On Friday, June 13, he was at the center of one of the most unusual and heartbreaking sports stories of the year. A senior at North Penn, he was pitching in the bottom of the 13th inning in the PIAA Class 6A championship game. The opposing team, Cedar Cliff, from Camp Hill, had loaded the bases with no outs. The game was still scoreless. While Price was standing on the rubber, his right leg twitched. He was called for a balk. The winning run scored. The Knights had lost, 1-0. On a balk. It’s worth repeating and repeating, because the circumstances were so strange and unfortunate and even outrageous. They lost the state championship game on a balk.

A state championship shouldn’t necessarily be the best moment of anyone’s life. Now Price has to make sure he doesn’t treat the balk like it’s the worst.