Take Away: McCauliffe spins the five inning no-hitter and Greenwich scores 4 times on 10 hits in just four offensive frames, cruising past Norwood-Norfolk in the Class C regional final at Luther Forest. The Witches advance to the state semifinals on Saturday at Moriches Athletic Complex on Long Island where they’ll meet Section V champions Avon at 9 a.m.
Hitting Stars: Witches – Allie McQueen 2-run HR Norah Niesz 1B, RBI Chatham – Addison Perry 2B, Abby Taylor 3B
Take Away: The Witches trailed 3-1 entering the seventh but tied things on McQueen’s two-run shot sending the Class C championship into extra frames. In the top of the eleventh Niesz plated Sophia Boice on an RBI single with the go-ahead run. In the bottom of the frame Chatham moved Allison Engel to third on a sac bunt, but she was cut down at the plate by shortstop Faith Ingber who fielded a hot shot and came home with the throw. McCauliffe fanned the final batter and Greenwich (19-4), moves on to the regional final on June 4th in Malta where they’ll face the Section VII-X winner.
Take Away: In a pitchers duel between McCauliffe and Gould, the Witches pushed across the lone run of the contest in the top of the seventh on a McCauliffe double that plated Jocelyn Spezio with the game-winner. Greenwich advances to the Class C title game on Thursday at Moreau in a matchup with top seeded Chatham.
Take Away: The third-seeded Witches behind a strong outing from McCauliffe advance to the Class C semifinals on Tuesday at Moreau Rec. and a meeting with second-seeded Whitehall.
Take Away: Gould allowed just three Warriors hits in spinning the shutout, sending the Railroaders to a Class C semifinal matchup with Greenwich on Tuesday.
Class B: Schalmont 8 Tamarac 1
Class C: Chatham 2 Hoosick Falls 0
Baseball
Greenwich 11 Lake George 4
WP: Aidan McPhail 4IP 0 ER 3 Hits 8 K’s LP: Luke Sheldon
Take Away: A six-run fourth propels the 5th seeded Witches to the Class CC semifinals and a clash with top seeded Chatham on Monday at Husky Field in Gloversville.
Class B: Fonda 10 Mechanicville 1
Class CC: Canajoharie 6 Hoosick Falls 4 Chatham 8 Hoosic Valley 0
Take Away: Jones dominates from the bump, the #6 Panthers bang out 16 hits in four offensive frames, and advance to face #2 Canajoharie in the CC quarterfinals on Friday.
Hoosic Valley 7 Salem – Cambridge 0
WP: Connor King 7 IP 0 Runs 4 Hits 10 K’s LP: Jackson Thomas 6 IP 3 Runs 4 Hits 5 K’s
Hitting Stars: Valley – Mike Lancaster RBI 2B Connor King 1-2, RBI Jimmy Bolognino 2-4
Take Away: King blanks S/C on four hits and the #9 Valley sealed the win with a four-run seventh, and move on to the CC quarterfinals where they’ll face #1 Chatham on Friday.
Granville 1 Stillwater 0 (8)
WP: Caleb Nelson 8 IP 0 Runs 3 Hits 15 K’s LP: Shea Brown 7.1 IP 1 Run 2 Hits 11 K’s
Hitting Stars: Golden Horde – Cody Nelson 2B Caleb Nelson game-wining, walk-off RBI 1B
Take Away: In a pitcher’s duel between Brown and Nelson the Horde use their only two hits in the game in the bottom of the eighth when Cody Nelson doubled, and his brother Caleb drove him in with the game-winner, sending the #6 Horde to a CC quarterfinal on Friday with #3 Maple Hill.
Take Away: #3 Greenwich ran out to a 5-0 lead after three frames and held on, advancing to a Class C quarterfinal game with Warrensburg, in Greenwich on Thursday.
Take Away: In a meeting between division champs from the north and south, Mechanicville, behind a strong outing from Pingelski, clinches the Wasaren title for their third straight baseball championship. The Raiders finish league play with a 14-2 mark.
Tamarac 4 Greenwich 1
WP: Toni DeLorenzo 7 IP 1 Run 3 Hits LP: Reegan Mullen
Take Away: Bella DeLorenzo, Jaelyn Stemp and Cameron McClurg drove in runs in the 3-run second frame, which was all the offense the Bengals would need to earn the Wasaren softball championship.
Cambridge 20 Waterford 0
WP: Lauren Archambeault 5 IP 0 Runs 0 Hits 8 K’s LP: Abby Barna
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