THE MONTH IN NORTH COUNTRY SPORTS — MAY 2022 RECAP
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Class C Baseball and Softball Championships.....................Page 4 Class D Baseball and Softball Championships.....................Page 5 Bonus Zone Photos.......................................................Page 6-7 Track and Field Section VII Championships.....................Page 8-9 Section VII Tennis Championships...................................Page 10 Section VII Golf Championships......................................Page 11
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Peru captures Class B softball crown, 9-5
JOEY LAFRANCA/ P-R PHOTO Peru’s Zach O’Connell delivers what was the final pitch in the Nighthawks’ 6-2 win against Plattsburgh High in the Section VII Class B baseball championship at Chip Cummings Field in Plattsburgh.
BY JESSICA COLLINS Press-Republican
PLATTSBURGH — The Peru softball team got together after each inning and ended their huddle not with “Nighthawks” or “Team,” but instead, “Rally!” And that they did, several times in fact, in their Section VII Class B championship win over Plattsburgh High, May 24, 9-5 at Cardinal Park. Elly Cunningham had a double on the night for the Nighthawks, while Isabella Sypek notched three singles, a run scored and a stolen base. “It feels really good,” Peru coach Amie Marshall said. “We’re kind of a younger team than we’ve been in the past and these girls have worked really hard. There’s been a lot of ups and downs this season, but the last couple of games they’ve really come to play.”
THE GAME It was very much a pitcher’s duel, in the beginning, with the freshman Zoey Malcolm emerging the victor over veteran Hornet Calli Fitzwater. “It feels really good, especially being a freshman. Rachel (Madore) showed me the ropes out there and with Emily Beattie winning last year, it kind of gave me confidence,” Malcolm said. Fellow pitcher Madore, who played second during this game, said she is so proud of the work Malcolm has done this season and how much she had improved. “I’m so happy for Zoey. She’s grown so much over the season with her pitching and she’s just become an amazing player and I’m so proud of the work she did tonight,” Madore said. In the circle, Malcolm finished with five strikeouts in the win as Fitzwater fanned eight batters. “First of all, Calli’s an outstanding pitcher and I think that attributes to the slow start, you don’t see that fast of pitching all year and then she comes in and throws lights out,” Marshall said. Plattsburgh got on the board first in the third inning, with a triple from catcher Alyssa Hemingway, which drove in Lauren Baker and then a line drive single down the center from Amanda Vaughn that punched in another run. In the top of the fourth, Peru stuck to their mantra and rallied with Gabby Cunningham and Tynicia Hendrix scoring on walks, tying the game up. With two outs, Kallie Poirier then scored after a Plattsburgh error sent the
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Nighthawks take Class B title, 6-2 BY JOHN CORYER Press-Republican
JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO From left to right, Peru’s Kallie Poirier, Abby Bruce and Mia Marino are all smiles as Isabella Sypek lifts the Section VII Class B softball trophy with Aoife Lawliss (8) and Tynicia Hendrix (12) also celebrating after the Nighthawks defeated Plattsburgh High, 9-5, to win the sectional crown at Cardinal Park in Plattsburgh. ball awry and allowed her to get home safely. The Hornets then rallied back themselves, with Bella Miller hitting an RBI single to give her team the 4-3 lead. An odd play allowed the Nighthawks to tie the game at 4-all in the top of the fifth, with Madore laying down a bunt but being called out at first due to interference, but Lauren Prescott still able to get home safely due to a bit of confusion on the defense. “We put a couple of key bunts down and took advantage of a couple of errors on their part, not covering the bases” Marshall said. “I think you get that momentum and you keep going and I think that really just helped us, the key moments we took advantage of.” In the bottom of the sixth, Peru’s defense put on a show, highlighted by two outs caught by Malcolm, who showed great reflexes after the ball came right back to her. However, Plattsburgh was still able to regain the lead, after an error from Peru, Miller made it to second base and ran in another score. The seventh inning was when everything went right for Peru. First, Prescott laid down a bunt, which allowed Mia Marino to touch home base to tie the game at 5 apiece. Then, Madore walked, and Prescott scored on a mistake by the Plattsburgh defense. Sypek then whacked a single, and Gabby Cunningham walked to load the bases. “Honestly, anything could’ve hap-
pened because the heart of their line up was up, so I was nervous regardless of how many runs we put up but I felt confident,” Marshall said. “Our defense played a really good game especially our outfielders, they made some really great catches today and I just knew that if they wanted it enough they could make the plays.” Madore, Sypek and Cunningham all scored to make the game 9-5, which would end up being all they needed. On defense, they secured two flyouts and a groundout to end the game and take home the sectional title. In the end, the Nighthawks only had one error in the field, which helped to add to their success. “My team definitely had my back today. Even if a ball went through a gap, we just kept it together and kept throwing strikes and I trusted them behind me,” Malcolm said. “It definitely helped a lot that they knew where to make the plays, and I love it when they try to make me smile. It keeps my head up high.” Madore also said how great of a feeling it was to improve so much over Plattsburgh High this year, with the Hornets winning both games earlier this season, 15-4 and 13-8.
— Peru 9, Plattsburgh High 5 PCS 000 310 5 — 961 PHS 002 201 0 — 583 Malcolm and Sypek. Fitzwater and Hemingway. WP- Malcolm. LP- Fitzwater. 2B- Miller (PHS), E. Cunningham (PCS). 3B- Hemingway (PHS).
