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PIAA state championship baseball game scores and recaps BASEBALL Which baseball teams won a PIAA state title? Scores, game recaps here Neshaminy and Dock Mennonite were among the teams winning state titles. Melissa Hanejko Bucks County Courier Times June 11, 2026 Updated June 15, 2026, 5:48 p.m. ET The spring season wraps up this week with the conclusion of the PIAA state championship s. Three baseball teams are looking to return to Bucks County from Penn State as state champions . Check out the final scores and game recaps from all six baseball finals. 2026 PIAA State Baseball Championships Thursday's games: Class 6A: (1-1) Neshaminy 7, (7-1) Butler 3 They waited a long time for this. And then some. Playing for its first state title in program history, Neshaminy had to wait just a little bit longer when Thursday’s start time of 4:30 was pushed back to 7:55 due to thunderstorms. It was worth the wait. Once they were finally underway, Neshaminy didn’t waste any time . Chase Bonner , who started on the mound, started the scoring with an RBI groundout in the first inning. While Butler drew three straight walks in the bottom of the second, Neshaminy escaped with only one run scoring. …

PIAA baseball recap: Only Indiana brings state gold back to WPIAL By:Don RebelSaturday, June 13, 2026 | 6:37 PM Indiana’s Charlie Manzi celebrates his home run against Holy Ghost Prep with teammates during the PIAA Class 4A championship game Thursday at Penn State. (Christopher Horner | TribLive) It was a near sweep for the east over the west in the six 2026 PIAA baseball championships at Penn State this past week. The lone gold for the west came from two-time WPIAL Class 4A winner and now back-to-back PIAA champion Indiana. Other than the Little Indians’ second straight golden run, the WPIAL was 0-3 in the finals with Butler in 6A, South Park in 3A and Eden Christian Academy in Class A settling for state silver. District 9 Class 5A winner DuBois and District 10 Class 2A champ Mercyhurst Prep also finished as runners-up in the state finals. Here are all the final results from the 2026 PIAA baseball postseason. Class 6A Championship Neshaminy 7, Butler 3 (first state title for the Skins) Semifinals Butler 4, Owen J. Roberts 2 Neshaminy 2, Pennsbury 1 Quarterfinals Butler 3, Chambersburg 2 Owen J. Roberts 7, Muhlenberg 2 Neshaminy 3, LaSalle College 0 Pennsbury 2,…

PIAA baseball recap: Only Indiana brings state gold back to WPIAL Indiana’s Charlie Manzi celebrates his home run against Holy Ghost Prep with teammates during the PIAA Class 4A championship game Thursday at Penn State. (Christopher Horner | TribLive) It was a near sweep for the east over the west in the six 2026 PIAA baseball championships at Penn State this past week. The lone gold for the west came from two-time WPIAL Class 4A winner and now back-to-back PIAA champion Indiana. Other than the Little Indians’ second straight golden run, the WPIAL was 0-3 in the finals with Butler in 6A, South Park in 3A and Eden Christian Academy in Class A settling for state silver. District 9 Class 5A winner DuBois and District 10 Class 2A champ Mercyhurst Prep also finished as runners-up in the state finals. Here are all the final results from the 2026 PIAA baseball postseason. Class 6A Championship Neshaminy 7, Butler 3 (first state title for the Skins) Semifinals Butler 4, Owen J. Roberts 2 Neshaminy 2, Pennsbury 1 Quarterfinals Butler 3, Chambersburg 2 Owen J. Roberts 7, Muhlenberg 2 Neshaminy 3, LaSalle College 0 Pennsbury 2, Hazleton 0 First round Butler 2, Mifflin Count…

Five WPIAL baseball and softball teams win PIAA state championships Five baseball and softball teams from the Pittsburgh area brought home hardware from Penn State University earlier this week after winning PIAA state championship titles. Indiana goes back-to-back, beats Holy Ghost Prep 6-5 to win 4A baseball title With a 6-5 win vs. Holy Ghost Prep on Thursday, Indiana became just the fifth baseball team from the WPIAL to win back-to-back state championships. Indiana (22-4) held a 6-3 lead through 5 innings, holding on in bottom of the 7th to win the game and earn gold at Penn State University's Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Brady Oakes got the win on the mound for Indiana, striking out four batters while Charlie Manzi came into the game in a relief role, striking out five and getting the save. "It was harder this year," Indiana coach Dan Petroff said to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . "We got everybody's best effort every game and that made it more special. This feels like we ran a marathon and now we're done. We can breathe a little, I guess." Shaler Area with 5A softball title with 10-0 mercy rule win vs. Abington Heights Shaler Area made it back to the top of the mountain for h…

PIAA baseball recap: Only Indiana brings state gold back to WPIAL <p>It was a near sweep for the east over the west in the six 2026 PIAA baseball championships at Penn State this past week.</p>

INDIANA WINS PIAA BASEBALL TITLE AGAIN | Today's Best Country Cat ... https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/6-11-26-final-call.mp3 https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/6-12-26-charlie-manzi.mp3 https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/6-12-26-dan-petroff.mp3 It came down to the final inning and a late-game surge by Holy Ghost Prep, but the Indiana High Indians were able to hold them off and pick up their second-straight PIAA baseball championship.  Here’s Pat Dougherty and Jake Slebodnick with the call of the final out. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/6-11-26-final-call.mp3 With yesterday’s win at Medlar Field at Penn State, the Indians become the fifth program in PIAA history to win back to back baseball championships. Charlie Manzi had a solo homer and pitched three innings in relief.  He said in a post-game interview that the back to back championship made up for many members of the team not being able to play in the Little League World Series in 2020 when it was cancelled due to Covid. https://media-…

A MAGICAL DAY IN STATE COLLEGE FOR INDIANA’S MAGNIFICENT BASEBALL … Indiana didn’t wait to get started yesterday, and they kept the intensity going all the way to the final pitch, winning their second straight PIAA Quad-A baseball championship and becoming only the fifth team in WPIAL history to win back-to-back state titles. Pat Dougherty has the thrilling story. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/nws0580-pat-indiana-wrap-1.mp3 Coach Dan Petroff knew Holy Ghost prep wouldn’t give up despite being down three runs entering the seventh, and he was right.  But he says the math was right for Indiana. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/nws0581-dan-petroff-just-enuff.mp3 Petroff says Indiana’s defense was a key to winning the state title. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/nws0582-dan-petroff-made-the-plays.mp3 Charlie Manzi says the Indians have been a tight group since before they ever played a varsity game. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2140/files/2026/06/nws0583-charlie-manzi-all-the-way-to-2020.mp3 Manzi says i…