Malone's Chad Rottier (10) connects on the fastball for the base hit. The Clinton County Mariners would defeat Malone Post 219 14-4 in 5 innings. Clinton County would take the early lead 4-0 after the first and not look back from there. Then in the second inning, they would trade three runs as Malone trade to stay in the game at 7-3. The Mariners would add three more in the third and four in the fourth for 14-4 victory. In the winning effort, Logan Recore would go the distance striking out four and giving four hits and four runs. With the win, the Mariners go to 11-4 on the season while Malone falls to 2-3. Gallery

Malone's Brandon Welch drops the curveball for one of his two-strike out on the day. Gallery

Airborne Speedway's Matt Rivers (88) jumps to snag the high hop and fire over to first for the out. The Airborne Speedway Padres would sweep a doubleheader over the Fourth Ward Athletics by scores of 15-0 and 14-11. In-game one the Athletics would have no answer for Matt Rivers has would go the complete game striking out three and giving up just two hits. The Padres would score early and often as they would get two in the first, one in second to make it 3-0. Then in the third, the Padres would explode for five runs including a three-run homer from Joey Painter to make it 8-0. Then in the fifth, the Padres would finish it off with a seven-spot as the Athletics pitcher was having problems locating the plate for the 15-0 final. Then in game two, they would trade runs in the first to make it 1-1. The Padres would take the 2-1 lead after two. Then in the third A's would come back and tie the game at 3. Then in the fourth, the Padres would take 10-5 lead on the seven-run inning on the strength of Nick Desrochers and Mark Eggleston's back to back home runs. In the fifth, the A's would trim the lead to two runs at 11-9 on the strength of a four-run inning. Then the teams would trade runs over the remaining innings to make the final 14-11 Getting the win in relief was Matt Rivers. As the Padres would improve to 7-7 and the A's fall to 5-9 on the season with one week remaining. Gallery

Fourth Ward's Joe Kirkpatrick (14) fields the bunt and fires across for the out. Gallery

Airborne Speedway's Matt Rivers (88) steps on second throws on to first for the double play. The Plattsburgh Cardinals would sweep the Airborne Speedway Padres 4-1 and 8-6. The first game of the day would be tight through and the Cardinals would just come up better with the timely hitting. In-game 2 the Padres would hold a 6-1 lead heading into the sixth inning and then wheels would just fall off as errors would kill them in the remaining two innings and give up seven runs. With the sweep, the Cardinals go to 9-3, and Padres fall to 5-7 on the season. Gallery

Airborne Speedway's Chris Markwackia (24) jumps to snag the high throw on the pickoff attempt. Gallery

Malone's Brandon Mulverhill (42) slides in safe at second base with the double. The Malone Post 219 would fall to the Hudson Valley Renegades 6-4 in the opening game of the Mehan/Turner Tournament. The Renegades would take the 1-0 lead in the first and then in second Malone would tie it up at 1. The game would remain there until the Renegades would get four in the fifth to take the 5-1 lead. Malone would answer back with two in the bottom of the inning to make it 5-3. Then in the sixth the teams would trade runs to make it 6-4. Brandon Welch would go 5 innings in the losing effort while striking four. With the loss, Malone falls to 1-1. Gallery

Malone's Brandon Welch (24) drops the curveball for one of his four strikeouts. Gallery

Clinton County's Will Flynn (2) release the heater for the strikeout as he would go the complete game for the win. The Clinton County Mariners would defeat the Ottawa Knights 4-3. The big blow in the game would come from Josh Richards on the strength of his two-run homer. Gallery

Clinton County's Ben Weightman (13) makes connect for the high fly ball. Gallery

Airborne Speedway's Nick Derochsers (7) extends completely out to save the ball from going to the outfield. The Airborne Speedway Padres would sweep a doubleheader with the Meron's Expos 9-0 & 12-0. In-game 1 it would be close at 2-0 until when the bats would explode for 6 runs to make it 8-0. Then to finish off the game the Padres would add one more to make it 9-0 for the victory. The story of the game would be Frank Brogna as he would go the complete game strikeout twelve and give up no hits for the no-hitter. In-game two the Padres bats would stay hot as the would get to expos early by getting six in the second and five in the third and finish it off with one in the fourth for the 12-0 win in five innings. Leading the way offensively for Padres would Eric Bell with a home run and Joey Painter with a three-hit game. On the mound Matt Rivers would give up just three hits and strike out two. With the sweep, the Padres improve to 5-5 while the Expos fall to 7-3. Gallery

