CLASS AA
NO. 5 VICTOR (14-9) 1
NO. 2 MCQUAID (16-5) 2
One team, the McQuaid Knights, had been eyeing this date since the first pitch of the season. McQuaid has made a habit of playing for the Section V baseball title in recent years. The other team, the Victor Blue Devils, wasn’t thinking championship back in April. Once the section’s perennial top-class power, the slow-starting Blue Devils were just hoping to get back to .500 and then see what they could create. It turns out they were just one run shy of Section V glory, with McQuaid senior left-hander Will Taylor just too much to overcome. READ MORE.
CLASS A1
NO. 5 WEBSTER THOMAS (12-11) 7
NO. 2 WEBSTER SCHROEDER (15-8) 6
Garett Wilson not only recorded the game-winning hit, he finished as the game’s winning pitcher. The fifth-seeded Titans completed their underdog run to the Class A1 sectional championship with a 7-6 victory over their crosstown rivals, avenging a 12-0 defeat when the teams first met on April 29. READ MORE.
CLASS A2
NO. 6 GREECE ATHENA (15-9) 3
NO. 5 PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND (15-8) 14
Earlier in the season, on April 7th, Greece Athena traveled to Pittsford Sutherland, and defeated the Knights 7-3. The No. 5 seed Pittsford Sutherland Knights didn’t forget that moment, and they were able to take down the No. 6 seed Greece Athena Trojans 14-2 to win the Class A2 Section V Championship, Tuesday. READ MORE.
CLASS B1
NO. 6 BATAVIA (14-9) 1
NO. 1 PALMYRA-MACEDON (22-0) 6
Palmyra-Macedon’s Ian Goodness had the usual for breakfast on Tuesday morning: a mint-flavored Cliff Bar and protein shake. When your team is rolling through an undefeated season, there’s no sense making changes. Even if it’s the morning of a Section V championship game. And Goodness provided a performance on the diamond at Livonia High School that lifted the Red Raiders to a repeat title. READ MORE.
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CLASS B2
NO. 2 LE ROY (15-6) 0
NO.1 HAVERLING (18-2) 5
Zach Musso tossed up a complete-game shutout by striking out 12 batters, while allowing two hits, and one walk, as top-seeded Haverling took home its first sectional championship in 12 seasons. AJ Brotz had a solo-shot to left field, to open up the bottom-of-the-third. The senior went 3-for-4, with two RBI, and two runs scored. Senior, Gavin Buckley added a hit and two RBI, coming off a sacrifice-fly in the bottom-of-the-third, that scored Musso for the Rams second run, and a two-out single to right, bringing home Brotz, making the score 3-0. Two more runs were tacked on in the sixth, thanks to a leadoff double by Collin Coots, who scored off an error, followed by a two-out single by Brotz, scoring Evan Pendle. Ethan Brotz went 2-for-3. Le Roy’s pitching trio of Jackson Spezzano, Ethan Miller, and Ayden Riggi combined for seven strikeouts, and allowed seven hits and one walk. Miller saw the most work, striking out five, and allowing one earned run over three innings. Ryan Higgins and Ty Strollo both had hits.
Haverling’s last title win was in 2010, when the Rams won three straight Class BB titles. They will play Palmyra-Macedon in the NYS Class B Regional Qualifier on Wednesday. The game is scheduled for Livonia High School.
CLASS C1
NO. 2 LETCHWORTH (15-4) 12
NO. 1 SODUS (15-5) 4
Letchworth will play Class C2 champion, Oakfield-Alabama. The Indians’ last won a sectional title in 1962, as members of Class B.
