A season of dreams met a sad ending Wednesday for New Covenant Academy’s baseball team.
The Warriors (24-5) fell 7-2 in the Class 1 state championship game to Bell City, now back-to-back state champions. New Covenant played in the title game at CarShield Field in O'Fallon Wednesday in just the Springfield school's second season fielding a baseball program.
Bell City (24-3) pitcher Cole Nichols threw a complete seven-inning game for the win. He allowed two earned runs on eight hits, struck out five batters and walked three. He finishes the season with a 7-0 record.
Shortstop Austin Hicks led the Cubs with 3 runs batted in, which all came on a double with the bases loaded in the fourth inning that added three insurance runs.