BUCKFIELD – Buckfield’s senior class has put together a lot of streaks in the past four years, but the one they completed Friday is special because, with apologies to Spinal Tap, this one goes to 11.

The Bucks’ senior triumvirate of Scott Wetherell, Chris Savage and Jeff Russell ran their career record against East-West Conference rival Richmond to 11-0 with, fittingly, an 11-0 victory in five innings in the Western Class D semifinals. Buckfield (14-2) advances to its third regional final in four years and will face two-time defending state champion North Yarmouth Academy Wednesday.

Making Friday even more memorable, Wetherell no-hit the Bobcats for his third win of the season against them.

“I can almost tell you what every single one of their batters does. I’ve pitched against them I don’t know how many times,” said Wetherell, who traded his cap and glove for a cap and gown for last night’s Buckfield graduation. “We’ve never lost to them playoffs or regular season, and every year they’ve wanted to come out and beat us worse and worse.”

“He’s had our number. This is the third time he’s beaten us (this year),” said Richmond coach Ryan Gardner. “He’s a good competitor. I’m glad he’s gone.”

Wetherell’s control wasn’t pinpoint, but he kept Richmond (14-4) from digging into the batter’s box. He walked at least on Bobcat in each inning, six overall, but his fastball was overpowering enough to keep him out of trouble. He fanned 11 and ended each of the last four innings with a K after walking the previous batter.

“My control went on and off a couple of times,” he said. “I lost my motion. I got it back and just stuck through it.”

Buckfield’s offense got into motion early, aided by some miscues by Richmond’s defense. Billy Sullivan got it started with a one-out double in the first that skipped off the third base bag and out of play. Three straight errors, including one on a possible double-play ball, and a bases loaded walk to Jamie Henderson put the Bucks up 3-0.

“We’ve let them get ahead of us and we couldn’t recover all three games we’ve played them this year,” said Gardner. “Wetherell threw well, but we left (seven) guys on. We just couldn’t get a timely hit.”

Buckfield broke the game open with five runs in the third, with Sullivan delivering a two-run double, this one over the first base bag

“A lot of us put in a lot of time on our batting skills,” said Sullivan, who was one of three Bucks to collect two hits to lead the Bucks’ 10-hit attack. “It’s not just us that should be receiving the credit. Our coaches spent countless hours out here trying to pinpoint everything that we’re doing wrong. I couldn’t do it without them.”

Russell and fellow senior Jacob McAlister also had two-hit days for Buckfield. Senior Harry Hayes’ two-run single in the fourth put the Bucks over the threshold for the 10-run mercy rule.

“Our six seniors are really determined,” said Buckfield coach Chuck Williams. “The closer we got to the end of the season, the more determined they seemed to be. Richmond is a good rivalry. It’s something (the seniors) have kind of held up there a little bit because Richmond’s a good team.”