Bobcats Final Season Comes To An End With Loss In Opening Round Of PIAA State Playoffs

The Clarion Area Bobcats fell to the by just one run, 7-6 to the homestanding Eden Christian Academy Warriors, in Wexford on Monday, June 1st, in the first round of the PIAA State Playoffs.

Eden Christian, a private school, is the District 7 (WPIAL) champion. The Bobcats are the District 9 number 2 seed.

With the loss, the Bobcats close out their historic last season as a program, as they will merge with Clarion-Limestone to form the Central Clarion Wildcats baseball team.

Neither team scored in the first inning. The Bobcats scored an unanswered run in the second and three more unanswered runs in the third.

Neither team scored in the fourth. The Bobcats failed to score in the top of the fifth The Warriors scored two runs in their half of the inning, cutting their deficit in half, at 4-2.

The Bobcats scored a run in the top of the sixth, for a 5-2 lead.

Eden scored four in the bottom of the inning, giving them their first lead at 6-5.

Both teams scored a run in the seventh to set the final.

Parker Miller was 3-for-3 for the Bobcats, including two doubles. He scored twice and stole a base. Dylan Smail had a double, an RBI and a run scored. Evan Kriebel doubled and scored a run.

Carter Hindman had a single and and drove in a run. Hayden Weber had a single. Wyatt Watterson scored a pair of runs. He also stole a base.

Billy Kahle drove in a run. Gabe Anderson also had a stolen base.

Smail worked 5 2/3 innings on the mound, striking out three batters. Ethan Rex pitched 2/3 of an inning, with one strikeout.

Jackson Bremmer had a homer, three RBIs and scored twice for the Warriors. Brady Hull had four hits including a home run.

Elk County Catholic will play Eden Christian in the 1A semifinal at Homer City on Monday.

The Bobcats finished with a fine 13-7 record this season.

(2026 Bobcats, you represented this great Clarion Area program well!!!!)