June 16, 2005

sports

Bulldogs lose two of three

By Karen Wintrow

It was a full week of baseball for the Yellow Springs Bulldogs, the traveling baseball team.

Tuesday’s home game versus Westwood was a nail biter down to the last out, but it ended well, with a 15–13 victory for the Bulldogs. After allowing 6 runs in the first inning, starting pitcher Lucas Donnell found his groove and pitched three excellent innings. Jarrett Moon was strong in relief. In a blowout third, the Bulldogs scored 11 runs on singles from Jack Daily, Asa Casenhiser, Jeremy Paul and walks from the rest of the lineup.

On Thursday, the Bulldogs did not come ready to play against a Tipp City Redhawk team that performed like a well-oiled machine. Ethan Brown pitched three strong innings, but the Redhawk bats came out in the fourth when they scored 7 runs. The Redhawks were strong again in the fifth inning, scoring 6 more runs. The Bulldog offense never got going, contributing to the loss. For the Bulldogs, Tarren Finch, Donnell, Conor Stratton and Daily hit singles and Daily and Brown hit doubles. The game ended with a Redhawks win, 15–4.

Rain forced a cancellation of Saturday’s game, and it was off to Tipp City for a rematch with the Redhawks Sunday afternoon.

The Redhawks jumped out to a 4-run lead but the Bulldogs answered with 2 runs in the second on a double from Moon and a 2 RBI hit from Donnell. Donnell relieved Moon in the third and was able to shut down the Redhawks for two innings. The Bulldogs had a productive fourth, scoring 3 runs on a single from Moon, a double from Tarren Finch, a towering triple from Jerimiha Stubblefield and a timely RBI from Jamie Kitzmiller. They came back in the fifth to score 2 more runs on singles from Moon and Brown. Unfortunately, the Redhawks offense exploded in the fifth when they scored 8 runs, bringing the final score to Bulldogs 7, Redhawks 15.

Sea Dog schedule

The Sea Dogs, the Yellow Springs Aquatic Club, opens its 2005 season at Wayne on Thursday, June 16. The meet begins at 6 p.m. The remainder of the schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, June 21: at Oakwood
Thursday, June 23: home against Forest Ridge
Thursday, June 30: home against Clinton County
Tuesday, July 5: at Waynesville
Thursday, July 7: home against Peoples
Tuesday, July 12: home against Green Acres
Thursday, July 14: at Greene Valley
Saturday, July 23: championships at Wittenberg

The Sea Dogs’ home pool is at Gaunt Park. All meets begin at 6 p.m., with warm-ups starting at 5 p.m. Gaunt Pool closes at 5 p.m. for all home meets. The team will hold its awards banquet on Tuesday, July 26.

Week three in the Majors

By Bob Morrison

On June 4 the Reds lost to the As, but A.J. Wagner made a phenomenal play, Melanie Rudolf did some heads-up base running, and Kenneth Sonner pitched another dependable relief appearance. Joe Fugate provided stability and leadership behind the plate. The Reds then beat the A’s the next day. Cole Honeycutt pitched a complete game, showing great composure throughout. The defense supported him as well for an exciting team victory.

Cubs win! Cubs win! Well, sort of. The Cubs came out on top of a two-inning, unofficial game that included 24 walks, beating the As 15–13. Sam Morrison got the win with strong relief work by Austin Pence and Alexis Onfroy-Curley. Jerimiha Stubblefield started and took the loss for the As.

When the Indians played a scrimmage against the Reds on Saturday, a good time was had by all. In the second game the Yankees beat the Athletics 6–5. The As were ahead until the Yanks pulled it out in the bottom of the sixth. There were late hits from Ian Wimberly, Lucas Donnell and Addison Pettiford to bring the Yankees to within one run. Conor Stratton pitched five innings for the Yanks but got no decision. Wimberly got the win in relief by pitching a scoreless sixth. In the bottom of the sixth, Asa Casenhiser got on with a walk, stole second and scored on a hit by Andrew Ferguson, who advanced to second on the throw to the plate. Fergie then stole third and scored the winning run on the errant throw.

On Sunday two games took place simultaneously. The Indians beat the As and the Yankees defeated the Reds. Stephanie Lloyd, Kevin Greco, Isaac Haller, Matt Salazar and Jacob Trumbull led the Indians to victory. Lloyd showed great poise at first with a tremendous grab. Will Turner started for the As but had to leave the mound with a sore arm. The relief corps gave up 17 walks. Austin Bailey caught a stellar game. Scoring for the As were Stubblefield, Turner, Bailey and Brandon Semler. Lucas Blanchard-Gleuckert and Alex Nickels played excellent defense. Katie Nickels got her first major league hit for the play of the game!

Offensive stars for the Yanks were Anthony Pettiford, Rafael and Stratton, who also pitched a complete game, giving up just 1 hit and 2 runs. Stars for the Reds were Joe Fugate, Ben Clonch, Jacob Fugate, Jesse Jewell, Ethan Brown, Josh Meadows and Marty Scherr.

Girls softball meeting

An organizational meeting will be held for girls interested in playing softball and their parents on Tuesday, June 28, 7 p.m., at the Yellow Springs Library meeting room.

Girls who will be 15 or younger by Jan. 1, 2006, may participate. For more information, call Chris Lloyd at 767-9318.