?It seems like forever ago when the Hingham High baseball team made a historic run through the Div. 2 tournament en route to a state title.
As distant as the memory might seem, the Hingham players are poised to make another tournament run about two months later.
This time, however, its the Hingham Post 120 baseball team taking aim at another state crown when the American Legion playoffs begin this week.
Hingham (16-6) finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Zone 10 standings with Brockton, Plymouth and Kingston. Hingham was awarded the No. 3 seed and will face Hawkeye Athletic Club in the best-of-three first round of the playoffs. Game 1 is set for 5 p.m. today at Cronin Field in Hingham.
?We beat them by the mercy rule the only time we played them this year,? said Hingham coach Vin Murray, ?but that was a long time ago and I know that they didn?t throw their best pitcher against us.?
?They have a very good program and we?ve played them a lot in the playoffs and it always comes down to a Game 3.?
Hingham is littered with players who were state champions on the Hingham High team, but three of its main contributors ? Sean Greene, Kevin Minassian and Robbie Madden ? are all college freshmen and missed out on the tournament run.
?Those three were so anxious to start the season,? Murray said. ?They?re so hyped.?
?They missed out on the title run by one year so they?re treating the Legion season as the be-all end-all. This is their chance.?
Greene has been the ace of the Hingham staff this summer and will get the ball in Game 1 against Hawkeye.
Because Hingham High made such a late run in the tournament, the Hingham Legion team was forced to play 22 games in 31 days to make up for the delayed start.
?We played a lot of games in a short time,? Murray said. ?We had some double-headers and played on back-to-back days a lot. We?ve had a lot of guys that couldn?t make some games, so we?re really just getting to full strength.?
No. 2 seed Plymouth will play seventh-seeded Wareham, with No. 4 Kingston squaring off against No. 5 Orleans. No. 8 Marshfield draws top-seeded Brockton.
Ledgerland is also represented in Zone 6 with Braintree (19-5), Milton (14-10), Canton (13-11) and Morrisette (13-11) all earning playoff bids.
Morrisette seemed like it was headed for the No. 3 seed before some sloppy play in the final week of the season dropped them to the No. 5 spot, pairing them with the West Division?s top team in Franklin (20-4).
?We played Franklin two years ago in the playoffs and the roles were reversed. We were the top seed.? Morrisette coach Steve Maze said. ?They had some really good players that are still there so it?s going to be an uphill battle.?
Morrisette will throw Tom Garland in Game 1 against Franklin, as they hope to return to midseason form.
?We weren?t playing well at all a week ago,? said Maze. ?We had a playoff spot locked up and I think we just kind of coasted. Hopefully we can flip the switch.?
All Zone 6 games will be held Tuesday, with Braintree hosting Medfield at 7 p.m. at Braintree High School. Milton, Canton and Quincy will have home playoff games Wednesday.
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