MAY 4
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  SJ Prep 12, Carroll 10: The Hawks dropped a seven-run bomb in the visiting seventh. Greg Martin owned it with a grand slam. Pat Woltemate claimed the win in relief (3.1 innings).
  Judge 3, La Salle 2: Dan Hammer fired a four-hitter with nine punchouts and got the win when Tom Penko's walkoff single scored Hayden McKinstry, who was pinch running for Tim Ulrich. Chris Lutz poled solo homers in the fourth and sixth. Ulrich doubled twice.

MAY 5
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  Roman 2, Neumann-Goretti 0: Aidan Welch struck out seven and Kevin Flaherty posted the game-winning RBI.
  O'Hara 7, Ryan 2: Luke Zimmerman pitched 6.1 innings, giving up five hits. Kevin Sessa finished up. Pete Klein went 4-for-4 with two RBI while Mike Davis went 3-for-5 with two RBI.

MAY 9
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  Neumann-Goretti 8, McDevitt 1: Primary support for Joe LaFiora was provided by Nick D'Amore (2-for-4, double, three RBI).
  O'Hara 7, La Salle 2: Billy Neill pitched a five-hitter with seven strikeouts. Mike Davis went 3-for-3 with a double, triple and three RBI. Eric Stewart added two RBI. La Salle's Andrew Cossetti went yard.
  SJ Prep 5, Ryan 0: Colin Scanlon took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and finished with a one-hitter (no walks, nine whiffs) while Evan Matthews, Johnny Coppola and Gianni Arici stroked RBI singles.
  Carroll 3, Bonner-Prendie 2: Rich Melito's homer helped to make Chris Altopiedi the winner. B-P's Tom Dougherty also homered.
  Judge 5, Lansdale 3: Nick Newbert got the win and Tom Penko went 4-for-4.
  Roman 12, Conwell-Egan 2: Greg Grandelli earned the five-inning win with help from Phil DiWilliams' two doubles. Shane Souchuck homered for C-E.

MAY 10
INTER-AC LEAGUE
  Haverford School 7, Germantown Academy 0: Senior righthander Cameron Miller, using 85 pitches, pitched a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts and one walk. David Hogarth and James "Mac" McConnon halved six RBI. Justin Meyer and Hogarth halved six hits.
  Penn Charter 1, Malvern 0: Brendan Cellucci went 5.1 innings for the win and Mike Siani retired all five batters he faced. PC scored in the first on singles by the first three batters -- James Gabor and brothers Sammy and Mike Siani.
  SCH Academy 16, Episcopal 2: Primary support for Gunnar Hayes came from Chris "Bubba" Alleyne (2-for-3, double, four RBI) and Dan Shubert (3-for-4, two RBI).
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  Wood 6, Roman 0: Ryan Logan went six innings, allowing three hits and punching out five. He also went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Matt Schwartz (two) and Bobby Heck totaled three RBI.
  Neumann-Goretti 4, Bonner-Prendie 0: Brian Verratti went 3-for-3 with two RBI. Jeff Ciocco went the distance, allowing five hits and one walk while recording seven whiffs.

MAY 11
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  Judge 7, Wood 1: Dan Hammer notched a four-hitter while walking just one. Matt O'Connor contributed two RBI with a single and sacrifice fly and Christian Lutz went 3-for-4. Wood's Sean Kelly doubled and tripled.
  Neumann-Goretti 5, Conwell-Egan 1: Ethan Pritchett allowed five hits, fanned seven. Colin Eiser had two hits.
  Carroll 2, Roman 1: James Kelly whiffed five in a two-hitter. Frosh Sean Lawley and Chris Altopiedi had the RBI.
  Lansdale 8, SJ Prep 7: The Crusaders won it with three runs in the home seventh. James Scarcelli drove in the winning run and went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Andrew Smith crushed a long homer while going 3-for-4 with two RBI. Joe Basile (two RBI) and Ryan Ungurean (two runs scored) also contributed. Reliever Mike Ottomano worked three innings for the win. Lansdale also trailed by 6-2.
  La Salle 5, Bonner-Prendie 1: Zach Moretski pitched a three-hitter (two of the infield variety) and walked none. Andrew Cossetti went 2-for-2 and launched his sixth homer of the season. His twin, Anthony, went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Michael Chiaradonna cracked a two-run triple.
  Ryan 11, McDevitt 0: Freshman Nick Dean went four innings in the five-inning game. Pat Kajder went 3-for-4, stole two bases and scored three runs.

