November 19th, 2025
AUBURN – After years of having some of the most talented teams in Georgia High School baseball and continuously losing earlier than the coaches, fans and players expected, Blessed Trinity and Coach Jamie Wagner finally struck gold.
A private school in Roswell, Georgia known for their athletic achievements created a memory that will last a lifetime. After almost a decade of falling short, Wagner and a team that will go down in history books emerged in 2025, winning the state championship.
“This is a program that is constantly given the high expectations of being frontrunners to win the state championship and has come up short in heartbreaking fashion numerous times,” said former team manager David Hamacher. “To finally come through was a massive sigh of relief for the Titans program.”
A look back after winning back-to-back baseball state championships in 2014 and 2015, a powerhouse program looked like it was born in the Blessed Trinity Titans. After years of having loaded rosters with over 50 plus college commitments and seven MLB draft picks including Washington Nationals all-star shortstop CJ Abrams, the Titans would only make it to the state championship twice until 2025.
Season after season being ranked in the top 10 in the state and being the preseason favorites to win it all, Blessed Trinity kept falling short of their goal. Fans and players wondered with all the Division I talent in the lineup and pitching staff how this could keep happening.
Then entered, new head coach Jamie Wagner, who was an assistant coach at Blessed Trinity dating all the way back to 2003. He would wait for his turn which came in 2022 when he was named the head baseball coach and brought a state championship back to the Blessed Trinity community four years later.
“We have always had a plan to win the whole thing every year but taking over the program, you want building blocks,” said Wagner. “I think it’s just all about continued success. People like to use the word drought… that term was used a lot ‘the drought has ended’. I think it just builds on continued success that our program has had for so long.”
Looking back at the past, the Blessed Trinity baseball program suffered numerous heartbreaking losses in the playoffs since the last state championship in 2015. Back-to-back years in 2016 and 2017 BT lost to its rivals Westminster and Marist in the state championship game.
The Titans would then go onto lose in the final four in back-to-back years in the 2018 and 2019 seasons which featured CJ Abrams. Covid then hit and two early second round exits followed.
In that second season, 2022, Wagner took over the program. He took over a program that had great success at one point but was looking for a new identity, a new voice and culture that was more engaging to the players, which is exactly what Wagner brought.
“Coach Wags is not only a great coach but a great leader,” said outfielder Quinn Davis. “He brings great energy and likes building a personal connection with all of us which I feel is special to have.”
An Elite 8 loss in 2023 and a final four loss in 2024 followed. Wagner made steps in his first couple years to try and set the team up to get back to the top.
Going into the season, it was another loaded roster top to bottom with over seven Division I commits on the roster. The team was headlined by Vanderbilt pitcher commit Joseph Contrearas and Tennessee outfielder commit Caden Dawson.
Seven of the nine hitters in the lineup were also committed to play Division I or II baseball. Alongside Contreras on the pitching staff was Senior Miami of Ohio commit Cam Novak.
Could Blessed Trinity finally breakthrough and achieve their goal that they have sought after for a decade with this talented roster?
“Internally, it’s what we’ve built from the ground up,” said Wagner. “First thing I did when I took over the program was, I restructured our Junior Titan program. We had some good success and something like 15 of our 28 players were from that program and played in the state championship as juniors and seniors.”
The Junior Titan program is for Blessed Trinity to have a middle school team where people who are interested in attending Blessed Trinity can play and compete. Since Blessed Trinity is a private high school apart of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, there is no feeder school, so the athletes can play with each other before high school.
Wagner made strides to improve this program with new coaches to try and get more kids to be interested in Blessed Trinity.
The Titans finished the season 24-7. This was Wagner’s fourth regular season in a row, finishing with 20 plus wins. They were well equipped for a deep playoff run.
Blessed Trinity rolled through its first two opponents in two-game sweeps, then would play a storied rival Marist. The series went to three games; each was decided by one run. In the final game Oklahoma State commit, Terrance Bowen hit a walk-off single in extra innings to beat Marist and return the Titans to the final four.
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“The feeling of walking it off for the first time, there was no better feeling than it,” said Davis. “We knew once we had our leadoff up it was time to game it and he sent them home.”
Blessed Trinity then swept Allatoona at Allatoona to finally get back to the state championship that they have longed for almost a decade. The series was held at Coolray Field, home to Braves Triple A affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers.
Because everything in life comes full circle, Wagner’s Titans faced off against Cartersville, which Blessed Trinity beat in the state championship in 2014.
Carterville was loaded with talent including Alabama commit Andrew Purdy and would go onto dominate game one, winning 6-3. An outstanding pitching performance by Joseph Contreras led BT to a 6-3 win in game two which set up for the game three rubber match.
Blessed Trinity and Carterville fought all night long, and the game was tied going into extra innings at 6-6. Quinn Davis hit a double to get the bottom of the 8th going and a couple batters later Carson Zagryn hit a walk-off double scoring Davis and winning the state championship.
“First off as a team we talked about winning a state championship from practice one,” said Davis. “I mean the feeling was unbelievable. For me, once I got on in the extra innings, I knew it. That feeling of knowing you played a big role will never be replaced.”
After years of falling short and consistently exiting the playoffs earlier than expected, Blessed Trinity finally overcame the mental battle of breaking through and winning it all.
“The feeling of winning as a parent and fan was nothing but pure joy and happiness,” said longtime fan and parent Maura Baker. “The nerves and emotions were crazy and have been from watching my sons play for the last 10 years. This one was special to watch with all the excitement in the playoffs and especially the state championship game.”