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Derek Bast

Pennsylvania

Freelance Writer at The Morning Call

Freelance Writer at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Articles

  • PIAA 2A boys lacrosse: Allentown Central Catholic falls to Trinity in semifinal

    2 weeks ago | mcall.com | Derek Bast

    When Allentown Central Catholic players and coach Will Odenthal were envisioning how they’d like to start Tuesday afternoon’s PIAA 2A boys lacrosse semifinal against Trinity, scoring four goals in the first 2:32 might have seemed a bit far-fetched. But that’s what the Vikings did in winning five of the first six faceoffs and jumping out to a quick 4-1 lead.

  • PIAA 6A baseball: Liberty loses to Cedar Cliff in semifinals

    2 weeks ago | mcall.com | Derek Bast

    Liberty’s baseball program has grown the last few years into the class of local high school baseball. It resulted in back-to-back EPC championships, three consecutive district titles and a run to the state championship game in 2022 before dropping that contest to Warwick 6-4.

  • PIAA Class 3A baseball: Berks Catholic suffers heartbreaking loss in state semifinal

    2 weeks ago | readingeagle.com | Derek Bast

    For most of Monday afternoon’s PIAA 3A baseball semifinal at Earl Wenger Field, Berks Catholic looked poised to continue its historic state tournament run into the first state championship game appearance in program history. Instead, Mount Carmel mounted a dramatic comeback, erasing a late 3-1 deficit, to defeat the Saints 4-3 on Gabe Yuskoski’s walk-off RBI single in the seventh inning.

  • PIAA 3A mens lacrosse: Easton’s undefeated season ends against Springfield

    2 weeks ago | mcall.com | Derek Bast

    When Easton coach Brad Bachman referred to Springfield (Delco) as a perennial national power after Wednesday’s PIAA 6A first round win over Pennridge, he knew it’d be challenging enough to face the District 1 champions at even strength.

  • PIAA 3A girls lacrosse: Pleasant Valley knocked out by Springfield in quarterfinal

    2 weeks ago | mcall.com | Derek Bast

    If Pleasant Valley was going to pull off a big upset on Saturday morning at Exeter High School’s Don Thomas Stadium, it needed to do all the little things right. In a sloppy contest with steady rain, the Bears weren’t at their best and bowed out of the PIAA 3A girls lacrosse tournament with a 15-3 loss to Springfield (Delco) in the state quarterfinal. “I think the hardest challenge today was keeping their mental states in the game. They’re just not used to playing this repetitive, hard competition.

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