MAY 12
INTER-AC LEAGUE
  Penn Charter 5, Germantown Academy 2: Dom Toso and Adam Holland halved four hits and Kenny Bergmann mashed a two-run double. Santino Primerano (4.1 innings) got the win with relief help from Frank Driscoll and Matt Gorman. For GA, Max Schwartz and Jake Dianno stroked RBI singles.
  Malvern 9, Episcopal 4: Shane "Moose" Muntz and Nick Li posted identical stats (2-for-3, two RBI).
  SCH Academy 1, Haverford School 0: Aidan "Curly" Frye pitched a four-hitter with nine strikeouts and escaped a first-and-second, nobody-out situation in the seventh to nail down the win. HS' Mike Warnock allowed just two hits. SCH scored on Ian Diaz' RBI single to left-center in the home sixth.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  Bonner-Prendie 1, Ryan 0: Eli Chase allowed one hit in six innings and Matt Scanlon (one hit/three whiffs) earned a save. Tommy Millison scored an unearned run in the first.

MAY 16
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
  Judge 7, SJ Prep 4: Chris Higgins earned the win. Tom Penko went 2-for-4 with three RBI for the Crusaders, who overcame a two-run deficit in the last two innings.
  Wood 4, O'Hara 0: Ryan Logan, Sean Hughes and Kody Cracknell combined for a two-hitter. Logan and Matt Schwartz had RBI.
  Ryan 10, Conwell-Egan 1: Soph Jason Keen posted a four-hitter with eight strikeouts. Pete Comas (3-for-4) and Matt Romano (2-for-3) halved four RBI.
  Neumann-Goretti 3, Carroll 1: Ethan Pritchett and Jeff Ciocco did the pitching.
  Lansdale 10, McDevitt 0: Joe Basile had two RBI while Matt Casee and Nick Smalley had two hits apiece in support of Nolan Dougherty.
  La Salle 9, Roman 5: The Explorers won the last two innings, 7-3.

MAY 17
INTER-AC LEAGUE
  SCH Academy 7, Germantown Academy 2: Matt Hoffman got the win in a 3-hour marathon. The hitting heroes were Gunnar Hayes (2-for-3, both doubles), Chris "Bubba" Alleyne (2-for-3, one double) and Nick Rowland (2-for-4, one double).

MAY 18
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
Preplayoff for 10th Place
At O'Hara
  Lansdale 3, Carroll 2: Nick Smalley pitched a complete game while adding a double and triple and his catcher, Connor Thomson, gunned down two would-be basestealers. James Scarcelli contributed two hits, two stolen bases.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
Regular Season
  Conwell-Egan 5, McDevitt 0: Tom Reilly (four innings) and Shane Souchuck combined for the shutout. Noah Andress pounded a triple.   
INTER-AC LEAGUE
  Penn Charter 6, Haverford School 1: Brendan Cellucci (3 innings), Frank Driscoll (2 2/3), Kyle Konowal (1/3) and Matt Gorman (1) combined for a no-hitter. They walked five and PC committed three errors. Mike Siani's three-run triple highlighted a five-run second.

