June 28, 2023 at 7:27 p.m.
Big hits fuel Forge’s win
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Big hits fuel Forge’s win
In some games, all you need is a couple of big hits to go your way.
Cooper Shimp and Andrew Day delivered those hits for Portland Forge on Tuesday night as they took down Loy’s Realty 8-4 in the semifinal round of the Portland Junior League Sandy Koufax baseball tournament.
With the win, Portland Forge will play Local 1620 tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Day started Forge’s offense when he smacked a double that drove in two early runs and later swiped home plate to add another run.
Later in the game, Shimp blasted a ball over the centerfield wall for a two-run home run.
Grant Fennig and Ashton Castillo both hit RBI-singles for Loy’s Realty. Fennig led the team with two hits.
Indians dominate
ST. HENRY, Ohio — The Fort Recovery ACME baseball team blew out Parkway 16-0 in the second round of the sectional tournament on Tuesday.
The Indians will travel to Coldwater to take on the Cavaliers in the semifinal today at 6 p.m.
The Indians struck early with singles from Reece Wendel and Caden Grisez and a double from Gavin Faller plating the first two runs in the bottom of the first inning.
They scored six runs in the first two innings before exploding for seven in the third alone. Seven singles, a triple a walk and an error pushed all seven runs across the plate.
The Indians finished with three more in the fourth before the game ended early because of the mercy rule.
All nine starters recorded at least one hit and one RBI for the Indians. Grisez had a team-high three hits while Alex Gaerke and Sage Wendel tied for three RBIs to lead the Indians.
Gaerke earned the win, throwing three innings where he didn’t give up a single hit.
Eels split meets
FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery Eels split a pair of meets on Monday and Tuesday. Their meet against St. Henry ended due to rain after the 48th event with St. Henry on top 242-224. On Tuesday, the Eels bounced back to score 651 points to beat Randolph County (185) and Union City (137).
Four of the Eels were double-winners in the shortened meet against St. Henry. At the 15-and-older level Teigen Fortkamp and Carson Fullenkamp won a pair of events. Makenna Huelskamp had two wins for the 13-14-year-olds while Hailey Wenning did for the 9-10-year-olds.
Fullenkamp and Huelskamp were also triple-winners on Tuesday. Both won the long freestyle and the butterfly. Fullenkamp also won the backstroke and Huelskamp took the breaststroke.
Caleb Smith was also placed first three times for the 15-and-older age group on Tuesday. He won the individual medley, short freestyle and breaststroke.
Rozlyn Diller and Connor Homan both won the 9-10-year-old individual medley and breaststroke. Diller also took the backstroke for the girls while Homan won the butterfly.
JC narrowly wins
MUNCIE — The Jay County Summer Swim team held off the Catalina Swim Club Gators 603-577 on Tuesday at Muncie Catalina Club.
Jay County swept the 8-and-younger girls and the 9-10-year-old girls in the win. Cora Arnold took care of the long freestyle, backstroke and individual medley while Jaley Knapschafer won the butterfly, breaststroke and short freestyle for the youngest age group.
Sophie Warvel had first-place finishes in the 9-10-year-old long freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke while Addisyn Champ won the backstroke, individual medley and short freestyle.
Jackson Westgerdes was the only boy to win three events, topping the boys 9-10-year-old long freestyle, butterfly and short freestyle.
The 11-12-year-old girls long freestyle, individual medley and breaststroke victories were all held by Elly Byrum.
Jay County also won nine of 20 relays in the victory.
Kennedy gives lead
MUNCIE — A three-run ninth inning powered the Portland Rockets to a 7-4 win over the Muncie Chiefs on Tuesday.
The Rockets entered the ninth inning tied with the Chiefs at four apiece. Jared Holley walked and Quinn Faulkner was hit by a pitch to begin the inning. Joel Kennedy came through with an RBI-single to put the Rockets on top.
A passed ball and a walk to Jacob Barr set Peyton Smith up to hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to two runs.
Noah Perkins followed up with a single to third base to score the final run of the inning and give the Rockets a 7-4 lead.
