Fatima advances in defense of its state baseball title

Defeats Bishop LeBlond in Class 3 quarterfinal

The defending state baseball champions move another step closer to renewing the team's Class 3 title.

Fatima (21-9) hosted Bishop LeBlond (16-8) in Wednesday's quarterfinal. Logan Vogel threw a three-hitter for the Comets in their 7-1 victory.

Fatima will play Springfield Catholic in the state semifinals at 4 p.m. Tuesday in O'Fallon. Fatima beat Springfield Catholic 2-0 in 8 innings for its 2013 state title.

Editor's note: A full game story will be posted online later and published in Thursday's News Tribune newspaper. (Update: Read that game story here.)

You also can see News Tribune sports writer Josh Hall's tweets from the game on his Twitter account.

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