Peru's Gabby Cunningham (26) uses the body to make the catch on the hot smash to third for the out. It would be the semi-finals of the Class B Champlain Valley Athletic Conference playoffs and the #1 Plattsburgh Hornets would host rival #4 Peru Nighthawks at the Plattsburgh Athletic Complex. With the winner meeting the winner of the other semi-final the Saranac Chiefs and the Saranac Lake Red Storm at Plattsburgh State Cardinal Park on Thursday. The game would remain scoreless until the top of the third inning when the Nighthawks would erupt for a 3-0 lead by Gabby Cunningham's 2 rbi double. In the fifth inning, the Nighthawks would get a tac-on round on the sacrifice fly by Steph Gappner for the 4-0 lead. Although the Hornets would not go quietly as they would try to hold the home field they would answer back in the sixth inning with a pair of runs lead by rbi hits by Duquette and Miller to make it a 4-2 game. The Hornets would try and tie the game up in the seventh but it would fall short and the Peru Nighthawks would get the upset win to advance to Section VII Class B Finals against the Saranac Chiefs. In the winning effort, Zoey Malcolm would go the complete game giving up 2 runs on three hits while striking out eight to get the win. Gallery

Peru's hitter with the base hit that she sends down the line. The Peru Nighthawks would host the Saranac Lake Red Storm in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Softball action. The game would remain scoreless until the bottom of the third when the Nighthawks would open up the scoring four runs. In the top of the fourth, the Red Storm would cut the deficit in half as they would get at 4-2. The Nighthawks would explode for eight runs in the sixth inning and extend the lead to 12-2. The Red Storm would an effort in the seventh to get back in the game but they would only get three runs. As the Nighthawks would hold on for the 12-5 win. Gallery

Saranac's Aislyn Liberty (5) deliveries the strike for the strikeout as part of a complete game four strikes outperformance. It would be a Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Softball matchup between the Saranac Chiefs and the Peru Nighthawks in early season action. The game would start off good for the home Nighthawks as they would get five runs in the first two innings and take the 5-0 lead. In the third inning, the Chiefs would start to get back in the game with two runs on Benjamin and Owen base hits for a 5-2 game. The game would stay there till the sixth when the Nighthawks would get two runs again to resecure their five-run lead at 7-2 and that's where the game would finish for the Nighthawks win. Gallery

Plattsburgh's catcher with the tag at the plate on the Nighthawk runner to cut down the runner. It would be the season opener for the Plattsburgh Hornets and the Peru Nighthawks in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference action at the redone Plattsburgh Hornets field. The game would start off fast and furious for the home Hornets as they would get six runs in the first for the early 6-0 lead. The Hornets would continue the offense in the second inning as they would get three more to extend their lead to 9-0. The early game success would continue in the third with another two runs and they were off to the races with an 11-0 lead. The game would stay there all the way to the 6th inning when the Nighthawks would finally get on the board with a pair of runs for the 11-2 game. Although the Hornets would get four runs in the sixth to make it a 15-2. Then the last inning the Nighthawks would get a pair as they made a last-ditch effort at the game as the Hornets get the 15-4 win and go to 1-0 on the season while the Nighthawks fall to 0-1 Gallery