Sam Dunlavy would earn the win as he shut the door in the ninth inning with a pair of strikeouts and a flyout.
Kennedy’s three singles led the Rockets while Ayden Lichtenstiger had a team-high two RBIs in the game.
Wings advance
Wings and Rings won their Portland Junior League Rookie softball semifinal game on Tuesday 12-8 against Bizy Dips on Tuesday to advance to Thursday’s championship game against REMC.
Kendall Evans and Carsyn Guggenbiller powered the offense for Wings and Rings, each tallying five hits in the game and scoring four runs each. Evans had two doubles to go along with her three singles.
Kierstyn White, Lucy Locke, Maitlyn Castillo and Hadleigh Walker all added four hits in the win. White hit a triple while scoring three times as well.
Day lifts PG14
An inside-the-park grand slam from Tanner Day helped push PG14 past Optimist 7-4 in the semifinal of the Portland Junior League Willie Mays baseball tournament.
PG14 will play in the championship at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
PG14 was down 4-1 going into the bottom of the fifth when they exploded for six runs, led by Day’s grand slam.
Helping Day out was Dustin Franks with a double and Beckham Hough with a single to score runs for PG14.
Eli Homan and Sawyer Smitley were also able to draw five combined walks in the win.
Kendal Glessner smacked two doubles to lead the Optimist’s offensive charge. Cash Reynolds and Bryce VanSkyock added doubles of their own, VanSkyock also slapping a single.
Liam Scheiber rounded out Optimist’s offense with a single.
Cook’s moves on
Cook’s Nursery dismantled POET Bioprocessing for a 14-4 victory in the opening round of the Portland Junior League Rookie baseball tournament on Tuesday.
Kayden Alberson, Steven Robbins and Brantley Sager all had four hits for Cook’s in the win. Two of Alberson’s hits were doubles and he scored all four times.
Reid Wendel led the team in RBIs as he smashed three doubles that drove five runs in.
Trey Hirschy and Hunter Hamilton added three hits and three runs apiece as well.
Corbin Hutzler hit two triples that drove in two runs and scored twice to lead POET.
Dakoda Smith and Braxton Tow had two hits as well.
Cooper Shimp and Andrew Day delivered those hits for Portland Forge on Tuesday night as they took down Loy’s Realty 8-4 in the semifinal round of the Portland Junior League Sandy Koufax baseball tournament.
With the win, Portland Forge will play Local 1620 tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Day started Forge’s offense when he smacked a double that drove in two early runs and later swiped home plate to add another run.
Later in the game, Shimp blasted a ball over the centerfield wall for a two-run home run.
Grant Fennig and Ashton Castillo both hit RBI-singles for Loy’s Realty. Fennig led the team with two hits.
Indians dominate
ST. HENRY, Ohio — The Fort Recovery ACME baseball team blew out Parkway 16-0 in the second round of the sectional tournament on Tuesday.
The Indians will travel to Coldwater to take on the Cavaliers in the semifinal today at 6 p.m.
The Indians struck early with singles from Reece Wendel and Caden Grisez and a double from Gavin Faller plating the first two runs in the bottom of the first inning.
They scored six runs in the first two innings before exploding for seven in the third alone. Seven singles, a triple a walk and an error pushed all seven runs across the plate.
The Indians finished with three more in the fourth before the game ended early because of the mercy rule.
All nine starters recorded at least one hit and one RBI for the Indians. Grisez had a team-high three hits while Alex Gaerke and Sage Wendel tied for three RBIs to lead the Indians.
Gaerke earned the win, throwing three innings where he didn’t give up a single hit.
Eels split meets
FORT RECOVERY — The Fort Recovery Eels split a pair of meets on Monday and Tuesday. Their meet against St. Henry ended due to rain after the 48th event with St. Henry on top 242-224. On Tuesday, the Eels bounced back to score 651 points to beat Randolph County (185) and Union City (137).
Four of the Eels were double-winners in the shortened meet against St. Henry. At the 15-and-older level Teigen Fortkamp and Carson Fullenkamp won a pair of events. Makenna Huelskamp had two wins for the 13-14-year-olds while Hailey Wenning did for the 9-10-year-olds.
