut against either No. 13 Central Crossing or No. 20 Westerville North.

Heights (13-8) is the No. 6 seed in Division II and hosts No. 9 Logan at 5 p.m. May 19. With a win the Hornets would play in a district final at 5 p.m. May 22 at Groveport likely against No. 1 Westerville Central.

This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Licking County baseball teams set OHSAA postseason path