The 2023 Section V Class B1 Baseball bracket features five teams from the Finger Lakes, two Livingston County teams, and one team each from Monroe County and the Private-Parochial League. The tournament will begin play on May 20th and conclude with the championship game on May 27th.
No. 2 seed and defending champion Palmyra-Macedon enters play as a top-two seed for the third straight season as the Red Raiders seek a third consecutive championship. Palmyra-Macedon has won 14 games in a row entering sectional play with the last loss coming to No. 1 seed Geneva. Geneva enters on an 11-game winning streak as they seek to win the second title in school history, the first coming in 1994. Geneva’s last loss came against Pal-Mac. No. 3 seed Livonia comes in having won five of its last six games as they seek a sectional title for the first time since winning four in a row from 2014-2017.
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Class B1 Players to Watch
Conner Benitez (Livonia) Sr. P/INF (.373 BA, 17 RBI, 24 RS) (2.79 ERA, 72 K)
Gavin Brignall (Geneva) Sr. C/P/INF (.574 BA, 15 RBI, 27 RS) (1.02 ERA, 14 K, .175 BAA)
Noah Brooks (Palmyra-Macedon) Sr. C (.393 BA, 15 RBI, 28 RS, 4 HR)
Daniel Carter (Geneva) Sr. 3B (.413 BA, 13 RBI, 12 RS, 1 HR)
John DeBoover (Midlakes) Sr. C/P/INF
Ian Goodness (Palmyra-Macedon) Sr. P/INF (.407 BA, 12 RBI, 19 RS) (0.24 ERA, 104 K, .099 BAA)
Cole Grazioplene (Batavia) Jr. UTIL (.381 BA, 15 RBI, 15 RS, 1 HR) (
Mikey Bartkowski (Bishop Kearney/Rochester Prep/Archangel) P (.625 BA, 24 RBI, 3 HR, 1 grand slam) (0.39 ERA)
Gates Miller (Hornell) Sr. P/OF (.286 BA, 10 RBI, 18 RS) (1.27 ERA, 42 K, .147 BAA)
Devin Mulvey-Salerno (Waterloo) Jr. UTIL (.328 BA, 14 RBI) (68 K)
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