The Fairfield Eagles fell to the Little River Academy Bumblebees 13-0 and 3-1 this past week in the Bi-District Championship to have their season come to an end. The Eagles finish the year with an 18-10 overall record.
Fairfield traveled to Axtell High School on Wednesday, May 1, to take on Little River Academy in the first game of the series. The Bumblebees came out strong and held the Eagles scoreless as they took a 13-0 victory.
On Friday night, May 3, the Eagles traveled back to Axtell High School to take on the Bubblebees. Little River Academy came out on top 3-1 to advance to the Area Championship against West.
Fairfield defeated Teague 1–0 in their final district game of the season to grab the second place seed behind Franklin going into the playoffs with a district record of 9-5.
“The boys did a great job finishing out the year strong,” Coach Andrew Downing said. “They needed to find a way to dig back in and win the games they were supposed to win, no matter how pretty or ugly they were. They just started stacking wins.”
