Mifflinburg rallies past Trinity on walk-off in PIAA quarterfinal

Mifflinburg’s postseason surge kept climbing in the kind of game Union County remembers for years. The Wildcats came all the way back from a 3-0 deficit, tied Trinity 4-4 in the ninth inning and then finished off a 5-4 walk-off win in 11 innings Thursday in the PIAA Class 3A baseball quarterfinal in Lewistown.

The win sent Mifflinburg deeper into the 2026 PIAA Baseball Championships and turned a tense elimination game into a comeback that will define the program’s run. Trinity was one win away from reaching what was described as the program’s first chance at a PIAA baseball title, but the Shamrocks were undone in the 11th by a pair of defensive errors that opened the door for Mifflinburg to end it.

Eric F. Epler, PennLive’s senior high school sports writer, provided live updates throughout the game and tracked the swings that made it such a dramatic afternoon. Those updates included a two-run homer and a series of defensive stands that helped Mifflinburg stay within reach after Trinity had built its early lead. The Wildcats kept answering, inning after inning, until the game was even again in the ninth and still unresolved after nine full frames.

Mifflinburg entered the quarterfinal with momentum after a 6-5 win over Notre Dame-Green Pond in the previous PIAA round. MaxPreps listed the Wildcats at 16-5 around the time of the game, a record that reflects how steadily Mifflinburg has pushed through the spring and into June.

In a tournament organized by class, the Class 3A quarterfinal gave Mifflinburg another chance to show how far it could go under pressure. In Lewistown, the Wildcats turned a 3-0 hole into a ninth-inning tie, survived extra innings and finished with the walk-off that sent them on and left Trinity one step short of a title shot.