By Jean LeBlanc
Berlin freshman pitcher, Curtis Arsenault hurled five innings of shut-out baseball, helping the Mountaineers to a 10-0 victory over the Belmont Raiders in the opening round of the class M baseball playoffs in Berlin Thursday.
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