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PLATTSBURGH — The Peru baseball team, following a hard-fought battle all season long with Plattsburgh and Beekmantown for Division I supremacy, is the last of the three still standing. The top-seeded Nighthawks recorded a 6-2 win over the third-seeded Hornets on May 24 for the Section VII Class B championship at Chip Cummings Field. “We knew going into the season it was going to be the three of us competing for the championship,” Peru coach Brian Marino said. “The three of us played close games all season and I think it was important for us to get the top seed, while Plattsburgh had to go through Beekmantown first.” Ryan Maggy overcame a slow start to pitch six innings to get the victory. Maggy, who pitched to one batter in the seventh, finished with seven strikeouts, while allowing six hits and six walks. “Ryan had a rough first inning, throwing 35 pitches,” Marino said. “But then he was able to settle in.” The Hornets scored a run in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead, but stranded the bases loaded. In the second, Plattsburgh stranded two more runners and that was a theme for the game. The Hornets left 11 runners on base in all. “We had the bases loaded in the first inning and couldn’t get the timely hit,” Plattsburgh coach Pat Shaughnessy said. “In a big game, you have to capitalize on your chances and Peru did a better job than we did.” The Nighthawks, after two were out in the bottom of the first inning, tied the game on back-to-back doubles by Maggy and Landen Duprey. “Tying the game in the bottom of the first helped,” Marino said. “Duprey got a big hit to drive in Maggy.
“Then, we were able to get a couple of key hits later on and were also able to get a couple of bounces to go our way.” Peru took the lead for good with two runs in the third, with one runner coming across on a wild pitch and another on a two-out single by Wyatt Premore. The Nighthawks then broke it open with three in the fifth, with the lone error of the contest allowing the first run of the inning to score. Premore bunted home the second run and Connor Graves’ RBI single knocked in the third. “Premore had good execution on the suicide-squeeze bunt,” Marino said. Braeden Calkins’ sacrifice fly off reliever Zach O’Connell in the seventh gave the Hornets their final run. Nolan Manchester, Maggy, Duprey, Premore and Graves accounted for the five Peru hits. Carter King, Bostyn Duquette, Warren Miller, Brayden Trombley, Colin Golden and Trenton Griffiths had the Plattsburgh hits. Duquette took the loss as he went five innings, striking out nine, allowing five hits, three walks and three earned runs. “Bostyn threw well,” Shaughnessy said. “We didn’t do that bad a job against the top of their order. “I felt we were going to win the game and it stinks right now. But, overall, the season was a success for us.” “All the credit to our kids,” Marino said. “They came to play today. We had two battles with Plattsburgh during the regular season and we expected another battle today.” The Nighthawks will move on to regional play on the road against the Section X Class B winner on June 2 at St. Lawrence University. — Peru 6, Plattsburgh 2 PHS 100 000 1 — 2 6 1 PCS 102 030 x — 6 5 0 Duquette, Miller (6) and J. Calkins. Maggy, O’Connell (7) and Duprey. WP- Maggy. LP- Duquette. 2B- Maggy (PCS), Duprey (PCS).
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Ti piles it on AuSable Valley for Class C title, 18-9
BY JOHN CORYER Press-Republican
PLATTSBURGH — The Ticonderoga baseball team has been on a roll of late. It hasn’t stopped in post-season play. The top-seeded Sentinels jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first inning on May 25 and continued to tack on runs in an 18-9 victory over AuSable Valley in the Section VII Class C championship game at Chip Cummings Field. The Sentinels, a 13-3 winner over Moriah in the semifinals, scored a combined 31 runs in their two sectional victories. “It took us about half the season for the players to buy in on what we were trying to do and I’m happy with what we have done,” Ticonderoga coach Dan
FERNANDO ALBA/STAFF PHOTO Ticonderoga’s Carter Perron (3) celebrates with teammates after reaching home base, May 25, during the Section VII Class C final at Chip Cummings Field on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. Dorsett said. Winning pitcher Nate Trudeau struck out five in going the first four innings, but also did a lot of damage at the plate with three hits, including two long tri-
ples, and three RBI. “It was a weird game,” Dorsett said. “We expected to have a fight on our hands. We thought we had an advantage because they hadn’t seen Nate this sea-
son, but they hit the ball.” The Patriots did hit the ball, but five pitchers combined to allow 11 hits and nine walks. AuSable Valley also made six errors which didn’t help. “It started in the first inning and we can’t make the mistakes we made against a good team like Ticonderoga,” AuSable Valley coach Randy Douglas said. “They were able to capitalize.” The Patriots were able to cut their deficit to 5-4 going into the bottom of the third, only to have the Sentinels tally six times for an 11-4 advantage. Every time AuSable Valley tried to make a run, Ticonderoga had the answer. “We talked about how important it was to get off to a good start in the game,” Dorsett said. “We were able score early and I was happy we were able to respond
every time after they scored.” Tommy Montalbano, Nathan LaCourse and Garrett Drinkwine all chipped in with two hits apiece for Ticonderoga, with Montalbano driving in two runs. Dom Crossman added a double. The first five batters in the Ticonderoga order combined for 10 hits, three walks and 11 runs scored. “We work on fundamentals all season and we have been playing much better the second half of the season,” Dorsett said. Once again, the second-seeded Patriots were powered offensively by sophomore Scott LaMountain. LaMountain accounted for a double, intentional walk, double and single in his four trips to the plate and drove in four of his team’s runs. Zander McCabe followed with two hits and losing pitcher Zack
Bola added a two-run double. “We know we can play better than we did today, but I’m still proud of our team,” Douglas said. “I thought we hit the ball well, but our pitching and defense wasn’t what we needed.” Wednesday’s game was the final one as varsity coach for Douglas, who is stepping aside after three years at first as a junior varsity coach and then 19 years as varsity coach at AuSable Valley. Andrew Bombard, who has been Douglas’ assistant coach the past five years, will be the new head coach. “It’s been a good run and I know I’m going to miss it,” Douglas said. — Ticonderoga 18, AuSable Valley 9 AV C S 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 — 9 9 6 TC S 5 0 6 1 3 3 x — 1 8 1 1 3 Bola, LaMountain (1), Mattila (3), Laduke (5), McCabe (6) and Doner. Trudeau, Tucker (5) and Crossman. WPTrudeau. LP- Bola. Sv- Tucker. 2B- LaMountain (AVCS) 2, Bola (AVCS), Crossman (TCS). 3B- Trudeau (TCS) 2.
