Wellsville softball seniors, from left, Teagan Burke, Ayla Faulkner and Brynn Hallock Tuesday night
From Staff Reports,
For a decade, the top teams in Section V Class B softball have been Wellsville and Bath. The Lions squeaked by Bath in a few sectional final and crossover games on the way to five straight titles and a state championship.
Last season, it was Bath who won the overall class title and advanced to states when both teams took home the coveted Section V championship brick.
On Tuesday night, the Lions roared, with a 6-1 victory over Bath Haverling led by the hitting and pitching of junior Kennedy Perry.
Perry, a Boston University commit, struck out 15, tossing a complete game one-hitter and walked just one with battery mate, sophomore Hannah Bennett.
The game was closer than the score indicates. In the 5th, Perry gave Wellsville the lead with a 3-run home run. Perry finished 3-for-4 on the game.
The second game of a scheduled doubleheader was rained out at historic Tullar Field.
On the Haverling side, Gabby Shroyer had a strong game with nine strikeouts, six hits and issued four walks.
Wellsville senior Teagan Burke — no stranger to heroics against Bath — blasted a RBI double while Tayler Palmatier had a clutch 2-RBI double.
Haverling is now 7-4 and sitting in fourth in the tough Class B1 standings behind Wayland-Cohocton (15-0), Waterloo (11-2), and North Rose-Wolcott (7-3).
Coach Gia George’s Lions improved to 8-2 in the Class B2 standings, sitting at third place in seedings behind No. 1 Mynderse (12-0) and No. 2 Marion/Gananda (12-2).
Wellsville is at Addison tonight and then hosts Class A HFL on Friday at Tullar Field at 7 p.m. and then another huge showdown at Tullar Field on Saturday at 2 p.m. with Class AA Pittsford Mendon.
BASEBALL
Wellsville 2, Arkport-Canaseraga 2 (suspended after 5 innings)
Wellsville and A-C played five innings before darkness and some mud halted an exciting contest tied at 2-2. The teams are working on finishing the game before the end of the regular season on May 18.
Micah Marvin and Caden Carey pitched for Arkport-Canaseraga (8-2) while Anthony Button and Trenton Green threw for Wellsville (8-4).
Karter Grover had a 2-RBI single for Wellsville and Jacob Bacon and Carey had RBI hits for Arkport-Canaseraga.
Wellsville is at Addison tonight then hosts Class A Olean on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Hornell 7, Geneseo 1
The hottest team in baseball might be the Hornell Red Raiders, who started the season slow and are on a tear after a 7-1 win over a tough Geneseo team.
Cody Cardamone was a one-man wrecking crew, throwing a complete game 4-hitter with seven strikeouts. At the plate, Cardamone had a hit and scored a run.
At the plate for Hornell, Marco Picco (run) and Nick Gray (RBI, run) each had two hits while Nash Adams (RBI, sung), Julian King (two runs) and LOgan Henderson (run) all had hits. Tyrone Buchanan also had a RBI for Hornell.
Genesee Valley/Belfast 15, Hinsdale 4
GVBC improved to 12-1 on the season with a 15-4 win on Tuesday night. The GVBC team sits No. 2 in Class C2 behind NO. 1 Kendall (12-1) in the race for the top seed. The two teams met in the Section V finals last season.
On Tuesday, sophomore Carson Foster had another strong outing on the mound with seven strikeouts over four innings for the win. He also had a RBI single.
Derek Calanni did the damage with the bat for GVBC, going 2-for-3 with four RBI’s and scoring two runs.
Ben Cater (3 RBI’s), Nolan Hunter (three runs) each had two hits while scored once and finished with two hits while Trent Hutchinson (2 RBI’s, run), Ian Mackenzie (three runs), Ethan Davenport (two runs) all had hits while Finn Heaney scored a run, Tanner Herdman had a RBI and scored twice and senior Donivan Fields had a RBI.
