Class 6 State Quick Hits: Freedom vs Herndon
June 11, 2022
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Saturday afternoon saw an overcast day and the 2022 VHSL State Championship game between Freedom (South Riding) and Herndon. The game was played at a neutral site, John Champe HS, and was well-attended by all of the Northern Virginia Baseball community. Both teams had to burn a ton of arms to get to the title game, but each had an ace in the hole. Freedom started 2023 righty Luke Proehl (Virginia Tech) and Herndon went with 2022 righty Jackson Coen (Georgetown).
The pitchers were the story of the game, especially early on. Both pitchers combined to allow just one hit in the first three innings as Coen struck out 5 in that time and Proehl struck out 7.
Freedom was able to break through in the fourth. Mason Butash (Penn State) ripped a one-out single to center. He stole second and advanced to third when the throw got away. With the infield drawn in, 2024 Griffin Burkholder (West Virginia) hammered an RBI single to left to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
That was all of the scoring in the first six innings. Proehl continued to dominate, and Coen continued to alternate between dominating and wiggling out of trouble as the game went to the seventh with Freedom clinging to its 1-0 lead, and Proehl carrying an intact no-hit bid.
In the top of the seventh, a pair of walks and a misplayed pop-up in no-man's land loaded the bases for Freedom with one out and ended Coen's day, with Liam Willson (Wake Forest) coming in relief for the Hornets. Freedom scored a second run on a wild pitch, but then Willson got a strikeout and a deep flyout to end the inning. Headed to the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles had a 2-0 lead.
Proehl's no-hit bid ended quickly, as the first hitter of the inning for the Hornets, Kyle Henson (Patrick Henry CC) ripped a double down the leftfield line. Proehl then picked up his eleventh and twelfth strikeouts before Graham Sears (Stevenson) singled to center to drive in Herndon's first run and put the tying run on base. Jonathan Morgan hit a rocket to left, but it hung up and was caught, ending the game and giving Freedom its first State Championship, with a final score of 2-1.
For Freedom, Christian Carver was 2-2 with 2 BB, Burkholder was 1-3 with an RBI, and Butash was 1-2 with a BB and a SB. Proehl went 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 12 K, 2 BB, 2 HBP. For Herndon, Coen went 6.1 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 10 K, 4 BB, HBP.
SP today @Champe_Baseball for Class 6 ?Game
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2023 RHP @LukeProehl (@HokiesBaseball) for No. 3 @FHSEAGLES1
2022 RHP @Jackson_Coen (@GtownBaseball) for No. 19 @HHornetBaseball#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates pic.twitter.com/2d4TaLv3XK
2023 @LukeProehl (@FHSEAGLES1/@HokiesBaseball)
— PBR Virginia/DC (@PBRVirginiaDC) June 11, 2022
Works around a leadoff HBP with 2 K of his own
End of 1, no score between Freedom and @HHornetBaseball
FB 82-85
CB 75#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates pic.twitter.com/FYp87hqYpZ
2022 @Jackson_Coen (@HHornetBaseball/@GtownBaseball)
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Works around a leadoff walk to fire a scoreless first with 1 K
FB 87
SL 78-79#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates pic.twitter.com/vFZBfL7zxL
.@Jackson_Coen with a perfect top of the 2nd for @HHornetBaseball
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Picks up 2 more Ks.
Still scoreless, Mid 2#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/KFGVTTAI5P
.@LukeProehl strikes out the side in the 2nd around a 2 out BB
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End of 2.
