DUBOIS — The Bradford High baseball team probably wasn’t counting on having to wait until mid-April to play its first game. The Owls were finally able to go outside on Wednesday, falling to DuBois 5-2 in their season opener.
A four-run second inning by the Beavers sparked by several Bradford miscues proved to be the difference.
“It was kind of a comedy of errors in the second (inning),” Owls coach Andy Carlson said. “We looked like we’d been practicing on hardwood for a month and half.”
Glenn Starr led DuBois with a 2-for-3 performance including a double, while Joe Frano added a double of his own. Starter Peter Foradora earned the victory after striking out five and walking three in four-plus innings of work.
Bradford’s runs came from an RBI single by Isaac Gralak and an RBI groundout by Adam Boyer. Hunter Gray notched a double, while Tyler Gigliotti and Caleb Nuzzo had Bradford’s other base hits.
Peyton Manion, Drew Piganelli, and Boyer combined for four strikeouts, five walks, and seven hits on the mound.
Despite the loss, Carlson knows his team is still shaking off the early season rust after so many postponements.
“You look at the box and we beat them 2-0 from the third inning on,” he said. “We can definitely play with them. We know that.”
The Owls will host Johnsonburg at Pitt-Bradford at 4:45 p.m. on Friday.
AT DUBOIS
R H E
Bradford 000 011 0 2 4 3
DuBois 140 000 X 5 7 1
Peyton Manion (1 SO), Drew Piganelli (3) (1 SO, 4 BB), Adam Boyer (5) (2 SO, 1 BB), and Caleb Nuzzo
Peter Foradora (5 SO, 3 BB), Glenn Starr (5) (2 SO, 2 BB), Dylan McCluskey (7) (2 SO), and E. Schneider
Elk Catholic 6, Kane 3
ST. MARYS — Elk County Catholic head coach Ken Vogt notched his first career win, and the Crusaders survived a late rally from Kane (0-1) to win their first game of the season.
ECC (1-3) lost its first three games of 2018, but Vogt’s team put together a strong performance on both sides of the ball Wednesday.
Alec Wehler picked up the win for the Crusaders, surrendering no hits and striking out four over three quality innings of relief work. Will Uberti powered ECC’s offense, driving in four runs on two hits.
The Crusaders were poised to make easy work of the Wolves, until the Kane bats came alive in the final frame.
Robert Rumcik, Ethan Alexander and Jake Alcorn all drove in runs in that inning before Taylor Boland closed out the game for ECC.
Both teams play next on the road Friday.
AT ST. MARYS
R H E
Kane 000 000 3 3 3 1
ECC 210 021 X 6 6 2
Cyrus Novosel (5 SO, 3 BB), Carson Whiteman (5) ( 2 BB), Austin Jordan (5) (3 SO, 2 BB), Reese Novosel (6) Reese Novosel (6)
Brady Schneider (5 SO), Alec Wehler (4) (4 SO, 3 BB), Taylor Boland (7) (3 BB)
Oswayo Valley 15, Archbishop Walsh 0, 3 inn.
SHINGLEHOUSE — Oswayo Valley exploded for 11 runs in the opening frame, and Jacob Karr and Noah Wichert didn’t allow a hit over three innings.
Leading the Green Wave (1-1) offensively were Camden Graves (3-for-3, four RBIs), Gavin Babcock (2-for-3, RBI double), Gunner Bean (2-for-2, RBI double), Gage Babcock (RBI triple) and Garren Black (two-run home run).
Archbishop Walsh fell to 0-1.
AT SHINGLEHOUSE
R H E
Arch. Walsh 0 0 0 00 3
Oswayo Valley 11 2 2 1510 0
Brock Foster, Colin York (1), Max Garvin (2)
Jacob Karr, Noah Wichert (2) (2 BB)
HR: Garren Black (OV)
Bolivar Richburg 9, Otto-Eldred 4
BOLIVAR — A quick start and a three-run homer by Parker Cole in the 3rd and a complete game by Logan Bess on the mound led Bolivar-Richburg (1-3).
On top of his complete game with 11 strikeouts, freshman Logan Bess went 1-for-3 from the plate with 2 RBIs, and Christian Miller hit a double and added an RBI.
“It’s a good feeling getting that first win under your belt,” said Wolverines coach Dustin Allen.
Sawyer Drummond went 1-for-3 with an RBI for Otto-Eldred (0-1).
AT BOLIVAR
R H E
Otto-Eldred0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 2 0
Bolivar-Rich.6 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 10 4
Chase Sebastian (0 SO, 3 BB) (1) Sawyer Drummond (5 SO, 3BB) (3) Cole Sebastian (1 SO 1BB) Ander Scheeler (4) (5 SO) and Jacob Merry
Logan Bess (11 SO, 6 BB) and Christian Miller
HR: Parker Cole (B-R)
