Major Baseball District All Stars

Manager: Brian Venti

Coaches: Dan Blevins, John Jones
Roster: Kyle Blevins, Robert Dawson, CJ Deery, Brandon Hoffman, Ben Horney, Jordan Johnston, Alex Jones, Sean Kelby, Wyatt Nelson, Jake Ostroski, Josh Venti, Logan Vivian


Canal  2  Capitol  1

 Canal’s District team opened the tournament with a 2-1 win over Capitol Wednesday night.  In a classic pitchers duel, Canal’s Josh Venti went 5 2/3 innings and tallying 11 strikeouts in the process. Sean Kelby led off the 6^th inning with a home run to put Canal up 2-1. Alex Jones and Brandon Hoffman also had hits for Canal.  

Canal 5, Stanton-Newport 1

 Canal got their bats going on Thursday night with a 5-1 win over Stanton-Newport in the winners bracket semi-final game. Pitcher CJ Deery went the distance with a 1-hit, 7 strikeout effort. Leadoff batter Brandon Hoffman went 2-3 at the plate with a double along with stellar defensive play at shortstop. Ben Horney also made several defensive plays in the outfield to keep Stanton-Newport’s hit total low.

 Logan Vivian and Sean Kelby both went 2-3, each going yard to deep right field in the 5^th inning. Josh Venti hit a single-shot HR in the 3rd inning which eventually proved to be the game winner. Wyatt Nelson also collected a hit for Canal.

Newark National  10, Canal 2

Canal could not get their offense going Monday night after National jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 10-2 win over Canal. CJ Deery hit his first HR of the tourney in the losing effort. Ben Horney and Logan Vivian also hat hits for Canal.

Canal 12, Capitol 7
 In a back and forth game, Canal outlasted Capitol Little League in a 12-7 slugfest at Stanton-Newport field. Down 6-1 after 2 innings, Canal mounted an amazing comeback which saw them rack up 16 hits and 5 Home runs.  CJ Deery struck out 10 batters in relief and helped himself at the plate going 4 for 4 including 2 HRs. Sean Kelby, Brandon  Hoffman, Logan Vivian, Alex Jones and Wyatt Nelson all had multiple hit nights for Canal, with Alex Jones and Wyatt Nelson (2) each going deep.

Newark National 3, Canal 2
Canal came up short in the District II championship game, losing 3-2 to Newark National. National held a 1-0 lead for three innings until CJ Deery hit s 2-run homer to put Canal ahead. National rallied back in the 4th to go ahead 3-2 and held off Canal's offense in the 5th and 6th innings to secure the victory.

Game Results:

Naamans 10, Canal 0

Brandon Brooks and Dillon Brady each had a hit and Bennett Robinson pitched well against the eventual district champs.  

Suburban 6, Canal 5
 
Ethan Corrozi and Dillon Brady had two hits each for Canal.  Canal was up 3-2 after the 3rd.  Trey Helm and Bennett Robinson combined for 10 strikeouts on the mound to keep things close,  but Suburban scored 3 in the 4th and 1 in the sixth to take the lead. Canal closed the gap with solo runs in the 5th and 6th , but the late game rally fell a little short.  Casey Abrams and Karl Schulz also added hits for Canal.

Manager

Dieter Schulz

Game Results:

Canal 14, Capitol 6
                                                                                                                                      

Naamans  16, Canal 3

Newark American  4, Canal 1



Manager - Brad Moore

Game Results:

Naamans  12  Canal  2

Canal 14, Wilmington 3

Canal was able to avoid elimination by producing 9 hits, which helped to score 14 runs.  Wyatt Uhde and Ian Helm both had 2 hits each.  Solid pitching performances were turned in by Ian Helm, Tyler Lewis, and Connor Feeley.  Ethan Matthews knocked in the final two runs to seal the win!

Newark National 13, Canal 3




Manager

Cris Bennighoff

Game Results:

Canal Blue 15, Newark National Blue 5: Behind outstanding pitching by Robby Macoy, Canal Blue opened the Brandywine Tournament with a 15-5 win over Newark National Blue.  Canal Blue went into the bottom of the fifth ahead in a tight game, 7-5, and proceeded to put up 8 runs to put the game away.  Savion Field homered, and Dillon Couden went 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored.

Canal Blue 13, Canal Gold 8,
Canal Gold played hard and would not give up but could not overcome a Canal Blue 8 run first inning.  The final score was Canal Blue 13, Canal Gold 8.  Justin Lewis had a very good game pitching for Blue, notching a complete game and helping himself with a 3-run home run.  Blue also had three run homers from Savion Field and Dillon Couden.  Greg Hamrick had a strong game for Gold
with two doubles, two runs scored, and solid pitching.

