The Western Pines Middle School baseball team won this year’s Palm Beach County middle school championship. First-year coach Kyle Finch led the team to an 8-2 regular season record, which earned WPMS a spot in the county playoffs, but it was not an easy road.
Making the playoffs came down to a “win and in” situation against a tough Wellington Landings Middle School team. The Tigers had to come from behind to win 9-7. In the first round of the playoffs, WPMS played the Jupiter Middle School Mariners, where they took care of business with a 13-1 win. Then, the Tigers took down Roosevelt Middle School 15-1. In the third round of the playoffs, WPMS had one of the most memorable moments of the season when Camden Mcfadden threw a no-hitter in a 6-0 win against Independence Middle School to vault WPMS to the county championship.
In the championship game, WPMS sent out pitching ace Carlo Vazquez against the Don Estridge Dragons. WPMS won 4-2 in a highly competitive game that came down to an incredible catch by Mason Turner in right center field that resulted in a double play late in the game.
WPMS finished the season 12-2 and were named the regional and county champions. The school is proud of these young men, who represented Western Pines with pride and respect.
