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The Riverside Panthers defeated Mount Carmel 4-2 Thursday afternoon to earn its 6th PIAA State Championship. Zach Hare allowed only two hits across 6.1 innings, striking out 11 batters to earn the victory. Hare tossed two innings of no-hit ball before allowing a 2-out single in the top of the third inning to break his hitless inning streak at 34 consecutive hitless innings in the postseason – an amazing streak believed to be a national record. Riverside got on the board first in the third inning after John Bowser swatted a RBI-double to left field and the Panthers added another…

A week after tossing a perfect game in the WPIAL Class 3A Championship, Zach Hare continued his postseason dominance and extended his no-hit streak to 31.1 postseason innings. The senior struck out 13 batters in a no-hit performance Thursday to lead Riverside to a 6-0 victory over Mohawk in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals. Dylan Meyer collected three hits to pace the Panthers’ offense. Meyer singled in the seventh inning, doubled in the second inning, and singled in the fifth inning. Riverside was the first to get on the board in the third when Hunter Garvin doubled, scoring one run….

Addison Drake hit a go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the fifth to lead #11 Riverside to a 4-3 victory over Bentworth Tuesday in the Class 2A 3rd place game. With the victory the Lady Panthers (10-9 Overall) will enter the PIAA state playoffs on Monday, June 2 against District 10 Champion Seneca High School at site and time TBD. Bentworth got on the board in the second inning after Hailey Tatar drew a walk, scoring one run and added to its lead when Sydney Gonglik homered to center field, scoring two runs in the top of the third for…