Join us for a recap of sectional/ regional play for our Wasaren teams and a breakdown of Mechanicville and Saratoga Catholic baseball squads, competing this weekend for state championships.

Mechanicville 7 Canton 0

WP: Chris Couser 7 IP 3 Hits 0 Runs 3 BB’s 4 K’s LP: C. Todd 6 IP 7 Hits 7 Runs 1 BB 7 K’s

Hitting Stars: Mechanicville – Scotty Lynch 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI’s Mark Pingelski 1-3, 2 RBI’s Jake Fedorowicz 1-2, 2 RBI’s Canton- Z. Roger 1-2 M. Brandish-Hayes 1-2

Take Away: Mechanicville plated six runs on five hits in the third frame and Couser spins the three-hitter to lead Mechanicville past Canton in the Class B regional championship. Mechanicville (18-6) moves to the B semifinals and a matchup with Babylon (20-3) on June 13th at Mirabito Stadium in Binghamton at 4 p.m.

Spa Catholic 11 Ticonderoga 1

WP: Pierce Byrne 3 IP 2 Hits 1 Run

Hitting Stars: Saints – Pierce Byrne 2-3, RBI Hunter Fales 2-3, 3B, RBI Kihl Kelly 1-2, 3B, RBI

Take Away: The Saints (25-1) roll past Ti to earn the Class C regional championship and a state semifinal appearance where they’ll face Burke Catholic on June 13th at Union Endicott High School at 7 p.m.

Ticonderoga 4 Stillwater 3

WP: Drinkwine 7 IP 7 Hits 4 Runs 1 ER 5 BB’s 1 K LP: Eden Resch 7 IP 5 Hits 4 Runs 3 ER 1 BB 10 K’s

Hitting Stars: Drinkwine 2-3, 2B, RBI Johndrow 3B, RBI Stillwater – Eden Resch 3-4, RBI Katie Coogan 2-4

Take Away: Trailing 3-1 entering the sixth inning, Ti took the lead with a 3-run frame and held off Stillwater to secure the win in the Class C softball state regional championship. Stillwater scored single runs in each of the first three innings but went scoreless the rest of the way.

Stillwater (14-7) finishes an outstanding season including a six-game winning streak in post season play earning them a Section II Class C title and the school’s first state regional final appearance.

Mechanicville 4   Cobleskill 1

WP:  Chris Couser 4 IP 2 Hits 1 Run 1 BB 4 K’s       Save:  AJ Messercola 3 IP 3 Hits 0 Runs 1 BB 5 K’s   LP:  E. Barr 5.1 IP 4 Hits 4 Runs 3 BB’s 4 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Mechanicville – Chris Couser 1-2, HR, 2 RBI’s     Mark Pingelski 1-3, RBI     Jonathan Harris 1-3, RBI            Cobleskill – D. Cover 1-2       S. O’Neil 1-2 

Take Away:  Couser and Messercola combine to limit Cobleskill to one run on five hits leading Mechanicville to the Section II Class B title.  

2025 Wasaren League All-Stars 

MVP:       Toni DeLorenzo, Tamarac, So., P

First Team

Section 2 All-Stars: 

1. Alexa Jansen, Greenwich, Fr., Util.
2. Mihayl Blake, Tamarac, Sr., SS
3. Lainey Bochette, Hoosic Valley, Jr, SS       

Second Team

Honorable Mention

#8 Stillwater 9   #2 Galway 3

WP:  Eden Resch 7 IP 3 Hits 3 Runs 7 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Stillwater – Eden Resch 3-run HR      Morgan Kaiser 2B     Sofian Perniciaro 1B, RBI     Katie Coogan 1B, RBI

Take Away:  #8 Stillwater took control with a six-run fifth highlighted by Resch’s three-run inside the park home run, and Stillwater closed things out to earn the Section II Class C title, their first since 1982.  Stillwater advances to a Class C sub regional on Wednesday at Luther Forest, facing the Section X champion. 

#1 Spa Catholic 5   #2 Granville 2

WP:  Pierce Byrne 4.1 IP 2 Runs 0 ER 6 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Ronan Rowe 3B     Hunter Fales 2-3     Kihl Kelly 1B, RBI

Take Away:  The Saints built a 4-0 lead after two frames and held off the Golden Horde to clinch the Sectional title in Class C.  Spa Catholic improves to 22-1 on the year and advances to the state sub regionals.  

