Thursday, April 10, 2008

PG South: Just missing playoffs last year has Mt. Lebanon geared for a run

Missing the playoffs by a tiebreaker after losing four extra-inning section games was motivation enough for the Mt. Lebanon baseball team this offseason.

Blue Devils coach Pat McCloskey said his team has put together the best offseason in the four years he has been coaching at the school.

After the four extra-inning losses last year, all to Section 3-AAAA foes and all by one run, Mt. Lebanon sat at 7-8 in the section along with Canon-McMillan and they lost the tiebreaker to the Big Macs (head-to-head results).

"The expectations they have placed on themselves [this season] is exceptionally high," McCloskey said. "If we would have won one of the extra inning games, we would have been in the playoffs.

"They realize that this is their senior season and this is it.



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