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Payton Plizga tossed a complete seven-inning shoutout as Grand Valley blanked Brookfield 3-0 for a Division VI Northeast 2 baseball win Thursday at GVHS.
The Mustangs improved to 16-4 overall, and advanced to a district semifinal game.
GV, the seventh seed, is scheduled to host either No. 21 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas or No. 14 Smithville at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
“The win secures our first district appearance since 2019, and the most wins in a season since 2018,” Mustangs coach Zach Sirrine said. “The guys have worked hard to get to this point, and are excited to have the opportunity to keep the season going next week.”
Plizga allowed six hits with 11 strikeouts.
“Payton was incredible on the mound, and really kept them off balance,” Sirrine said. “I’m really happy for him to get a playoff win under his belt.”
Offensively, GV made its five hits count, led by Carter Turk with two.
Payton Plizga, Cooper Plizga and Nick Barbieri added one hit apiece. Barbieri, who notched a double, accounted for the lone RBI.
“Really proud of the guys on the win,” Sirrine said. “We’ve talked all year about finding a way and they were able to do that [Thursday], when we didn’t have our best stuff offensively.”
Madison 16, South 2, 5 innings
The Blue Streaks, 10-8-1, rolled to a D-III, Northeast 5 sectional tournament title win Thursday. It was Madison’s first sectional championship since 1991.
The Blue Streaks, as the 24th seed in the sectional-district, is slated to play at No. 2 University School in a district semifinal game at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
On Thursday, the Blue Streaks erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the third inning, and added six more in the fourth.
Nathan Yarnell, Daniel Schultz and Eddy Gvora paced the Madison offense with three hits each, while Luke Gibbons and Brendan Titman contributed two apiece.
Schultz belted a home run, Yarnell recorded a triple and Gibbons a double.
Gvora went all five innings for the pitching win. He yielded one earned run, five hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
“The best part of the win for me was every single player on the team did something relevant to help us win,” Madison coach Brian Titman said. “We scored in multiple, different ways ... singles, doubles, a homer and walks.”
Titman was especially happy for the senior class.
“The have been a coaches dream as a group this year,” Titman said. “To see them all rally around each other and compete how they do every night means a lot.”
Canfield 19, Lakeside 0, 5 innings
At Canfield, the Dragons ended their season with a D-III, Northeast 5 sectional final loss.
Leading 4-0, the Cardinals busted the game open with 14 runs in the second inning.
Lakeside garnered just one hit.
Copley 4, Geneva 0
At Geneva, the Indians registered a D-III, Northeast 6 sectional final victory.
The Eagles closed the season at 8-16.
Champion 1, Pymatuning Valley 0,
8 innings
At Champion, the Golden Flashes edged out the Lakers with a run in the home half of the eighth inning for a D-V Northeast 2 sectional final win.
PV ended the season at 10-11.
Mineral Ridge 3, Saint John 2, 8 innings
At Mineral Ridge, the Rams tallied a run in the home half of the eighth inning to notch a D-VI, Northeast 4 sectional final win.
The Heralds, as the 11th seed, ended the season at 15-9. Mineral Ridge is the ninth seed.
With the game tied at 1-1, Saint John scored a run in the top of the seventh, but Mineral Ridge plated one in bottom of the frame to send the game into extra innings.
The Heralds received one hit each from Gus Petros, Brady Cole, Anthony Severino, Jack Collins and Chase Newsome. Collins and Newsome both hit doubles.
Newsome registered two RBIs.
Chase Clutter pitched 7.2 innings for Saint John. He gave up three earned runs, seven hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.
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The Mustangs improved to 16-4 overall, and advanced to a district semifinal game.
GV, the seventh seed, is scheduled to host either No. 21 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas or No. 14 Smithville at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
“The win secures our first district appearance since 2019, and the most wins in a season since 2018,” Mustangs coach Zach Sirrine said. “The guys have worked hard to get to this point, and are excited to have the opportunity to keep the season going next week.”
Plizga allowed six hits with 11 strikeouts.
“Payton was incredible on the mound, and really kept them off balance,” Sirrine said. “I’m really happy for him to get a playoff win under his belt.”
Offensively, GV made its five hits count, led by Carter Turk with two.
Payton Plizga, Cooper Plizga and Nick Barbieri added one hit apiece. Barbieri, who notched a double, accounted for the lone RBI.
“Really proud of the guys on the win,” Sirrine said. “We’ve talked all year about finding a way and they were able to do that [Thursday], when we didn’t have our best stuff offensively.”
Madison 16, South 2, 5 innings
The Blue Streaks, 10-8-1, rolled to a D-III, Northeast 5 sectional tournament title win Thursday. It was Madison’s first sectional championship since 1991.
The Blue Streaks, as the 24th seed in the sectional-district, is slated to play at No. 2 University School in a district semifinal game at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
On Thursday, the Blue Streaks erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the third inning, and added six more in the fourth.
Nathan Yarnell, Daniel Schultz and Eddy Gvora paced the Madison offense with three hits each, while Luke Gibbons and Brendan Titman contributed two apiece.
Schultz belted a home run, Yarnell recorded a triple and Gibbons a double.
Gvora went all five innings for the pitching win. He yielded one earned run, five hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
“The best part of the win for me was every single player on the team did something relevant to help us win,” Madison coach Brian Titman said. “We scored in multiple, different ways ... singles, doubles, a homer and walks.”
Titman was especially happy for the senior class.
“The have been a coaches dream as a group this year,” Titman said. “To see them all rally around each other and compete how they do every night means a lot.”
Canfield 19, Lakeside 0, 5 innings
At Canfield, the Dragons ended their season with a D-III, Northeast 5 sectional final loss.
Leading 4-0, the Cardinals busted the game open with 14 runs in the second inning.
Lakeside garnered just one hit.
Copley 4, Geneva 0
At Geneva, the Indians registered a D-III, Northeast 6 sectional final victory.
The Eagles closed the season at 8-16.
Champion 1, Pymatuning Valley 0,
8 innings
At Champion, the Golden Flashes edged out the Lakers with a run in the home half of the eighth inning for a D-V Northeast 2 sectional final win.
PV ended the season at 10-11.
Mineral Ridge 3, Saint John 2, 8 innings
At Mineral Ridge, the Rams tallied a run in the home half of the eighth inning to notch a D-VI, Northeast 4 sectional final win.
The Heralds, as the 11th seed, ended the season at 15-9. Mineral Ridge is the ninth seed.
With the game tied at 1-1, Saint John scored a run in the top of the seventh, but Mineral Ridge plated one in bottom of the frame to send the game into extra innings.
The Heralds received one hit each from Gus Petros, Brady Cole, Anthony Severino, Jack Collins and Chase Newsome. Collins and Newsome both hit doubles.
Newsome registered two RBIs.
Chase Clutter pitched 7.2 innings for Saint John. He gave up three earned runs, seven hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.
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