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Ohio finished off high school baseball season in style with an exciting OHSAA 2025 state championship weekend.
Five teams claimed their first ever state titles, including the victors of the top four divisions.
Here's a quick look at the sights, sounds, and scores from Ohio's state baseball finals.
DIVISION I: Olentangy 2, Springboro 1
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The Braves are OHSAA state baseball champions for the first time ever after scoring two runs in the first inning and hanging on all game. Cameron Birch (five innings, one run) and Cooper Tracy (two scoreless innings) came up clutch in the tense pitchers' duel. Jacob Rhinehart and Dylan Brabston allowed no earned runs for Springboro despite the loss.
— Prep Baseball Ohio (@PrepBaseballOH) June 15, 2025DIVISION II: Anthony Wayne 7, Steele 3
— Mark Perez-Krywany 🤓 (@Perez_Sports) June 15, 2025🏆 HISTORY MADE 🏆
Search no longer, Anthony Wayne High School Baseball… because you just brought home your FIRST EVER State Championship in baseball! ⚾💙
Final score: 7–3 over Amherst Steele
A dominant performance from start to finish! 👏🔥
Huge congrats to the squad,… pic.twitter.com/Wtvrlf5LJE
Anthony Wayne won its first state title as well after scoring at least one run in each of the first four innings to lead 7-2. Jackson Urenovitch got the win on the mound with two unearned runs allowed in six innings, and Lucas Potkanowicz, Jett Smith, and Crue Carroll led a balanced offensive effort with two hits each.
— Tony Bogan (@TBoges2010) June 15, 2025History was made at Canal Park in the early Sunday hours as the Anthony Wayne Generals (25-3) toppled
Amherst Steele (29-3) to win the Division II State
Championship Game, their first title in program history.
This championship highlight is presented by@maumeebayturf &… pic.twitter.com/fKQwJ8s54L
DIVISION III: Licking Valley 1, University School 0
Final: Licking Valley 1, University School 0 pic.twitter.com/rKsrx3mtJB
— Matt Goul (@mgoul) June 14, 2025Congratulations to Licking Valley baseball winning the school’s first boys state team championship. pic.twitter.com/rSm8wileBz
— Kurt R. Snyder (@Newark_Sports) June 14, 2025Of all the day's standout pitchers' duels, this was the pitchers' duel of pitchers' duels. Eli Roberts tossed a three-hit shutout for Licking Valley, and Crew Bellan was also sensational with no earned runs allowed despite the loss. Adam West scored the only run of the game in the fourth inning for the Preppers.
— Tony Bogan (@TBoges2010) June 14, 2025Licking Valley Wins 1st State Title 1-0 Over University School
The Division III State Championship saw Licking Valley make history with a gritty 1-0 win over Hunting Valley University School to capture their first ever baseball title at Canal Park in Akron.
Eli Roberts was… pic.twitter.com/Sp8Oonpx34
DIVISION IV: Lake Catholic 3, Perkins 2
GO COUGARS! pic.twitter.com/zhiTG3q0TF
— Lake Catholic (@LCHS_Cougars) June 15, 2025History! 🏆 Lake Catholic (26-4) claims the program's 1st ever State Championship with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory in the D4 Final against Sandusky Perkins.
Congratulations to the Cougars on finishing off their 1st trip to a baseball final by collecting gold medals in Akron… pic.twitter.com/1DHOCe1HlK
Yet another program winning its first state title, Lake Catholic scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the fifth to fight back from an early 2-0 deficit. A.J. Trobenter went 2-3 with the two-run single that tied the game in the fifth inning in addition to a double.
— Tony Bogan (@TBoges2010) June 15, 2025For the second game in a row, AJ Trobenter (@ATrobenter) had a two run single that got things going for Lake Catholic. The senior shares his thoughts on that and the state title for @LCCougarBASE @LCCougarsAD @NHPreps #NHBaseball pic.twitter.com/pGE42TQu2N
— Ben Hercik (@BHercikNH) June 15, 2025DIVISION V: Waynedale 3, Graham Local 0
— Prep Baseball Ohio (@PrepBaseballOH) June 16, 2025🏆⚾️ #OHSAA BASEBALL: Congratulations to Apple Creek Waynedale for winning the Division V state championship! This is the Golden Bears’ third baseball state title in program history! pic.twitter.com/NIfwFg298r
— OHSAA Sports (@OHSAASports) June 16, 2025Logan Troyer pitched a complete game shutout for Waynedale, and Jayden Schlabach went 2-3 and scored a run. That makes three state crowns in four years for the Golden Bears.
— Tony Bogan (@TBoges2010) June 16, 2025 — Tony Bogan (@TBoges2010) June 16, 2025DIVISION VI: Hiland 5, Lake Center Christian 4
Logan Yoder walks it off with this RBI single. Hiland beats Lake Center Christian 5-4 in the D6 state championship game.
@lccsTIGERS @lccsHARDBALL @OHSAASports pic.twitter.com/7rQ4D387aW
Kaden Kandel led the charge on the mound with five scoreless innings in which he held Lake Center Christian two hits and no walks. After the Tigers rallied in the top of the sixth and seventh innings, Hiland scored its fourth and fifth runs in the bottom of the seventh with Logan Yoder hitting a walk-off single.
— Tony Bogan (@TBoges2010) June 15, 2025A dramatic walk-off win in the bottom of the 7th earned Hiland a 3rd consecutive State Championship by stunning Lake Center Christian in a wild finish for the Division 6 title.
Watch all the biggest moments and unbelievable 7th inning in this Championship highlight presented… pic.twitter.com/mCxMNzXbnf
DIVISION VII: Minster 8, Newark Catholic 0
The Minster Wildcats (26-6) are your 2025 State Champions in Division 7 ⚾️
An 8-0 victory over Newark Catholic earns the program its 4th title in 5 State Finals appearances. Congratulations to the Wildcats on finishing the season with 10 straight wins to earn the crown 🏆 pic.twitter.com/MALfskTDu2
Minster is a state champion for the fourth time in less than 20 years, and it did it without any drama in the title game. The Wildcats put up five runs in the second inning, and Caleb Couse (five innings) and James Niemeyer (two innings) put together a dominant shutout on the mound.
⚾️ #OHSAA BASEBALL: Scenes from the Division VII baseball finals between Newark Catholic and Minster. 📷 pic.twitter.com/xCBIKrAd6o
— OHSAA Sports (@OHSAASports) June 14, 2025WATCH: D-VII State Final 🏆 w/@DylTheisenWLIO
Minster beats Newark Catholic 8-0 to win their 4th state title.
"We pride ourselves on the competition, our schedule we have in the MAC (@midwestathletic)," said Mike Wiss. "It's not only to Minster, it's to all coaches in the MAC." pic.twitter.com/vSwb5DcZQR
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