FRYEBURG — Playing its best baseball of the season, Fryeburg Academy is one win away from playing for the Class B State Championship.
The No. 8 seeded Raiders will go in search of their fourth straight playoff win when they face a familiar foe, No. 2 seeds Greely, in the Class B South Regional Final at the University of Southern Maine on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
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