Unadilla Valley advances to MAC baseball title game
Evening Sun Report
Baseball
Unadilla Valley 5, Hancock 3
HANCOCK – Unadilla Valley defeated Hancock for the second time this season Thursday, and advanced to its first Midstate Athletic Conference title game.
UV (10-3) took the lead for good with three runs in the top of the fifth. Brett Smith hit a solo homer, one of his two solo round-trippers, Brandon Miles belted a solo four-bagger two batters later, and Brandon Kuhn’s RBI double scored Zach Montgomery.
“Everything came together well in that inning,” said UV assistant coach Tom Locke. “We had some timely hitting. Four of our seven hits went for extra bases.”
Smith went the distance for the victory, and consistently worked out of harm’s way. “He worked into trouble and worked out of it,” Locke said. “I think Hancock left seven runners on base the first three innings. At one point - in the first and second innings – Brett struck out five in a row. He beared down when he needed to.”
In addition to Smith’s two solo homers, Justin Hofer had two hits and one RBI. The Storm will play Unatego or Sidney in the league title game next Thursday.
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Brett Smith (W) and Zach Montgomery. Cole Duston (L), Tyler Phillips (6) and Chris Wadeson. Doubles: (UV) Brandon Kuhn, (H) Phillips, Eli Holton, Wadeson, Rocco Christian. HR: (UV) Brett Smith (2), Brandon Miles, (H) Warren Drake.
Bainbridge-Guilford 7 Afton 1
BAINBRIDGE – B-G won its fourth straight game and fifth in six games defeating Afton for the second time this season.
Austin Bauerle and Mark Cordner had RBI singles in B-G’s four-run first, and two runs scored on an error.
Bauerle went the distance for the victory outdueling Afton’s Cameron Oswald. “Austin pitched a great game and it was a quick game,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “He threw strikes, and so did Cameron other than the first inning.”
Lucas Butcher was 2-for-2 to lead B-G (6-7) with two runs scored. Josh Akshar was also 2-for-2 to top Afton’s batters.
B-G plays either Walton or Greene on Monday.
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Austin Bauerle (W) and Tyler Ouimet. Cameron Oswald (L) and Josh Austin. Doubles: (A) Matt Olin.
Greene 8, Oxford 7
GREENE - Greene rebounded from a 3-0 deficit in the opening inning with five runs of its own in the bottom of the first in Thursday’s MAC victory over the Blackhawks.
Cole Browning had a two-run double in the first inning to vault the Trojans in front, and Korbin Neudel followed with the first of his two RBI singles.
“It was nice to get a couple of clutch hits early in the game,” said Greene coach Steve Burghardt.
Oxford rallied with a two-run double from Adam Pierson in the fourth, and Pierson’s RBI single in the sixth drew his club to within one run. Oxford threatened in the last inning putting runners on second and third before Greene pitcher Josh Hurlburt polished off the win with a strikeout to end the game.
Hurlburt allowed just three hits and struck out six to offset eight base on balls. “Oxford didn’t make a whole lot of solid contact against him,” Burghardt said of Hurlburt. “He had his good stuff today, he just needs to trust it.”
Greene hosts Walton today with the winner facing Bainbridge-Guilford on Monday.
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Josh Hurlburt (W) and Kurt Bartholomew. Andrew Golden (L), Head (4) and Ryan Moore. Doubles: (O) Adam Pierson, (G) Cole Browning.
Softball
Unadilla Valley 7, Unatego 1
NEW BERLIN – In the MAC mini tournament, Unadilla Valley, the 10th seed, received one-hit pitching from Maggie Avolio to upend 11th-seeded Unatego Thursday.
Unadilla Valley broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the third. Brittany Fairchild hit a two-run triple to score Jordan Anderson and Meg Smith. Jackie Smith drove in Fairchild, and Smith came home on Avolio’s single.
Jackie Smith finished 3-for-4, whiel Anderson and Fairchild had two hits apiece. UV plays Sidney Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Sidney Federal Credit Union Tournament hosted by Bainbridge-Guilford.
