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This article, Grinders, Fighters & Thieves | De La Salle Baseball Does It Again, was first published on SportStarsMag.com.

Every championship team develops its own identity. For some teams, that identity is more subtle and kept behind the scenes. 

The De La Salle High baseball team was not one of those teams. 

No elite team was better this year with its back against the wall, than the Spartans. A mixture of grit, confidence and fearlessness created the perfect championship formula for De La Salle. It led to a handful of unlikely come-from-behind wins — including their last of the season on June 4, in a CIF Northern California Championship showdown against the No. 1 team in the state. 

Trailing Saint Francis-Mountain View 6-3 heading to the bottom of the seventh, the Spartans weren’t going to panic. 

“We just weren’t going to go down without a fight,” said De La Salle senior shortstop Donovan Chriss, who had an RBI single and eventually scored the game-winning run. “We have guys who consistently battle and put up good at bats. 

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