KEIZER—A year earlier, on the same field, Sunset had let a chance to end its state baseball championship drought of three decades pass it by.

On Saturday, the Apollos made sure it didn’t happen a second time.

Gabe Coltman went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored in Saturday’s OSAA Class 6A final, leading Sunset to a thrilling 6-5 victory over Grant at Roto-Rooter Stadium in Keizer.

Parker Raubach earned the victory on the mound and senior designed hitter Gavin Riley drove in what proved to be the winning run for the Apollos (22-9), who not only captured their first title since 1994, they exorcised a demon: Sunset reached last year’s state final but fell to three-time champ West Linn 8-4.

That painful loss had haunted the Apollos all season, but it also fueled their run t

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