Perfection! Valley Christian pitcher fires perfect game as Warriors clinch share of WCAL title

John Diatte calls Kole Laubach his first grand player, given that the pitcher’s dad played for the longtime Valley Christian baseball coach three decades ago.

So it was only natural that the grand coach was emotional on Friday as the younger Laubach carried a perfect game into the final inning.

“I was getting a little teary-eyed,” said Diatte, who had never had a pitcher retire all 21 batters in his 35 years as the school’s coach. “When the second out happened, I was like, ‘Oh my...