The Madison Mavericks defeated the Churchill Chargers 6-3 in Game 1 of their three-game series in the 6A baseball playoffs on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the Blossom Athletic Center.
The Mavericks are now one regional quarterfinal win away from advancing to the regional semifinals against the winner of Los Fresnos and Vela next weekend.
Madison had won the teams’ previous two meetings.
Churchill was undefeated in the playoffs before this loss. The Chargers advanced out of the bi-district round thanks to a two-game sweep of Austin Westlake and then beat O’Connor in a one-game playoff in the area round.
Madison remains undefeated in the postseason after sweeping a series against Vista Ridge in the opening round and then sweeping New Braunfels High School to advance to their series against Churchill.