Two days later, I still finds it hard to believe not one, but two, area teams won state baseball championships.

A big congratulations goes out to Kingston and Coleman Catholic on their titles. The Tigers won their first-ever championship, while the Statesmen won their first in 35 years.

And they won in completely different ways.

Kingston won it in dramatic fashion, rallying from a three-run deficit to take a 3-0 lead going into the final inning. The Tigers blew the lead in the top of the inning, only to win it on Jake Ryan's hit in the bottom of the frame.

Coleman, meanwhile, won its title behind the spectacular pitching of ace Mike Smithmyer, who tossed a complete-game, one-hit masterpiece a couple of hours after pitching the final two innings of Coleman's win in the semifinal.

The area has a lot to be proud of with these two teams and let's hope these state titles foreshadow next year's scholastic season.