AuSable Valley takes Class C, 8-2 BY JESS COLLINS PRESS-REPUBLICAN
PLATTSBURGH — Right away, AuSable Valley exploded on offense, May 25, scoring four runs right off the bat in the Section VII Class C final game. The Patriots came out on top, playing small ball to defeat Lake Placid, 8-2. They were led by Shea Durgan, who notched two singles, two runs scored and two RBIs and Jenna Stanley, who also recorded two hits, two RBIs and a run scored. Haley Hickey, who knocked off five Blue Bomber batters, took the pitching win, while Brooklyn Huffman shouldered the loss in the circle, striking out four. Coach Kayla Taylor said the win felt amazing for the team. Coach Steve
“Our girls really came out and they were just focused these last few games,” Taylor said. Hickey also said the feeling was amazing, given that many on the team were also on the state championship winning soccer team earlier in this school year. “We did it for soccer so getting it again is just amazing,” Hickey said. “It seems bizarre that it can happen two times.” Lake Placid set up at the plate first, and came out strong, with Dariana Patterson sending a triple to right field and then later running in the first score of the game on a hit from Danaya Patterson, who was thrown out at first base. When the Patriots stepped up to bat, they first started with a bunt, which was called a foul, from Addie Stanley, who later picked up a single and then a stolen base.
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Sara Richards then had a turn at the plate, bunting again for the Patriots, ending up out at first, but sending Addie Stanley to third, setting up Kaydence Hoehn for an RBI single and tying the game at one a piece. The next two batters, Durgan and Hickey, then each notched an RBI single, raising the score to 3-1. Sierra Bronson added on another RBI single to give the Patriots a solid 4-1 lead. In the top of the second, Lake Placid scored their final run of the game off a single from Chelsea Moore, who ran in Emma Adragna. “Our girls just kept going,” Taylor said. “I just said to keep your D solid and our bats will come. We’ve been hitting pretty well. They were solid on defense and then came out and kept the bats going.” The score was then stagnant until the bottom of the third, when Jenna Stanley whacked one and made it to first safely while sending Miriam Sayward home, bumping the score to 5-2. The bottom of the fifth was probably the most exciting time for the Patriots, who racked up runs and increased the deficit to the eventual final score. Durgan recorded her second RBI with a single, punching in Hoehn, while Durgan scored off another single from Jenna Stanley. “I think the whole game, the energy was just up so to keep building on that en-
FERNANDO ALBA/STAFF PHOTO AuSable Valley’s Miriam Sayward (41) beats a pick-off attempt from Lake Placid’s Dariana Patterson to slide safely into second base during the Section VII Class C championship game, May 25, at Cardinal Park on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. ergy was really important,” Jenna Stanley said. “Cheering on your teammates even if you’re on the benches.” With two outs, and in by far the longest inning of the game, Jenna Stanley touched home once more for AuSable Valley to make the score 8-2, after Addie Stanley drove her in. “I feel that what really got us going was knowing that we were up and that we had to hold the lead,” Hickey said. “That kept us in the mentality that we had to keep playing solid defense and offense by getting good hits and solid baserunning.” Lake Placid’s catcher, Adragna, saved an extra run from being added on after
she forced out Sayward at home plate with a throw from the third baseman, Danaya Patterson. At the last out of the fifth, the Patriots stranded players on all three bases, proving they could’ve scored even more. The victors won without playing a seventh inning, getting the three outs in as many batters, with two outs thrown to first and one pop fly out. — AuSableValley 8, Lake Placid 2
LP 110 000 0 — 2 2 1 AVCS 401 030 X — 8 12 1 Hickey and Richards. Huffman and Adragna.WP- Hickey. LP- Huffman. 3B- Dar. Patterson (LP).
