A debate raged in the St. John's clubhouse following the Cadets' fourth Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship series title in as many years.
There is no one determining factor, Coach Mark Gibbs said, that gets his ballclub through this grueling tournament every year.
"If there was a secret sauce, they'd bottle it and sell it," he said, sopping wet from a Gatorade bath.
Tell that to senior Peter Costigan, who has won three of these championships now, and managed to sky a 3-2, two-out pitch in the sixth inning to right field. DeMatha's Marcus Brown camped under it, then drifted and drifted and lunged, and by the time it finally hit the ground, St. John's had broken a scoreless tie. The Cadets added three more runs that inning, then another two in the seventh.
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