Halifax County High School faced Briar Woods High School in the VHSL 5A State Tournament championship. Here are reports from the game.

2 p.m.: Briar Woods scored on a hit in bottom of 14th and won 5-4.

1:41 p.m.:The Falcons got a hit in the bottom of the 13th inning but Comets held. The score remains tied at 4-4 with the Comets coming to bat in the top of the 14th inning.

1:27 p.m.: The Falcons got runners on first and second base but Alex Lowery got a strikeout to end the inning. Game still tied 4-4 heading into the top of the 13th inning.This now becomes the longest playoff game a Comets team has ever been involved in.

1:17 p.m.:Comets fail to score in top of the 12th inning. Alex Lowery goes to the mound for the Comets to start the bottom of the 12th inning.

1:07 p.m.: The Comets got Holt Powell to third base but failed to score and the game remains tied at 4-4 heading into the top of the 12th inning.

12:51 p.m.: Falcons load the bases in the bottom of the 10th and a great catch by Comets second baseman Tyler Duffer of a fly ball ended the inning. The game continues now into the top of the 11th inning with the score still 4-4.

12:36 p.m.: Comets pitcher Drew Harlow made a great play to get the last out of the 9th inning after the ball ricocheted off of him and the game is still tied at 4-4 heading into the top of the 10th inning.

12:24 p.m.:The Comets had a good defensive inning in the bottom of the 8th and the game remains tiedat 4-4heading into the 9th inning.

12:09 p.m.: Comets end the inning on a strikeout from Drew Harlow but the game is tied 4-4 and heads into extra innings.

12:04 p.m.:Comets are in a jam. The Falcons have the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the 7th inning. Briar Woodshas tied game.

11:54 a.m.: Halifax is only 3 outs away now from the school's second ever state baseball title. Comets lead 4-2 heading into bottom of the last inning.

11:48 a.m.:Comets dodge a big bullet with big defensive plays from Dawson Watts at shortstop and Hunter Watts at first base after the Falcons got a double and still lead 4-2 heading into the final inning.

11:36 a.m.: Comets failed to score in the top of the 6th inning but they are just six outs away from the state title.

11:27 a.m.: Comets pitcher Carlton Redd records his fifth strikeout of the game as the Comets hold the Falcons scoreless for the fourth consecutive inning and still lead 4-2 heading into the top of the sixth inning.

11:22 a.m.: Comets got a leadoff single from reserve Shaun Perkins to lead off the top of the fifth inning but could not score. Comets still lead 4-2.

11:13 a.m.: The Comets held the Falcons at bay in the bottom of the fourth inning and continue to lead 4-2.

11:05 a.m.: Comets have exploded for 4 runs in the top of the fourth inning with the help of a 2-RBI hit by Josh Barker and two Falcons errors to take the lead at 4-2.

10:46 a.m.: Briar Woods High School continues to lead 2-0 after three innings. Comets centerfielder Brayden Moore made a great running overhead catch of a fly ball at the fence for the first out of the bottom of the third inning.

10:33 a.m.: Comets continue to trail 2-0 after two innings. HCHS has not yet had a hit. Pitcher Carlton Redd recorded two strikeouts in the bottom of the second inning.

10:18 a.m.: Comets trail 2-0 after first inning. Two hits by Briar Woods HS and a Comets error gave the Falcons the early lead.

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