Entries by Anthony Hartwig

EAGLES DO WHAT THEY DO BEST, FLY

HUBBARD, OHIO- The Hubbard Eagles win today’s contest against Niles,  7-2. The Eagles opened up scoring in the first inning, when Tyler Wright drew a walk, scoring one run. Michael Biro was on the hill for Hubbard. Biro lasted four innings, allowing four hits and two runs while striking out three. Nick Clark was on […]

GRADISHAR NOTCHES HER THIRD NO HITTER

GARRETTSVILLE OH- With both teams being undefeated in the MVAC coming in to Monday, the matchup between Champion and Garfield was going to be an important one.  The G-Men got off to a good start on defense as they quickly got 2 outs on the board against some of the Flashes’ best hitters.  The positive […]

GRATITUDE FOR GRADISHAR

WARREN OH- The anticipation to see Champion softball’s Gabby Gradishar has been building to the point of explosion.  The sophomore came in to last year with a ton of hype, but unfortunately an injury took away her freshman campaign, and our opportunity to watch her work.  Making her sophomore season a defecto freshman year at […]

TWO BIG TEAMS, NO BIG DEAL FOR LOUISVILLE

LOUISVILLE, OHIO-  GAME 1: Cole Miller threw a gem on Saturday for Louisville, allowing zero runs and besting Archbishop Hoban by a score of 2-0. The pitching was strong on both sides. Miller struck out three, while Archbishop Hoban pitchers sat down two. Miller earned the victory on the hill for Louisville. The righthander allowed […]

VIKINGS TEACH CHALKER A LESSON

By Michael Wolfgang  LEAVITTSBURG, OHIO – One of the more difficult things to do in baseball is to sweep a double header. LaBrae accomplished this Saturday as they beat Chalker 15-4 in game one and 17-3 in game two. In game one, Chalker made a push in the top of the third inning scoring three […]

TIGERS AND LAKERS SPLIT WINS

GAME 1: NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- Springfield defeated Pymatuning Valley 5-2 on Saturday in game 1 of a double header. Springfield fired up the offense in the second inning. They scored one run when Madi Lesnak singled. The Tigers put up three runs in the fifth inning. They scored their runs on a home run by […]

HOBAN STREAKS ON UNIONTOWN LAKE

UNIONTOWN OH- Archbishop Hoban won big over Lake 8-2 on the road on Saturday. The Knights opened up scoring in the first inning, when Kennedy Bray singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run. Archbishop Hoban scored three runs in the seventh inning. They scored their runs on a home run by Taylor Gerring. Faith […]

ONE RUN IS ENOUGH FOR THE FLASHES

CANTON OH- Gabrielle Gradishar shut down Hoover, throwing a complete game shutout and leading Champion to a 1-0 victory on Saturday The pitching was strong on both sides. Gradishar struck out 14, while Hoover sat down eight. Gradishar earned the victory on the rubber for Champion. The ace went seven innings, allowing zero runs on […]

CHAMPION CLINGS ON TO VICTORY

CANTON OH- Champion got out to a five-run lead in the fourth inning and narrowly held on for a 5-4 victory over Marlington on Saturday. Abigail Meadors was the winning pitcher for Champion. The hurler allowed six hits and four runs over three and two-thirds innings, striking out three and walking one. Gabrielle Gradishar threw […]

CLIPPERS UPEND SPRINGFIELD

By Michael Wolfgang NEW MIDDLETOWN, OHIO – A big offensive day and strong pitching is what propelled Columbiana over Springfield 14-2 on Saturday afternoon. Brayden Pipoly led off the game with a double and was then driven in by a Colin Keleman single to give Columbiana an early 1-0 lead. Pipoly finished with a double, […]