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Maggie Avolio (W) and Jordan Anderson. Mikaela Kinsella (L), Kate Benedict (4), and Samantha Saunders. Doubles: (UV) Sienna Romero, Triples: (UV) Jordan Anderson, Brittany Fairchild.
Greene 9, Oxford 0
GREENE – Greene avenged its loss to Oxford last week Thursday evening, and advanced to the MAC title game for the fourth straight season behind the no-hit pitching of senior Rebecca Hanrahan.
Hanrahan, a 1-0 loser to Oxford last week, struck out eight and walked none. The only Oxford scoring threat came in the first inning when a pair of errors put Oxford’s baserunners in scoring position. “The miscues didn’t end up hurting us, and we made plays when we had to,” said Greene coach Rick Smith.
Greene mustered just five hits in the shutout loss a week ago. This time around, the Trojans batters were able to solve Oxford hurler Jacquelyn Heggie. Kiley Schaff hit a bases-loaded triple in the fifth inning that moved the Greene lead to 5-0. Natalie Greene added a two-run homer in the sixth. Hanrahan led the way with a 3-for-4 day at the plate as Greene finished with a dozen base knocks.
“We really concentrated tonight on making better contact, and we did that,” Smith said, whose club hosts Afton Thursday, May 17 in the league title game. “We hit the ball with power to the right spots.”
Greene will host its own tournament today and tomorrow. It entertains Whitney Point tonight at 6:30 p.m. and the consolation and championship games are scheduled Saturday at 1:30 and 3 p.m. respectively.
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Rebecca Hanrahan (W) and Gabby Sherwood, Morgan Ellis (6). Jac. Heggie (L) and Jul. Heggie. Doubles: (G) Hanrahan, Taylor Ellis Triples: (G) Hanrahan; Kiley Schaff. HR: (G) Natalie Greene.
Golf
Oxford 202, Cincinnatus 211
OXFORD – Oxford’s five scoring players all had their best rounds of the season, and Oxford’s season-low score was good enough to hand Cincinnatus its first loss of the spring season.
Dan Dey (37) birdied the second hole on the front nine at Bluestone Golf Course, and finished with the low overall score. Adding to the Oxford total were Chris Marks (38), Justin Schray (40), Mark Martin (43), and Jake McConnell (44).
The Blackhawks linksters improved their mark to 5-2-1, while Cincinnatus fell to 8-1. Oxford plays at Unadilla Valley today.
Results
(par-34 front nine at Bluestone G.C.)
Oxford: Dan Dey, 37; Chris Marks, 38; Justin Schray, 40; Mark Martin, 43;Jake McConnell, 44.
Cincy: Bryant Loomis, 41; Troy Halstrom, Mickey Halstrom, CJ Underwood, 42; Cody Warner, 44.
Girls’ Track and Field
S-E girls sweep victories from Oriskany, M-E, and Hamilton
SHERBURNE - Sherburne-Earlville’s girls swept track victories over Morrisville-Eaton (78-55), Oriskany (85-44), and Hamilton (95-35) in Wednesday afternoon’s home meet.
S-E captured the three relays and had 10 overall victories in 17 events. Below are results of the meet:
3200m relay: (SE), time not available, Eleni Brantley, Gabby Huff, Madeline Dubois, Meghan Dushko. 110m hurdles: Kim Horton (M), 17.5. 110m: Sarah Sampson (O), 13.8. 1500m: Halley McArn (H), 5:55.1. 400m relay: (SE), 54.1; LoPresti, Van Dauber, Godfrey, Palmer. 400m: Michaela Murphy (O), 1:052. 400m hurdles: Gemma Godfrey (SE), 1:11.8. 800m: Madeline DuBois (SE), 2:45. 200m: Allie LoPresti (SE), 28.9. 3000m: Gabby Huff (SE), 13:47. 1600m relay: (SE), 4:45, Godfrey, DuBois, Brantley, LoPresti. High jump: Horton (ME), 4-10. Long jump: Horton (ME), 14-3 1/2. Pole vault: Emma Karaman (SE), 8-0; Triple jump: Emily Palmer (SE), 35- 1/2. Shot put: Jesse Woodruff (ME), 30-3 1/2; Discus: Taylor Jordan (SE), 75-5.