MAY 19
INTER-AC LEAGUE
  Malvern 9, Germantown Academy 2: Sean Flynn (six strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings) got the win as the Friars, who scored four runs apiece in the third and sixth, clinched a tie for the title at 7-2. Matt Daller laced a triple en route to four RBI. GA's Larry Brittingham homered.
  SCH Academy 8, Penn Charter 7: With the bases loaded, nobody out and the infield up in the home seventh, reliever Aidan "Curly" Frye sent a groundball single up the middle to give himself the win. The Blue Devils (6-3) trailed by 6-1 after 3 1/2 innings. Ian Diaz went 3-for-4 with four RBI and his two-run, fence-clearing homer to dead left created a 7-7 tie in the sixth. PC's Kenny Bergmann went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI.

MAY 20
INTER-AC LEAGUE
  SCH Academy 6, Malvern 5: The visiting Blue Devils overcame deficits of 3-0 (first inning) and 5-3 (fourth inning) to earn a co-championship at 7-3 with Malvern. Aidan "Curly" Frye, off a two-inning performance the previous day, regrouped nicely after early struggles and went the distance. Dan Shubert's two-run single made it 5-5 in the fifth. The BDs went ahead in the sixth on back-to-back, two-out doubles by Nick Rowland and Chris "Bubba" Alleyne. For Malvern, Matt Daller and Vince Sposato stroked two-run doubles.
  Episcopal 3, Germantown Academy 0: Kyle Virbitsky hurled a three-hitter while Will Phillips, Jack O'Reilly and Will Park thirded six hits.

MAY 22
CATHOLIC LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
(Doubleheader at Judge)
  Bonner-Prendie 4, Ryan 1: Soph righthander Matt Scanlon fashioned a four-hitter with seven strikeouts and no earned runs. Steve Furman and Dom Della Barba went 2-for-3 with hits for RBI while Tim Dougherty added a sacrifice fly
  SJ Prep 6, Lansdale 3: John Coppola went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Hawks, who scored the game's final four runs. The mound duties were divided by Colin Scanlon (4 2/3 innings; he's not related to B-P's Matt Scanlon) and Pat Woltemate. Lansdale's Andrew Smith stroked a two-run single.

MAY 23
CATHOLIC LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
QUARTERFINALS
(At Higher Seeds)
  O'Hara 3, La Salle 1: This game was suspended in the bottom of the sixth due to inclement weather, and both teams expected that it would be completed May 24. PIAA rules called for the result to stand. O'Hara's sixth-inning run was erased because that inning was not finished. Jim White, the No. 9 hitter, went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI. Luke Sprague and Isaiah Hammond bagged two hits apiece. Billy Neill pitched five innings, allowing seven hits and walking/fanning one apiece.
  Neumann-Goretti 2, Roman 1 (at Phila. University): This game was suspended in the top of the sixth due to inclement weather, and both teams expected that it would be completed May 24. PIAA rules called for the result to stand. Jeff Ciocco went five strong innings and posted what turned out to be the decisive RBI with two away in the fourth. Joe LaFiora also had a two-out RBI in the second.
  SJ Prep at Wood: Suspended in the top of the second (inclement weather). The score is 0-0. Will be completed tomorrow at Wood (4 p.m.)
  Bonner-Prendie 5, Judge 3 (8 inn.): Winning reliever Evan Raiburn (3 1/3 shutout innings, also 2-for-3 at plate) opened the visiting eighth with a single, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and scored his third run. A single by Ryan George (2-for-4) drove in the insurance run for the Friars while Steve Furman added two RBI. Judge had finished atop the standings at 11-1 during the regular season. This was the first top-dog, first-game stumble since Conwell-Egan in 2008.  Anthony Martinelli allowed 3 hits and 3 runs in 4 2/3 innings before his stint was stopped by a rain delay. The game was able to be completed thanks to Judge's turf field.

MAY 24
CATHOLIC LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
QUARTERFINAL
(At Higher Seed)
  SJ Prep 6, Wood 4: The Hawks completed a quarterfinals sweep by the underdogs in this 7-2 matchup. Inclement weather forced a shutdown, with the score at 0-0, in the top of the second on May 23. John Coppola's RBI double provided a 2-1 lead. Keith Flaherty's two-run single made it 4-3. Ronnie Cavalier's two-run single -- a liner over the glove of the leaping second baseman -- made it 6-3 in the seventh. Pat Woltemate, who relieved Evan Matthews after three innings, earned the win. Wood's Matt Schwartz had two RBI (sac fly, single).

