Parishville-Hopkinton Heads To State Final Four; Others Beaten

MALONE WALKS OFF A TITLE IN TIGHT 2-1 WIN OVER MASSENA

MALONE 2, MASSENA 1
After the first five innings of scoreless baseball, Massena’s Jake Firnstein drove in Nathan Barcomb to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth. Malone’s Owen Burditt drove in Trent Carriero in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. In the bottom of the seventh, Logan Peck belted a lead-off triple. Strategically, the Raiders walked the next two batters to load the bases, hoping to set up a force play and prevent the winning run at home plate. But Carriero crossed up the move by singling in the game-winning and championship-winning run, securing the Huskies’ 2-1 win over Massena in the Section X Class A Baseball Championship. Malone (12-3 overall) will play the Section III champions (TBD) at Onondaga Community College on June 1st at 6:00 p.m.

SALMON RIVER REPEATS AS CLASS B CHAMPS VS. O.F.A.

 The 2023 Salmon River Shamrocks repeated as Section X Class B Champions.  The top-seeded Rocks defeated the #2-seeded Ogdensburg Blue Devils 12-0 in the title game at St. Lawrence University.  (Kyton Deon photo)

Salmon River's Rick Chatland lines the ball to centerfield, driving in runners from second and third bases.

SALMON RIVER 12, OFA 0
Caiden Cartier spun a one-hit shutout and struck out 10 batters in the Shamrocks’ 12-0 victory over Ogdensburg for their second-straight Section X Class B championship. Salmon River put up runs in each of their at-bats in the five-inning, runs-shortened win. The Shamrocks plated three runs in the first, another in the second, five big runs in the third and three more scores in the fourth. Evan Collette drove in two runs with a hit left field that launched the Rocks in the first inning. Jared Rollins (2 hits) stole home in the second inning to expand the lead to 4-0. SR blew the game open in the third, starting with an infield grounder that scored Branson Bero. Cartier’s line drive added two more and Rollins added another. Luke Miller (3 RBIs) then singled to open a 9-0 lead. Cartier, Bero and Collette each collected two RBIs. Salmon River (12-2) advances to Class B state tournament play to face Section II’s Ichabod Crane.

CANTON EARNS CLASS C CROWN, BEATING FLYERS 11-4

CANTON 11, NORWOOD-NORFOLK 4
Canton produced book-end outbursts – five runs to send a shockwave in the first, then five runs in the seventh to ensure the win – as the third-seeded Bears delivered an 11-4 triumph over top-seeded Norwood-Norfolk for the Section X Class C championship. Defensively, “4" was the magic number for Golden Bears’ pitching, winning all three playoff games while the opponent was held to four runs (17-4 vs. St. Lawrence, 6-4 vs. Tupper, 11-4 vs. N-N). Canton pitcher Charlie Todd went the distance, allowing four earned runs, while scattering four hits, walking five and striking out 11 Flyers. The Bears’ offense was aided by an uncharacteristic seven N-N errors. The Flyers scratched for a run in each of the first and second innings, and crept as close as 6-4 going into the 7th, when the Bears slammed the door. Luke Wentworth ripped three hits and Todd helped his own cause with a pair of hits. Noah collected two hits and three RBIs for the Flyers.

NORWOOD-NORFOLK PLOWS PAST B-M IN SEMIFINALS 17-4

Norwood-Norfolk's Andrew Favreau (12) slid a chalk-hugger up the first-baseline that kicked up a cloud of dust for several feet. Favreau beat the play at first, scrambled to third on the overthrow, then scampered home on another overthrow. 
 

NORWOOD-NORFOLK 17, BRUSHTON-MOIRA 4
The Flyers scored three runs in the first, expanded the lead to 7-0 in the third, then sealed their Section X Class C semifinal win with a 10-run eruption in the fourth inning, in a 17-4 win over the Panthers.  Bond and Richards provided two hits each, while Andrew Favreau and Malone each scored three runs.  B-M scratched a run in the second, but 3-1 was as close as they would get, before adding three runs on all four hits for the game in the fourth inning.  Dustin Baker scored two of the four runs.