.@FHSEAGLES1 and @HHornetBaseball still scoreless #PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/N7VuaGzI16
2023 SS Christian Carver (@FHSEAGLES1)
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Fights a 2 out single into rightfield for the game's first hit. Coen gets a strikeout to end the inning
Mid 3, still scoreless between Freedom and @HHornetBaseball#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/Q0nynMKSJ7
2023 CF @MitchMaurer_04 (@HHornetBaseball)
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Gives one a ride to center but Burkholder runs it down. Perfect 3rd for Proehl
End of 3, Herndon and @FHSEAGLES1 still scoreless #PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/ieYTWGngal
2023 @masonbutash2 (@FHSEAGLES1/@PennStateBASE)
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Single to center, steals 2nd and takes 3rd on an error. @GriffinBurk24 then drives him in with an RBI single thru the drawn in infield
Freedom up 1-0#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/q8vatJIN71
Coen picks Burkholder off of 1st
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2024 Kyle Ausgotharp (@FHSEAGLES1) then singles and Freedom is still threatening #PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/ERfpJh0eCu
Herndon gets the tying run into scoring position but Proehl gets a ground out to end the 4th
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.@FHSEAGLES1 1
.@HHornetBaseball 0#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/yojxfYbHs6
2023 SS Christian Carver (@FHSEAGLES1)
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Rolls his 2nd base hit down LF line but is caught at 2nd trying to stretch it to a 2B
Kyle Henson with the great hustle play for @HHornetBaseball #PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/EvskGu3m0J
A HBP and SB put another @FHSEAGLES1 runner in scoring position
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2022 @calhenderson11 (Louisburg CC) gives one a ride but Herndon runs it down
Mid 5, Freedom up 1-0 on @HHornetBaseball #PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/JkoDIuVaPe
2023 @LukeProehl (@FHSEAGLES1/@HokiesBaseball) is ??? right now
— PBR Virginia/DC (@PBRVirginiaDC) June 11, 2022
Strikeout number 10 ends a perfect 5th.
End of 5
Freedom 1, @HHornetBaseball 0#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/qkE64jT0Pn
Butash draws a leadoff walk but @Jackson_Coen picks off his 2nd runner of the game and @HHornetBaseball converts the rundown#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/pryAvOqY3R
— PBR Virginia/DC (@PBRVirginiaDC) June 11, 2022
.@Jackson_Coen (@HHornetBaseball/@GtownBaseball) has been pretty dang good too
— PBR Virginia/DC (@PBRVirginiaDC) June 11, 2022
Strikeout No. 9 ends the top 6th. Top of the order due up for Herndon trailing 1-0#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/TiiGLXj4Df
Matt Neach gives one a ride with Willson on 1st but Freedom 2022 OF @Chen_Nathan06 (@RMCJackets) makes a game saving diving catch to end the 6th
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Thru 6
No. 3 @FHSEAGLES1 1
No. 19 @HHornetBaseball 0#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/uYgpXISnUh
.@FHSEAGLES1 has loaded the bases with one out in the 7th and that's the end of Coen's day
— PBR Virginia/DC (@PBRVirginiaDC) June 11, 2022
.@liamwillson614 in to pitch for @HHornetBaseball
Still 1-0 Freedom, top 7#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/DqRIqFSw5S
.@FHSEAGLES1 adds a run on a wild pitch, but Willson gets a K and this deep flout off Henderson's bat to end the inning
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Freedom 2, @HHornetBaseball 0
Bottom of the 7th coming #PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan https://t.co/A0WfXgkAM2 pic.twitter.com/tCiWhlkLlb
.@KyleJoeHenson1 (@HHornetBaseball) leads the 7th off with a 2B, Herndons first hit of the game#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/n25ssUaTq0
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.@FHSEAGLES1 is one out away#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_N pic.twitter.com/esTEjnoS6r
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.@HHornetBaseball on the board. Graham Sears with an RBI single
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2-1 bottom 7#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/R0wSBA7VWb
??FINAL ALERT??
— PBR Virginia/DC (@PBRVirginiaDC) June 11, 2022
No. 3 @FHSEAGLES1 2
No. 19 @HHornetBaseball 1
A lineout by Morgan to LF ends it, Proehl goes the distance with a 2 hitter
Freedom wins 2022 Class 6?#PBRisThere @VHSL_ #VHSL6AStates @PBRVADC_Nolan pic.twitter.com/KWUQxvhZ2G