District Baseball Championship

June 18, 2013

With the Southern Lehigh baseball team losing the Colonial League championship against Salisbury on May 16th with a score of 6-0, the Spartans went into the district championship game looking for a win. Unfortunately, the Spartans fell once again, losing to the Tamaqua Blue Raiders 4-3.

“We worked hard from the beginning of the season to now, day in and day out,” sophomore Preston Amato said. “It’s hard to take in that we were so close, but couldn’t get it done.”

The Spartans led early through the first three innings. Two errors by Southern Lehigh led to two unearned runs by Tamaqua, giving the Blue Raiders the lead and making the final score 4-3.

Seniors Pat Rhoads and Bobby Mirth and sophomore Preston Amato each had an RBI single for the Spartans. Junior Pete Long started the game for the Spartans, letting up three runs in four innings. Senior Brad Woroniak came in for relief, letting up one run in one inning. Nikos Milios came in for the sixth inning, giving up zero runs in one inning.

“We didn’t play as well as we knew we could; it was a close game, but we didn’t play to our full potential,” junior Trevor Musselman said. “However, we did have a great season.”

With the Spartans making it to districts, they ended the baseball season with an overall record of 18-8.

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Cody Heffelfinger, Sports Editor

Cody Heffelfinger was a four-year member of the Spotlight staff. He became the assistant sports editor midway through his freshman year and as a sophomore stepped up to claim the sports editor role, a position he has held for three years. Cody’s four years at SLHS have been outstanding not only academically but also athletically. He earned three varsity letters for football and two letters for basketball. Cody is also involved in Student Council and Teen Counseling. “My advice to underclassmen is don’t procrastinate,” he said, “and take your grades seriously all throughout high school.” Among many favorites, two things stood out to Cody the most. A favorite moment was when every student got a laptop. And he said his favorite teacher is “Mrs. Spritzer, of course!” Cody’s favorite journalism memories include time spent after 3:00 p.m. in the pub lab. What will he miss most? That would be seeing his friends every day. While school, football, basketball, and and the Spotlight will be left behind after graduation, Cody will still have two of the things he loves the most: music and fishing. In the fall, Cody will attend West Virginia University where he plans to major in journalism.

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