By Mark Sawyer
Special to The Winchester Star

STEPHENS CITY — Thursday night’s Northwestern District play-in baseball game between fourth-seeded James Wood and No. 5 Skyline may have been error-filled for seven innings with the appearance that neither team wanted to win.

But it turned into an instant classic before a winner was decided.

Through seven innings the two teams combined to allow seven unearned runs and were locked in a 4-4 tie after the Hawks rallied for two two-out runs in the top of the seventh to force extra innings.