There will be no repeat champion in the Western Class D.

The Wiscasset High School boys varsity baseball team fell, 3-0, on Wednesday in Searsport to the Vikings to end the Wolverines’ season.

Wiscasset Head Coach Ryan Michaud wrote in an email that Searsport won behind a strong pitching performance.

“Tyler Reynolds of Searsport threw seven innings of shutout ball, giving up two hits and striking out 13 Wolverines,” Michaud wrote. “Ben Grant of Searsport scored twice for the Vikings while also collecting a triple.”

For Wiscasset, junior hurler Tyler Bailey matched-up with Reynolds and threw six innings, while only allowing three hits and three runs, two of which were unearned. Senior Matt Craig collected a hit in his last game, and junior Daren Wood added the only other hit for the Wolverines (5-12).

Searsport will move on to face the winner of the Buckfield-Rangeley game in the quarterfinals June 11.

For Wiscasset, the early exit comes a year after riding late-season momentum to the state finals, where they lost to Bangor Christian, which has claimed the last three Class D titles.

This year, the Wolverines had to overcome a coaching change and several injuries that hobbled the team. The Wolverines were also a young team — after losing three starters to graduation a year ago, this year's team will lose Craig and Tyler Flavin.

Next year's team will be senior-heavy with starters second baseman Brycson Grover, catcher Grant Hefler, pitcher Bailey and first baseman Wood.

Next year will also see another large change: after spending the last few years as a Class D team playing a Class C regular-season schedule, the Wolverines will move up to Class C, full time. The move won't affect the Wolverines’ regular season schedule, but Wiscasset will play in the Class C tournament next year, should they qualify.

Wiscasset wasn't the only local team in the tournament, however. The top-seeded Richmond Wildcats remain and were scheduled to play the eighth-seeded Forest Hills.

In the East Class D bracket, Bangor Christian won its opening round game against Woodland. The Patriots will face off against top-seeded Southern Aroostook on June 11.