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W&J’s Mountain honored
Washington & Jefferson College head coach Jeff Mountain has been named the American Baseball Coaches Association/Diamond Mideast Regional Co-Coach of the Year, the organization announced Tuesday.
This is Mountain’s second Regional Coach of the Year honor from the ABCA, as the leader of the Presidents picked up the same award following the 2017 season.
Mountain, an eight-time Presidents’ Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award winner, helped guide the Presidents to a 38-13 record in 2019. The 38 wins marks the second most in program history, trailing only the 42-win season in 2017.
The Presidents finished the regular season with a 21-3 mark in PAC play. The 21 conference wins matched the league’s single-season win total, which W&J recorded in 2012, 2014 and 2017.
At The Meadows
Call For Justice launched a relentless uncovered bid down the backside and wore down Chef Lee in deep stretch to capture Tuesday’s co-feature at The Meadows, an $11,500 Conditioned Trot.
Call For Justice was fourth when Dave Palone sent him after Chef Lee. The 7-year-old son of Justice Hall-Mika’s Mazurka gradually eroded the lead and downed Chef Lee by 1/2 length in 1:55.1. Lars Perry followed the winner’s cover for show.
Ron Burke trains Call For Justice, who won his second straight and pushed his career bankroll to $581,757, for Burke Racing Stable.