AFTON – The Afton varsity baseball team hosted Richfield Springs in the first round of the Section IV Class D Tournament on May 17, winning 12-1.

Afton earned a second seed in the tournament with their 12-3 overall regular season record, only trailing first seed Hancock with a 15-2 record.

This set up the matchup earlier this week between Richfield Springs (6-6).

The Crimson Knights of Afton would have a somewhat slow start at the plate, only securing two runs in the first inning followed by three additional runs in the third.

However, Afton could afford some adjustment at the plate due to the stellar pitching from Joe DeVona.

DeVona pitched for the first six innings of the contest, only allowing two hits and one walk out of his 84-pitches to Richfield Springs. More impressively, DeVona would strikeout 15-Richfield Springs batters in his six innings on the mound.