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It's a season of firsts for OLSH baseball

Written by John D'Abruzzo on .

John D' Abruzzo recounts the great season that the OLSH baseball team had this year.

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(Photo: Santino Platt and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart secured the program's first trip to the state playoffs this season. Matt Freed/Post-Gazette.)

"This was a season full of first-time accomplishments for the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School baseball team.

Besides the fact the Chargers posted a program-high 18 wins, they made their deepest run in the WPIAL playoffs by reaching the Class A semifinals and then winning the third-place consolation game.

OLSH's third-place finish in the WPIAL also was a first, followed by the program's first trip to the state playoffs. The Chargers then won a PIAA postseason game -- another first for the program -- before bowing out in the quarterfinals, a tough 9-8 loss to Bishop McCort of Johnstown last Thursday.

"It was a lot of firsts," third-year OLSH coach Phil McCarren said. "It was a very special season. It was definitely a huge step for the program.""