Tuesday, May 17, 2022
BASEBALL : BOHEMIA MANOR vs HAVRE DE GRACE
PHOTOS BY TINA LINKOUS
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS:
EAGLES TOP WARRIORS 8-5 - CONTINUED FROM COVER -
Gannon Williams would steal second. First baseman Robbie Burris homered on the first pitch of the at next bat, scoring three runs and giving the Eagles an early 3-0 lead. Havre de Grace would have to face three more batters before getting the final out to end the inning. The Warriors couldn’t get anything started in the second inning Logan Ward leads off the inning with a single the next three batters would fly out to centerfield, ground out to second and Frank Rogers ended the top of the second with a strike out. Bohemia Manor came back with a strong second inning performance putting up three more runs. Senior Tyler Losten would steal second and third base before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Deaven Jones. Deaven Jones, Gannon Williams, and Mason Williams each drove in runs during the inning and the Eagles would
record four steals in the inning. Gannon “The Cannon” Williams toed the rubber for Bohemia Manor allowing only four hits and three runs over four innings, striking out four. The Eagles started to get in trouble in the fifth inning when Williams would start the inning with a walk and a single. With runners at first and second, Sophomore Matt Felice was put on the mound with the score being 7-1. Havre de Grace’s Dyllon Zachry-Nance would fly out to right field before Felice would load the bases after hitting the next batter then walk in a run making the score 7-2. The Warriors would make the score 7-3 when Walker scores from third on a dropped 3rd strike. A double by Frank Rogers would score two more runs for the Warriors and suddenly the score is 7-5. Junior Michael Preske would come in to replace
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STRANGE BUT TRUE By Lucie Winborne
* During World War II, French actress/dancer Leslie Caron’s wealthy family suffered such severe financial reversals that she was once forced to make shoes out of her grandmother’s opera gloves. * Until 1937, it was illegal for men to be topless in the U.S., even on beaches. Felice on the mound and get the Eagles out of a tough inning. Preske would finish the game strong for the Eagles only facing eight batters and striking out five. In the bottom of the sixth inning the Eagle would add one more run when Deaven Jones gets a single on a ground ball. He would steal second before scoring on a single by Kyle Polaski to center field making the score 8-5. Aaron Santiago started on
the hill for Havre de Grace Warriors Varsity. Santiago surrendered six runs on five hits over two innings. Dyllon Zachry-Nance threw four innings in relief. Gannon Williams led the Eagles with two hits in four at bats. Bohemia Manor stole a total of eight bases during the game as three players stole more than one. Polaski, Losten, and Jones each with two.
* Is there a “junk drawer” in your house? If so, you’re in good company, as a whopping 80% of Americans have at least one, but the average household actually boasts three. The most common items found in these catchalls are super glue (57%), writing utensils (also 57%) and duct tape (51%). What’s in yours? * Gary Kremen, the founder of Match.com, one of the world’s largest and most popular online dating websites, lost his girlfriend to a guy she met on Match.com. * The origin of the phrase “in the limelight” comes from the early days of theater, when spotlights were produced by directing a flame at calcium oxide, or quicklime. * In 1922, Americans consumed around 1,000,000 Eskimo Pies a day, which not only hiked up the cost of cocoa beans by 50%, but also single-handedly lifted Ecuador’s economy out of a depression. * According to the market research firm Euromonitor International, worldwide chewing gum sales have declined by 15% since 2007, the same year that the iPhone came out. The firm attributed the decrease to consumers distracted by their phones in checkout lines, where most gum purchases are made. * Ichiro Suzuki, baseball’s all-time hits leader, learned Spanish solely for the purpose of trashtalking opponents. * An “endling” is a term used for the last animal of an entire species. When an endling dies, the species is considered extinct.
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