Boys’ Tennis
B-G 4, Hancock 1
HANCOCK – B-G won two matches by forfeit, and first and second singles players, BenGabriel Gonzalez and Skyler McKee rolled to straight sets wins in B-G’s road victory Thursday.
The Bobcats (3-4) host Walton on Monday.
Results
Singles: BenGabriel Gonalez (B) d. Mark, White, 6-2, 7-5; Skyler McKee (B) d. Keith Haskell, 6-4, 6-4; Thomas Petrutoni (B) won by fft. 1-0.
Doubles: Andrew Doerr-Martin Evenbom (H) d. Joanna Herron-Mallory Kampe, 6-3, 6-4; Spenser Stevens-Matthew Feyh (B) won by fft.
Windsor 5, Greene 2
GREENE – Greene’s lone victories came at first singles and first doubles in a non-league loss to Windsor.
Cameron Race topped Austin Wilmot in three sets for the Trojans’ first win, and the doubles duo of Connor Moriarty and Brian Leone easily claimed a straight sets victory.
Greene’s second and third doubles teams played together for the first time this season, and each extended their matches to three sets before losing. “Alec (Targett) and Liam (Allport) played well together and got a lot of balls back,” said Greene coach Rich Karl. “They played exhibition all year, and I wish I could have gotten them into more matches.”
Results
Singles: Cameron Race (G) d. Austin Wilmot, 6-7 (3) 6-4, 10-3; Ryan Mirch (W) d. Brady Race, 6-0, 6-2; Dustin Flanagan (W) d. Karl Zaengle, 6-3, 7-5; Jared MIrch (W) d. Sean Deering, 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles: Connor Moriarty-Brian Leone (G) d. Adam Wilmot-Chandler Hmurcik, 6-1, 6-3; Josh Hoyt-Ryan Rafferty (W) d. Mike Anderson-Garrett Hebbard, 6-1, 4-6, 10-8. Jason Schmidt-Caleb Larnard (W) d. Alec Targett-Liam Allport, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Baseball
Unadilla Valley 5, Hancock 3
HANCOCK – Unadilla Valley defeated Hancock for the second time this season Thursday, and advanced to its first Midstate Athletic Conference title game.
UV (10-3) took the lead for good with three runs in the top of the fifth. Brett Smith hit a solo homer, one of his two solo round-trippers, Brandon Miles belted a solo four-bagger two batters later, and Brandon Kuhn’s RBI double scored Zach Montgomery.
“Everything came together well in that inning,” said UV assistant coach Tom Locke. “We had some timely hitting. Four of our seven hits went for extra bases.”
Smith went the distance for the victory, and consistently worked out of harm’s way. “He worked into trouble and worked out of it,” Locke said. “I think Hancock left seven runners on base the first three innings. At one point - in the first and second innings – Brett struck out five in a row. He beared down when he needed to.”
In addition to Smith’s two solo homers, Justin Hofer had two hits and one RBI. The Storm will play Unatego or Sidney in the league title game next Thursday.
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Brett Smith (W) and Zach Montgomery. Cole Duston (L), Tyler Phillips (6) and Chris Wadeson. Doubles: (UV) Brandon Kuhn, (H) Phillips, Eli Holton, Wadeson, Rocco Christian. HR: (UV) Brett Smith (2), Brandon Miles, (H) Warren Drake.
Bainbridge-Guilford 7 Afton 1
BAINBRIDGE – B-G won its fourth straight game and fifth in six games defeating Afton for the second time this season.
Austin Bauerle and Mark Cordner had RBI singles in B-G’s four-run first, and two runs scored on an error.
Bauerle went the distance for the victory outdueling Afton’s Cameron Oswald. “Austin pitched a great game and it was a quick game,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “He threw strikes, and so did Cameron other than the first inning.”
Lucas Butcher was 2-for-2 to lead B-G (6-7) with two runs scored. Josh Akshar was also 2-for-2 to top Afton’s batters.
B-G plays either Walton or Greene on Monday.
