6-26-2024 5:54pm

Champs! Pitching Spurs Totino-Grace Baseball To State Title

Tom Akaolisa Editor

It was a season that began with frustration, unable to get little bounces to go its way in an 0-5 start.

The tough start gave way to resilience midway through the spring, winning 12 of 15 the rest of the regular season.

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