MAY 25
CATHOLIC LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
At La Salle High
  SJ Prep 14, O'Hara 9: John Coppola and Jeff Manto were batting twins in this marathon, going 3-for-3 with two walks and three RBI. Coppola's two-run single highlighted a five-run fifth as the Hawks seized a 12-7 lead. George Stewart got the win. O'Hara's Pete Klein turned two hits into three RBI.
At Neumann University
  Neumann-Goretti 9, Bonner-Prendie 3: After getting roughed up in a crazy first inning that yielded a 3-2 deficit, few (none?) would have expected Ethan Pritchett to pitch a complete game. But he did and a gigantic fifth inning provided more than enough support. Aidan Baur's two-run single made it 4-3, Joe LaFiora's double made it 5-3 and Pritchett stroked a two-run single for 7-3; the Saints lashed four consecutive two-out hits. Nicky D'Amore went 3-for-3 with two RBI. Brian Verratti, Jared Healey and Colin Eiser thirded six of N-G's 13 hits. Pritchett uncorked 123 pitches, walking five and whiffing three in a seven-hitter. Ryan George had a run-scoring single in B-P's first.

MAY 28
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FINAL
At Immaculata University
  Neumann-Goretti 3, SJ Prep 2: This one featured all kinds of weird circumstances. The combatants owned the lowest winning percentage in regular season play (.542 -- N-G was 7-5, the Prep was 6-6) in CL title game history and only the final run was officially earned. Plus, when the Saints scored twice in the home seventh to win it, they had no hits. N-G scored one in the first on Nicky D'Amore's sacrifice fly. In the seventh, with an out mixed in, the sequence unfolded like this: walk, error, walk to load the bases, HBP (RBI for Joe LaFiora) and wild pitch to win it. N-G's Jeff Ciocco, a transfer from Paul VI, in South Jersey, pitched a five-hitter with seven strikeouts. The Prep's Colin Scanlon allowed just one hit, a single by LaFiora, and fanned five. The Prep scored its runs in the second on singles by Keith Flaherty and Jeff Manto, a transfer from Conwell-Egan. The title was N-G's fifth in eight years. just short of Carroll's league record of five in seven ('96, '97, '99, '01 and '02). The Patriots also won six in eight (another in '04).

JUNE 2
CITY TITLES
CLASS AAAA
At Washington
  Olney 5, Judge 4: In its 85th school year of Public League membership, the Trojans finally won their second CT in one of the three major sports. The other, also in baseball, had been claimed in 1951. Olney remained without a Pub title in football/basketball. Shawn Vega's RBI single capped a five-run visiting third, and that run wound up making the difference. Joseph Gomez (4 1/3 innings) and Kenny Cruz handled mound duties. The team's staff ace, Cesar Loya, had pitched two days earlier in the Pub final. With the tying run at third in the seventh, Cruz notched his fifth whiff to end it. Judge, which was able to use its ace, Dan Hammer, received a 4-for-4, two-RBI performance from Christian Lutz. The Pub had last won a baseball CT in 1975 (Southern by 7-1 over O'Hara). It lost all four from 1976-79 and 19 others over three classifications from 2009-15. CTs were not contested from 1980-2008. In those 23 losses, the Pub was outscored, 239-37, and more than one third of its runs were scored in 1976 when Central fell to Judge, 14-13.
CLASS AAA
At La Salle High
  Wood 16, Franklin Towne 0 (4 inn.): The Vikings broke open a tight game with a major outburst in the visiting fourth. Twenty batters went to the plate and 14 runs were scored. In that frame, Wood stroked seven hits, FT committed four errors and Matt Cummiskey made two outs while batting three times (also a single). Sam Reynolds, Dylan Slowinski, Bobby Heck and Joey Lancellotti had two RBI apiece in the inning. None had both in the same at-bat. Sean Hughes fired a one-hitter and FT had no other baserunners.
CLASS
At La Salle High
  Neumann-Goretti 6, MaST Charter 0: As in 2015, MaST, inside the city limits but not a Public League member, was forced by the PIAA to participate in the D-12 playoffs. Ethan Pritchett fanned seven in six innings while RJ McGettigan (triple), Nicky D'Amore and Colin Eiser (double) contributed two hits apiece. McGettigan and D'Amore had one RBI apiece.