#1 Chatham 6   #2 Tamarac 5

WP:  Skylar Groom 7 IP 4 Hits 5 Runs 3 BB’s 8 K’s       LP:  Toni DeLorenzo 6.1 IP 5 Hits 6 Runs 3 BB’s 5 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Chatham – Skylar Groom 2B     Anna Freidman walk-off RBI 1B         Bengals – Toni DeLorenzo 1B, RBI     Makenna Ashe 1B, RBI     Addison Ferris 1B, RBI

Take Away:  Trailing 5-2 entering the final frame, Tamarac plated three to knot the score, but Chatham walked it off on Freidman’s run-scoring single in the bottom half to claim the Section II Class B championship.   

Tamarac 7   Hoosick Falls 4

WP:  Toni DeLorenzo 7 IP 7 Hits 4 Runs 2BB’s 8 K’s        LP:  Boisvert 6 IP 8 Hits 7 Runs 6 ER 2 BB’s 4 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Bengals – Toni Delorenzo 2 1B’s     Makenna Ashe 2 1B’s, 2 RBI’s      Cameron McClurg 1B, 2 RBI’s                 Falls – Hart 3-3, 2 RBI’s       Lackey 2B, 2 RBI’s

Take Away:  Trailing 4-2, the Bengals used a five-run sixth frame, highlighted by a McClurg 2-run single, to gain the lead and DeLorenzo and the Tamarac defense closed things out in the seventh to earn the Class B semifinal win.  #2 Tamarac will face top-seeded Chatham in the title game on Thursday in Malta at 5 p.m. 

Stillwater 16   Granville 8    No other info at this time

#8 Stillwater will face #2 Galway in the Class C title game on Thursday in Malta at 5 p.m.

Spa Catholic 6   Greenwich 1

WP:  Brian Selig 7 IP 6 Hits 1 Run 1 ER 1 BB 1 HBP 8 K’s             LP:  Cal Curtis

Hitting Stars:  Witches – Max Britton 2-3, RBI     Jason Pescetti 2-3, RBI     Hunter Fales 1-3, RBI       Witches – Joey Skiff 1-2, run scored

Take Away:  Selig scattered six hits over seven frames and the Saints took control with a five-run fourth, on their way to the Class C semifinal victory.  Top-seeded Spa Catholic will face #2 Granville in the championship game on Thursday at Joe Bruno Stadium in a 4 p.m. start.

Mechanicville 10   Fonda 0

WP:  AJ Messercola 5 IP 4 Hits 0 Runs 2 BB’s 4 K’s       LP:  Hernigle 3 IP 6 Hits 5 Runs 3 BB’s 3 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Mechanicville – Mark Pingelski 3-3, 3 RBI’s     Scotty Lynch 2-3, 3 RBI’s    John Fedorowicz 1-3, 2 RBI’s      Jonathan Harris 1-3, 2 RBI’s        Fonda – Huckans 1-2     Rose 1-2     Hamlen 1-2      Hernigle 1-2

Take Away:  Messercola spins the five-inning shutout, and the Mechanicville lineup produces 10 runs on 11 hits in the comfortable semifinal “W” in Class B.  #7 Mechanicville will face the winner of #1 Chatham/#5 Cobleskill in the championship game on June 1 at 10 a.m. at “The Joe”.     

Greenwich 5   Warrensburg 4

WP:  7 IP 7 Hits 4 Runs 4 ER 1 BB 10 K’s       LP:  Kawlidga Duell 4.1 IP 10 Hits 5 Runs 3 ER 1 BB 1 K

Hitting Stars:  Witches – Ryan Ingber 1B, 2B     Jack Scieszka 3B, RBI     Joey Skiff 2 1B’s      Will Weber 2 1B’s     Burghers – Louis Lang 2 1B’s, RBI

Take Away:  Trailing 4-0 entering the bottom half of the fifth frame, Greenwich scored five times to gain the lead and held on for the quarterfinal “W” in Class C.  Next up for the Witches is a semifinal matchup with top-seeded Spa Catholic on Monday at 7 p.m. in Guilderland at Dutchman Field.

