A pair of Livingston County Athletic Association foes will meet in the Section V Baseball Class B2 championship. Haverling and Le Roy will decide the title. Here’s the breakdown:
CLASS B2
No. 2 LE ROY OATKAN KNIGHTS (15-6/Livingston County Athletic Association I)
vs.
No. 1 HAVERLING RAMS (18-2/Livingston County Athletic Association II)
5:00 PM Tuesday, Wayland-Cohocton
How they arrived here: Le Roy earned close victories over No. 10 Midlakes (4-3) in the quarterfinals, and No. 6 Wayland-Cohocton (5-3) in the semifinals, to clinch a spot in the Class B2 title game.Top-seeded Haverling won consecutive games by large margins, defeating No. 8 Attica (16-3) in the quarterfinals, and No. 4 Livonia (9-3) in the semifinals, on their way to a Class B2 finals berth.
Tempo and Trends: Le Roy averages 7.8 runs scored per game, and allows 5.7 runs to opponents per game. In the month of May, the Knights are 7-3, despite being outscored by and average of .6 runs.Haverling averages 10.1 runs scored each game, and allows an average of 2.65 runs each game. The Rams have won five straight, with their last loss coming more than two weeks ago (5/12). In that time, Haverling has averaged 8.6 more runs each game, than its opponents.
What’s at stake: A spot in the NYS Class B Regional Qualifier against the Class B1 champion (either Palmyra-Macedon or Batavia.
History 101: Le Roy is making its third finals appearance in the past five years. In 2019, the Oatkan Knights won the Class B2 title over Wellsville, and the Class C1 title in 2017 over Geneseo. Haverling is looking for its first sectional title since 2010 when the Rams capped a five-year run in which they claimed four Class BB titles.
Players to watch for Le Roy: Robbie Newmark Sr. OF (.283 AVG, 4 2B, 2 3B, 9 RBI, 12 R); Tyler Strollo Sr. OF, 2B (.378 AVG, 4 2B, 13 RBI, 15 R); John Panepento Sr. SS, 3B (.281 AVG, 6 2B, 1 3B, 18 RBI, 17 R); Luciano Caccamise Jr. C, IF (.320 AVG, 5 2B, 13 RBI, 14 R) ; Ryan Higgins Jr. 1B, OF (.333 AVG, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 25 RBI, 20 R) and Alexander Spezzano So. SS, RHP (.479 AVG, 3 2B, 11 RBI, 17 R).
Haverling: AJ Brotz Sr. RHP, IF (.580 AVG, 6 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 29 RBI, 45 R, 2.05 ERA); Collin Coots Sr. 3B, OF (.308 AVG, 1 2B, 8 RBI, 19 R); Gavin Buckley Sr. C (.364 AVG, 8 2B, 28 RBI, 15 R); Zach Musso Jr. C, P (.392 AVG, 5 2B, 1 3B, 22 RBI, 25 R, 1.47 ERA); Evan Pendle So. OF, IF (.333 AVG, 2 SB, 1 3B, 15 RBI, 14 R); Ethan Brotz So. 1B, 3B (.343 AVG, 5 2B, 17 RBI, 12 R)
Coaches: Ieon Koukides (Le Roy), Sean Eighmey (Haverling)
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