Crater advances to the 2nd round of the playoffs by beating Hillsboro 21-1. The team will play Putnam at Anhorn Field on Friday (May 26th). Game time is expected to be 4:30. Putnam finished the regular season ranked 7th with a 20-6 record. They beat Corvallis in the first round.

Against Hillsboro, Sebasten Boivin and Jake Cartwright each hit homeruns, and Larson Kindreich struck out ten hitters in 3 2/3 innings of perfect baseball before being lifted for string of relievers.