Bombers, Storm baseball reach double-digit wins
CROWN POINT — Vann Morrelli went four-for-four, including a double, two runs scored and two RBI, on Saturday to power Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference Northern Division baseball champion Lake Placid to a 6-3 victory over Crown Point.
Winning pitcher P.J. Colby went the first five innings and struck out 13. Morrelli pitched the final two, striking out five, to earn the save on the road.
At the plate, Colby added three hits and two runs scored, while Foster Wood and Jarrett Mihill had two hits apiece. The Blue Bombers had 12 hits in all.
Lake Placid, which clinched its second-straight MVAC league title, improved to 10-2 overall and 10-0 in league play. The Blue Bombers will wrap up regular season play on Thursday against Ticonderoga at home. The non-league match-up will start at 4:30 p.m.
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Saranac Lake 7, Beekmantown 2
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BEEKMANTOWN — The Saranac Lake baseball team continued its winning ways with Cedar Rivers on the mound. Rivers allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out 10 as the Red Storm defeated the Beekmantown Eagles 7-2 on Friday.
Zyler Strack paced Saranac Lake offensively with three hits, while Rivers and Jon Kratts had two each.
Nate Parliament and Alix Perras led the Eagles with a single and double.
“Saranac Lake came to play and had 13 hits to go along with quality pitching from Cedar Rivers,” Beekmantown coach Dave Manney said. “We had eight hits on the day, but couldn’t get any consistent momentum going and string things together.
“Saranac Lake is a good team and showed great sportsmanship throughout the contest.”
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Game 1:
Saranac Lake 9, Northern Adirondack 2
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Game 2:
Saranac Lake 21, Northern Adirondack 11
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SARANAC LAKE — The Red Storm swept the Northern Adirondack Bobcats in a home doubleheader on Saturday. The win extended the team’s win streak to seven games.
In the first game, Strack and Noah Munn led Saranac Lake with two hits apiece. Strack started on the mound and struck out nine batters while going the distance to earn the 9-2 win.
NAC had only two hits in the contest, one a double from Trey Mcgee.
In the second game, the Red Storm won 21-11 after scoring nine runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Noah Munn led the way offensively for the Red Storm with three hits. Rivers, Kratts, Nick Munn, Kaden Darrah, Brayden Munn, Adam Lewis and Landon Faubert all chipped in with two apiece.
Austin Lambert and Mcgee rapped three hits apiece for the Bobcats, while Brady Boulrice Matt Boulrice and Brayden Bushey added two each.
Following the doubleheader sweep, the Red Storm extended its win streak to eight games on Monday, after defeating the Moriah Vikings 15-2 on the road. Saranac Lake is slated to close out the regular season at home today against the Vikings at 4:30 p.m.






