Farmville Central seemed to have visiting Wakefield right where it wanted the Wolverines on Tuesday night.
But the the old adage about lightning not striking the same place twice was put to the test one too many times through the night. With storms encircling the area and after multiple delays, the non-conference baseball game was called after six innings and ended in a rare 1-1 tie.
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