One pitch, one inning or one situation that changes your fortunes is all it takes in the AHSAA state playoffs.
For Reeltown, their fortunes were as volatile as they could be when they lost the early lead to Excel High and took it back before ultimately losing it again. Reeltown was on every extreme in the 16-15 ballgame.
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