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Bolton/Schroon Lake snaps 36-year drought to win Class D title, 13-3
BY JESSICA COLLINS Press-Republican
PLATTSBURGH — All season long, the Bolton/Schroon Lake softball team has had a motto, “Keep your foot on the gas, girls, and don’t take it off,” according to coach Melanie Persons. They lived up to that saying, May 26, during their Section VII Class D championship win over Boquet Valley, 13-3, exploding on offense in the third and fourth innings to put the game out of reach for the Griffins. The Wild Eagles also proved that throughout the season, remaining undefeated with the win. The victory brings home the Class D crown to both Bolton and Schroon Lake for the first time since 1986. “I feel like I am on a cloud right now. I don’t have words for how proud I am of this group of girls,” Persons said. “They have worked so hard this season, and they have really put every ounce of everything they have into every practice
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and every game.” got pulled up to varsity and she’s just an “It’s unreal,” pitcher and center field- absolute addition to this team.” er Jadynn Egloff said. “I can’t even comEgloff showed appreciation to be a prehend how big this is.” part of such a dominant pitching duo. “It’s good to throw the other team DOMINANT ALL AROUND off and we both worked really hard,” Their attacks at-bat were led by she said. “It’s just great to know that Maddy Monahan, Dakotah Cutting, you have support, if you’re having a bad Ali Baker and Kayla Navitsky. Mo- game, you have that other pitcher to nahan smacked two doubles, Cutting back you up. It’s good reassurance.” one, while Baker recorded a triple and THE GAME Navitsky tallied four RBIs. Monahan Bolton/Schroon Lake got themselves and Cutting also ran in three each, while winning pitcher Jane Trowbridge had on the board, right away in the first inning, with catcher Skyler Scott leading two RBIs. Trowbridge threw for four innings, off the lineup with a single, and then latswitching out with eighth grader Egloff er running in the first score, giving her in the third and later returning in the team a 1-0 advantage. Then, at the top of the second, with sixth. Trowbridge struck out eight while Egloff added four. Boquet Valley’s Ab- the Griffins on offense, the Wild EaJOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO bey Schwoebel took the loss in the circle, gles’ defense was put on display as well. Earning three strikeouts, they were Bolton/Schroon Lake catcher Skyler Scott runs with joy out to Jane Trowbridge to fanning three. “Jane is a phenomenal pitcher,” able to force Boquet Valley to leave the celebrate winning the Section VII Class D softball championship with a 13-3 victory Navitsky said. “She’s so good. She bases stranded. Bolton/Schroon Lake against Boquet Valley on May 26 at Cardinal Park in Plattsburgh. pitches basically down the center pretty then scored again with Baker running it The third and fourth innings were re- lead, the Wild Eagles almost saw things much the whole time. and Jadynn, she across, but giving Cutting the RBI. SEE BSL, PAGE 5 ally where things got going. With a 2-0
Crown Point beats Chazy, 2-1 BY JOHN CORYER Press-Republican
PLATTSBURGH — This one, without a doubt, goes down as one of the greatest pitching duels in Section VII baseball history. Evan Carey’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning on May 27 ended a 2-1 victory for top-seeded Crown Point over third-seeded Chazy in the Section VII Class D championship game at Chip Cummings Field. FERNANDO ALBA/STAFF PHOTO Crown Point senior Noah SpauldThe Crown Point baseball team celebrates with the Class D trophy after they beat ing and Chazy junior Chase Clukey Chazy, 2-1, in 10 innings. Crown Point senior Noah Spaulding and Chazy junior Chase engaged in a battle that seemed would never end. Clukey combined for 43 strikeouts in the extra-innings matchup. Spaulding pitched 9.1 innings before leaving due to the pitch count rule and allowed two hits, one walk, one hit batter and struck out 23. Clukey, meanwhile, went nine in561-8541 561-8542 nings before reaching his pitch count limit. He allowed four hits, walked BUY Any Large PIZZA at the Regular Price two and fanned 20. & Get a Medium with this coupon Spaulding struck out nine batters in a row during one stretch and plus tax Clukey fanned the first eight batters he faced. Mastercard & Visa Accepted on Deliveries. In all, there were just seven com93 MARGARET ST. • PLATTSBURGH, NY bined hits and 45 strikeouts in the
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contest. “It was an unbelievable game,” Crown Point coach Randy Pertak said. “It was sad to see either team lose. Both teams battled with all their heart and guts. “Noah has been getting better and better as the season has gone on and he kept us in it today.” “You can’t ask for more out of our kids,” Chazy coach John Tregan said. “I’m heartbroken for them. Chase pitched his best game ever for us. “Noah was Noah. He was great as always and we just couldn’t put the ball in play against him.” Carey took over for Spaulding with one out in the top of the 10th and got the two batters he faced to end up getting the pitching win. In the bottom of the 10th, Chazy reliever Zane Stevens hit Tyler Beeman with a pitch to open the inning. Stevens struck out the next batter, but Reese Pertak got aboard on an error. Another hit batter loaded the bases and Carey ended the game with his single. Carey had three of the five Crown Point hits with two doubles and a single, to go along with an intentional walk. He drove in both runs for the
Panthers. “Carey was clutch for us all day and also got the two outs when he came in to relieve,” Pertak said. “We were finally able to find a way to pull it out.” The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the first when Dale Gonyo Jr. was hit by a pitch, stole second, took third on a passed ball and came across to score on a wild pitch. The Panthers drew even in the fourth when Alex Stone drew a oneout walk, stole second and scored on Carey’s first double of the game. It remained tied into the 10th, but there were plenty of anxious moments up until that point. Crown Point loaded the bases with nobody out in the seventh before Clukey struck out the next three batters to send the game into extra innings. Both teams got two runners aboard in the eighth inning, only to have Spaulding and Clukey strike out batters to end the threat. Carey led the Panthers with his three hits, while Reese Pertak and Beeman each added one. Trent Trahan and Elijah Valentin SEE CP, PAGE 5
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JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO Crown Point’s Noah Spaulding focuses before releasing a pitch against a Plattsburgh High batter, May 2, in Plattsburgh.
JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO Saranac’s Landen Smith serves the ball during the Section VII doubles final match with Hunter Provost against Plattsburgh High’s Andrew and Nick Bula, May 24, in Plattsburgh.
JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO Lake Placid’s Brooklyn Huffman throws to a Northern Adirondack batter during a Section VII Class C semifinal softball game, May 20, in Ellenburg.
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JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO Sonja Toishi of Lake Placid rushes to rally the ball back to Plattsburgh High’s Sebastien Bonnabesse during their Section VII Moriah’s Maddy Eichen winds back to throw a ball during a game against AuSable finals match, May 24, in Plattsburgh. Valley, April 11, in Clintonville.
