Highlands Tops Ellwood City For WPIAL Baseball Crown
Highlands of Section 8 edged Ellwood City 5-4 at Three Rivers Stadium to claim the WPIAL championship. Doug Bubash tossed a dramatic three and two pitch for the strikeout to close the game after Ellwood’s late rally, ending coach William Spellman’s 18-year tenure.
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Highland
Ed Rush
Spellman a perfectionist but also a human being
Ellwood City coach Bill Spellman, a perfectionist and caring leader, led the Wolverines in the WPIAL final at Three Rivers Stadium. Ellwood City fell 54 to Highlands amid five errors, ending Spellman’s 18 year tenure as head coach with petitions to keep him.
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Ellwood
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Rams
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Sokolowski
Ed Kush
Bill Spellman
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Pittsburgh
Spellman
Ellwood City
Three Rivers Stadium
Prence
Chris Rock
Rock
Frazier High
Bill Smeltz
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