North tops Judge in CL playoffs

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, May, 2007 | by TED SILARY silaryt@phillynews.com

You're standing on second base and your team is moments away from possibly losing.

But then, there you are, romping home with the tying run.

A keep-the-game-goin' scenario doesn't get much better than that. Wait, actually it does, if the guy who provides the big RBI is your brother.

Say hello to Derrek Etsell, a senior first baseman (and pitcher) for North Catholic High. And don't forget Ryan, a freshman leftfielder.

Yesterday at Widener University, in a second-round Catholic North playoff vs. archrival Father Judge, all-Etsell heroics - Derrek's single to center; Ryan's double to left - lifted the Falcons into a 8-8 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning.

"Being part of that was so...