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Austin Bauerle (W) and Tyler Ouimet. Cameron Oswald (L) and Josh Austin. Doubles: (A) Matt Olin.
Greene 8, Oxford 7
GREENE - Greene rebounded from a 3-0 deficit in the opening inning with five runs of its own in the bottom of the first in Thursday’s MAC victory over the Blackhawks.
Cole Browning had a two-run double in the first inning to vault the Trojans in front, and Korbin Neudel followed with the first of his two RBI singles.
“It was nice to get a couple of clutch hits early in the game,” said Greene coach Steve Burghardt.
Oxford rallied with a two-run double from Adam Pierson in the fourth, and Pierson’s RBI single in the sixth drew his club to within one run. Oxford threatened in the last inning putting runners on second and third before Greene pitcher Josh Hurlburt polished off the win with a strikeout to end the game.
Hurlburt allowed just three hits and struck out six to offset eight base on balls. “Oxford didn’t make a whole lot of solid contact against him,” Burghardt said of Hurlburt. “He had his good stuff today, he just needs to trust it.”
Greene hosts Walton today with the winner facing Bainbridge-Guilford on Monday.
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Josh Hurlburt (W) and Kurt Bartholomew. Andrew Golden (L), Head (4) and Ryan Moore. Doubles: (O) Adam Pierson, (G) Cole Browning.
Softball
Unadilla Valley 7, Unatego 1
NEW BERLIN – In the MAC mini tournament, Unadilla Valley, the 10th seed, received one-hit pitching from Maggie Avolio to upend 11th-seeded Unatego Thursday.
Unadilla Valley broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the third. Brittany Fairchild hit a two-run triple to score Jordan Anderson and Meg Smith. Jackie Smith drove in Fairchild, and Smith came home on Avolio’s single.
Jackie Smith finished 3-for-4, whiel Anderson and Fairchild had two hits apiece. UV plays Sidney Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Sidney Federal Credit Union Tournament hosted by Bainbridge-Guilford.
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Maggie Avolio (W) and Jordan Anderson. Mikaela Kinsella (L), Kate Benedict (4), and Samantha Saunders. Doubles: (UV) Sienna Romero, Triples: (UV) Jordan Anderson, Brittany Fairchild.
Greene 9, Oxford 0
GREENE – Greene avenged its loss to Oxford last week Thursday evening, and advanced to the MAC title game for the fourth straight season behind the no-hit pitching of senior Rebecca Hanrahan.
Hanrahan, a 1-0 loser to Oxford last week, struck out eight and walked none. The only Oxford scoring threat came in the first inning when a pair of errors put Oxford’s baserunners in scoring position. “The miscues didn’t end up hurting us, and we made plays when we had to,” said Greene coach Rick Smith.
Greene mustered just five hits in the shutout loss a week ago. This time around, the Trojans batters were able to solve Oxford hurler Jacquelyn Heggie. Kiley Schaff hit a bases-loaded triple in the fifth inning that moved the Greene lead to 5-0. Natalie Greene added a two-run homer in the sixth. Hanrahan led the way with a 3-for-4 day at the plate as Greene finished with a dozen base knocks.
“We really concentrated tonight on making better contact, and we did that,” Smith said, whose club hosts Afton Thursday, May 17 in the league title game. “We hit the ball with power to the right spots.”
Greene will host its own tournament today and tomorrow. It entertains Whitney Point tonight at 6:30 p.m. and the consolation and championship games are scheduled Saturday at 1:30 and 3 p.m. respectively.
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Rebecca Hanrahan (W) and Gabby Sherwood, Morgan Ellis (6). Jac. Heggie (L) and Jul. Heggie. Doubles: (G) Hanrahan, Taylor Ellis Triples: (G) Hanrahan; Kiley Schaff. HR: (G) Natalie Greene.
Golf
Oxford 202, Cincinnatus 211
OXFORD – Oxford’s five scoring players all had their best rounds of the season, and Oxford’s season-low score was good enough to hand Cincinnatus its first loss of the spring season.
