Regional Playoff Roundup

By Eagle Times Staff
Terriers headed to the semi-finals with exciting 3-2 win

Vermont Division 3 Softball Quarterfinals

WESTMINSTER, VT — Nerves were on display on Saturday as errors dotted the scorecard in an exciting game between Bellows Falls (BF) and Green Mountain that ended up being decided late with only one earned run scored all day.

With the score tied 2-2, Riley Haskell led off the seventh inning for Bellows Falls and reached via an error, then scampered to second on a passed ball. Emma Spaulding put down a perfect bunt that forced a hurried throw that got away and allowed Haskell to score the winning run to give the Terriers a 3-2 win.

Hits were in short supply. Each team collected three with the Terriers Jenna Dolloph, Izzy Stoodley and Aliya Farmer getting hits for BF while Abby Williams had two of the three Chieftain hits.

Stoodley took the win for Bellows Falls while Brie Howe-Lynch was the tough luck losing pitcher who didn’t allow a single earned run.

#4 Bellows Falls (11-6) has a date in Bradford to face #1 Oxbow (17-0) on Tuesday at 4:30 in semi-final action.

#2 Sunapee 8, #7 Colebrook 5

New Hampshire division 4 baseball Quarterfinals

SUNAPEE-Sunapee (18-2) punched a ticket for a semi-final game in Concord against #3 Colebrook (16-2) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. after downing Colebrook on Saturday.

#2 Bishop Brady 5, #7 Fall Mountain 3

New Hampshire Division 3 Baseball Quarterfinals

CONCORD- Wildcats stayed in it until the end, but Bishop Brady scored four runs late to escape with a 5-3 win on Saturday.

Fall Mountain would take the lead in the top of the fifth inning after Cole Garrow singled and Jager Klema smashed a single to center field. Garrow scored on a throwing error while Klema advanced to second. Klema would steal third, then score on another Brady error, giving the Wildcats a 2-1 lead heading into the late innings.

Bishop Brady trailed 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when John McKerley singled on a 2-0 count, scoring two runs. Brady would tack on two runs in their sixth inning giving them a 5-2 cushion.

Fall Mountain made a late run when Willette ripped a single to left center, then stole second base. Garrow followed that with a single that plated Willette, but Bishop Brady ace Michael Thresher got a ground ball out that ended the season for the Wildcats.

Thresher lasted seven innings, allowing four hits and three runs while striking out 13 and walking zero.

Mitchell Cormier was on the pitcher’s mound for the Wildcats. The right-hander lasted five innings, allowing eight hits and three runs while striking out six. Devyn Cheeney threw one inning out of the bullpen.

Garrow went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Wildcats while Willett and Klema had the other hits.

#1 Oxbow 16, #7 Windsor 1

Vermont Division 3 Softball Quarterfinals

BRADFORD, VT — The #1 Seed flexed its muscles and let its bats do the talking as the undefeated Olympians made sure the young Yellow Jackets waited until next year to make a deep run.

Windsor was hanging around until one little mistake opened the flood gates for a powerful Oxbow team. In the blink of an eye, things had gotten out of hand. A double-digit lead was just too much for Windsor to shake off, and the Jacks’ season ended with a 6-12 record.

#3 Thetford Academy 5, #6 Bellows Falls 4

Vermont Division 3 Baseball Quarterfinals

THETFORD, VT — It took two days and extra innings for Thetford to get past Bellows Falls, 5-4. Friday ended with the Terriers leading 2-1 until the thunderstorms swept into the area, forcing the game to be resumed on Saturday. Thetford grabbed the win in the ninth inning on Saturday to advance with a Dempsey McGovern walk off single.