The Salem Wildcats will open up the Triad 3a baseball sectional this morning. Game time at 10am with the winner to play Saturday against the 2nd game’s winner between Triad and Marion. Salem is making their 2nd straight trip to sectionals and 4th trip since 2014 under coach Brian Lipe who started with the Cats back in 2006. Salem has made 1 sectional final back in 2014, losing to Mascoutah 2-1. The game today will be on Q92 and streaming at southernillinoisnow.com.
In 4a sectional semifinals, Edwardsville and O’Fallon will play at SIU-Edwardsville as part of the Illinois Wesleyan Sectional. The other semifinal is Bradley Bourbonnais and Normal Community.