Jimmy Gross scored on a passed ball in the top of the eighth and Avon rallied to defeat Ticonderoga in the NYS Class C baseball final.

Down 5-3, the Braves kept chipping away. Maxx Countryman's RBI double cut the lead to 5-3 in the fifth. A fielder's choice grounder cut the lead to one before a wild pitch in the top of the seventh allowed Countryman to score from third with the tying run.

Top of the eighth, Gross raced home when a pitch skipped under the catcher. Peyton Parmeter got the job done on the mound with Countryman not available due to pitch count.

It was the third trip to the State Final Four for the Braves and the second State Final.