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Whig Bella Barbato tripled and singled, Brittnee Lebrun registered two singles and Grace Harkey tallied a single as Elkton topped Chesapeake City 8-7 in seven innings in the District 5 Major Softball Tournament on Monday at Perryville Little League. Olivia Wheel picked up the win in relief with a 1-2-3 final frame after taking over for Barbato, who pitched the first six innings. Olivia Andrews registered an RBI single, Allaina Sliker singled twice and Daisey Pheiffer and Layla Pardel each picked up hits for Chesapeake City. North East 17, Havre de Grace 2 (4) Lauren Hudson finished a triple short of the cycle and finished with four RBIs, Emma Ritter belted a three-run home run, Katie Crouch (triple) end with three hits and two RBIs, Hannah Gordon knocked in two runs on two hits and Maddie Husfelt and Elaina Owens each collected RBI singles for North East. Havre de Grace scored twice in the fourth inning.

9-10 Baseball Chesapeake City 14, Perryville 3 (4) Charlie Mason scored three times, Brett Cochran tripled and scored twice and Grant Mackie (double), Trent Wallace, Lance Fehlman and Jake Koehler all singled for Chesapeake City. On the mound, Mason and Cochran combined to scatter just three hits and strike out 12 batters. Brandon Meinhaldt singled and scored, Gary Elville doubled and Eric Lee also reached base with a single for Perryville. Elkton 11, North East 1 (4) Aiden Pressler (three runs) connected for a single, a triple and an inside- the-park home run, Kai- don Mellot (three runs) finished with three hits, including a double, Josh Waren scored twice on two hits, John Cherwaty (run) doubled as part of a three- hit day and Kyle Polaski (two hits) and Ryan Layton (single) both scored for Elkton. Gannon Williams and Cherwaty combined to toss a one-hitter from the hill, walking only three and striking out nine.

Dresden Knaub singled and scored in the fourth inning for North East. sports WWW.CECILDAILY.COM SECTION Wednesday, June 25, 2014 By Jord NORTH EAST After watching Rising three-hole hitter give his team the early lead by homering in each of his first two trips to the plate, Chesapeake City decided it was time to put on its own offensive fireworks show. Sparked by three hits from the first four batters, Chesapeake City exploded for five runs in a decisive third frame, erasing a three-run deficit en route to an 8-5 victory over Rising Sun in the opening round of the District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East Little League on Monday. Aidan Brown led off the frame with a single up the middle, Jake Harris followed with a base hit to left, and after Evan Reynolds reached on an infield error, Trenton Pierson came through with a two-RBI single that resulted with runners on second and third and Chesapeake City trailing by one. Jake Ford then knocked in the tying run on a ground out to second and Logan Cannon followed with a go- ahead RBI double to left, eventually crossing the plate three batters laters on an error off the bat of Brown.

all solid hits, but we took advantage of running the bases and a couple mental mistakes on (Rising part, and it gave us the runs we Chesapeake City coach Matt Kelley said. came out and jumped on us (early) and they were really charged up, so I give a lot of credit to my kids for coming back and overcoming Pitching in relief, Cannon took the ball to start the bottom of the frame and proceeded to throw four scoreless innings to preserve the comeback and pick up the win. He produced a 1-2-3 inning in his final frame of work and finished the night with four strikeouts. was big (for me to pitch the way I did) because you want to start out with a loss in the first Cannon said. came out and played strong and now in the For Chesapeake City, Cannon ended the contest with three hits and two RBIs and Tyler Kelly finished with an RBI after he knocked in Ford with a fourth-inning double, who led off the frame with a triple down the third-base line.

Chesapeake rally spoiled a big night at the plate for Rising Sun starting pitcher Tyler Pritchard, who opened the scoring with a two-run home run to center field in the first, and one inning later, connected for a three-run blast on a 0-2 count to nearly the same place to give his squad a 5-2 advantage entering the third. Coby Foster finished with two hits and a run for Rising Sun, while teammates Matthew Ben Graybeal and JJ Psenicska all reached base on singles. Follow Jordan Schatz on Twitter: By Kevin Special to the Whig NORTH EAST A home run cycle occurs when a player hits a solo home run, a two- run home run, a three-run home run and a grand slam in a single game. Elkton catcher Matt Ross accomplished the rare feat during his 50-0 four-inning victory over Perryville in the opening round of the District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East Little League on Monday. feels said Ross, who finished with 12 RBIs.

just went up there to have quality at-bats. I know. It just helped me hit home first home run came in the top of the second with Elkton already leading 6-0. He hit a towering drive to left-center field for a three- run shot to put his squad up by nine runs. After Gavin Tereszcuk hit a two-run home run later in the inning to make it 150, Ross added another run to total with a solo shot to center for his second homer of the frame.

Ross came up in the top of the third and hit his third homer of the game a two- run shot for his seventh and eighth RBIs of the contest. He completed the home run cycle in the top of the fourth with a grand slam to left. a huge day for him. It just Matt. A lot of kids had good days, but that day was pretty spectacular for Elkton coach Chris Hall said.

the kind of stuff you normally hear of. great for him. It happen to a better kid, and probably more out there for The home run cycle is so unique that it has never happened in Major League Baseball, and only occurred once in Minor League Baseball history, when Tyrone Horne accomplished the feat for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers in 1998. home runs were four of 11 that Elkton hit on the day, with Troy Cherwaty hitting two and Tereszcuk, Tyler Hayden, Andrew Jones, Brandon Sepulveda and Austin Oliver all hitting one each. Little League is known for their hitting, and we just have to keep that Hall said of his power display.

just have to continue to have nice swings like Third-inning rally lifts Chesapeake City CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY JORDAN SCHATZ Logan Cannon, pictured, tossed four scoreless innings of relief to guide Chesapeake City to an 8-5 come-from-behind victory over Rising Sun in the opening round of the District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East Little League on Monday. home run cycle leads Elkton CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY KEVIN PHILLIPS Elkton catcher Matt Ross holds up four baseballs in celebration after hitting for the home run cycle in his 50-0 four-inning victory over Perryville in the opening round of the District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East Little League on Monday. Ross belted a three-run home run and a solo shot in the second inning, a two-run homer in the third frame and a grand slam in the fourth inning to accomplish the feat. Local Schedule Today Little League District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East L.L. Perryville vs.

p.m. Rising Sun vs. TBD .....................7:30 p.m. District 5 9-10 Baseball Tournament at Rising Sun L.L. Perryville vs.

p.m. North East vs. TBD .....................7:30 p.m. District 5 Senior Softball Tournament at Havre de Grace L.L. Perryville vs.

Rising Sun .............5:30 p.m. District 5 Major Softball Tournament at Perryville L.L. TBD vs. TBD ......................................6 p.m. Thursday Little League District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East L.L.

TBD vs. TBD ................................6:30 p.m. District 5 10-11 Baseball Tournament at Rising Sun L.L. Perryville vs. North East .............7:30 p.m.

District 5 9-10 Baseball Tournament at Rising Sun L.L. Perryville vs. p.m. District 5 Senior Softball Tournament at Havre de Grace L.L. East vs.

Havre de Grace .5:30 p.m. District 5 Major Softball Championship at Perryville L.L. TBD vs. TBD ......................................6 p.m. Elkton tops Chesapeake City in Major Softball CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY KEVIN PHILLIPS Elkton belted 11 home runs en route to a 50-0 victory over Perryville in four innings in the opening round of the District 5 Major Baseball Tournament at North East Little League on Monday..