Coach Brad Ganor will send his Saint Ignatius Wildcats against the Parma Redmen in Monday's Division I district baseball semifinals at Lakewood Stadium. The first pitch from Bunts and Madison will be 4 p.m.

Parma advanced to the district semifinals by defeating Rhodes, 3-1, on Saturday morning. The other half of Monday's bracket matches the Midpark Meteors and the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m.

The winners return to Lakewood Stadium on Tuesday for the district-championship game, which is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Saint Ignatius' Broadcasting Club will bring you the action from Lakewood Stadium on Monday (and hopefully Tuesday). Jeff McCormick '83 and Jacob Corrigan '10 will provide the play-play and commentary.

If the 'Cats are fortunate enough to win their fourth consecutive district championship, they will advance to the regional semifinal versus the Strongsville district champion on May 27 at 5 p.m. That game will be played in Nobby's Ballpark on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.

The winner of the semifinal at Case will travel to All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon for a regional championship game on May 28 at 5 p.m. The opponent will come from either the Bowling Green district or the Maumee district.

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS: Whenever the subject of Parma baseball comes up, this corner can't help but reflect back on 1975, when the Redmen and Columbus West staged a classic offensive battle in the big-school state-championship game.

In a matchup that had reporters draining their pens, breaking pencils and using up several pages in their scorebooks or writing pads, Columbus West prevailed, 28-20. Yes my friends, it was the pre-computer era.

Thirty-five years later and several stats from that memorable day still hold up as single-game state-tournament marks in Ohio, including most runs by a team (the 28 by Columbus West), most runs in an inning (the 12 by Parma), most runs batted in (8 by Harold Williams of Columbus West) and most runs scored (6 by Dean Smith of Columbus West).

The late Dick Zunt '50 and current Plain Dealer reporter Tim Rogers, who was a reporter for the Cleveland Press at the time, spent most of the 2 1/2-hour drive home assembling a box score from that 48-run encounter.