As Shelby coach Jon Amicone walked toward his team's dugout after the Whippets made the final out of their 9-1 district semifinal loss to Perkins, he reached for his sun-faded cap and tipped it.

When the Clear Fork Colts went into the top of the seventh inning trailing by a run with their backs against the wall, they refused to change up their style. They just kept playing baseball.