Dan Dey (37) birdied the second hole on the front nine at Bluestone Golf Course, and finished with the low overall score. Adding to the Oxford total were Chris Marks (38), Justin Schray (40), Mark Martin (43), and Jake McConnell (44).
The Blackhawks linksters improved their mark to 5-2-1, while Cincinnatus fell to 8-1. Oxford plays at Unadilla Valley today.
Results
(par-34 front nine at Bluestone G.C.)
Oxford: Dan Dey, 37; Chris Marks, 38; Justin Schray, 40; Mark Martin, 43;Jake McConnell, 44.
Cincy: Bryant Loomis, 41; Troy Halstrom, Mickey Halstrom, CJ Underwood, 42; Cody Warner, 44.
Girls’ Track and Field
S-E girls sweep victories from Oriskany, M-E, and Hamilton
SHERBURNE - Sherburne-Earlville’s girls swept track victories over Morrisville-Eaton (78-55), Oriskany (85-44), and Hamilton (95-35) in Wednesday afternoon’s home meet.
S-E captured the three relays and had 10 overall victories in 17 events. Below are results of the meet:
3200m relay: (SE), time not available, Eleni Brantley, Gabby Huff, Madeline Dubois, Meghan Dushko. 110m hurdles: Kim Horton (M), 17.5. 110m: Sarah Sampson (O), 13.8. 1500m: Halley McArn (H), 5:55.1. 400m relay: (SE), 54.1; LoPresti, Van Dauber, Godfrey, Palmer. 400m: Michaela Murphy (O), 1:052. 400m hurdles: Gemma Godfrey (SE), 1:11.8. 800m: Madeline DuBois (SE), 2:45. 200m: Allie LoPresti (SE), 28.9. 3000m: Gabby Huff (SE), 13:47. 1600m relay: (SE), 4:45, Godfrey, DuBois, Brantley, LoPresti. High jump: Horton (ME), 4-10. Long jump: Horton (ME), 14-3 1/2. Pole vault: Emma Karaman (SE), 8-0; Triple jump: Emily Palmer (SE), 35- 1/2. Shot put: Jesse Woodruff (ME), 30-3 1/2; Discus: Taylor Jordan (SE), 75-5.
Boys’ Tennis
B-G 4, Hancock 1
HANCOCK – B-G won two matches by forfeit, and first and second singles players, BenGabriel Gonzalez and Skyler McKee rolled to straight sets wins in B-G’s road victory Thursday.
The Bobcats (3-4) host Walton on Monday.
Results
Singles: BenGabriel Gonalez (B) d. Mark, White, 6-2, 7-5; Skyler McKee (B) d. Keith Haskell, 6-4, 6-4; Thomas Petrutoni (B) won by fft. 1-0.
Doubles: Andrew Doerr-Martin Evenbom (H) d. Joanna Herron-Mallory Kampe, 6-3, 6-4; Spenser Stevens-Matthew Feyh (B) won by fft.
Windsor 5, Greene 2
GREENE – Greene’s lone victories came at first singles and first doubles in a non-league loss to Windsor.
Cameron Race topped Austin Wilmot in three sets for the Trojans’ first win, and the doubles duo of Connor Moriarty and Brian Leone easily claimed a straight sets victory.
Greene’s second and third doubles teams played together for the first time this season, and each extended their matches to three sets before losing. “Alec (Targett) and Liam (Allport) played well together and got a lot of balls back,” said Greene coach Rich Karl. “They played exhibition all year, and I wish I could have gotten them into more matches.”
Results
Singles: Cameron Race (G) d. Austin Wilmot, 6-7 (3) 6-4, 10-3; Ryan Mirch (W) d. Brady Race, 6-0, 6-2; Dustin Flanagan (W) d. Karl Zaengle, 6-3, 7-5; Jared MIrch (W) d. Sean Deering, 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles: Connor Moriarty-Brian Leone (G) d. Adam Wilmot-Chandler Hmurcik, 6-1, 6-3; Josh Hoyt-Ryan Rafferty (W) d. Mike Anderson-Garrett Hebbard, 6-1, 4-6, 10-8. Jason Schmidt-Caleb Larnard (W) d. Alec Targett-Liam Allport, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
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