A year after the two Top 10 teams in the state met in the Class 2A Regional Quarterfinals, Italy and Crawford are back for another showdown. In 2021 the Pirates won Game Three, 1-0, in extra innings on a dropped ball tag at the plate to decide the victor before a huge, standing room only crowd at West. The Swashbucklers outscored Italy by an 8-6 margin in the series.
Crawford went on to lose in the…
