Champlain Valley Baseball League Quarterfinals: Airborne Speedway Padres Vs Fourth Ward Athletics July 15 2012

head first slide
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Kyle Coryea

Airborne Speedway's Zack Meyers (27) slides in head first at the plate and scores as the Athletics catcher loses the ball. The Airborne Speedway Padres would defeat Fourth Ward Athletics 10-2. The game would start at Saranac High School where they played the top of the first. Then the rains would come and cause an hour-long rain delay. Where the field was determined to be unplayable so the game was moved to South Acres in Plattsburgh. The game would remain close through the opening six with Padres getting singles runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th and Athletics would get one in the third to make it 3-1. Then in late innings, the Padres bats would come alive getting 7 runs in the last three innings with the big blow coming from Joey Painter's three-run homer. With the win Padres advance to Semi-Finals where they will play either the Expos or Miners.

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Fourth Ward Athletics base runners slide in and beat the tag of Airborne Speedway's Frank Brogna (5).

Howie Frenyea Memorial Pull July 14 2012

out the end
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The big pair of workhorses are taking the 6,200lb sled out the end for a full pull. The Lyon Mountain American Legion would host the second annual Howie Frenyea Memorial. There would great horse pulling action throughout the day. There would be 15 teams of miniature pony's along with 6 teams of a big workhorse. The team would come from across new york, Vermont, and New Hampshire to compete for trophies. Gallery

stretching out
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The team of miniature ponies with the leaping start of the pull as they would take it out. Gallery

American Legion Baseball Malone Post 219 Vs Norwood Roovers July 6 2012

base hit
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Malone's Austin LaMay (1) makes solid connect on the elevated fastball for the base hit. Malone would win the game via forfeit due to Norwood lacking players. The two teams would play the game anyways though. In that game, Brian Dufrane would go the distance for Malone while striking out six. With the win, Malone goes to 5-3 on the season. Gallery

strike three
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Malone's Brain Dufarne (33) with the fastball for one of his six strikeouts on the day. Gallery

Champlain Valley Baseball League Airborne Speedway Padres @ Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs June 30 2012

strike
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Kyle Coryea

Airborne Speedway's Matt Rivers (88) gives the pitch everything he has for the strike. The Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs would defeat the Airborne Speedway Padres 14-5. The game would start off well for the Padres as they would take the 1-0 lead after the first. Then in the second, they would get four more on a grand slam from Mark Eggleston to take the 5-0 lead. From there on out the Timberjaxxs would get fourteen unanswered runs. The big dagger in the heart would come in the third when they would score nine runs as the Padres pitches were having problems located the plate. With the win the Timberjaxxs finish the season at 4-11 and as the Padres go to 7-8. Gallery

snare low liner
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Airborne Speedway's Joey Painter (14) ranges far to his right to snare the low liner for the out. Gallery

Champlain Valley Baseball League Lyon Mountain Miners @ Fourth Ward Athletics June 30 2012

grounder
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Fourth Ward's Jake Tolosky (17) picks the grounder and tags first for the out. The Lyon Mountain Miners would defeat the Fourth Ward Athletics 4-2. The Miners would jump out to the early 2-0 lead in the first. That is where the score would remain until the Athletics would tie up at two in the fifth. Then in the sixth Kris Chase would get the game-winning hit. With the Miners finish the season at 10-5 and get a share of the regular season crown while the Athletics finish at 5-10. Gallery

in the hole
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Lyon Mountain's Kyle Erickson (55) drops to position the grounder and fires for the out. Gallery

Empire Football League Week 1: Plattsburgh North Stars Vs Southern Vermont Storm June 30 2012

falling back catch
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Plattsburgh's Kevin Gibson (44) turns and makes the beautiful one-handed catch and takes it all the way to the one. The Plattsburgh North Stars would defeat the Southern Vermont Storm 34-19. The Plattsburgh North Stars would start there season with many new faces and old faces in new places. As the game started you could see the changes were affecting their execution with many penalities. Although they would get it figured out and start to click. The first score of the game would come on a beautiful catch by Kevin Gibson that he would take the endzone for the lead early. Harry Rascoe would have to more touchdown passes on the day in the win. With the win, the North Stars start there season at 1-0. Gallery

in coverage catch
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Plattsburgh's Nick O'Meara (89) with the touchdown catch in the endzone as he's falling backward. Gallery

American Legion Baseball Malone Post 219 Vs Clinton County Mariners June 25 2012

base hit
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Kyle Coryea

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

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

Champlain Valley Baseball League Airborne Speedway Padres @ Fourth Ward Athletics June 24 2012

leaping snag
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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

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

Champlain Valley Baseball League Airborne Speedway Padres Vs Plattsburgh Cardinals June 17 2012

across the diamond
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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

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

American Legion Baseball Malone Post 219 Vs Hudson Valley Renegades June 16 20122

play at second
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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

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

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