Columbiana’s Schlueter topples Rebels with 2-hitter

Staff report

COLUMBIANA

Hank Schlueter tossed a two-hit shutout to lead Columbiana to an 8-0 victory over rival Crestview in a Division II baseball sectional final on Friday.

He struck out 11.

Andrew Burdick and Matt Douglas has three hits each for the Clippers (16-10), who advanced to a district semifinal next Thursday at Cene Park against McDonald.

Kyle Shaffer added a pair of singles for Columbiana, which scored four runs in the first inning. Tyler Denmeade added a double and Josh Saverko had two RBIs.

Mat May hit a double for Crestview (16-12).

Springfield 10, Leetonia 0

NEW MIDDLETOWN

Ronnie Bovo hit two doubles and scored twice for the Tigers (21-6) in the six-inning sectional game.

Nick Russell and Brad Ferraro each had two hits and two RBIs. Dylon Dejane also had two hits.

Winning pitcher Jimmy Behnke (6-0) struck out 10 batters and walked one.

For the Bears, Brandon Dattilio’s fifth-inning single was their lone hit.

Division III South Range 9, Mineral Ridge 6

NORTH LIMA

The top-seeded Raiders (19-5) used two big innings to advance to the Cene Park district.

Tom Delullo collected a single, a double and a triple while Jack McDonald doubled twice as South Range scored four times in the first inning and five times in the sixth.

McDonald (6-0) held the Rams to seven singles.

South Range will play Berkshire at Cene Park on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Grand Valley 9, Cardinal 4

MIDDLEFIELD

Winning pitcher Mitchell Lake homered while Robbie Slusher hit two doubles for Grand Valley (14-13). Adam Moodt also doubled for the Mustangs in the Div. III sectional final. Grand Valley advances to play Ursuline on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the district semifinals at Cene Park.

For Cardinal, Adam Farmwald, Tyler Duncan and Kyle Toth doubled.

Regular season Fitch 9, Boardman 8

BOARDMAN

Dan Spiker’s two-run homer in the seventh inning scored the winning run for the Falcons (8-17, 2-9 Federal League).

Anthony Savko had three hits including a homer while Sean Stewart’s two hits included a double. Tony Koch and Anthony Paris each had two hits.

For the Spartans, Dan Popio’s four hits included two doubles. Tyler Blangero had two hits

Boardman Popio four hits Tyler Blangero two hits, Rob Boyd homered and Sean Koury doubled.