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Distrcict 10 Crowns Three Champions

May 28, 2013

By Greg Williams
PA Director of Scouting

District 10 Class aaa championship:  Slippery Rock vs Warren

Cody StephensonBack to back doubles in the bottom of the 2nd inning got Slippery Rock off to a quick 2-0 lead, but Warren responded with six runs in the top of the 3rd. Fortunately for Slippery Rock, senior RHP Cody Stephenson did not allow any further damage.

The unsigned senior tossed five consecutive scoreless innings from the 4th inning on allowing the Rockets to get back into the game with a run in the bottom of the 3rd and three more runs to tie it at six in the bottom of the 5th. The game remained deadlocked until Stephenson took matters into his own hands with one out and runners on first and second in the bottom of the 9th inning. Following a meeting at the mound, Stephenson drove the first pitch he saw from relief pitcher Tanner Teconchuk into the left center field gap for a walk-off double and the first District 10 title in Slippery Rock baseball history.

Stephenson ended up getting the winning hit and the win on the mound working nine innings and yielding four earned runs on eight hits.

District 10 Class aa championship:  sharpsville vs. 2A #6 Saegertown

Tyler WaltersThe Saegertown Panthers showed early and often why they are the #6 ranked team in Class 2A in the state according to PBR. The Panthers sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning and scored four runs to jump to an early lead and coasted to a 10-3 victory for their 3rd District 10 championship in as many years.

Junior catcher Tyler Walters led a 10 hit attack going 3-for-4 with a first inning three-run homer run and five RBI on the day. Junior LHP Matt Thompson cruised through five innings of work for the win, allowing five hits and no runs. Thompson was aided by double plays to end the 3rd and 5th.

Saegertown (19-2) has now won 19 consecutive games since dropping its first two games of the season while in South Carolina on a spring trip.

district 10 class a championship:  eisenhower vs. cochranton

NorthcottThe first game of the day was a pitchers' duel into the bottom of the 5th inning. Cochranton senior RHP Ryan Northcott and Eisenhower freshman RHP Casey Vincent were locked in a 1-1 struggle. Northcott's single with the bases loaded and two outs in the 5th ignited a five run rally for the Cardinals and propelled them to an 8-1 win for the Class A title.

Northcott finished the day 2-for-4 with 4 RBI at the plate. The lone Eisenhower run scored with the help of two Cochranton errors in the 1st inning. From the 2nd inning on, Northcott faced three batters over the minimum, allowing one hit, one hit batter and a batter reached on an error. The senior mixed his fastball and curveball to record nine strikeouts on the day.

Catcher Caleb Peterson (3-for-3, double, RBI) and 2B Joel Mowris (2-for-4, double, two runs scored) also had multiple-hit games for the Cardinals.

piaa 1st round schedule (June 3 at Jerry uht park - times tba)

  • Cochranton will host District 7 runner-up (Loser of OLSH vs. Western Beaver)
  • Saegertown will host District 7 runner-up (Loser of Quaker Valley vs. Beaver)
  • Slippery Rock will host District 7 #3 seed (Winner of Hempfield Area vs. Pine Richland)

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