BSL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 slip away when Boquet Valley scored twice. First, Madison Kirkby bunted and made it safely to third on a Bolton/Schroon Lake error, with Abbey Schwoebel later running her in on a sacrifice fly. The Griffins then tied it at 2-all when Alaina Denton notched an RBI single, sending Alessia. Caputo home. After that, their bats went silent. For the bottom of the third, Scott, Egloff and Ila Hubert all recorded singles, however, Scott was picked off by Kirkby while attempting to steal second. However, Navitsky then came up big, knocking a huge two RBI single down center to give the Wild Eagles a 4-2 lead. When asked what was going through her head every time she stepped to the plate, Navitsky just said she thought about focusing every time. “Don’t swing for the fences, just make sure that you stay focused,” she said. Trowbridge and Cutting also recorded RBI singles during the inning to make it 6-2. The top of the fourth was quick, with the Griffins falling in order on two pop outs and an unsuccessful bunt. The bottom of the fourth, however, was not so timely. With Navitsky running in two more on a double, Monahan notching an RBI double, Trowbridge punching in another on a single and Cutting sending Navitsky home while being forced out at first, the score was now 11-2, and the game was now too far out of reach for the Griffins. “We kept our foot on the gas the whole time, we just went 100%,” Egloff
said. “We never stopped no matter what the score was.” Persons also mentioned that once the first few batters broke the seal and got some base hits, the rest of the team seemed to follow suit. “I don’t know, it just gets the engine going,” she said. “As soon as someone breaks into that pattern of hitting, they all seem to follow.” Another quick stint at the plate for the Griffins ended with two strikeouts and a flyout, while in the bottom of the fifth, the Wild Eagles scored once more on an RBI double from Monahan to make it 12-2. In the bottom of the sixth, Abby Monty came in as relief for Schwoebel, but that still didn’t stop Bolton/Schroon Lake, with Baker hitting her triple and later scoring the final run on the winning side. Boquet Valley then added on one more, with Claire Reynolds reaching first on a single, and Caputo running her in, making the final score 13-3. From the third to the fifth innings, the Wild Eagles had the top of their lineup starting every time. “That was huge for us,” Persons said. “The beauty of our lineup is that we have a solid one through nine, and for every coach, that feels fantastic. There’s just so much diversity at the top of the batting order.”
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accounted for the lone Chazy hits. “We just couldn’t hit Noah,” Tregan said. “Our players gave it everything they had and I’m proud of them. “This was the best baseball game I have ever been a part of,” Pertak said. The Panthers will move on to regional play against the Section X champion.
— Crown Point 2, Chazy 1, 10 inn. CCRS 100 000 000 0 — 1 2 1 CPCS 000 100 000 1 — 2 5 0 Clukey, Stevens (10) and Columbus. Spaulding, Carey (10) and J. Russell. WP- Carey. LP- Stevens. 2B- Pertak (CPCS), Carey (CPCS) 2.
— Bolton/Schroon Lake 13, Boquet Valley 3
BV 002 000 1 — 3 4 1 B/SL 114 511 X — 13 13 3 Trowbridge, Egloff (3), Trowbridge (6) and Scott. Schwoebel, Monty (6) and Denton. WP- Trowbridge. LP- Schwoebel. 2BCaputo (BV), Monahan 2 (B/SL), Cutting (B/SL). 3B- Baker (B/SL).
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Saranac, Saranac Lake stand PERU — Saranac nearly reigned supreme on both sides of the Section VII Track and Field Championships,May 25, but Saranac Lake had its say, taking the boys’ side of the contest with the Chiefs coming second.
BOYS The Red Storm took a 162-point team victory, with Saranac finishing behind them with 117. The Beekmantown boys took third with 96 points. Sam Ash dominated the long distance, winning the 1600- and 3200-meters for Saranac Lake, Gabe Wilson finished first in the high jump and third in the 400-meters, long jump and triple jump and Liam Nobles took second in the long and triple jumps. The Red Storm’s Mitchell Ellsworth and Saranac standout Branden Ashley traded wins in the throwing events, with Ellsworth winning the shot put while Ashley took the discus. Caswell McCoy and Landon Powers snagged the two and three spots in the high jump for the Chiefs. Saranac also had two strong finishes in relays, with Zander Daniels, Kye Norcross, Stephen Fleury and Dominic Harkness finishing third in the 4x100 and Brian Balch, Dylan Medley, Norcross and Harkness taking third in the 4x400. Alexander Jock had a standout meet for the third-place Eagles, winning the 100-meters, running in the first-place 4x400 relay group and taking second in the 110-hurdles and 200-meters. Connor Goodwin also ran in that relay group with Jock, won the 800-meters and finished second in the 1600-meters. Harrison Matthews won the 400-hurdles for the Nighthawks, while his teammate Sawyer Schlitt grabbed third in the 100- and 200-meters and helped the team take second in the 4x400 relay. Ethan Mulholland secured first place in the long and high jumps for Plattsburgh while Aiden Lobdell won the 400- and 200-meters for Moriah/Boquet Valley. Jackson Rupert took third in the 800-meters as Lake Placid’s high-
JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO Saranac’s Madalyn Wynnik soars through the air and eyes her landing spot as she competes in the long jump event at the Section VII track and field championships on May 25, in Peru. est individual winner, while Thomas Gilbo won the 110-hurdles for Northeastern Clinton. A group of Sam DeJordy, Ben Grafstein, Maxwell Grafstein and Ashton Guay won the 4x800 relay for Seton Catholic. Editor’s Note: Due to an error getting the results from the race’s results site, the 800-meter event originally had incorrect participants. The correct victors were added May 30. — Boys Team Scores 1, Saranac Lake, 162. 2, Saranac, 117. 3, Beekmantown, 96. 4, Peru, 76.5. 5, Plattsburgh High School, 55. 6, Moriah/Boquet Valley, 35.5. 7, Lake Placid, 28, 7, Northeastern Clinton, 28. 9, Seton Catholic, 27. 10, Ausable Valley, 2. 10, Ticonderoga, 2. Individual Event Finals 4x800 relay- 1, SC “A” (Sam DeJordy, Ben Grafstein, Maxwell Grafstein, Ashton Guay), 8:38.54. 110 hurdles- 1, Thomas Gilbo, NCCS, 16.53. 2, Alexander Jock, BCS, 17.13. 3, Carter Hewitt, SLCS, 17.4. 100- 1, Alexander Jock, BCS, 11.7. 2, Owen Mulligan, PHS, 11.73. 3, Sawyer Schlitt, PCS, 11.88. 1600- 1, Sam Ash, SLCS, 4:38.21. 2, Connor Goodwin, BCS, 4:41.45. 3, Nik Recore, PCS, 4:45.45.
