La Salle College High School — 2014

On June 13, at Penn State's Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, La Salle beat Conestoga, 4-2, in eight innings, to claim its second state title in three years. In the visiting eighth, Brian Buckley broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run single, enabling Dominic Cuoci to earn the win. John Scheffey's 1-2-3 bottom half saved it. Cuoci (single) and Jimmy Herron posted the Explorers' earlier RBI. Coach Joe Parisi announced his retirement five days later.

Title-Game Box Score: La Salle 4, Conestoga 2 (8 inn.)

| LA SALLE | AB | R | H | BI | |---|---|---|---|---| | AJ Grezeszak ss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Brad Schneider 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jimmy Herron cf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Dominic Cuoci p | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | Nick Dermo c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Brian Buckley 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | Eric Burgmann 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Ryan Coonahan rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Ian McIntosh lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Adam Arcadia 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | 28 | 4 | 7 | 4 |

| CONESTOGA | AB | R | H | BI | |---|---|---|---|---| | Austin Shirley cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Ryne Ogren 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Tommy Richter ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | Andrew Born rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Stephen Born dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Andrew Turner c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Max Dolente 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Brandon Ruffenach 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Alec Gagne lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | 32 | 2 | 8 | 2 |

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | F | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | La Salle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | | Conestoga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

| PITCHING | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Dominic Cuoci (W) | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | John Scheffey (S) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Brendon Little (L) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | Jake Bufo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

E: Grezeszak 2, Ruffenach, Turner. Balk: Cuoci. T: not listed.