CANTON 6, TUPPER LAKE 4
Third-seeded Canton emerged with a 6-4 win vs. Tupper Lake in the Section X Class C semifinals, to earn a berth in the title game vs. Norwood-Norfolk. The Golden Bears got behind the six-hit, 11-strikeout performance of mound ace David Zuhlsdorf. After the Lumberjacks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, Canton pounced with four runs in the bottom of the frame. The Jack scratched for a run in the third and another in the fourth, to draw even at 4-4. However, the Bears tacked on a run in the fourth and another in the fifth inning, the Zuhlsdorf fanned Tupper Lake’s final four batters of the game to secure the win. Luke Wentworth sliced three hits, while Erich Zuhlsdorf, Nate Romano and Charlie Todd delivered two hits each for the Bears.

p-h panthers "d" champs after seesaw comebacks

P-H Panthers celebrate after Ray Voisine's walk-off single ends a 10-9 slugfest vs. Lisbon in the final. (Bob LaRue photo)
 

PARISHIVLLE-HOPKINTON 10, LISBON 9
Backs against the wall, both Parishville-Hopkinton and Lisbon, Class D's top two team in the regular season, led, blew leads, rallied and battled it out, with the Panthers emerging from a 10-9 walkoff victory in the Section X Class D championship.  Lisbon struck for six runs spread over the first five innings to pile up 6-0 lead.  The Panthers exploited chinks in the Knights' armor, first loading the bases, then scoring four runs in a row on wild pitches and passed balls.  Then P-H's Julian Wenzel ripped a shot through the middle, tying the game 6-6 through five innings.  Lucas Gravlin's infield pop-up was dropped, putting Lisbon up 7-6 in the top of the sixth.  However, Avery Zenger drove the ball up the middle to knot the game at 7–7. Jordan Snell dropped a tweener that drove in two more: 9-7 PH through six.  In a game littered with 12 errors combined, a Panther throw-away at third allowed Lisbon to tie 9-9.  Finally, with the winning run at third base, Ray Voisine delivered the game-winning line-drive single to right. The Panthers walked-it-off in a 10-9 slugfest over Lisbon to capture their first Section X Class D crown since 2012.

P-H PANTHERS SHUT OUT HEUVELTON IN SEMIFINAL 8-0

Jordan Snell (24) cracks an RBI single to center in Parishville-Hopkinton's 8-0 semifinal win vs. Heuvelton in the Section X Class D semifinals. (Bob LaRue photo)
 

PARISHVILLE-HOPKINTON 8, HEUVELTON 0
Jon Snell twirled a two-hit shutout and struck out seven Bulldogs, in guiding top-seeded Parishville-Hopkinton to an 8-0 win over Heuvelton in the Section X Class D semifinals. P-H erupted for four runs in the third inning, tacked on three more in the fourth and added an insurance run in the fifth. Ray Voisine cracked two hits, drove in three runs and stole three bases, while Julian Ward drilled two hits for the Panthers (15-1). Thornhill and Liscum had the hits for Heuvelton.

LISBON 10, HARRISVILLE 4
Lisbon pitcher Isaac LaRock fanned 13 batters, while the #2-seeded Golden Knights used a pair of four-running innings, to anchor a 10-4 win over third-seeded Harrisville in the Section X Class D semifinals. Lucas Gravlin went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, while Cooper Rutherford was 2-for-3 and also scored three times to lead the Lisbon attack. The Knights built a 4-1 lead in the first inning, then expanded it to 8-1 after five frames. Tanner Sullivan delivered three hits, while Aiden Chartrand had two hits for the Pirates (11-3). Lisbon will face top-seeded Parishville-Hopkinton for the championship on May 30th.