It was a crushing loss. The kind that can send a season spiraling the wrong way.

Montoursville built an 8-1 lead at Mifflinburg last month only to lose 10-9. Putting them three games out of first, it seemed like the loss also may have ended the Warriors hopes of capturing a third straight SVL championship.

But Montoursville hasn’t lost since.

Instead of crumbling, it responded by playing its best baseball. The Warriors (14-3) have won eight straight games and entering the regular-season’s final week tied with Jersey Shore and Selinsgrove for first place.

The SVL three-peat hopes are alive after all.

“What we’ve been preaching the last couple of weeks is we just need to take care of our business,” Montoursville coach Corey Twigg said. “If we look in our rearview mirror at who’s coming up behind us or look ahead to the teams ahead of us and worry about them we’re certainly not going to play good baseball.