The Class 1A baseball postseason journey starts Saturday for a pair of KCII area schools at Highland High School. In game one of a playoff doubleheader, Hillcrest Academy will face off with the Grand View Christian Thunder. The Ravens enter play at 11-10 on the year following a walk-off win over Danville 15-12 in Kalona Thursday, on the strength of a Jace Rempel three-run homer. The Ravens finished 9-5 in the Superconference North Division, in third place and are hitting .244 as a team with Luke Schrock at .378 with 31 total hits and 27 runs scored. Rempel has a team best 21 driven in. On the mound, Hillcrest holds a 4.33 ERA with Seth Ours and Luke Schrock a combined 6-4 in 66 innings with a 3.15 ERA. Rempel is 2-0 in 15 innings with a 0.89 mark. Grand View Christian is 6-9 this year. The Thunder are based in Des Moines and not listed in a conference, and are in just their third season as a program. Thursday they downed Central Decatur 6-5. On the year, they are hitting .214 with Austin Jordan at .400 with 16 hits and 12 runs scored. Grand View has a 5.53 ERA overall with Jordan at 3.21 with a 2-3 record. Tate Moulton is 3-3 on the year. These two teams have never met.

In the nightcap, the Highland Huskies host the Montezuma Braves. The Huskies come in at 20-3, runners up in the Superconference North Division. They dipped outside of conference to beat Sigourney 14-1 in their final playoff tune-up Wednesday. The Huskies are hitting .352 as a team with four players over .400 led by Trevor McFarland at .493 with 36 total hits and 26 RBI. Highland’s team ERA is 2.31 with Chase Schultz at 8-2 with a 1.83 mark. Ethan Paisley is 5-1 at 2.28 and Logan Bonebrake, Peyton Yeggy and Connor Grinstead are a combined 7-0 this season. Montezuma is 1-14 this year, finishing with the same record in the South Iowa Cedar League. They were on the wrong end of a 7-4 score against HLV Monday. On the year the Braves are hitting .216 collectively with Owen Cook at a team best .452 with 19 hits and six runs scored. Monty’s team ERA is 5.06 with Cook at 3.58 to lead the way and record the team’s lone win. These teams last met in 2007 with the Huskies scoring a 7-6 win.

You can hear action from both ends of the doubleheader live on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 4:30 and first pitch between Hillcrest and Grand View at 5p.m. with the Highland and Montezuma game to follow live from Highland High School.