Spa Catholic 10   Hadley Luzerne 0

WP:  Tyler Weygand 4 IP 2 Hits 0 Runs 1 BB 4 K’s       LP:  Potts

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Kihl Kelly 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI’s     Pierce Byrne 2-3, 2 2B’s, RBI     Ryan Gillis 2-4, 3 RBI’s     

Take Away:  The Saints scored six times over the first two frames to take control on their way to the Class C quarterfinal victory.  The top-seeded Saints will face the winner of Greenwich/Warrensburg in the semi’s on Monday at 3 p.m. at Dutchmen Park.  

Mechanicville 6   Coxsackie-Athens 5    (8)

WP:  Chris Couser 8 IP 9 Hits 5 Runs 6 BB’s 3 K’s      LP:  Van Alphen 1 IP 2 Hits 1 Runs      

Hitting Stars:  Mechanicville – Scotty Lynch 2-4, HR, RBI      Cruz Goverski 1-4, HR, 2 RBI’s      John Fedorowicz 2-3, 2 RBI’s         CA – Sager 2-4, HR, 2 RBI’s     Slater 2-4, HR, RBI

Take Away:  Mechanicville earns the extra-inning win in the Class B quarters and advances to a semifinal matchup with Fonda on Monday at 4 p.m. in Saratoga.

Fonda 5   Cambridge-Salem 0

WP:  Jake Hemigle

Hitting Stars:  Fonda – Ethan Richardson 3-4, 2 RBI’s

Take Away:  Hemigle and Jacob Sheldon combine to no-hit Cambridge/Salem leading Fonda to the Class B quarterfinal win.  

Cobleskill 5   Hoosick Falls 4    No other info at this time

Saratoga Catholic 12   Hoosic Valley 0    (5)

WP:  Pierce Byrne 5 IP 0 Hits 0 Runs 1 BB 10 K’s      LP:  J. Schram

Hitting Stars:  Saints – Ryan Gillis 2-2, 3B, 2 RBI’s     Hunter Fales 1-2, 2 RBI’s     Ronan Rowe 1-2, 2 RBI’s

Take Away:  Byrne tosses the five-inning no-hitter, and the Saints bats provide more than enough offense to seal the first-round victory in Class C.  

Hoosick Falls 4   Taconic Hills 3

WP:  Luke Nicholas 7 IP 3 Hits 3 Runs 7 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Falls – Carson Glover 2, 1B’s run scored          TC – Gavin Hartka 1B, 2-run HR

Take Away:  The #13 Panthers trailed 3-0 thru two frames but after plating single runs in the third and fifth innings, gained the lead with a two-run sixth and held on for the Class B first-round win over #4 Taconic Hills.  

Greenwich 3   Berne-Knox 2

WP:  Cal Curtis 6 IP 7 Hits 2 Runs 1 ER 4 K’s        Save:  Joey Skiff 1 IP 1 Hit 1 K            LP:  Henry Ferguson 6 IP 5 Hits 3 Runs 3 ER 6 BB’s 2 K’s

Hitting Stars:  Witches – Max Anatriello 1B, HR, RBI               BK – Henry Ferguson 1B, 2B, RBI     Matt Dwyer 2B

Take Away:  The Witches ran out to a 3-0 lead after two frames and held on for the first-round win in Class C.  Next up for the Witches in a Saturday matchup with Warrensburg in Greenwich with an 11:30 A.M. first pitch.  

Mechanicville 8   Johnstown 2 

WP:  AJ Messercola 7 IP 3 Hits 2 Runs 5 BB’s 11 K’s        LP:  Brown 6 IP 10 Hits 8 Runs 3 BB’s 1 K

Hitting Stars:  Mechanicville – Chris Couser 3-4, 3 RBI’s     Mark Pingelski 1-4, 2 RBI’s     John Fedorowicz 2-4, RBI         Sir Bills – Wing 1-1, 2 RBI’s     Porter 1-3     Brown 1-3

Take Away:  Messercola throws seven strong allowing just three hits, while the Mechanicville lineup produced 10 hits with seven players reaching safely and five driving in runs in the Class B first-round victory. 

Cambridge/Salem 5   Tamarac 2    No other info provided