The North Hall baseball team advanced in the Class 3A playoffs after defeating Pace Academy 6-5 in a decisive third game of the first-round series on Saturday in Atlanta, After splitting Friday’s doubleheader, the No. 3 seed Trojans edged two-seed Pace Academy in a back-and-forth battle, reaching the Sweet 16 for the seventh-consecutive season. They’ll next face the top-seed Southeast Bulloch in a best of three series on Thursday in Brooklet, at a time to be determined.