JUNE 6
STATE PLAYOFFS, FIRST ROUND
CLASS AAAA
At Neumann University
  Council Rock North 2, Judge 1: Staff ace Dan Hammer gave himself a 1-0 lead with a run-scoring single in the visiting fourth, but was victimized for two unearned runs (fourth, sixth). Judge left two runners on base in the seventh.
CLASS AAA
At La Salle High
  Susquehanna Twp. 6, Wood 5: Powered by Sean Kelly's two-run double, Wood exploded for four runs in the first inning. Over time, ST scored six runs despite bagging just two hits. It also milked 10 walks.
CLASS AA
At Washington
  Neumann-Goretti 5, Lancaster Catholic 1: A three-run double by RJ McGettigan provided major support for Jeff Ciocco, who scattered seven hits and recorded six strikeouts. Jared Healey and Lou Testa added RBI singles -- the Saints scored all five runs in a bat-around third -- and Brian Verratti made a fifth-inning catch in center to prevent what might have been a three-run homer.

JUNE 9
STATE PLAYOFFS, QUARTERFINAL
CLASS AA
At Pottsville
  Neumann-Goretti 1, North Penn-Mansfield 0 (9 inn.): Ethan Pritchett (seven innings, 10 Ks) and Jared Healey (two, two) divided the pitching. In the home ninth, Joe LaFiora led off with a single and yielded to pinch-runner Steve Pizza. He advanced to second as RJ McGettigan's bunt was misplayed and to third on Pritchett's bunt single. Brian Verratti then created a wild celebration by scorching a liner over the third baseman's head for a game-ending single.

JUNE 13
STATE PLAYOFFS, SEMIFINAL
CLASS AA
At Allentown Parkland
  Neumann-Goretti 3, North Schuylkill 0: Jeff Ciocco fired a two-hitter with seven strikeouts and provided a major highlight in the visiting sixth, escaping a bases-loaded situation. The Saints repeated the good vibrations in the bottom half, adding one run apiece on a double by Aidan Baur and a single by Lou Testa. Brian Verratti's double had provided a 1-0 lead in the third.

JUNE 16
STATE PLAYOFFS, FINAL
CLASS AA
At Penn State
  Neumann-Goretti 3, Bishop McCort 0: While enabling the Saints to seize their third state championship of the school year (also boys/girls basketball), Ethan "E" Pritchett fired a three-hitter with eight strikeouts, five walks and a 123 pitch count. Brian Verratti reached base in all four of his plate appearances, drawing two walks, getting plunked once and creating a 3-0 lead with a two-run, fifth-inning triple to right-center. He also stole three bases and scored a first-inning run on a steal/E-2 combo. RJ McGettigan had two of N-G's five hits. N-G became the fifth school in Pennsylvania history to win two boys state titles in the three major sports in the same academic year. This dual feat was the first to involve baseball. Heavy rain caused a 108-minute delay just before McCort, of Johnstown, batted in the home fourth. When play resumed, Pritchett walked three before humping up for a two-out, looking third strike. In four rounds of state playoffs, N-G allowed just one run total and none over the last 24 innings (1, 9, 7, 7). Pritchett yielded no runs over his final 26 innings of the season -- six in a CL semi vs. Bonner-Prendie, six in the City Title vs. MaST Charter (Joe Messina finished), seven in a state quarterfinal vs. North Penn-Mansfield (that game went nine innings, Jared Healey finished) and seven in this one.