Canal Blue 13, Midway 0

Brian Millard threw a gem of a game to lead Canal Blue to a 13-0 win over Midway.  Millard notched a complete game, 2-hit shutout and struck out 8.  The game was close through 5 innings with Canal Blue up 4-0, before Canal Blue's offense came alive with an 9-run 6th inning, led by home runs from Cameron Smollen and Justin Lewis.  Derrick Fisher went 3 for 5 with two doubles, and both Hunter Conte and Malcolm Williams had extra base hits in the win.

Canal Blue 10, Brandywine Blue 8

Canal Blue wrapped up their undefeated run through "Bracket B" at the Brandywine Invitational Tournament with a 10-8 win Monday evening over Brandywine Blue.  Canal Blue clinches first place in "Bracket B" and awaits the results of Tuesday's games to see who they will face in the semi-final match-up this Friday - either Brandywine Red or Naamans Red.  Justin Lewis pitched 4 strong innings and Sebastian Redick finshed  the win with solid pitching in the fifth and sixth innings, giving up no earned runs.  Malcolm Williams homered in the 3rd keying a 3-run inning that got Canal Blue up 5-2.  Canal Blue was up 8-2 before giving up 5 in the top of the 5th, making the score 8-7.  Two critical insurance runs were manufactured by a series of walks, hits, ground outs advancing runners, and excellent base running by Savion Fields, Robby Macoy, Hunter Conte, and Derek Fisher.  A 6th inning rally by Brandywine Blue wasn't enough as Canal Blue held on for the tight win.


Naamans Red 11 Canal Blue 4

Canal Blue's drive for the Brandywine Invitational championship came to an end on Saturday with a tough 11-4 loss.  Naamans Red consistently hit singles and doubles to jump out to a 6-0 lead after two.  Canal Blue battled back led by homeruns by Malcolm Williams and Sebastian Redick closing the game to 6-3 after four.  However, Naamans Red put up another 5-spot in the 5th to put the game out of reach.  Dillon Couden went 3 for 3 and Sandor Ludasi pitched 1 2/3 shut out innings in relief in the losing cause.  Canal Blue now plays Canal Gold in the Bronze Medal Game on Sunday, July 14 at Noon at Canal.

Brandywine Invitational 3rd Place Game:

Canal Gold 11, Canal Blue 8

Canal Gold took 3rd in the Brandywine Invitational Tournament with an 11-8 victory over Canal Blue on Sunday.  Gold jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning keyed by a Ryan Oller single a two Blue errors.  For the rest of the game, ever time Blue battled back, Gold responded to maintain their advantage.  After falling behind 11-4, a 4-run Blue rally fell short in the potential comeback.  Greg Hamrick pitched 3 strong innings for Gold giving up only 2 runs, and helped himself with a 2-run homer and 3 runs scored.  Every Gold player had at least 1 hit.  Blue had strong games from Dillon Couden (3 for 4), Robby Macoy (2 for 3, 1 scoreless inning pitched), and Hunter Conte (several strong plays at second).

                        

Manager

Mark Luszcz

Coaches

Bob Redick

John Williams

Game Results

Canal Gold 7, Newark National Red 3 

Canal Gold Opened their Brandywine Invitational with a 7-3 win over Newark National Red. Trey Matthews pitched a strong 4 innings, striking out 10 while going 3-3 at the plate with 2 home runs. Johnathan Hines had 5 K’s in relief. Gregory Hamrick added two hits and Ryan Oller, Devon Franek, Johnathan Hines and Joey Jourdan each had hits to help Canal’s offense.


Canal Blue 13, Canal Gold 8,

Canal Gold played hard and would not give up but could not overcome a Canal Blue 8 run first inning.  The final score was Canal Blue 13, Canal Gold 8.  Justin Lewis had a very good game pitching for Blue, notching a complete game and helping himself with a 3-run home run.  Blue also had three run homers from Savion Field and Dillon Couden.  Greg Hamrick had a strong game for Gold with two doubles, two runs scored, and solid pitching.

Canal Gold 12, Brandywine Blue 3

Trey Matthews pitched 4 solid innings for Canal Gold allowing 1 hit and striking out 9.  Johnathan Hines and Ryan Wilson closed out the game for the Gold. Trey also was 3-4 from the plate with a 3 run HR. Alan Boulden, Greg Hamrick and Christian Hancharick each had 2 hits for Canal

Canal Gold 8, Newark National Blue 5

Canal Gold's bats finally came alive in the 5th inning of  3-0 deficit and put up 6 runs. Johnathon Hines got the victory for Gold. Canal was led offensively by Greg Hamrick who was 2-4 with a triple and a 2 run HR and Johnathan Hines added a single and a double. Devon Franek, Ryan Wilson and Ryan Oller also had hits for Gold who move into the 4 team playoff .

