| River lax rolls past Westlake, tournament up next |
 In their final regular season games of 2013, both Rocky River and Westlake were looking to build up some momentum with the tournament draw on the horizon.
When the final gun sounded, all that momentum was clearly in the Pirates’ favor.
Senior middie Eric Sperli scored four goals wirth a pair of assists as Rocky River rolled past the visiting Demons, 12-1, last Friday night at River Stadium.
Rocky River bounced back from a narrow 10-9 loss to Chagrin Falls earlier in the week. The Pirates closed out the regular season at 11-2 and began to look ahead toward their goal... |
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| Kaminsky, Crushers fall to Gateway in series final |
 A fifth inning homer from Gateway catcher Landon Hernandez snapped a 1-1 tie on Sunday evening at All Pro Freight Stadium. From there, the Grizzlies went on to take the rubber match in the three game series with the Lake Erie Crushers, 6-1.
Lake Erie (1-2) out hit the Grizzlies (2-1) for the third night in a row, but the Crushers stranded eight base runners on the night, and could only push one run across.
The Grizzlies plated the first run of the game in the top of the first inning on a two-out run scoring double from Jet Butler. The Crushers tied the game in the home half of the third. Max Casper and Kevin Berard stroked back-to-back one out singles before Casper came home on a wild pitch to plate Lake Erie’s lone run.
Gateway had two on with two out in the fifth inning when Hernandez hit the first home run of the series, a three-run shot to left, to snap a 1-1 tie and gave the Grizzlies the lead again... |
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| Despite Eldemire's bat, Crushers drop '13 opener |
 The Lake Erie Crushers had twice as many hits as the Gateway Grizzlies in their 2013 opener at All Pro Freight Stadium on Friday night, but the Grizzlies used a few timely hits to come away with a 3-2 victory.
Pitching dominated the entire contest, as the two starting pitchers ultimately stole the show, especially in the early stages of the game.
Tim Brown (1-0) tossed eight strong innings, allowing just one run while scattering six hits, and Lake Erie right hander Trevor Longfellow (0-1) hurled seven solid innings, allowing just three runs on four hits with five strikeouts.
The Grizzlies snapped scoreless tie in the top half of the third inning. Antone DeJesus started the inning with a double, and scored on a clutch, two-out single off the bat of Chris McClendon. McClendon then stole second and... |
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| Nine-run inning sends Rangers to district tourney |
 On the way to their first 20-win season since 2007, the Lakewood Rangers have had plenty of big innings offensively that made a difference.
But there had been nothing quite like the second inning Friday against Elyria.
The second-seeded Rangers, thanks to an infield error, sent 10 batters to plate and scored nine runs in the frame. So when Liam Sullivan crossed home plate in the bottom of the sixth, Lakewood had win No. 21 in the books with its 13-3 win over the Pioneers in a Division I... |
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| Lew's pitching, Brown's speed advance Westlake |
 The Westlake Demons managed just one run against Avon in their Division I sectional championship game with Avon.
Thanks to freshman pitcher Katie Lew, the one run proved to be enough.
Lew blanked the visiting Eagles, and her teammates made a second-inning run stand in a 1-0 victory. With the win, the fourth-seeded Demons advanced to next week’s district tournament at North Ridgeville.
Westlake scored what proved to be the game-winner when Erin Brown... |
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| O'Brien's late goals get Chagrin Falls past Pirates |
 After a pair of narrow back-to-back wins, the Rocky River Pirates found themselves in another close encounter Tuesday night. But on this night, they couldn’t quite catch the Tiger by the tail.
Chagrin Falls made the trek out west and made the long trip count. The Tigers withstood a second-half River rally, getting a pair of Tyler O’Brien goals in the final 3:02 for a 10-9 win that spoiled the Pirates’ Senior Night at River Stadium.
Rocky River, the No. 1 team in the Division II Northwest Division, fell to... |
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| State-ranked Shoregals clinch share of SWC title |
 The Avon Lake Shoregals clinched a share of the Southwestern Conference fastpitch championship Monday with a 13-0 win over North Olmsted.
Annie Wennerberg tossed a 1-hitter at the Eagles, raising her record to 19-1 for the season. The state-ranked Shoregals were led offensively by Alexis Thomas, who went two-for-three with a triple, a double and three runs batted in.
Avon Lake, 23-1 overall and 13-1 in the SWC, was ranked third in Division I in the latest coaches poll. Brecksville, 21-5 overall and 13-1 in the conference, was ranked ninth. The Shoregals will host Midview Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in a... |
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