High School State Championship Game Ends In Worst Way Imaginable

by Larry Leo

June 15, 202526 Comments

North Penn and Cedar Cliff faced off in a Pennsylvania state championship game over the weekend. The game went into extra innings and became longest game in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) history. Neither team was able to score a run through 12.5 innings. However, things ended with a walk-off balk in the bottom of the 13th inning...

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Filed Under: High School Baseball

Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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southernboisb•10 months

Nice clip of the pitcher’s feet.

Shiftyplus1•10 months

games should never, EVER end on a balk.

biglego•10 months

So balks should not be called if the game is on the line?

jrctiger84•10 months

If the pitcher bawked, then it should absolutely end the game

tygerphan•10 months

Loved the guy coming to home strutting like he just hit a walk-off dinger. Travel ball bullshite has perverted baseball at every level.

PsychTiger•10 months

I can imagine worse ways for a game to end, for example, a meteor strike.

KennabraTiger•10 months

That’s terrible

3nOut•10 months

LINK

better angle of what the ump saw.

MMauler•10 months

it’s very unfortunate for the kid, but I think pretty much every umpire around would call that a balk. The situation in the game should not alter that call. The kid clearly toed the mound and made a reflexive and unfortunate movement.

NebraskaExPat•10 months

3nOut posted a much better view of balk. It's more obvious than some others I've seen called. The umpire was right in calling it, regardless of the inning, score, or situation.

soccerfüt•10 months

This video clip is a perfect encapsulation of Larry Leo’s journalism “skills”.

OweO•10 months

That is a bad way to end a game. I wish we could see if it was a nit pic call.

cubsfinger•10 months

Agreed but the runner on 2nd never touched third. I wonder if they appealed would he be called out?

TDFreak•9 months

Did the batter touch first? Does it matter?

denvertiger•10 months

"...best stories ever"? Not really. Especially not for the kid standing in the box trying to live out a dream ending

southernboisb•10 months

What school system has sports/school mid-June?