4x100 relay- 1, SLCS “A” (Soren Wolford, Carter Hewitt, Liam Nobles, Bailey Bartholomew), 46.13. 2, PHS “A” (Asher Anderson, Tyler Baker, Simon Meyer, Owen Mulligan), 46.28. 3, SCS “A” (Zander Daniels, Kye Norcross, Stephen Fleury, Dominic Harkness), 46.39. 400- 1, Aiden Lobdell, MBV, 52.59. 2, Carter Ducatte, BCS, 52.72. 3, Gabe Wilson, SLCS, 53.23. 400 hurdles- 1, Harrison Matthews, PCS, 1:01.59. 2, Stephen Fleury, SCS, 1:03.08. 3, Branson Fitzwater, PHS, 1:03.87. 800- 1, Connor Goodwin, BCS, 2:01.51. 2, Aiden Pearl, SC, 2:02.77. 3, Sam Bickford, SLCS, 2:09.48. 200- 1, Aiden Lobdell, MBV, 23.33. 2, Alexander Jock, BCS, 23.49. 3, Sawyer Schlitt, PCS, 23.76. 3200- 1, Sam Ash, SLCS, 10:13.45. 2, Nik Recore, PCS, 10:27.64. 3, Andrew Denial, SCS, 10:29.43. 4x400 relay- 1, BCS “A” (Carter Ducatte, Branden VanAlpen, Alexander Jock, Connor Goodwin), 3:38.88. 2, PCS “A” (Sawyer Schlitt, Ricardo Dansby, Owen Tedesco, Ryan Squire), 3:41.35. 3, SCS “A” (Brian Balch, Dylan Medley, Kye Norcross, Dominic Harkness), 3:44.26. High jump- 1, Gabe Wilson, SLCS, 5-08. 2, Caswell McCoy, SCS, 5-08. 3, Landon Powers, SCS, 5-08. Long jump- 1, Ethan Mullholland, PHS, 19-06. 2, Liam Nobles, SLCS, 19-03.25. 3, Gabe Wilson, SLCS, 18-11.75. Triple jump- 1, Ethan Mulholland, PHS, 41-11. 2, Liam Nobles, SLCS, 41-03. 3, Gabe Wilson, SLCS, 40-10.75. Shot put- 1, Mitchell Ellsworth, SLCS, 49-0.5. 2, Branden Ashley, SCS, 45-02.5. 3, Gavin Bobbie, SC, 41-10.75. Discus- 1, Branden Ashley, SCS, 135-3. 2, Mitchell Ellsworth, SLCS, 122-01. 3, Nathan Webber, SCS, 114-09.
JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO Northeastern Clinton’s Thomas Gilbo leaps over the final hurdle in the 110-meter race at the Section VII track and field championships on May 25, in Peru.
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out at track and field sectionals
JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO Plattsburgh High’s Gabriella Laundry lands as sand flies into the air as she competes in the long jump event at the Section VII track and field championships on May 25, in Peru.
JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO Seton Catholic’s Aiden Pearl runs the final leg of the 4x800 meter relay at the Section VII track and field championships on May 25, in Peru.
GIRLS The Saranac girls dominated the girls’ side of the sectional contest, finishing the meet with 200 points as a team. Peru was the next closest team with 95. Sienna Boulds locked down the long distance for the Chiefs, winning the 1500- and 3000-meter events, while also helping Saranac take third in the 4x800 relay. Marissa LeDuc also had a strong night for the Chiefs, winning the 400-hurdles and long jump and finishing third in the high jump. Laura Denial snagged second place in the 1500- and 3000-meter events for Saranac. The Peru girls won both the 4x800 and 4x400 relays, with Ella Garrow, Ophelia Breen and Maggie Garrow all running in both groups. Maggie Garrow also snagged the top spot in the 800-meters as
Lilly Swyers took first place in the 100-meter hurdles. Haley LaDue won the 100- and 200-meter events for the Hornets while Lily Snide finished second in the long and triple jumps. Elizabeth Prairie finished runner-up in the 400-meters for the Cougars while also helping her squad take second place in the 4x800 relay. Mia Sanford finished second in the discus and third in the shot put for Saranac Lake, while teammate Bethany Clark took the number two spot in the 100-hurdles. Lizzie Rich won the shot put and Andrea Cooke finished second to highlight the day for the Sentinels, and Abby Pearl won the 400-meters for the Knights. Juliana Riemersma finished third in the 200-meters for the merged Moriah/Boquet Valley squad and Samantha Damico ran her way to third place in the 1500-meters for
Lake Placid. A group of Macey LaMora, Evelyn Roberts, Sophia Wypyski and Kathryn Hamel accounted for Beekmantown’s top finish, snagging third in the 4x100 relay. Full results for both the boys and girls events can be found online at live. finishright.com/meets/14210.
