DIVISION IV SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS
Edon 12 Stryker 2 (5 innings)
EDON – No. 8 Edon scored in every inning, including three in the fifth, to pickup a 12-2 win in five innings to start tournament play.
Winning pitcher Gannon Ripke homered for the Bombers while Garret Skiles, Kyler Sapp, and Max Radabaugh each had two hits.
Edon will face BBC rival and No.3 seed North Central in a Division IV sectional final on Thursday, May 19th, in Pioneer.
STRYKER 000 20 – 2 3 6
EDON 311 43 – 12 11 0
Records: Stryker 3-16, Edon 10-10
WINNING PITCHER: Ripke (5 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned, 7 strikeouts, 4 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Donovan (4 innings, 9 hits, 10 runs, 4 earned, 4 strikeouts, 3 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (Stryker) Barnum-double, RBI; Froelich-double; (Edon) Sapp-triple, single; Ripke-home run, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Vasquez-double, RBI, 2 runs; Skiles-2 singles, 2 RBIs; Radabaugh-2 singles, 2 RBIs
Ayersville 16 Pettisville 0 (5 innings)
AYERSVILLE – Luke Delano, Blake Hauenstein, Ben Amoroso combined to toss a five-inning perfect game as No. 5 Ayersville blasted Pettisville 16-0 in the sectional semifinals.
Hauenstein also had two hits and totaled four RBIs for the Pilots. Ayersville will travel to No. 4 Montpelier on Thursday, May 19th for a Division IV sectional final.
PETTISVILLE 000 00 – 0 0 5
AYERSVILLE 444 4x – 16 12 10
Records: Pettisville 3-14, Ayersville 11-11
WINNING PITCHER: Delano (3 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks) OTHER: Hauenstein, Amoroso
LOSING PITCHER: Myers (1 inning, 2 hits, 4 runs, 0 earned, 0 strikeouts, 2 walks) OTHER: Norr, Bishop
LEADING HITTERS: (Ayersville) L. Delano (2 singles, RBI, 3 runs; A. Delano-2 singles, 2 RBIs, 4 runs; Hauenstein-triple, single, 4 RBIs; McGuire-2 singles, 3 RBIs
Hicksville 11 Fayette 3
HICKSVILLE – The Aces scored six in the first and four in the sixth on their way to an 11-3 sectional win over Fayette.
Aiden Champion earned the win on the mound and was 3-4 with the bat and drove in five runs.
Owen Lemley and Elijah Lerma each had two hits for the Eagles with Lemley also adding two RBIs.
FAYETTE 101 010 0 – 3 8 2
HICKSVILLE 600 014 x – 11 9 2
Records: Fayette 3-13, Hicksville 8-10
WINNING PITCHER: Champion (4 innings, 4 hit, 2 runs, 1 earned, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk) OTHER: Thatcher
LOSING PITCHER: Leininger (0 innings, 4 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned, 0 strikeouts, 3 walks) OTHER: Q. Mitchell
LEADING HITTERS: (Fayette) Q. Mitchell-2 singles, 2 runs; Lemley-double, single, 2 RBIs; Lerma-2 singles; (H’ville) Sanders-2 singles, Klima-2 runs; Thatcher-3 runs, RBI; Champion-double, single, 5 RBIs, 2 runs; Bergman-triple, 2 singles, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Keesbury-single, 2 RBIs
REGULAR SEASON
Bryan 13 Lima Shawnee 3 (5 innings)
BRYAN – The Golden Bears tallied an early six runs and took advantage of five Shawnee errors to get a 13-3 non-league win in five innings.
Joe Watson had two doubles and three RBIs to pace Bryan at the plate.
SHAWNEE 200 01 – 3 4 5
BRYAN 605 2x – 13 8 1
Records: Shawnee 13-9, Bryan 15-8
WINNING PITCHER: Shilling (5 innings, 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned, 6 strikeouts, 1 walk)
LOSING PITCHER: Horn (0.2 innings, 2 hits, 6 runs, 2 earned, 0 strikeouts, 4 walks) OTHER: Ebling, Best, Sutter
LEADING HITTERS: (Shawnee) Rhodes-triple; (Bryan) Watson-2 doubles, 3 RBIs; Psurny-2 singles, 2 RBIs, 3 runs; Deckrosh-2 singles, RBI