Mill River pitcher Lincoln Pritchard rears back and fires to the plate during a game against Rutland earlier this year. (Photo: ALBERT J. MARRO/RUTLAND HERALD)
What to know: Top-seeded Mill River (15-1) took last year’s historic title, the program’s first, and proceeded to run away with the Marble Valley League this year to earn a home road back to the final. … The Minutemen could run into No. 4 Bellows Falls (11-5) for the third time this year in the semifinals — or it could easily end up being a championship rematch at that stage against surging Harwood, the fifth seed at 11-4. … Across the bracket, Lamoille (14-2) leads the way at No. 2 but it’s a group fraught with contenders: No. 3 Milton, on the rebound after a three-win season in 2014, and No. 6 Lake Region, with Division I-bound flamethrower Matt Messier topping the rotation.
Playdowns
No. 8 Enosburg over No. 9 Springfield
No. 4 Bellows Falls over No. 13 Mount Abraham
No. 5 Harwood over No. 12 U-32
No. 2 Lamoille over No. 15 Otter Valley
No. 7 Oxbow over No. 10 Lyndon
No. 3 Milton over No. 14 Vergennes
No. 6 Lake Region over No. 11 Fair Haven
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Mill River over Enosburg
Harwood over Bellows Falls
Lamoille over Oxbow
Milton over Lake Region
Semifinals
Mill River over Harwood
Milton over Lamoille
Championship
• Mill River 3, Milton 2: After knocking out two fellow title contenders (Lake Region and Lamoille) just to get to the final, the Yellowjackets meet their match in Mill River, which reigns in D-II for the second straight year.
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