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High School Roundup: Blue Bombers baseball team claims MVAC title

LAKE PLACID — When the Lake Placid baseball team first played Bolton/Schroon/Newcomb on April 26, the Blue Bombers ended the final inning 8-6 after giving up four straight runs. At the time, Lake Placid’s head coach, Brian Brandes, was hopeful the team would see a different outcome later on in the year when the two schools faced off again.

On Tuesday, Brandes’ hopeful thinking came to fruition when the Blue Bombers not only took down Bolton/Schroon/Newcomb 7-5 on the road, but left with the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference title in the process.

JJ Ledwith, Foster Wood and Jarrett Mihill recorded two hits each for Lake Placid. The trio had a double and single each. The team finished with eight hits.

PJ Colby earned the win on the mound for the Blue Bombers. Colby struck out eight batters before being relieved by Vann Morelli, who recorded a save with one strikeout.

Lake Placid jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, when Jon Caito and Max Hyman scored. The Blue Bombers tacked one more run in the top of the third, but Bolton/Schroon/Newcomb quickly tied up the game at 3-3 in the back half of the third.

After two scoreless innings from both squads, Lake Placid batted in four runs over the course of the final two innings to claim the regular-season crown.

The win pushes the Bombers’ record to 9-4. The team will now shift its attention to their Section VII Class C playoff matchup against the number two seeded AuSable Valley Patriots on the road Saturday at 11 a.m.

GOLF

Lake Placid 3.5,

Moriah 2.5

The Lake Placid golf team edged out the previously undefeated Moriah Vikings 3.5-2.5 on Wednesday at the Craig Wood Golf Course in Lake Placid.

Brady Tremblay claimed medalist honors yet again for the Blue Bombers, shooting even-par 35, while claiming a 35-49 win in the top match over Moriah’s Thomas Clarke.

Carver Bell and Seb Cencunjanin picked up a win each for Lake Placid in the No. 4 and 6 matches, respectively. Bell defeated Vance Hickok 43-48 and Cecunjanin topped Lance Snyder 49-59.

The number two match ended with the Blue Bombers’ Chris Byrne and the Vikings’ Logan Gilbo tying 36-36, to split a point.

Lake Placid’s Grady Draper and Alex Wright were narrowly edged out in their matches. Draper lost to Nick Winters 41-42 and Wright fell to Silas Reeder 47-49.

The Blue Bombers, now 7-1 on the season, were slated to take on Peru Central on the road Thursday.

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