Sportsmanship was on full display over the weekend in Minnesota, when a high school baseball player comforted his friend right after striking him out in playoff game to advance to the state championship.

Instead of celebrating with teammates on the field, Mounds View pitcher Ty Koehn jogged off the mound after delivering the game-winning strikeout and embraced Totino-Grace batter Jack Kocon, because “friendship is more important than just the silly outcome of a game,” Bring Me The News reported.

Close

“I knew the game was going to keep going, or it was going to end right there,” Koehn told the Minnesota sports site. “I knew I had to say something. Our friendship is more important than just the silly outcome of a game. I had to make sure he knew that before we celebrated.”

A fan captured the moment in a video posted to Twitter that shows Koehn pushing past his catcher — who appears to try to congratulate him — to console his friend while teammates stormed the mound and threw their gloves in the air to revel in the moment.

Koehn and Kocon reportedly played youth baseball together before going their separate ways in high school, but they maintained a close relationship, according to the outlet.

Related: Eight-Year-Old Throws Out Her Ninth Ceremonial Pitch

Mounds View defeated Totino-Grace 17-10.

This Fox News piece is used by permission.

Read more at Fox News:
Austria to Close Seven Mosques, Expel Imams in Crackdown
Queen Elizabeth Gives Harry and Meghan Country Home as Wedding Gift
The Rifleman Takes Stand Against Ex-New England Mafia Boss