CLASS C2
NO. 2 OAKFIELD-ALABAMA (16-3) 8
NO. 1 NOTRE DAME BATAVIA (20-2) 7
David Schnaufer recorded three RBI, leading the way in a five-run third inning, as Oakfield-Alabama won its first sectional title since 2003. In the third, Schnaufer lined a single to right field, bringing home Brayden Smith and Cooper Colantonio to make the score 6-1. Schnaufer singled earlier in the second, to tie the score at one apiece. Kyle Porter and Bodie Hyde led the third frame off with a single and a double. Porter scored via a walk drawn by Colantonio, after Smith was intentionally walked to load the bases. Gaige Armbrewster reached on an error, causing Smith to score, and proceeded to stole home for the final run of the frame. Armbrewster was credited with a second RBI, hitting home the winning run in the top-of-the-sixth, as Aiden Warner beat out a throw home, to make the score 8-6. Colantonio finished with two RBI, while Hyde went 2-for-3, with two runs. Kyle Porter started the game on the mound. Through five innings, the junior struck out eight batters, while giving up nine hits, three walks, and six earned runs. Colton Yasses closed out the game, allowing one hit, one earned run, and a walk. He also added a hit. Norte Dame Batavia scored four unanswered runs, starting in the bottom-of-the third. Bryceton Berry went 3-for-3, with three RBI, and a run scored. His first RBI came in the in the first, off a single to centerfield for the games first run, then followed it up with a two-out single in the bottom-of-the-third, to start off the rally. Facing a two-run deficit in the bottom-of-the sixth, he connected for a third single, driving in the final run of the game. Gavin Schrader scored on all three occasions. Schrader added two hits. Cody Henry went 2-for-3, with two RBI.
The Hornets will play Class C1 champion, Letchworth.
CLASS C3
NO. 2 NORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN (15-5) 3
NO. 1 BOLIVAR-RICHBURG (22-1) 6
Wyatt Karnuth, Landon Danaher, and Trey Buchholz combined to strikeout 11 batters, and allow two hits, as Bolivar-Richburg won its fourth-straight sectional title, claiming the Class C2 title. Danaher started the game through three innings and did not allow a hit, striking out six of the 14 batters he faced. Karnuth tripled to start the scoring in the first, bringing home Buchholz, and scored on a sacrifice-fly by Camdyn MacDonell for the game’s first two runs. On the mound, the senior relieved in the fourth, going three and one-third innings, striking out four batters, and allowing two hits, three walks, and two earned runs. Buchholz struck out one and walked one, through the final three batters. At the plate, the sophomore went 2-for-3, and scored twice. The Wolverines scored four runs in the second inning, courtesy of doubles by Evan Pinney and Karnuth, and sacrifice-flies by Danaher and MacDonnell. Pinney and Karnuth scored off wild pitches. Northstar Christian put together a two-run seventh inning, as A.J. Mitchell was credited with an RBI, after being hit by the pitch. Dom Kurmis had a one-out single, and scored the final run off a wild pitch. Da’vonn Stevens scored the Knights’ first run, taking advantage of an error in the top-of-the-third, making the score 6-1.
This is Bolivar-Richburg’s seventh sectional title in the last nine seasons. They advance to play the winner of Letchworth/Oakfield-Alabama.
CLASS D
NO. 2 AVOCA/PRATTSBURGH (16-7) 3
NO. 1 FILLMORE (16-3) 4
Graham Cahill pitched a complete game, and had the game-winning RBI, as top-seeded Fillmore won its first sectional title in more that two decades. The senior struck out five batters and allowed seven hits, a walk, and two earned runs. He also flied out in the bottom-of-the-fifth, to bring home a tagging-up Aiden Wagner, giving the Eagles the lead. Brent Zubikowski connected on a 1-2 pitch, for a three-run home run in the bottom-of-the-first, making the score 3-1. Jude Beardsley went 2-for-3, with a double. Avoca/Prattsburgh’s Tucker Gerych homered with one out in the top of the second, bringing the game within one run. Jamel Crowder tied the game in the third, with a single to center-field, bringing senior, Pacey Hopkins around to score. Haden Abbott started the game through five innings, striking out six batters, while allowing eight hits, three walks and four earned runs. Crowder finished the game by striking out two of the final three batters, and picking off Nolan Krzeminski. Crowder finished 2-for-3, with 2 RBI. Macoy Putnam and Hopkins each had two hits, and scored a run.
Fillmore’s last sectional title came in 2000, when the Eagles claimed the Class DD championship. They advance to play the Section VI champion in the NYS Far West Regional on Saturday.
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