Didn't see the game and was wondering the same myself along with what happened to Potomac. I found the below on the Potomac News web InsideNOVA:
Article written in the InsideNOVA.com:
By Joe Conroy
Published: May 25, 2009
Battling a light but steady rain, Hylton starting pitcher Joel Himan turned in one of his finest performances of the year Monday afternoon in Manassas.
The senior struggled with command of his slider in the first inning, turning him into a one-pitch pitcher and Osbourn Park took full advantage in the Northwest Region quarterfinal matchup.
The Yellow Jackets struck for two runs in the bottom of the first and with OP ace Matt Wainman on the mound, that looked like it might be enough to eliminate one of the area’s hottest teams.
"We had come in saying one or two runs would win it, and they already had two on the board," Hylton coach Craig Flescher said. "It didn’t start of well at all—I was a little bit worried there."
Instead, Himan settled in, shutting the Yellow Jackets’ offense down over the remaining six frames, striking out 11 in the complete game effort, leading Hylton to a 3-2 upset of Osbourn Park.
Himan, who entered the game with an ERA of just above 1.00, walked just one—right fielder Nate White in the first—but also hit five, most with the slider.
"I think he couldn’t grip the slider in the first inning and that’s a big pitch for him," Flescher said. "Their first two guys, we wanted to kind of pitch backward and he wasn’t able to because he was throwing it up over the backstop."
Once the rain pushed through, Himan was able to loosen up better, finding the strike zone with his breaking pitch and throwing his fastball past opposing hitters.
"I felt like I got more loose, more into the flow of the game," Himan said. "[The rain] affected me early, but I got used to it a little bit. The mound was a little bit wet."
With Himan holding the Jackets’ offense at bay, the Bulldogs (12-10) lineup worked Wainman to 79 pitches over four innings, including a 30-pitch fourth. That inning Hylton tied the game on Clinton Northrop’s two-run double down the right field line. Although he was thrown out on his way to third base, the damage was done and OP coach Rod Hodgson turned to Zach Bargeron in the fifth.
Northrop came up again in the sixth with one out and designated hitter Chris Holmes on third after reaching on a lead off walk in a nine-pitch plate appearance.
"I got up there and I knew I needed a fly ball so [Holmes] could tag up," said Northrop, who was 2 for 2 with two doubles and a sacrifice bunt. "I did that and it just happened to travel just a little bit farther."
Northrop laced a 2-0 pitch to the fence in right-center, easily scoring Holmes and putting the Bulldogs up for good.
"Clinton did it when it mattered," said Himan, who scored a run and was 1 for 2 with a double.
Osbourn Park threatened with two hits in the bottom of the seventh, but each time catcher Robert Kelly threw them out attempting to steal second base.
Himan, who also defeated Woodbridge in the district tournament to reach the region playoffs, ended the game striking White out, punctuating the emotional win with an emphatic fist pump.
Hylton heads to Stafford Wednesday for a region semifinal game. Should the Bulldogs win, they will clinch a Group AAA state berth.
"We’ve actually scrimmaged this team before," Northrop said, "so we kind of know what we’re getting ourselves into."
