Underrated throughout the WPIAL season, Western Beaver mowed through the WPIAL playoffs relatively easily and received the gold medals at Consol Energy Field. However, that was the last win for the young team.
Starting just two seniors, the Golden Beavers were blanked on five hits in the PIAA playoff opener, losing to Johnsonburg 5-0. One of those two seniors – Robert DiMaggio did have a triple and a single in the season finale.
Today is a huge day of state baseball and softball games, so Sports Town is giving you a look at some of the WPIAL's best teams with original photos. In the following photo album, we see the Western Beaver team defeating OLSH last week in the WPIAL Class A Championship game. Enjoy!
John D'Abruzzo's feature on the Western Beaver baseball team:
"The bus ride back to Industry from Butler's Pullman Park Monday wasn't an easy trip for the Western Beaver baseball team.
Coming off a WPIAL Class A championship victory last week against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the Golden Beavers witnessed their impressive 18-game winning streak -- as well as their season -- come to an end in the first round of the PIAA playoffs."
Craig Meyer recapped the game, Western Beaver vs. OLSH:
"When Western Beaver left Consol Energy Park in Washington March 27, it did so with a shutout loss to South Side Beaver, the first in a pair of setbacks that amounted to a 0-2 start.
Barely two months later, it left the same field as a champion.
After trailing for much of the game, the Golden Beavers got two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 3-2, in the WPIAL Class A championship Wednesday."
The Golden Beavers took a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning. Western Beaver won the game in the top of the seventh when they caught OLSH in a rundown between second and third:
Check out the clips for great plays by OLSH’s Preston Falascino and Nick Kocent, as well as Western Beaver’s Nick Miller and Steve Robison.
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