One program is coming off its first sectional title in 14 years and looking to make its fourth regional appearance. Another clinched its third sectional title in the last 11 years and looking to make its third regional appearance. Greece Athena and Honeoye Falls-Lima are set to duel it out to determine who moves on to the Class A Far West Regional. Here’s the breakdown:
CLASS A
GREECE ATHENA TROJANS (18-5/Monroe County Division III)
vs.
HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA COUGARS (14-9/Monroe County Division IV)
5:00 PM Tuesday, Innovative Field
How they arrived here: Greece Athena defeated No. 7 Canandaigua 5-1, No. 6 Spencerport 10-1 and top-seeded Churchville-Chili 11-4 to capture the A1 title. No. 5 Honeoye Falls-Lima downed No. 4 School of the Arts (19-1) in the quarters and No. 9 Pittsford Mendon (5-4) in the semis and downed No. 2 Pittsford Sutherland to win its third title in the past 11 years.
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Tempo and Trends: Greece Athena averages 7.05 runs per game and allows 3.64. The Trojans enter on a three-game win streak and have won six of their last eight. Honeoye Falls-Lima scores 4.8 runs while giving up 3.2 per game. The Cougars have won five straight games heading into the qualifier. In the five-game stretch HF-L outscored its opponents 46-10. Athena defeated HF-L, 3-0 when the two teams met during the regular season.
What’s at stake: Winner advances to face the Section VI Class A champion, Williamsville East.
History 101: Greece Athena is looking to make its fourth regional appearance in program history, the most recent coming in 2007. Honeoye Falls-Lima last made a regional appearance in 2015.
Greece Athena: Jaden Madrid Sr. P/SS (.319 BA, 11 RBI, 24 RS) (2.17 ERA, 20 K, .294 BAA); Connor Osier Jr. P/1B (0.61 ERA, 73 K, .081 BAA); Sammy Saucke So. INF (.429 BA, 15 RBI, 22 RS); Riley Catena Sr. C (.381 BA, 13 RBI, 18 RS); Derrick Allen So. OF/P (.381 BA, 19 RBI, 18 RS) (2.29 ERA, 43 K, .222 BAA); Nathaniel Hall Sr. OF/ P (.317 BA, 13 RBI, 14 RS) (11 K)
Honeoye Falls-Lima: Carson Joint Sr. C (.414 AVG, 24 H, 10 RBI, 4 2B); Aidan Neenan Jr. SS (.354 AVG, 23 H, 14 RBI, 7 2B); Landon Hammond Jr. 2B/3B (.353 AVG, 24 H, 8 RBI, 3 2B, 7/7 SB); Nate Weber Sr. P/3B (4-4, 54.2 IP, 43 K 2.69 ERA, .316 AVG, 19 H, 7 RBI); Matt Meacham Jr. OF (.323 AVG, 20 H, 6 RBI, 4 2B); Trent Wager Sr. (5-4 Record, 56.2 IP, 52 K, 2.35 ERA)
Coaches: Tim Sova (Greece Athena), Dan Hoyt (Honeoye Falls-Lima)
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