Fullenkamp and Huelskamp were also triple-winners on Tuesday. Both won the long freestyle and the butterfly. Fullenkamp also won the backstroke and Huelskamp took the breaststroke.
Caleb Smith was also placed first three times for the 15-and-older age group on Tuesday. He won the individual medley, short freestyle and breaststroke.
Rozlyn Diller and Connor Homan both won the 9-10-year-old individual medley and breaststroke. Diller also took the backstroke for the girls while Homan won the butterfly.
JC narrowly wins
MUNCIE — The Jay County Summer Swim team held off the Catalina Swim Club Gators 603-577 on Tuesday at Muncie Catalina Club.
Jay County swept the 8-and-younger girls and the 9-10-year-old girls in the win. Cora Arnold took care of the long freestyle, backstroke and individual medley while Jaley Knapschafer won the butterfly, breaststroke and short freestyle for the youngest age group.
Sophie Warvel had first-place finishes in the 9-10-year-old long freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke while Addisyn Champ won the backstroke, individual medley and short freestyle.
Jackson Westgerdes was the only boy to win three events, topping the boys 9-10-year-old long freestyle, butterfly and short freestyle.
The 11-12-year-old girls long freestyle, individual medley and breaststroke victories were all held by Elly Byrum.
Jay County also won nine of 20 relays in the victory.
Kennedy gives lead
MUNCIE — A three-run ninth inning powered the Portland Rockets to a 7-4 win over the Muncie Chiefs on Tuesday.
The Rockets entered the ninth inning tied with the Chiefs at four apiece. Jared Holley walked and Quinn Faulkner was hit by a pitch to begin the inning. Joel Kennedy came through with an RBI-single to put the Rockets on top.
A passed ball and a walk to Jacob Barr set Peyton Smith up to hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to two runs.
Noah Perkins followed up with a single to third base to score the final run of the inning and give the Rockets a 7-4 lead.
Sam Dunlavy would earn the win as he shut the door in the ninth inning with a pair of strikeouts and a flyout.
Kennedy’s three singles led the Rockets while Ayden Lichtenstiger had a team-high two RBIs in the game.
Wings advance
Wings and Rings won their Portland Junior League Rookie softball semifinal game on Tuesday 12-8 against Bizy Dips on Tuesday to advance to Thursday’s championship game against REMC.
Kendall Evans and Carsyn Guggenbiller powered the offense for Wings and Rings, each tallying five hits in the game and scoring four runs each. Evans had two doubles to go along with her three singles.
Kierstyn White, Lucy Locke, Maitlyn Castillo and Hadleigh Walker all added four hits in the win. White hit a triple while scoring three times as well.
Day lifts PG14
An inside-the-park grand slam from Tanner Day helped push PG14 past Optimist 7-4 in the semifinal of the Portland Junior League Willie Mays baseball tournament.
PG14 will play in the championship at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
PG14 was down 4-1 going into the bottom of the fifth when they exploded for six runs, led by Day’s grand slam.
Helping Day out was Dustin Franks with a double and Beckham Hough with a single to score runs for PG14.
Eli Homan and Sawyer Smitley were also able to draw five combined walks in the win.
Kendal Glessner smacked two doubles to lead the Optimist’s offensive charge. Cash Reynolds and Bryce VanSkyock added doubles of their own, VanSkyock also slapping a single.
Liam Scheiber rounded out Optimist’s offense with a single.
Cook’s moves on
Cook’s Nursery dismantled POET Bioprocessing for a 14-4 victory in the opening round of the Portland Junior League Rookie baseball tournament on Tuesday.
Kayden Alberson, Steven Robbins and Brantley Sager all had four hits for Cook’s in the win. Two of Alberson’s hits were doubles and he scored all four times.
Reid Wendel led the team in RBIs as he smashed three doubles that drove five runs in.
Trey Hirschy and Hunter Hamilton added three hits and three runs apiece as well.
Corbin Hutzler hit two triples that drove in two runs and scored twice to lead POET.
Dakoda Smith and Braxton Tow had two hits as well.
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