Eastview Lightning 2012 State Baseball Champions

By Rick Orndorf on June 18, 2012 at 11:12 pm

Eastview won the Class AAA state baseball championship, and did it in a hurry. In a game that lasted about 1 hour, 15 minutes, the Lightning defeated Bemidji 1-0 for the title Monday night at Target Field. Evan DeCovich pitched a two-hit shutout, walking one and striking out five, and closed his senior season allowing only one run in his final 41 2/3 innings. DeCovich also doubled in the second inning and the courtesy runner sent in for him, E.J. Stevens, scored the game’s only run on an A.J. Stockwell groundout. Eastview (22-5) won the second boys state championship in school history; the first was in lacrosse earlier this month. Photos by Rick Orndorf

: Photo by Rick Orndorf

: Eastview pitcher Evan DeCovich, working on two days’ rest, pitched a two-hit shutout as the Lightning defeated Bemidji 1-0 in the state Class AAA baseball championship game Monday at Target Field. Photo by Rick Orndorf