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11-Seed Livermore Cowboys Win NCS Baseball Championship

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The Livermore High baseball team, seeded 11th in the NCS Division IV playoffs, won the championship with an 8-7 victory over Newark Memorial. The Cowboys, who went 6-18 in the regular season, used a two-run homer by Nico Rodriguez in the seventh inning to take the lead and a game-saving throw by freshman Jack Wilhite to seal the win.

- Livermore entered the NCS playoffs as an 11-seed after a 6-18 regular season in the EBAL. - The Cowboys won four playoff games by a combined margin of 8-7, 8-6, 8-6, and 4-2.

- Nine seniors missed the first playoff game due to a senior trip to Disneyland. - Livermore is now the No.

2 seed in the NorCal tournament and will host University Prep of Redding.

This story was originally reported by pleasantonweekly. Read the original article here.

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