WORCESTER — Polar Park holds approximately 9,500 people, but Saturday afternoon for the Division 3 marbles, two stars were shining brightest. You could say the talk of social media this week has been about the pitchers, Oakmont Regionals’s Caleb Allen and Josh Doney of St. Mary’s.
Seeing how the two programs combined for six postseason shutouts heading into Saturday, runs would be hard to come by. But after seven innings at the home of the Worcester Red Sox, top-seeded Oakmont outlasted No. 2 St.
Mary’s, 3-1, to capture back-to-back state titles. “To do it back-to-back and to do it with this group of kids, to do it for our fans, and for our school, you can’t draw it up,” said Oakmont coach Tim Caouette. “It’s surreal.
That’s the best word I can use.” On the other side, St. Mary’s coach Derek Dana said he was disappointed with the outcome, but not his players.
“I’m very proud of them. Two in-season tournaments – we won both of those – and 20 wins,” he said. “The kids came to work every single day.
” Despite the 20 wins, Dana added he wished it was 21. “They’re (Oakmont) here for a reason, too,” he said. “They’ve been there before and are a good team.
” Allen (Deerfield Academy ’25) did his thing, punching out 10 batters and allowing just three hits. “Honestly, baseball is fun and I love having fun out there,” he said. “It’s great to see how many fans we have showing up.
It was the same thing last year, and it’s just r.
