Date/Time: 5/11/2001 Location: bottom team Score: 7-4 Winner: Scotland Two teams that underwent long, unexpected losing streaks, will play Tuesday in the N.C. 4A quarterfinals: a spot most baseball experts figured they'd be all along. Read more, Scotland, Butler advance to quarterfinal showdown Name: Scotland Scotland (16-6, 8-4) is the #1 from the Southeastern 4A conference. Visit the Scotland iHigh page for in-depth baseball coverage, http://northcarolina.ihigh.com/scotland Name: Independence Independence High is lead by pitcher Alex Obert. The 6-foot-5 senior with the 90 mile-per-hour fastball has two no-hitters (and could’ve had a third if Mennitt had let him pitch the final inning), five shutouts and is 10-1 this season.

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