 Brandywine Red 12, Canal Gold 2

Canal Gold got off to a rough start and couldn't get out of a deep hole. The boys tried to hang in there. Devon Franek,  Ryan Oller, and Alan Bolden had hits for Canal. Canal Gold plays Canal Blue in the consolation final.

Brandywine Invitational 3rd Place Game:

Canal Gold 11, Canal Blue 8

Canal Gold took 3rd in the Brandywine Invitational Tournament with an 11-8 victory over Canal Blue on Sunday.  Gold jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning keyed by a Ryan Oller single a two Blue errors.  For the rest of the game, ever time Blue battled back, Gold responded to maintain their advantage.  After falling behind 11-4, a 4-run Blue rally fell short in the potential comeback.  Greg Hamrick pitched 3 strong innings for Gold giving up only 2 runs, and helped himself with a 2-run homer and 3 runs scored.  Every Gold player had at least 1 hit.  Blue had strong games from Dillon Couden (3 for 4), Robby Macoy (2 for 3, 1 scoreless inning pitched), and Hunter Conte (several strong plays at second).



Managers -

Greg Hamrick and Matt Oller

Game Results:

Canal  18  Midway  2

Emir Garrett pitched a complete game as the Canal Junior team began it's district title defense with a big win.   Up next is a battle with a tough Naamans squad on Friday at Canal.

Naamans 12 Canal 2

Emir Garrett and Austin Warrington pitched well for Canal, but the Naamans batters were on fire today.  Richie Thompson (double) and Brendan Mower added hits for Canal as they move on to face Wilmington on Sunday. 

Canal 9  Wilmington 2

Canal's pitching and hitting came together versus a scrappy Wimington squad.  Richie Thompson and Ethan Kelby held the Wilmington bats in check while the Canal hitting attack was led by Austin Warrington (1-1, 3BBs, R), Derek Esposito (1-1, double, 2BBs, R) and Jason Franek (2-2, BB, 2RBIs, 2R).

Brandywine 9 Canal 7

Canal Juniors got down early and nearly came all the way back in a tough loss to the Brandywine Juniors team.   Matthew Kohan and Austin Warrington pitched well for Canal.  Emir Garrett (2 hits) and Jason Franek (reached base 4 times) helped the Canal hitting attack.  Eric Goodman knocked in his 6th RBI in 4 games during the late inning comeback attempt.

 

Manager

Ken Coale

Coaches 

Matt Mower

Wayne Goodman

Major Softball 11/12 YO All Stars

2013 District II Champions

Game Results

Canal 16, New Castle/Suburban 0

Morgan Widdoes pitched four innings of no-hit ball and had a hit and two RBIs for Canal.  She struck out five.  Brooklynne Johnson had three hits, including two triples and five RBIs.  Mallory Weir and Kelsey Higgins each added three hits for Canal.

Canal 14, New Castle/Suburban 1

Juliette Cipolla and Alyssa Noonan each had two hits and three RBIs for Canal.  Samantha Freeland was the winning pitcher.

State Tourney



Manager

Mike DeCampli

Coaches

Shane Noonan

Dave Johnson

Senior Baseball

All Stars

Game Results: 

 

Naamans 19, Canal 0

Canal 7, New Castle 1

For Canal, Sean Smith went 2 for 4 with a single, double and 3 RBIs.  Aaron Evans threw 6 2/3 innings, striking out 8 and allowing only 2 hits.   Evans also singled knocking in 2 runs.  Corey Branham added a double for Canals offense.

Midway 8, Canal 3

                     

Manager

Doug Evans

Coaches

Ben Rivera

Minor Softball 9/10 YO All Stars

2013 District II Champions

 Game Results

Canal 13,  New Castle/Suburban 8

After the first inning the game was tied up 5-5.  Behind the pitching Kacie Noonan and stellar infield play of Alyson Stecher, the Canal All-Stars 9/10 held the New Castle/Suburban team to just 3 more in 5 innings of play.

Canal 21,  New Castle/Suburban 19

After being down by 6 runs in the 1^sh inning, Canal fought back with a 13 run 3^rd inning to take the lead away from New Castle/Suburban.  The game went down to the wire with the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 6^th.  Pitcher Aleigha Saunders dug deep and ended the game on a strikeout, bringing home the victory and the District 2 Championship to Canal Little League 9/10.

Manager

Dave Noonan

Coaches

Kyle Rickansrud

Katrina Conner