By ANTHONY SAMBROTTO NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- The Niagara Power showed right from the first pitch on Thursday that they weren't ready for their summer baseball season to be over just yet. Down a game in the best-0f-three series, the Power jumped to an early lead and held on to beat the Olean Oilers 12-8 to force a game three in the New York Collegiate Baseball League … [Read more...] about Power stay alive in WDCS with win over Oilers
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Krider punches Oneonta’s ticket with ninth-inning bomb
By PAUL GOTHAM SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- His coach was looking to get a runner in scoring position. A teammate was looking to score from first. Zachary Krider (USC-Upstate) took care of it all with one swing of the bat. Oneonta third baseman Zachary Krider connected on a two-run blast in the top of the ninth to send the Outlaws to the New York Collegiate Baseball League … [Read more...] about Krider punches Oneonta’s ticket with ninth-inning bomb
Pordes, Oilers take game one
By PAUL GOTHAM OLEAN, N.Y. -- At the start of the day on July 19th, Bobby Bell's Olean Oilers sat in fifth place a half-game out of the playoffs in the New York Collegiate Baseball League's Western Division. Eleven days later, the Oilers are one win from reaching the NYCBL Championship Series. Yet one would never know this from talking to the Olean skipper. Bell's Oilers … [Read more...] about Pordes, Oilers take game one
Sons of former MLB teammates to do battle in NYCBL WDCS
Conner Combs (East Texas Baptist University) does his work with the glove on the right side of the infield. Bubba Hollins plays the left side. Combs hails from Southlake, Texas - Hollins Orchard Park, New York. Combs wears the two-tone blue of the Niagara Power. Hollins dons the black and red of the Olean Oilers. But the two opponents have this in common: their fathers … [Read more...] about Sons of former MLB teammates to do battle in NYCBL WDCS
Oilers’ defense sealed the series
By PAUL GOTHAM OLEAN, N.Y. -- It appears in the box score as a fielder's choice - a routine play. The execution and impact were anything but ordinary. In the final assessment it was a decoy, communication and an alert player on the bag. Olean Oilers' manager Bobby Bell might have mumbled check mate when it was done. With two runs in and two aboard including the tying … [Read more...] about Oilers’ defense sealed the series