#2 LeVan’s Excavating” width=”460″ height=”318″ />Three local teams were recently crowned champions this week in youth ball action.
West Liberty-Salem #2, LeVan’s Excavating, defeated Huntsville 6-1 Wednesday evening for the 2022 Logan County Pony League championship.
For the Tigers, Reese Oder pitched seven innings, allowing six hits, and struck out 12.
Offensively, Carson Vesey went 2-3 with two RBI, Nick Shifflet and Cooper Crouch both tripled. Oder, Garrett Hull, and Lance Campbell each added singles.
WL-S 2 played a stellar game defensively, not committing an error.
WL-S 2 avenged their only loss of the season with the win, finishing with a record 13-1.
The game was played in Belle Center.
(Pictured above (L-R): Front row – Kash LeVan, Braden Hershberger, Dusty Bolton, Conner Leichty, Lance Campbell, and Cooper Crouch. Second Row – Andy Hershberger (coach), Micah Vesey (coach), Colton Sachs, Reese Oder, Bayes Lapp, Aiden Hull, Nick Shifflet, Garrett Hull, Carson Vesey, Zerah Crouch (coach), and Matt Hull (coach).
In Farm League action:
Huntsville #2, Patriots Attic, ran past West Liberty-Salem #3, Peoples Savings and Loan 17-3 to recently win the Logan County farm league title.
Ross Tidwell and Colt Volbrecht handled the pitching duties for Huntsville, combining for 13 strikeouts.
Offensively, Brady Jackson, Fletcher Brown, Mason Berg, Ty Blackburn, Tidwell, and Volbrecht all had multiple hits. Berg and Tidwell also added a triple each. Blackburn collected five RBI.
(Pictured: Front row – Evan Davis, Brady Jackson, Colt Volbrecht, Steven Castle, and Xander Jenkins. Middle row: Hudson Titus, Bennett Shaner, Fletcher Brown, Mason Berg, and Ross Tidwell. Back row: Willy Volbrecht, John Shaner, Brian Tidwell).
The Quincy Angels softball team edged past Zanesfield #1 10-8 to claim the Logan County 10U softball championship.
The Angels finish the season 13-0-1.
(Pictured (L-R): Front Row – Piper Schindewolf, Lilly Jackson, Bella Robinson, Emma Pope, Bella Monnin, and Sammy Lewis. Back Row – Coach Ryan Robinson, Brooklyn Frey, Havannah McClintick, Sage Sterner, Coach Heath Zwiebel, Ellie Zwiebel, Gracie Rench, Coach Steve Lewis and Coach Brittney McClintick).
Huntsville 14U, Cranberry Resort, softball team recently defeated Bellefontaine 9-1 to secure the championship.
Huntsville finished its season 9-0.
(Pictured L-R: On the ground – Hayden West, Maddi Miller, Rylan Mathews, Kylie Houde, and Elise Cruz Simpson. Standing – Coach Philip Mackesy, Kora Fulkerson, Lili Mackesy, Kendal Miller, Izzi Mackesy, Alaina Hershbarger, Breanne Gordon, Addison Castle, and Coach Chad Mathews).
