Hopewell and Latrobe played a very close game with a lot of hitting running and good play all around. Latrobe got out with a 2 run lead in the first inning after a hit batter and a long fly ball to the fence put runners on second and third, and a single scored both base runners. The Vikings got out of trouble in the bottom of the first when a Latrobe batter hit a hard line drive to the shortstop who doubled them up with a quick toss. Hopewell’s Landen fox started things off for the Vikings with a long hit to the fence for a long single to put runners at first and third with nobody out, then they got a base on balls to load them up then the next batter is hit by a pitch to bring in a run, they then hit a line drive into left field to tie it up 2-2 and then they hit a sacrifice   fly ball to bring in another run to get the lead 3-2.The  pirate parrot was on hand for the game and also handed out the medals. Hopewell scored another run at the top of the fourth to take a 4-2 lead and  had a base runner thrown out at the plate from left field by a perfect throw in the top of the fifth  to give Latrobe a lift. With one out in the bottom of the fifth Latrobe hit a triple, and a sacrifice fly cut the lead to one. Both teams were scoreless in the 6th and Hopewell was scoreless in the top of the 7th Latrobe Latrobe put down a nice bunt and then stole second, with a man on 2nd base and one out fox went to second with a pickoff and they had the base runner in a rundown and got him, with 2 outs nobody on they get the K and win the class 4 WPIAL championship by a very close 4-3 victory.