WPIAL Class 4A Baseball Championship: Charlie Manzi's Walk-Off Homer in 11th Gives Indiana First Title

WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship: Charlie Manzi's walk-off homer in 11th gives Indiana first title

A light drizzle fell through the entire WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship Tuesday. Then after 3 hours and 17 minutes of soggy baseball, almost 11 full...

WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship: Charlie Manzi blasts walk-off homer in bottom of 11th inning to lift Indiana over Elizabeth Forward for first WPIAL title - Pittsburgh Union Progress

This time last spring, Indiana’s players could do nothing but choke back tears and wonder about what could have been after coughing up a four-run lead in a heart-wrenching loss against North Catholic in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game. What a difference a year makes. With one loud crack of Charlie Manzi’s bat in the bottom of the 11th inning, the Little Indians erased their painful memories of yesteryear and replaced them with pure joy and …