Entries by Anthony Hartwig

STORM WIN BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOARDMAN OH- With a championship on the line, the Steel Valley Storm matched up with a familiar Ohio Monsters team. The Storm beat them in the semifinals in their last tournament, and took them down in pool play on Saturday. The Storm made it 3 for 3 on Sunday and earned another bracket championship on […]

STORM LOCK IN SPOT IN ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP

BOARDMAN OH- In their last weekend out, the Steel Valley Storm won their bracket in their own tournament. After their 9-2 victory over Ohio Hurricanes- Green on Sunday in the semifinals, they secured their spot in another bracket championship. Maddie Wymer was the big bay in this one, going 2-3 on the day with 3 […]

STORM SURGE INTO BRACKET PLAY

BOARDMAN OH- After going 3-0 in pool play, the Steel Valley Storm came in to Sunday’s bracket play as the number 1 seed. It was time to earn it on the field.  They opened their run in the bracket with a 9-2 win over the Ohio Hurricanes-Orange. Christina Montgomery broke out big time with a […]

WHITING SWEEPS THEIR WAY TO 16U TITLE

STRUTHERS OH- Whiting Roll-Offs needed every bite of their big offense on Saturday as they won their third straight game to sweep Creekside in the Championship Series. Whiting’s offense flexed on their way to a 10-8 win. Like he has been so many times this summer, Aiden Leiendecker was the biggest bat in the order. […]

BOARDMAN WALKS OFF IN TO NEXT ROUND

ASHTABULA OH- Boardman’s 12U Little League softball team was geared up and ready for the state tournament on Saturday after winning District 2 earlier this week. Their opening opponent was Tallmadge who is known for putting together good teams at this stage. But Boardman was up for the task as they walked off Tallmadge 2-1 […]

STORM LOOKS STRONG HEADING IN TO SUNDAY

BOARDMAN OH- Steel Valley Storm did everything they could to take momentum in to bracket play Sunday with their last game of pool play.  The Storm offense continued to see the ball well as they rolled to a 12-5 victory to head in to Sunday with a 3-0 record. Gabby Goddard made it a 4 […]

STORM FIND EASE IN EARLY MORNING BOUT

BOARDMAN OH- It was a 8:00 start time for the Steel Valley Storm to open their Saturday. However?, they never needed a wake up call. The Storm barreled their way to a 12-3 win over the Ohio Hurricanes. After her 4 RBI performance on Friday, Maddie Wymer backed it up with a 3 RBI game […]

SCRAPPERS WALK OFF TO OPEN HOME STAND

NILES, OH- The Mahoning Valley Scrappers walked-off the West Virginia Black Bears to win the series opener. It was a pitching duel throughout the ballgame, but the offense opened up late to win the ballgame. Both starting pitchers were phenomenal through five innings of work. West Virginia starter Zach Bravo threw 5 scoreless innings which […]

FALCONS FLEX MUSCLES IN SEMIS

STRUTHERS OH- In the Class B Baseball semifinals series in 18U, the Astro Falcons put on an all-around show in game one against Dura Edge. The Falcons go up 1-0 in the best of three series, winning game one 12-2. Devan Zirwas was a huge piece of the victory for the Falcons. He went 4-4 […]

CREEKSIDE DRIVES HOME GAME 1 WIN

STRUTHERS OH-  In the Class B Baseball semifinals series in 18U, Creekside cooled off a red hot Knightline team in a 6-1 win.  It gives them a 1-0 lead in a beat of three series. Zach Hyrb came up big for Creekside going 1-2 with 2 RBI.  Aidan Rossi was a huge part of the […]