The Halifax County High School baseball team is in full swing with preparations for Fridays state tournament semi-final game against Prince George High School at Westfield High School in Chantilly.

Comets Head Coach Kenneth Day says his team has put last Fridays loss to Briar Woods High School in the 5A North Region Tournament championship game behind it and is focusing squarely on this weekends state tournament.

We just need to keep playing and see what happens this week, Day said.

Were going to be fine. We usually play pretty well on the road.

The Comets will be facing a long road trip to Northern Virginia for this weekends Virginia High School League 5A State Tournament. Fridays semi-final game against Prince George High School will be played at Westfield High School in Chantilly, which is near Washington D.C. If the Comets win on Friday, they will play in the state championship game on Saturday at James Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax.

The Comets Friday game starts at 10 a.m. Saturdays state championship game is also set for a 10 a.m. start.

Admission for both games will be $10 per person.

This weekend marks the first time in six years that a Halifax County High School baseball team has played its way into the state tournament.

In 5A South Region Champion Prince George High School, the Comets will face a Royals team that has six seniors and sports a 23-1 record.

The Royals downed Menchville High School 13-5 Friday to win the 5A South Region championship, and did the majority of its damage with one big explosive inning. Prince George High School scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to take an 11-1 lead that it never relinquished.

A pair of seniors, Tucker Majetic and Justin Nase, swung the big bats for the Royals, with Majetic having a 4-5 night at the plate and Nase having a 3-5 effort on the offensive end.

Briar Woods High School, who defeated the Comets in last Fridays 5A North Region Tournament championship game in Ashburn, will face Menchville High School of Newport News, the number two seed from the 5A South Region, Friday at 2 p.m. in the other semi-final round game.

The winners of the two Friday games will meet on Saturday in the state championship game.

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