Visiting Lady Panthers advanced to Final 4 past Hammond, Canton
Jun. 8—It was a great day for two Panther bands to advance to this weekend's New York State Final Four at the St. Lawrence University Softball Complex on Saturday.
Undefeated Section 7 Class D champion Crown Point downed Hammond 13-1 and Section 2's number one state-ranked Class B Champion Chatham advanced past Canton 14-2.
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CLASS D
Undefeated Section 7 Champion Crown Point (10-0) continued its heart-warming story ending the game by the 12-run rule in the sixth inning.
"This has been an amazing season for us. My son Jeff passed away during the season and our team wasn't together on the field a lot and had to play a lot of games back to the end. He was a great athlete at Crown Point and he was very close to the team. Especially our pitcher Kaitlin Ross. We have been dedicating our games to him," said Crown Point Coach Mike Ross.
"Today everything just fell into place. Jeff wore number 13, Kaitlin wears 13 and we had 13 runs and 13 hits.
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Ross struck out sixth in a four-hitter and walked only one defending a lead created by four runs in the fiirst inning and five in third.
Addison Hurlbutt rapped a triple and two singles, Makenna Muson triipled and singled, Raegan Thomas singled three times, Briana Duprey singled twice and Margaret Benway and Ross singled for the eighth ranked Panthers.
Th Red Devils played good defense led by catcher Addy Graveline who scooped up or blocked any number of potential wild pitches with runners on base, threw out a runner at secondbase on a steal attempt and turned over a bases loaded double play with pitcher Makia Green.
"Addy did a great job behind the plate. We didn't have a good hitting day and they got key hits. We didn't walk people all season but today with had 10 walks, that was way too many."
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Ava Howie singled and scored the ninth ranked Red Devils' lone run in the first inning.
Scarlett Ritchie singled twice and Mia Tulley added a single.
CLASS B
Section 2 Chatham (20-3) showed every bit of its top ranked resume besting eighth ranked Canton (18-2).
The Panthers scored two runs in the first inning relentlessly stretched the margin to 14-0 in the top of the seventh displaying impressive power at the plate and on the mound. Sophomore Skylar Groom was prominent in both spots striking out 15 in a two-hitter and lining a triple, a double and a single at the plate.
"They had everything, pitching, hitting and fielding and you could tell that they faced good pitching every day," said Canton Coach Mike Wentworth.
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"We had a great season, but they just too control."
Addison Perry streaked around the bases for an inside-the-park homerun, Rylie Barden tripled, Anna Freeman singled three times and Jordan Radley stroked a single,
Canton's pitching combination produced two runs in the top of the seventh. Tessa Alguire stroked her third single of the game and Elle White, who singled earlier in the game, raced around the bases after drilling low line drive past the rightfielder.
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