Penn Cambria's Caden Gibbons signs to play baseball at Pitt-Johnstown
CRESSON, Pa. – An incoming class with some of his Flood City Elite teammates helped persuade Penn Cambria High School senior Caden Gibbons into signing with the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Gibbons also wants to be part of a group that hopes to lift the Pitt-Johnstown baseball program to new heights during his career.
He found many attractive features when he visited the Richland Township campus, and he officially signed to play baseball there Tuesday afternoon. “It’s definitely close to home, which I like,” Gibbons said. “They have a new coach and he’s really building a really good program.
They have a lot of kids in my class that I played with through our travel organization from Flood City going there. I thought I’d like to be a part of something up and coming. ” Pitt-Johnstown competes at the NCAA Division II level.
The Mountain Cats are 17-29 overall and 7-17 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division under coach George Roberts, a Forest Hills graduate and a 2013 Arizona Diamondbacks draft pick. Gibbons will join a class featuring Conemaugh Township senior Colin Dinyar as the group looks to change the fortunes of the baseball program at Pitt-Johnstown. “Originally, I talked to some other schools,” Gibbons said.
“Then Colin told me he was leaning toward UPJ and told me he wanted me to room with him. “It definitely played a factor. Him and I used to play catch from 8 years old until this year.