OZARK — For the first time since 2022 and only the second time since 1995, no St. Louis-area school will be playing for a state baseball championship in the highest classification.

Parkway South (22-11) and Fort Zumwalt West (33-9) both lost semifinals Friday and are scheduled to face off at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Class 6 third-place game.

Kansas City powers Blue Springs South (26-7) and Staley (38-3) are in the title game, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday.

In Friday's semifinals, Blue Springs South roared past Parkway South 7-4 before Staley stymied Fort Zumwalt West 4-1. Here are a few observations from those semifinal games Friday at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex.

Irlbeck muzzles Jaguars

Staley senior lefty Brody Irlbeck showed every bit of why he was unbeaten on the mound this year a

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