Staff photo / Dan Hiner Canfield starting pitcher Blake Himes delivers during the second inning of Friday’s Little League 12U state baseball championship against Hamilton West Side at Fields of Dreams in Boardman.

BOARDMAN — The Canfield 12U baseball team did a lot right on Friday afternoon at Fields of Dreams in Boardman. But Hamilton West Side had just enough offense to earn a 4-3 walk-off victory in the state championship.

West Side scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to claim the state championship banner and advance in the Little League tournament.

“They worked hard from start to finish,” Canfield head coach Mark Kellerman said. “To come up against (West Side) and battle till the bottom of the sixth, they did a great job. No reason to hang their hat and their head.”

Canfield held an early 2-0 lead, but West Side got on the board when two wild pitches allowed Josiah Infante to score in the bottom of the second.

Later in the inning West Side had runners on first and second. West Side ran a delayed steal. Canfield couldn’t get Bob Frazier at third, instead opting to get the trail runner. But Frazier kept moving and scored to tie the game at 2.

In the top of the third, Colin Petruska reached on a leadoff infield single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Another wild pitch allowed Petruska to make it to third, but Canfield stranded him in scoring position.

Luke Broderick got on via a dropped flyball in right field to lead off the fourth, but West Side turned a 4-6-3 double play to clear the bases.

Canfield returned the favor in the home half of the inning. With one out, Bryson William plugged the right-center field gap. He motored around second, but the Canfield relay beat him to third base for the out.

Lawson Dripps drew a leadoff walk in the fifth for Canfield, leading to West Side swapping Xander Kinkade for Walker Osborne on the mound.

Dripps reached second base on a wild pitch, and Mikey Kellerman moved him to third on a sacrifice bunt. Dripps gave Canfield a 3-2 lead after scoring on an Osborne wild pitch.

Blake Himes got the first two outs of the fifth before he reached the 85-pitch limit. Carson Mshar came on in relief.

Zander Klopta had a couple good stretches at first to help his infielders, and he flashed the glove again to aid Mshar as he made a diving catch on a liner down the line to end the fifth.

West Side got the first two runners on in the bottom of the sixth. With one out, Caiden Trent lined a ball to right field that rolled to the fence, scoring both runs and ending the game.

“To do what we did as a community baseball team, to battle till the end … you played hard from start to finish. That’s all you can do,” Mark Kellerman said. “Sometimes, that’s baseball. There’s always a winner and a loser. That’s the hard part.”