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Boardman baseball wins ninth game

The Spartan freshman baseball team won their ninth straight game on May 17 with a 10-4 win over Hudson. Anthony Butto pitched the first four innings allowing two hits and one unearned run while striking out six. Seth Cervello threw the next two innings striking out three and surrendering an unearned run on one hit. Jack Dascenzo closed the game striking out one. Griffin Widrig led the team with three hits and three RBI. Stephen Conti, Butto and Guy Young each had two hits and drove in a run. Jac Cordon had two RBI.

Lady Spartans send five to regionals

The Lady Spartan track and field team qualified five events to the regional meet. Raegan Burkey finished second in the 800 (2:18.58); Kaylin Burkey finished third in the 300 hurdles (48.99); Emily Carnahan finished second in the shot put (36-2.5); the 4x200 relay of Julia Schrembeck, Emma Tokarsky, Destinee Hayes and Bella Alvarico finished fourth (1:49.03) and finally the 4x400 relay of Bella Alvarico, Julia Schrembeck, Emma Tokarsky and Raegan Burkey finished 4th (4:04.66). Several other Lady Spartans scored in the regional meet. The 4x800 relay of Alayna Cuevas, Bailey Moore, Gina Gabriele and Raegan Burkey finished fifth; Keimanni Boyd finished sixth in the 100 hurdles; Kaylin Burkey finished fifth in the high jump and Julia Gorby finished seventh in the 3200.

Boys freshman baseball closes season

The Boardman freshman baseball team closed their season with a 12-4 loss to Cleveland Saint Ignatius on May 18. Guy Young pitched the first 2 1/3 innings with Stephen Conti throwing the next 3 1/3. Patrick Dorazio recorded the last out. The Spartan defensive, which had been solid all season, committed four errors in the game allowing the game to slip away late. Jason Triveri led the team with three hits and an RBI. Conti, Young, Griffin Widrig and Jack Dascenzo each added a hit. The Spartans finished the season with 16-2 record.

Boardman freshman baseball beats Hudson

The Boardman freshman baseball team beat Hudson with a score of 11-4 on May 15. The team combined for 21 hits with Anthony Butto’s four hits and three RBI leading the charge. Stephen Conti, Griffin Widrig, Jason Triveri, Guy Young, Jac Cordon and Jack Dascenzo all had multiple hits. Triveri pitched the first 2 2/3 innings giving up one hit, one earned run and striking out two. Conti threw the next 3 1/3 scoreless innings striking out four. Patrick Dorazio pitched the final inning. The trio held Hudson to three hits in the game.

Neighbors wants spring sports news

It’s time for spring athletics and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages.

We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in.

You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files and as large as possible.

Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back. The sports news we’re looking for ranges from varsity high school teams down to middle school and even elementary and recreational leagues. We look forward to hearing about your teams successes.

Send Neighbors your news

If you’re a spring sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com.

You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.