— Girls Team Scores 1, Saranac, 200. 2, Peru, 95. 3, Plattsburgh High, 71. 4, Northeastern Clinton, 66. 5, Saranac Lake, 58.5. 6, Ticonderoga, 35. 7, Seton Catholic, 32. 8, Moriah/Boquet Valley, 29. 9, Lake Placid, 25. 10, Beekmantown, 11.5. 11, Ausable Valley, 1. Individual Event Finals 4x800 relay- 1, PCS “A” (Ella Garrow, Lauren Davey, Ophelia Breen, Maggie Garrow), 10:19.65. 2, NCCS “A” (Maddie Arno, Audrey Langlois, Alex Cone, Elizabeth Prairie), 10:25.06. 3, SCS “A” (Sienna Boulds, Laura Denial, Kaelyn Fay, Hannah Hamel), 10:32.66. 100 hurdles- 1, Lilly Swyers, PCS, 17.57. 2, Bethany Clark, SLCS, 17.72. 3, Marissa LeDuc, SCS, 17.79. 100- 1, Haley LaDue, PHS, 13.36. 2, Olivia Davis, SCS, 13.57. 3, Paige Ubl, SCS, 13.65. 1500- 1, Sienna Boulds, SCS, 5:11.13. 2, Laura Denial, SCS, 5:13.44. 3, Samantha Damico, LPCS, 5:15.03.
JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO Peru’s Maggie Garrow soars over the bar as she competes in the high jump at the Section VII track and field championships on May 25, in Peru. 4x100 relay- 1, SCS “A” (Emilee Pecore, Paige Ubl, Madalynn Wynnik, Olivia Davis), 51.96. 2, PCS “A” (Ella Garrow, Mackenzie Arnold, Lauren Davey, Lilly Swyers), 54.1. 3, BCS “A” (Macey LaMora, Evelyn Roberts, Sophia Wypyski, Kathryn Hamel), 56.03. 400- 1, Abby Pearl, SC, 1:01.48. 2, Elizabeth Prairie, NCCS, 1:02.49. 3, Sarah Lavigne, SCS, 1:03.6. 400 hurdles- 1, Marissa LeDuc, SCS, 1:12.63. 2, Alexa Turner, NCCS, 1:13.46. 3, Ophelia Breen, PCS, 1:14.40. 800- 1, Maggie Garrow, PCS, 2:31.29. 2, Lydia Wamsganz, SLCS, 2:31.55. 3, Faline Yang, SC, 2:39.64. 200- 1, Haley LaDue, PHS, 27.75. 2, Zoe Rainville, SCS, 27.80. 3, Juliana Riemersma, MBV, 28.11. 3000- 1, Sienna Boulds, SCS, 11:28.6. 2, Laura Denial, SCS, 11:29.24. 3, Ophelia Breen, PCS, 11:36.32.
4x400 relay- 1, PCS “A” (Ella Garrow, Ophelia Breen, Mackenzie Arnold, Maggie Garrow), 4:20.05. 2, SCS “A” (Zoe Rainville, Hannah Hamel, Sarah Lavigne, Brenna Ducatte), 4:21.52. 3, SLCS “A” (Lydia Wamsganz, Chloe Skiff, Awa Kujabi, Addison Ash), 4:30.29. High jump- 1, Grace Damiani, SCS, 5-1. 2, Andrea Cooke, TCS, 5-0. 3, Marissa LeDuc, SCS, 5-0. Long jump- 1, Marissa LeDuc, SCS, 16-10. 2, Lily Snide, PHS, 15-4.75. 3, Paige Ubl, SCS, 15-3.75. Triple jump- 1, Grace Damiani, SCS, 31-10.5. 2, Lily Snide, PHS, 31-7.25. 3, Siri Sorenson, PHS, 31-6.5. Shot put- 1, Lizzie Rich, TCS, 36-06. 2, Desiree JeanPierre, SCS, 33-0.25. 3, Mia Sanford, SLCS, 32-8. Discus- 1, Desiree Jean-Pierre, SCS, 95-02. 2, Mia Sanford, SLCS, 89-09. 3, Alison Hewitt, SLCS, 88-11.
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JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO JESSICA COLLINS/STAFF PHOTO Half of Plattsburgh High’s duo that became doubles sectional champions, Olivia Nowosielski competes Plattsburgh High’s Sebastien Bonnabesse competes in the Section VII Singles Tennis Championships, May in the Section VII Tennis Championships, May 23. She and Olivia Gottschall won the tandem title in 24. The Hornet was a part of a Plattsburgh sweep of the contest, with the Hornets winning the singles, Beekmantown, Tuesday. duos and overall team titles.
Plattsburgh, B’town come away big winners as tennis sectionals wrap up
Section VII’s Tennis Sectional Championships came to a close, May 24, with the girls battling out the doubles and singles competitions in Beekmantown while the boys finished their contests in
Plattsburgh. ning the doubles, singles and overBeekmantown and Plattsburgh all team championships. High stood out in the girls’ comGIRLS petition, splitting the singles and BEEKMANTOWN — In singles, doubles titles, while the Hornets Luci Brown of Beekmantown redominated the boys’ contest, winpeated as champion, beating Plattsburgh’s Tessa Bonnabesse in a tightly fought affair. After falling in the first set, 5-7, Brown took the next two by scores of 6-1 and 6-2. Order Now “Luci was able to weather the early onslaught of Tessa’s impressive baseline play,” Beekmantown coach Seth Spoor said. “I was so impressed with her ability to move on mentally from the first set and take control of the match from there on. Use our App for quick, contactless service at Curbside or Drive-Thru In doubles, Plattsburgh’s duo
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The Hornet took the singles championship, winning 6-0 and 6-1. In the doubles contest, the brother duo of Nick and Andrew Bula beat Saranac’s Hunter Provost and Landen Smith. The Bulas secured the doubles championship for Plattsburgh High with 6-2 and 6-1 set wins. Northeastern Clinton’s Reid Lavalley won the third-place singles consolation match, while fellow Cougars Owen Roberts and Darren Dubois took the doubles consolation match. BOYS On top of the doubles and singles PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh’s championships, the Hornets also Sebastien Bonnabesse beat Lake won the overall Section VII Team Placid’s Sonja Toishi in straight Championship. sets. of Olivia Gottschall and Olivia Nowosielski beat the Beekmantown pair of Dillon Bronson and Sophie Miller, trading the first two sets before the Hornets took the final one, 6-4. Saranac’s Sydney Myers took a tough, three-set victory in the singles consolation matchup while the Eagles’ April Secore and Olivia Hagadorn won on the doubles side. The Eagles won team sectionals with a final score of 16, followed by Plattsburgh with 14 points and Peru in third with nine points.
