Baseball
Johnson City 5, Norwich 3
JOHNSON CITY - Johnson City outhit and outplayed the Purple Tornado Friday, although the local club stayed in the game playing error-free baseball.
Vince Trayling had three hits and two RBI for JC, and Adam Kettle finished with two hits and two ribbies. Winning pitcher Colin Arvanitakis allowed just three hits and no earned runs to pick up the win. NHS scored all three of its runs in the last inning without a basehit. Three Wildcats errors and a balk led to the trio of tallies. "We put the ball in play and only struck out three times,” said Norwich coach Rich Turnbull. “We just hit it at them, and Trayling made four or five great catches in centerfield. Any one of those balls drop in the outfield, it's a different game."
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Arvanitakis (W) and Meaney. Colby Griffin (L), Chris Trevisani (6) and John Yacano.
Sidney 17, Norwich 3
NORWICH – Sidney ran roughshod over its second straight Chenango County opponent in as many days ripping NHS pitching for 19 hits in a blowout win Saturday.
Billy Kozak was 4-for-5 with three runs scored, Noah McKee had three hits and three ribbies, and Trey Crawford drove in three runs.
“They’re really good. I think they would do some damage in our division in STAC, no doubt,” said Norwich coach Rich Turnbull of Sidney.
Ricky Runyon was 3-for-4 to lead Norwich, and Robert Jeffrey added two hits.
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Brandon Bissett (W), Billy Kozak (7) and Pat Vibbard, Nick Jump (7). Cody Graves (L), Derek Manwarren (5) and John Yacano. Doubles: (S) Kozak, Bissett. Triples: (S) Patrick Vibbard.
Sidney 18, Bainbridge-Guilford 6
BAINBRIDGE - Sidney built a 14-3 lead after three innings in a surprising rout of B-G (8-2) Friday.
Damian Zimmer went 3-for-5 and Nate McDonald had two hits in the Sidney win. Zak Greene pitched five innings for the victory. "They hit the ball well the entire game, and they have a solid lineup," said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. "They seemed to have our defense on its heels."
Lucas Butcher was 3-for-4 to lead B-G, who host Unadilla Valley today.
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Green (W), Constable (6) and Patrick Vibbard, Jump (7). Mark Cordner (L), Timmy Parsons (3), C. Palmer (4) and Tyler Ouimet. Doubles: (S) Billy Kozak, Damian Zimmer (3), Jump. (BG) Lucas Butcher.
G-MU 4, Richfield Springs 3
Adirondack 8, G-MU 7
RICHFIELD SPRINGS - In G-MU's seesaw season, it picked up its third win of the season as senior pitcher Jason Barrows struck out 14 and allowed just six hits in Friday's eight-inning victory over Richfield Springs.
Barrows led off the top of the eighth with a double, and went to third on a passed ball. Austin Burnside walked, and the two G-MU runners scored on a throwing error and a wild pitch. Richfield Springs threatened in its half of the eighth scoring once and placing the tying run at third with just one out. Barrows struck out the last two hitters to end the game.
"It was a pretty clean game right up to the end, and both pichers got outs when they needed them," said G-MU coach Rick Mohrein.
Barrows had two hits, and Nate Fuller finished 2-for-3.
In Saturday’s one-run loss, Adirondack scored an unearned run in the last of the eighth after a flyball dropped just under the glove of the G-MU outfielder.
Adirondack surged in front with six runs in the bottom of the sixth to erase G-MU’s 5-1 lead. G-MU committed two errors, issued two walks, and Adirondack complemented those extra baserunners with three basehits.
Dan Primrose had two hits for G-MU and eighth-grader Andrew Baker pitched six innings allowing just three earned runs. “I was very impressed with Andrew’s composure and confidence on the mound,” Mohrein said. “He didn’t get intimidated by the situation, and I know big things are going to happen for him in the future.”
