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By DENNIS SEMRAU

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JANESVILLE -- After a rainy Tuesday forced most of the state's baseball sectional games to be postponed, it is a beautiful day on the banks of the Rock River at Riverside Park in Janesville.

 

Fort Atkinson holds a 9-6 lead over Oregon after five innings in the first of two semifinals hosted by Janesville Craig.

 

Fort grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-run home run to left-center by Josh Boos.

 

Oregon countered with a three-run first highlighted by Joe Stetzer's two-run double and an RBI-double by Brooks McMahon, Mike Knutson delivered a two-run double and Boos added a run-scoring double in the third inning to stake Fort to a 5-3 lead.

 

The Blackhawks made it 7-3 in the fourth on run-scoring singles by Sam Hartwick and Knutson.

 

Fort extended its lead to 9-3 in the fifth on Eric Burow s two-run single which chased Oregon starting pitcher Matt Marszalek.

 

But Oregon pulled within 9-6 in the fifth on Stetzer's bases-loaded double that cleared the bases.

 

The winner of this game will meet the winner of Milton vs. Oconomowoc, which is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start. The championship game is set for 5 p.m.