WATERFORD — The Waterford Wildcats were declared a 7-0 winner Tuesday evening in a weather-shortened Division VI district quarterfinal against the visiting Ripley Blue Jays.

The game was called in the bottom of the second inning due to lightning in the area and it was then decided by both coaches to go ahead and pull the plug on the game and declare the Wildcats the victors over the winless Jays.

The Wildcats batted around in the opening inning as they scored six times.

A two-run triple by senior Braun Doak, an RBI-double by Henry Huffman and a run-scoring single off the bat of Cole Mullenix were among the key hits.

Before the weather moved in, the Wildcats added another run in the bottom of the second as Hayden Jones singled and came in to score on a sacrifice fly by Avery Pottmeyer.

Pottmeyer started the game on the mound for Waterford and fanned five of the seven batters he faced, allowing only a second inning base on balls.

The win punches the Wildcats’ ticket to the district semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Wren Stadium on the campus of Ohio University.

The No. 3 Wildcats (18-8) will take on No. 6-seeded Peebles, which advanced as well after blanking Beaver Eastern 6-0.