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Losing a high school baseball state championship is heartbreaking any way you cut it. Losing a high school baseball state championship after 13 scoreless innings is even more heartbreaking. But sadly for one Pennsylvania high school team on Friday night, things somehow got even worse.
The Cedar Cliff Rams and North Penn Knights played the longest game in PIAA state championship history on Friday night at Medlar Field on the campus of Penn State University. Through 12 innings, neither team could find a way to manufacture a run.
On Friday the 13th in the bottom of the 13th inning of a no score game it was a walk-off balk that gave @CedarCliff_AD baseball their first state championship @FOX43Sports/@fox43 pic.twitter.com/2P3Du4fiAN
— Lauren Bradford (@laurenbradfor) June 14, 2025
That continued in the top of the 13th, when Cedar Cliff pitcher Michael Boblick sat the Knights down in order. He then began the bottom of the third with a single. After a throwing error and a pair of walks, the Colts had the bases loaded with no outs.
What came next was nothing short of soul-crushing North Penn relief pitcher Caleb Price came set, but then wiggled his back leg without beginning his windup, leading the umpire to call a balk. Boblick, now on third, came home on the play and the Colts ended an otherwise historic game in the most unimaginable way possible.
“It’s an insane moment. There’s no better feeling than this,” Boblick said afterward. “Everyone counted us out, saying we were the underdog.”
Cedar coach Justin Secrest praised his players’ resolve after the three-hour plus game.
“It’s tough to compartmentalize right now. It starts with our veterans and those guys, they’ve instilled it into our program,” Secrest said. “These guys have just kept the tradition alive of just winning and grinding. A game like today, to be able to just keep fighting, the way Peyton came in and pitched and Boblick came in, I can’t ask for anything better. And kudos to our captain Bennett, he just kept everyone’s composure and he led this team.”
Unfortunately for the Knights, it marked an absolutely brutal end to an otherwise fantastic season. While for the Colts, it’s a story they’ll never forget.