The 2008 District 3-4A Champion Middleburg Broncos.

The patchwork pitching staff and near-perfect defense that defeated Bradford Wednesday to put Ridgeview in next week's regional playoffs was unable to stand up to second-straight night's pounding Thursday as Middleburg banged out 12 hits and took advantage of numerous fielding miscues on its way to claiming a 15-7 victory and the District 3-4A championship title.

Middleburg, which had home-field advantage as the district tournament host, will continue to enjoy the friendly confines of Bronco Field for Tuesday's regional quarterfinal, as well as next Friday's regional semifinal, should it win Tuesday. In the first round, the Broncos will play the loser of Thursday night's District 4-4A championship game (either Bishop Kenny or Stanton). Ridgeview, the District 3-4A runner-up, will travel to winner of that game for its regional quarterfinal Tuesday.

"I'm just so proud of these guys," said Bronco coach Alan Burnsed, a few minutes before his "guys" doused him with Gatorade. "They've worked so hard all year long. ... For them to come out here and do this for this program is huge. It's been six years since we've even been in a district championship game, so they've come a long way."

Also Thursday, Fleming Island rallied from a four-run deficit and took District 3-5A top-seed Wolfson into extra innings before losing, 5-4, in the bottom of the ninth. The Golden Eagles season ends at 16-9.