By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

First-round matchups for Portage County’s high school baseball teams.

DIVISION I

NORTHEAST 2

May 18: No. 3 Aurora vs. No. 14 Painesville Riverside-No. 23 Mayfield winner, 5 p.m.

May 18: No. 11 Kent Roosevelt vs. No. 13 Hudson-No. 31 Lyndhurst winner, 5 p.m.

DIVISION II

NORTHEAST 2

May 15: No. 16 Salem at No. 12 Streetsboro, 5 p.m.

NORTHEAST 1

May 15: No. 23 Youngstown East at No. 22 Ravenna

May 17: No. 4 Field vs. No. 19 Niles McKinley-No. 18 West Geauga winner, 5 p.m.

DIVISION III

NORTHEAST 2

May 15: No. 18 Waterloo at No. 12 Champion, 5 p.m.

NORTHEAST 1

May 15: No. 23 Southeast at No. 8 Perry, 5 p.m.

May 17: No. 5 Garfield vs. No. 9 Cardinal Mooney-No. 22 Campbell Memorial winner, 5 p.m.

NORTHEAST 3

May 15: No. 18 Chippewa at No. 13 Rootstown, 5 p.m.

May 15: No. 17 Northwestern at No. 11 Mogadore, 5 p.m.

NORTHEAST 4

May 15: No. 22 Crestwood at No. 14 Wickliffe, 5 p.m.

DIVISION IV

NORTHEAST 1

May 16: No. 17 Windham at No. 15 Lowellville, 5 p.m.