Weeks before Goffstown’s varsity baseball squad earned the first Class L title in program history, another group of Grizzlies celebrated a similar accomplishment.

With a 5-1 victory against Salem, on May 26, the GHS JV team completed an undefeated season to capture its second-straight state crown.

In fact, the last time the Grizzlies lost was May, 2007, a stretch that extends 30 games. And as the varsity players and coaches finished their onfield celebration and prepared to carry the festivities onto the bus back to GHS, Teri Gatzoulis stood in the dugout clutching the state title.

It was, after all, his second trophy in the past month.

Indeed, the Grizzlies’ junior varsity head coach, and varsity assistant, knows all too well the joys of winning on the high school baseball diamond.

But he’s not about to take all the credit for Goffstown’s success. “Me and coach Benson and my assistant coach, Nick Jaskolka ... we’re all on the same page, from the freshman team to the JV team to the varsity team, you know, we practice and play the same way,” said Gatzoulis. “And we have a bunch of good kids that played together for a long time coming up from Little League to Babe Ruth to (American) Legion ball. They know how to win together.”

“We have nine seniors at the varsity level and those (JV) guys are going to have to fill their shoes. They’re the future of Goffstown baseball coming up,” he continued.

“They’re committed to baseball from day one through the last day. And you can’t teach that. That comes from the heart, that comes from the parents, that comes from their coaches growing up.”

Those who contributed during the JV team’s run this season include Steve Beal, Mike Bisceglia, Dante Distaso, Steven French, Andy Gordon, Mark Misiorski, Pat Naughton, Riley Palmer, Brad York, Brian Yost, Colby Couture, Ryan Beal, Reece Easton, Jake Glauser, Ryan Smith, and Alex Wageling.

Couture, French, Palmer, Smith and Distaso handled the majority of the pitching load. Steve Beal played catcher most of the season until an injury forced him to play first base and close games for the remainder of the year.

Ryan Beal took over for his older brother behind the plate. Yost also handled some catching duties while playing the infield as well.

Smith, Glauser, Palmer, Naughton, Wageling, French and Distaso all played fine defense in the infield, while York, Gordon, Misiorski, Couture, and Easton ran down balls in the outfield.

On their path to a state title, the Grizzlies defeated Londonderry, 11-2, and Trinity, 19- 1, before taking care of Salem in the finale.

But winning is nothing new to this group.

According to Babe Ruth President Steve Beal, of the 16 players who started the season on the JV squad, 14 have won at least one state championship in Babe Ruth tournament play. In fact, Bisceglia, Distaso, Gordon, Misiorski, Naughton, Palmer, and York garnered three consecutive state crowns.

In 2009, it’s Gatzoulis and the junior varsity squad that play for a three-peat.

- Steve Beal contributed to this story.