Twin pitchers Austin and Blake Havertine left their mark at Radnor. Now they’re preparing for different paths.

If you saw one, you would always see the other.

Twins Blake and Austin Havertine used to spill out of their father Gary’s car at a local park in Radnor and break out into a pitch-and-catch game. One would pitch and the other would catch, and then they would switch. For young teenagers, they threw the ball pretty hard, too.

And sometimes umpires had to go by the color of their cleats to tell them apart. As they got a little older, their difference in height and width helped, with Blake, younger by a minute, slightly taller than his 6-foot-2, 210-pound older brother Austin, who was always thicker than his younger sibling.

Wherever they went, whatever they did, they did it together. Soccer, basketball, football, and baseball, when it came to sports the Havertine twins were inseparable.

What they also did together was leave an indelible legacy for Radnor baseball that may never be surpassed by a pair of brother pitchers, winning a combined 30 games, throwing a combined 290 innings, and striking out a combined 402.

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Austin carried the bulk of that load, winning a career school-record 22 games, striking out a career school-record 327, and throwing a career school-record 220 innings, while Blake over the last three years tossed 70 innings, won eight starts and struck out 75.

When Radnor captured the 2025 PIAA District 1 Class 5A championship, it was Austin who tossed the final pitch, a pop out that fell in his brother Blake’s glove. Austin throws in the mid-90s, Blake in the late-80s to early-90s, with his special slurve ball, he calls it (a combination curveball and slider).

Now, for the first time in their lives, , they will be going their separate ways. Austin is heading to Lehigh on a baseball scholarship and Blake will be going to Franklin & Marshall to play for the baseball team.

There are distinct differences between the brothers. For example, Blake says they are identical twins; Austin says they are fraternal (They’re fraternal). Though he’s only a minute older, being around them, Austin projects himself to be older by a few years, while Blake is more the needler of the two, teasing Austin if he spikes a pitch or makes a mistake.

But there’s something else about them, something that is sometimes rare for siblings or twins: They are best friends. Austin carries a slightly serious tone about him, while Blake is more on the jovial side. Though, they don’t usually argue, says their father Gary and Radnor coach Mark Jordan.

“I’ve coached a ton of brothers and sisters, and a few twins in my time, and they would go at like cats and dogs,” said Jordan, who just finished the eighth year of his second stint as baseball coach at Radnor and his 14th season overall. “I never saw Austin and Blake fight. I mean really fight. I go way back to coaching them in seventh grade at Wayne Junior Legion. You could tell even then that Austin was special, and he was our ace as soon as he started his freshman year. And Blake keeps improving. His best baseball is still ahead of him.

“But in six years of coaching them, that’s legion and high school, they never were at odds with one another. They may bust on each other a little, and Austin always supported Blake. They were captains this year for us and simply in tune with each other. It is kind of weird as twins, they are best friends, and you rarely see that. They leave an amazing legacy at Radnor. I’m always going to miss their commitment to the area and to the school, and this is a time when kids are bouncing from school-to-school, at the high school level and at the college level. They enjoyed where they were. … These guys grew up in Radnor, stayed in Radnor and pitched and won in Radnor.”

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Jordan says Major League Baseball has called about Daniel Kellis, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound right-handed pitcher/outfielder who threw 10 innings this season and is committed to Wake Forest. Kellis is projected to go in the 14th or 15th rounds, and Austin may get drafted in the late teens, though he seems committed to Lehigh.

The twins still have two months together pitching against grown men for the Wayne club in the Delco League. Their soaking it in before leaving for college.

“It is great having a twin,” Blake said. “We do push ourselves, we always have. Austin was our ace freshman year, but he always supported and encouraged me..

“It is weird when you think about it, we have always been together. I think what I will miss the most is not having someone by me all the time, which we have done our whole lives. We still have the summer in the Delco League together, and then we’re gone.”

There may be an hour’s difference between Lehigh and Franklin & Marshall. But the twins are a FaceTime call or a text away. Gary and Betsy Havertine come from large families, where each was one of five siblings.

“We have good friends of ours who asked us one time how our boys get along, because they had twins, and I remember telling them, ‘Great,’” Gary said. “They were curious because their twins constantly fought. I never saw them get into a fight, which is crazy for two boys. When they leave, it won’t be easy for them, and it won’t be easy for me and my wife. They’ve always been around the last 18 years. They were apart for a couple of tournaments, but for the most part, they were always together. [This] step in their lives will be good.”

Austin agreed. This will be Austin’s second year in the Delco League and Blake’s first. They will be tested, and it will certainly help prepare them for college hitters.

The Radnor season did not end the way the Havertine twins nor the Raptors wanted. Radnor was knocked out in the second round of the PIAA District 1 Class 5A playoffs by eventual district runner-up West Chester Rustin. After the game, Jordan traditionally has his seniors address the team after their final game, sharing their experiences and gratitude.

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It was the most emotional Jordan ever saw the usually stoic Austin. He referred to his teammates as his “brothers,” and how memorable his four years at Radnor was.

“I always remember the bonds we created, and it’s the last time I ever played with Blake,” Austin said. “We’re going our different ways in August, but we do have the summer together. It won’t be easy saying goodbye to him, because we have always been together. I know there is a minute between us, but I look out for him. We bust on each other, and every time I pitch, if there is one small detail I do wrong, he’ll be the first one to tell me, ‘You suck at this!’ I may miss hearing that.”