Meron's Expos Mark Passino with the rolling catch to save a hit. Gallery

Saranac's Andrew Petro (12) knocks down the hard smash to first for the out. The Saranac Chiefs would defeat the Beekmantown Eagles 6-5 ton win the 2012 Section VII Class B Championship at Chip Cummings field. The Chiefs would get on the board with a 2 run rbi single by Kasey Favreau for the 2-0 lead. The Eagles would answer back to tie it at the top of the third at 2. Although at the bottom of third the Chiefs would get four runs to get the 6-2 lead. Then in the fourth inning, the Eagles would cut the lead in half at 6-4. Then in the seventh inning, the Eagles would get 1 and leave the baseloads as the Chiefs would get the 6-5 victory. In the winning effort, Tanner Rascoe would go 6 2/3 while striking out and Ben Weightman would come into getting the last two outs for the save for there first sectional title in 4 years. Gallery

Beekmantown's Brandon Buska (15) slides in safe at the plate ahead of the tag of Saranac's Ben Weightman for the score. Gallery

Ticonderoga's Jordan Wood (21) with the sliding knee catch in foul terrority. It would be the Ticonderoga Sentinels vs Moriah Vikings in the title game at Chip Cummings field. The Sentinels wouldn't leave nothing to chance as they would get 11-0 lead. The Sentinels would single runs in the first and second for the 2-0 lead. Then the Sentinels would open it up with three in thrid for a 5-0 lead to break it open. Then would get a pair in the fourth for the 7-0 lead. Then in the sixth they would put the icing on the cake with four runs for the 11-0 win. In the winning effort Ticonderoga's Tanner Wright would go the distance for the victory for the three hit shutout. Gallery

Moriah's Trevor Cheney (5) settles under the fly ball for the out in left field. Gallery

Saranac's Kasey Favreau (34) release the high fastball for the swinging struck one of his five on the day. The Saranac Chiefs would defeat the Northeastern Clinton Cougars 5-2. The Cougars would get the opening shot with two runs in the first to take 2-0 lead. Then over the remaining six innings Kasy Favreau would quite the Cougars and the Chiefs would get five unanswered runs. The would get one back in the third on Brady Burleigh's RBI double to make it 2-1. Then in fourth the big shot would be made on Tanner Rascoe's three-run homer to give the Chiefs a 4-2 lead. Then in the sixth inning, the Chiefs would add an insurance run on Austin Velie's RBI single. In getting the win for the Chiefs Kasey Favreau would go the distance striking out five, five hits and four walks. The Chiefs will play Wednesday for the Section VII championship. Gallery

Saranac's Brady Burleigh (21) makes solid contact on the pitch for the double. Gallery

Airborne Speedway's Nick Desroches (7) snags the liner headed for second base. The Airborne Speedway Padres and the 4th Ward Timberjaxxs would split a doubleheader. The Timberjaxxs would have a come from behind win in game 1 7-4. Then in game two the Padres would hold on for the 4-3 victory. In-game one the Timberjaxxs would get the early 1-0 lead in the first. The Padres would come back and get three in third to take the 3-1 lead. The Padres would add another in the fifth for the 4-1 lead. The Timberjaxxs would start there comeback by getting one in the sixth to make it 4-2. Then in the seventh inning the wheels would come off for the Padres and the Timberjaxxs bats woke up and they got 5 runs to get the 7-4 win. In the winning effort, DJ Barber would go six innings striking five for the victory. In-game two the Padres would get the 4-3 victory with again some late-game drama by getting two in the sixth to take the lead. Then we would need to scramble for the seventh to hang on for the 4-3 victory. Gallery

Fourth Ward's Jimmy Knight (25) comes and catches the low sinker liner on the run for the out. Gallery