Saturday, June 15, 2013

Thrill of victory, and agony of defeat on full display on a frantic Friday

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/

FROM KEITH GROLLER


My Friday began with a trip to Penn State to see the Brandywine softball team, finally, after four previous losses in the PIAA Class 2A finals, win the state championship with a 1-0 win over Riverside.
Couldn't have been happier for Don Roach, the Bethlehem native who coaches the Bullets.
He has built an amazingly consistent program at Brandywine, which really is just a stone's throw away from Allentown out there in Topton.
I was there when his Roach's Brandywing teams lost in the four other finals -- 6-0 to Bald Eagle Area in 2005, 11-6 to Phillipsburg-Osceola in 2007, 2-0 to Bald Eagle Area in 2009 and then 1-0 to PO again in 2011.
Every time his team lost, Roach handled it with class. He complimented the other team and said his team was getting closer.

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