The Upper St. Clair Baseball team traveled to First Commonwealth Field on Thursday to take on Dubois High School in the PIAA Quarterfinals. The Panthers opened the scoring in their half of the 2nd inning on a Grayson Valancius single, but the Beavers answered in the 3rd and 4th, putting up five runs to take a four run lead after 3 ½ innings. The Panthers then responded themselves to cut the lead to two after Finn Baird and Nico D’Orazio each had bases-loaded walks. The Beavers scored two more runs in the 5th inning before Tanner Schroeck’s double in the bottom of the 5th drove in a run to make the score 7-4 Dubois after 5 complete innings. The 6th inning saw the Panthers narrow the lead to 9-7 after allowing two runs, but coming back with three thanks to an Evan Smirniw double, a Nolan Wilson ground out that plated a run, and a Cooper Stutzman single. The top of the 7th was unkind to the Panthers as Dubois plated four insurance runs to extend their lead to six with the Panthers down to their final three outs. The Panthers fought, as Wilson had a bases clearing double, but in the end Dubois came out on top, 13-10. Wilson finished the game with two hits and four RBI’s and Smirniw, Stutzman, and Brooks York all had multi-hit games in the defeat. Max Dietrick got the start on the mound, throwing 4 ⅔ solid innings, striking out four and allowing only two earned runs. The Panthers finish their season with an overall record of 14-10, as WPIAL Champions, and as PIAA Quarterfinalists. Congratulations to all members of the team on a fantastic season!