Massena, Canton, Tupper, P-H Bow Out in New York Regionals

MITCHELL FOUR-HITTER LEADS MASSENA TO CLASS A TITLE

Taylor Mitchell dropped a suicide squeeze bunt, scoring a run.  Raiders score first vs. Malone.  (Bob LaRue photo)
  

MASSENA 7, MALONE 0
Both teams went scoreless into the third inning when Taylor Mitchell dropped a suicide squeeze bunt, scoring a run. 1-0 Massena. Drake Love then drew a bases-loaded walk, making it 2-0 Raiders. Wyatt Preston smacked a hit to center, driving in two runs. 4-0 Massena. Mike Herrick drilled a shot to center for another RBI. Mitchell's line drive to left-center found turf, adding another run. Massena went on to defeat Malone 7-0 for the Section X Class A title, behind Mitchell's complete game four-hit shutout.

CANTON BEATS OGDENSBURG 7-4 FOR THREE-PEAT TITLE

Zadoc Roiger delivers a hit for Canton.  Canton wins the Class C championship, defeating Ogdensburg 7-4, in the Section X Class B Baseball championship.  (Bob LaRue photo)
 

CANTON 7, OGDENSBURG 4
In the Section X Class B Baseball championship, scoreless in the top of the second when Thomas Creurer belts a deep fly to right. Charlie Todd scores. Bears would score two in the inning. In the fourth, sacks loaded, Todd slugs a deep fly to left-center for a bases-clearing double. Canton leads 5-0. In the 7th, Gavin Schryver slams a bases loaded double, giving the Bears two Insurance runs, 7-0. In their last licks, OFA's Hayden McDonald singles, driving in a run. Tyler Sovie lifts an infield pop that drops. Canton still leads 7-2. After two more runs score, Todd strikes out the batter to end the game on a six-hitter. Canton wins the Class C championship, defeating Ogdensburg 7-4.

CANTON’S CHARLIE TODD WINS COVETED PINKERTON AWARD

Following the championship game, the Jim Pinkerton Memorial Award was presented to the Section X baseball player for exemplary play, sportsmanship, community service and academics. This year's winner was Canton’s Charlie Todd.

GRIFFITH POWER PITCHING LEADS O.F.A. OVER POTSDAM

OGDENSBURG 4, POTSDAM 0
Camden Griffith struck out 11 batters as the righty led the Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils past Potsdam 4-0. Griffith allowed one hit and zero runs over seven innings while walking two. OFA opened the scoring in the first when Lucca LaBella doubled, scoring one run.  The Blue Devils added one run in the third when Griffith grounded out, but plating a run.  Griffith drove the middle of the lineup, leading Ogdensburg with two runs batted in.  The #3 hitter went 1-for-3 on the day. Haydin McDonald led Ogdensburg with two hits in three at bats from the leadoff position. Madden West stole two bases. OFA accumulated four stolen bases for the game. Nicholas Roda took the loss on the hill for Potsdam. The starter went six innings, surrendering four runs (three earned) on five hits, striking out six and walking two.  Isaac Atkinson went 1-for-3 at the plate to lead Potsdam in hits.

TUPPER LAKE EARNS CLASS C TITLE IN 3-1 WIN OVER FLYERS

Tupper Lake's Luka Dukett (9) strokes his base hit and a key RBI to give the Jacks a 3-1 lead.  (Bob LaRue photo)
  

TUPPER LAKE 3, NORWOOD-NORFOLK 1
On the first pitch of the Class C championship, Brock Cousineau slammed the ball deep to center for a triple.  Two pitches later, Noah North cranked the ball deep to left field, plating Cousineau. In three pitches, the Flyers were up 1-0.  Bottom of the first, Tupper Lake's Luka Dukett skied the ball to center.  N-N's John Ross made the catch and fired home, but Karter Kenniston scored on the sacrifice.  Game knotted at 1-1.  In the fourth inning, during an attempted steal of second base by Tupper Lake, the throw went awry. Cooper Cuttaia jogged home from third, giving the Lumberjacks the go-ahead run, 2-1.  Bottom 5, Dukett again strokes a base hit and an RBI. 3-1.  Tupper Lake defeated Norwood-Norfolk 3-1 to claim the Section X Class C baseball crown.

TUPPER LAKE SHUTS DOWN LISBON 10-0 IN "c" SEMIFINAL

TUPPER LAKE 10, LISBON 0
Tupper Lake chipped away with runs in all five innings, while holding Lisbon to just two hits, and forging a 10-0 victory in the Section X Class C semifinals. Lisbon's Isaiah White and Blake Woods registered two hits in the top of the first.  Then Tupper Lake pitching settled in to a retire the final 13 batters in a row.  The Lumberjacks were led by Kyler McClain with two singles and two runs scored.  Karter Kenniston and Charlie Skiff each had a hit with two runs scored.

