Posted June 3, 2016

The Saints kept up the pressure and prevailed over St. Joseph’s Prep for the league championship — see scenes from the game and the jubilant aftermath. Read complete coverage here. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • St. Joe’s Prep celebrates as they take the lead in the fifth inning.

  • St. Joe’s Prep’s John Coppola gets the out at first with time to spare.

  • St. Joe’s Prep’s John Coppola safely slides in to third.

  • St. Joe’s Prep’s Keith Flaherty is ready at third to come home.

  • A high pitch leads to a walk for the Saints during the bottom of the seventh inning.

  • Another walk in the seventh loads the bases.

  • St. Joe’s Prep couldn’t get out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning. Neumann-Goretti would score the tying and winning runs without the benefit of a hit.

  • St. Joe’s Prep pitcher Colin Scanlon tries to cover home while catcher Logan Kellerman goes for the ball as Neumann-Goretti runner slides home with the game-winning and Catholic League champonshgip-clinching win May 28. (Photo by Sarah Webb)

  • The Neumann-Goretti baseball team celebrates the Catholic League title victory. It was the Saints’ fifth league title in the past eight years.

  • Neumann-Goretti and Prep players, including Keith Flaherty (right) show sportsmanship after the game. Several players in the title game have known one another since grade school, playing on club teams.