The Belleville Raiders Home Talent baseball team played and hosted the Western Section Championship game Sunday. The Raiders, as the one seed, battled the five seed Shullsburg. In a tightly played game the Raiders edged out a 3-1 win behind a strong Justin Langley performance on the mound.

Langley pitched all 9 innings, while striking out 13. He only allowed 1 run on 5 hits. Justin now has pitched 23 innings during the 3-week playoff, striking out 46 batters and only allowing 1 earned run. He has an ERA of .20 during the stretch. Not only has his pitching been top notch, at the plate...