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Spackenkill had waited a lifetime for a softball championship.
The Spartans claimed their first sectional title with a 6-4 victory over Chester Academy in the Section 9 Class B final held at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh on Saturday, May 30. The Town of Poughkeepsie school had never won in its previous membership with Section 1.
The Spartans (12-6) move on to the state quarterfinals to face the Section 1 champion on Friday, June 5, at Monroe-Woodbury High School at 4 p.m.
Spackenkill scored three times in the opening two innings and essentially put it away with back-to-back homers by Adriana Alessandro and Ashleigh Burgess in the fifth inning.
Chester rallied with four runs in the top of the sixth before six of its final seven batters were retired by Spackenkill starter Cadie Hanaburgh, who won a seven-hitter, fanning four.
Alessandro reached on an infield error in the first inning and scored on another miscue off the bat of Burgess, whose hard grounder was not cleanly fielded by the third baseman and the shortstop's attempt to salvage the play resulted in a wide throw to first. Lilly Lindell then popped a single over the shortstop's head for the second run.
Addison Whitted led off the Spartan second with a fly ball that kept carrying over the fence in left-center. In the fifth, Hanaburgh hit a double to deep center, followed by back-to-back homers by Alessandro, to right, and Burgess, to center, for a 6-0 lead.
Chester, which left the bases loaded in the first and stranded two more in scoring position later, finally strung together some offense in the sixth. Harper Melay's tough-hop grounder to second was misplayed, followed by consecutive singles by Camryn Chaluisan, Brooke Diaz (two runs scored) and Paige Niles. Mya Francis grounded out to second with Diaz scoring handily and Niles running the whole way, making a terrific slide to avoid a tag by catcher Burgess.
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This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Spackenkill tops Chester for Section 9 Class B softball championship
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The Spartans claimed their first sectional title with a 6-4 victory over Chester Academy in the Section 9 Class B final held at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh on Saturday, May 30. The Town of Poughkeepsie school had never won in its previous membership with Section 1.
The Spartans (12-6) move on to the state quarterfinals to face the Section 1 champion on Friday, June 5, at Monroe-Woodbury High School at 4 p.m.
Spackenkill scored three times in the opening two innings and essentially put it away with back-to-back homers by Adriana Alessandro and Ashleigh Burgess in the fifth inning.
Chester rallied with four runs in the top of the sixth before six of its final seven batters were retired by Spackenkill starter Cadie Hanaburgh, who won a seven-hitter, fanning four.
Alessandro reached on an infield error in the first inning and scored on another miscue off the bat of Burgess, whose hard grounder was not cleanly fielded by the third baseman and the shortstop's attempt to salvage the play resulted in a wide throw to first. Lilly Lindell then popped a single over the shortstop's head for the second run.
Addison Whitted led off the Spartan second with a fly ball that kept carrying over the fence in left-center. In the fifth, Hanaburgh hit a double to deep center, followed by back-to-back homers by Alessandro, to right, and Burgess, to center, for a 6-0 lead.
Chester, which left the bases loaded in the first and stranded two more in scoring position later, finally strung together some offense in the sixth. Harper Melay's tough-hop grounder to second was misplayed, followed by consecutive singles by Camryn Chaluisan, Brooke Diaz (two runs scored) and Paige Niles. Mya Francis grounded out to second with Diaz scoring handily and Niles running the whole way, making a terrific slide to avoid a tag by catcher Burgess.
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This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Spackenkill tops Chester for Section 9 Class B softball championship
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