P-H PANTHERS OUTSLUG BULLDOG FOR CLASS D TITLE

Parishville-Hopkinton celebrates its third straight Section X Class D championship.  (Bob LaRue photo)
   

PARISHVILLE-HOPKINTON 14, HEUVELTON 11
The Panthers and the Bulldogs played mirror-image baseball for three innings. Parishville-Hopkinton made Heuvelton play catch up for most of the game.  Both scored three runs in the first, both scored a run in the second, then both teams were shut out in the third inning. However, a five-run fourth frame changed the complexion of the game and catapulted the Panthers toward their third straight Section X Class D championship.  Both teams scored a run again in the fifth, but Parishville-Hopkinton tacked on three Insurance runs in the sixth and another in the 7th, grabbing a 14-7 lead going into what turned out to be a nail-biting finish. Heuvelton scored four runs in their final at-bats and threatened to score more with the bases loaded and the potential game- winning run at the plate, when reliever Wade Caskinett fanned the game's final batter.  Both teams committed an uncharacteristic eight errors each, while contending with a light chilly drizzle most of the game.  However, batters from both teams stepped up, with the Panthers stroking 18 hits, while Heuvelton belted 13.  In first at-bats, Wade Caskinett drilled a hit to center. Panthers drew first blood when Charles Clark-Vallance scored, 1-0. Oliver White smacked a ball to center. One run scored, but Gage Caskinett was tagged out at the plate. Jacob Wright belted the ball to left and picks up an RBI. 3-0 Panthers. Bottom of the first, Heuvelton's Levi Biller drove the ball to deep left. One run scored. Jude Spooner followed with a solid single, bringing home Larry Young. Game tied 3-3. Jude TenEyck hit a comebacker that was mishandled. Josh Stone tumbled safely across the plate. Down 14-7, the Bulldogs turned the game into a nail biter in the 7th. Biller slugged the ball over the left fielder, Drew Carpenter scored. On a wild pitch, Parker Felt scored the final run, 14-11.

CASKINETT NO-HITTER LEADS
P-H PANTHERS PAST COUGARS

Jacob Wright (14) belted a double and scored a run in Parishville-Hopkinton's 11-0 win over Edwards-Knox in the Section X Class D quarterfinals.  (Kyton Deon photo)
   

PARISHVILLE-HOPKINTON 11, EDWARDS-KNOX 0
Wade Caskinett twirled a nine strikeout, no hitter in leading the Panthers to an 11-0 victory in the Section X Class D quarterfinals. Caskinett allowed just two walks in the five inning stint, while aiding his own cause with two hits and two runs scored.  The Cougars mounted their best offensive effort in the first inning by getting two runners on base with a walk and an error.  Caskinett's pitching effort was supported offensively with a five-run first inning, then five more runs in the fourth.  Charles Clark-Vallance contributed two hits and two runs scored, while Oliver White chipped in two hits, a walk and three runs plated.

M-W JACKETS RALLY TO UPSET
#2 HARRISVILLE IN 8-6 WIN

MADRID-WADDINGTON 8, HARRISVILLE 6
Madrid-Waddington overcame a 3-0 deficit and home runs by Joe Shephard, by scoring all eight runs in the final two innings, to upset the #2-seeded Harrisville Pirates 8-6 in the Section X Class D quarterfinals. Shephard belted a solo home run in the first inning, then slugged a two-run home run in the third, staking the Pirates to a 3-0 lead that held until the 6th inning. Four straight singles at the top of the batting order (including a catcher's interference) produced a three-run rally for the #7 Yellow Jackets to start the sixth frame. Harrisville immediately countered with three runs in the bottom of the inning when leadoff batters - Landyn Hadfield, Joe Schrodt and Jayden Frerichs - each singled and subsequently scored. However, the Pirates left the bases loaded. M-W opened the 7th with Logan Kingston reaching on an error and Karson Averill walking. The next two batters struck out, leaving the Jackets on the brink. But Bear Wilson, Ian Johns and Gavin Niles all singled, Connar Cameron walked, and Ben Weaver reached on an error to allow a five-run outpouring that decided the game. The Pirates went down in order in the bottom of the 7th to secure the Jackets' win. Madrid-Waddington became the lowest Class D seed to win a quarterfinal upset since 8th-seated Harrisville defeated top-seed Heuvelton in the 2007 baseball playoffs.