Bryson Kemler serves as Hanover High School’s leadoff hitter and catalyst. But he hadn’t been getting on base much lately because of a postseason slump. “I only had one hit since the district championship game,“ noting a stretch of four games, he said. Kemler had two last night—and they qualified as considerably more than just getting on base.

All games at Westfield High
Tickets $10
Yesterday, semifinals
Menchville 6, Stafford 4 (completion of quarterfinal)Menchville 6, West Springfield 5
Hanover 3, Frank Cox 0
  Final, today
Hanover vs. Menchville, 4 p.m.
Yesterday, semifinals
Loudoun Valley 2, South County 0

Now batting for Hanover High School, the first baseman, Austin Erb. Now batting for Cox High School, the designated hitter, Austin Erb. Players with the same name - but no relation - will be on the field tonight when Hanover and Cox (Virginia Beach) meet at 7 in the state group Group AAA baseball semifinals at Westfield High in Chantilly.

All games at Westfield High
Tickets $10
Today, semifinals
Completion of Menchville-Stafford quarterfinal, 1 p.m.West Springfield vs. Menchville-Stafford winner, 4
Frank Cox vs. Hanover, 7
  Final, tomorrow
Semifinals winners, 4 p.m.
Today, semifinals
Loudoun Valley vs. South County, 5 p.m.

Game times have been changed again for several Virginia High School League state Group AAA semifinal playoffs scheduled for Saturday at Westfield High School in Chantilly.

GROUP AAA All games at Westfield High
Tickets $10
Tomorrow, semifinals
West Springfield vs. Menchville-Stafford winner, 3 p.m.Frank Cox vs. Hanover, 7
  Final, Sunday
Semifinals winners, 3 p.m.
Tomorrow, semifinals
  Loudoun Valley vs. South County, 4 p.m.
Great Bridge vs. Prince George, 7 Final, Sunday

GROUP AAA All games at Westfield High
Tickets $10
Tomorrow, semifinals
West Springfield vs. Menchville-Stafford winner, 3 p.m.Frank Cox vs. Hanover, 7
  Final, Saturday
Semifinals winners, 3 p.m.
Tomorrow, semifinals
  Loudoun Valley vs. South County, 4 p.m.
Great Bridge vs. Prince George, 1 Final, Saturday

Jake Mayers yields just four singles in 4-0 victory over Lake Braddock; Eric Mayers drives in three runs with bases-loaded double.

Teams in baseball, softball, girls soccer and boys soccer begin high school playoffs today.

Big Austin Erb hadn’t been a big factor offensively in Hanover High’s first two meetings with Mills Godwin. That changed last night—at just the right time. The 6-0, 225-pound first baseman had three hits and three RBI, and the Hawks cranked up their prolific offense with a pair of two-run homers to outscore Godwin 11-7 in the Central Region semifinals.

Hanover High School football fans can roar, bang drums, blow whistles and make noise without limit under a permit granted last night by the Hanover County Board of Supervisors. Neighbors had complained that the noise from events at the school on U.S. 301 exceeded allowable limits and reached dangerous levels during marching band practice and football games.

Quarterfinals: Top bracket, Cosby (13-8) at Mills Godwin (17-4), 7 p.m.; Matoaca (18-4) at Hanover (19-1), 7; Lower bracket, Deep Run (12-8) at Manchester (18-2), 5; Lee-Davis (15-5) at Thomas Dale (16-4), 5
  S emifinals: Thursday at RF&P Park in Glen Allen, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
  F inal: Friday at RF&P Park, 7 p.m.

A 17-year-old former Hanover High School student was sentenced as an adult last week to five years in prison for assaulting and injuring a school resource officer Sept. 12. William Eugene Lewis, who was 16 at the time of the offense, was sentenced Tuesday in Hanover County Circuit Court on convictions of disorderly conduct and maliciously injuring a law-enforcement officer. The latter is a felony.

The cancellation of yesterday’s scheduled track meet at Hanover was the 76th postponement or cancellation for Hanover this spring.

For six years, Hanover County resident Amy Whittaker has followed Hanover High School football without going to a single game. The school’s public-announcement system was so loud, she said, she could hear every play from inside her Whippoorwill Road home, which is behind the school property off U.S. 301. Whittaker said the noise has also scared her livestock. She recalled a time when her horses got spooked, kicked open the fence and went running down U.S. 301 in a panic.