Red Tornadoes ace makes history with playoff brilliance | Sports

WILLIAMSPORT — It was difficult to put Drew Yagodzinskie’s recent perfect game into proper historical perspective.

Such a rarity in a past District 4 playoff game certainly would have echoed across the years, becoming as well-known in the Valley as Don Larsen’s World Series masterpiece. But who knows?

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