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Peru’s Smith, Willsboro’s Fine-Lease win sectional golf titles
TICONDEROGA — Peru’s Keegan Smith It was a full 20 strokes better than her became the new individual boys’ Section total for her victorious day at Saranac Inn VII golf champion while Willsboro’s Tekla last year. Fine-Lease repeated as the girls’ individual She had shot 89 in 18 holes playing in the champion at Ticonderoga Golf Course, May first round of the boys’ contest, Thursday. 27. Saranac’s Leah Hamel shot 48-51-99 on the day to finish second, and AuSable ValBOYS ley’s Emma Vilgeli took third with 56-57Smith added a few strokes in his second 113. round, but the lead he had built in 18 holes Bouquet Valley’s Ella Lobdell and Rachel the day before proved to be enough, as his Behm rounded out the top 5 in the four and 72-78-150 totals left him six strokes low- five spots, respectively, helping the Griffins er than Lake Placid’s Brady Tremblay, who secure team sectional champion honors. finished the two days of competition with The Cougars’ Hannah Bechard and Saidentical rounds of 78. mara Bosley, Plattsburgh’s Steffi Trombley Moriah’s Thomas Clarke repeated his and Ticonderoga’s Kim Wojcik were the performance at last year’s sectionals, again other state qualifiers, with the Hornets’ Ava finishing third. He shaved two strokes off O’Brien as the alternate. his 163 total, though, finishing this year’s Boquet’s Ailsa Kohler tied O’Brien at 127 contest at 82-79-161. but also made states as a team champion Northeastern Clinton’s Chase Letour- with the Griffins. neau took the fourth spot with a 163 total — Boys’ Day 2 Scores and Blue Bomber Chris Byrne rounded out 1, Keegan Smith (PCS) 72-78-150; 2, Brady Tremblay (LPCS) 78-78-156; 3, the top 5 with a cumulative 165 score. Thomas Clarke (MCS) 82-79-161; 4, Chase Letourneau (NCCS) 82-81-163; 5, Beekmantown’s Zach Dubray, Lake Plac- Chris Byrne (LPCS) 85-80-165; 6, Zach Dubray (BCS) 85-82-167; T7, Grady id’s Grady Draper and Porter Goodman Draper (LPCS) 86-82-168; T7, Porter Goodman (AVCS) 85-83-168; 9, Logan made up the No. 6-8 state qualifiers, while Gilbo (MCS) 90-81-171, won playoff; T10, Carver Bell (LPCS) 87-84-171; Moriah’s Logan Gilbo won a playoff to be- T10, Liam Clark (PCS) 87-84-171; 12, Dax Lashway (SCS) 88-85-173; T13, Grant Weerts (AVCS) 84-91-175; T13, Nicholas Palmer (PCS) 85-90-175; T13, come the ninth qualifier. Jack Thomas (AVCS) 95-80-175; T16, Ben Fredette (NCCS) 92-84-176; T16, He had finished in a tie with Blue Bomb- Noah Jewtraw (SLCS) 90-86-176; T18, Oakley Buehler (BVCS) 89-88-177; er Carver Bell and Nighthawk Liam Clark. T18, Keegan Seamone (BCS) 91-86-177; 20, Nathan Hamel (SCS) 91-89Bell was named the alternate state qualifier. 180; 21, Nick Winters (MCS) 95-87-182; 22, Boden Buehler (AVCS) 89-98-
GIRLS Fine-Lease ran away with the individual competition, shooting all pars on her back nine besides two birdies and one bogey to finish 40-35-75 in the girls sectional contest.
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JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO Peru’s Keegan Smith watches his tee shot on the 12th hole soar toward the fairway during the Section VII golf championships at Ticonderoga Country Club. Smith carded a 72-78-150 to win the boys individual championship.
187; 23, Silas Reeder (MCS) 92-97-189; 24, Vance Hickok (MCS) 93-102-195. Girls’ Scores 1, Tekla Fine-Lease (WICS) 40-35-75; 2, Leah Hamel (SCS) 48-51-99; 3, Emma Vilgeli (AVCS) 56-57-113; 4, Ella Lobdell (BVCS) 58-57-115; 5, Rachel Behm (BVCS) 53-64-117; T6, Hanna Bechard (NCCS) 56-62-118; T6, Steffi Trombley (PHS) 61-57-118; T6, Kim Wojcik (TCS) 64-54-118; 9, Samara Bosely (NCCS) 61-62-123; T10, Ava O’Brien (PHS) 65-62-127; T10, Ailsa Kohler (BVCS) 69-58-127; 12, Jadyn Snickles (SLCS) 63-73-136; 13, Madelyn Liberi (BVCS) 84-76-180.
PRESSREPUBLICAN.COM JOEY LAFRANCA/P-R PHOTO WIllsboro’s Tekla Fine-Lease putts on the 12th green during the Section VII golf championships at Ticonderoga Country Club. Fine-Lease captured the girls individual title on May 27 by carding a stellar 40-35-75.
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