Saturday, August 9, 2014

North Takes Pair From South in 2014 VBCA Senior All-Star Baseball Doubleheader

North Takes Pair From South in 2014 VBCA Senior All-Star Baseball Doubleheader

August 9, 2014

Game 1: North 8, South 2
Game 2: North 6, South 0 





Contact: Bruce Bosley (bbosley.vbca@gmail.com)

RUTLAND, Vt. -- Solid pitching and timely late game hitting lifted the North to a doubleheader sweep over the South, 8-2 and 6-0, in the annual Vermont Baseball Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game Saturday at St. Peters Field in Rutland. Gabe Dichard (South Burlington) doubled and tripled in the win in the lidlifter and four RBI by Jonathan Palmer (Essex) completed the sweep in game two.

Six North hurlers combined over the 14 innings to give up 11 hits, one walk and a hit batter, and only one earned run while its defense committed just one error in each tilt.

In game one, Luke Russell (Harwood) went 2-for-3 with a walk, scored twice and drove in two more, and his RBI-single snapped a 1-1 tie in a two-run fifth. Dichard led the sixth with a triple and Elijah Eaton (Missisquoi Valley) singled in two more in a five-run outburst as the North pulled away for the 8-2 win. 

Josh Laroche (Missisquoi Valley) also went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in. Sawyer Kamman (Mount Abraham) went the first three innings allowing an unearned run with four strikeouts. Josiah Benoit (Middlebury) picked up the win in relief with Josh Kennison (Spaulding) earning the save.

For the South in the opener, Dougie Avellino (Woodstock) had two singles and Noah Rizio (Burr and Burton), who suffered the loss on the mound, added a RBI-double. Starter Zack Lanzillo (MSJ) went the first four innings giving up two hits, one run while striking out four.

Palmer's two-out triple scored a pair in the fifth to break a scoreless tie in game two and his two-out, two-run single added two more in a four-run seventh to back more strong North pitching. Aaron Smith (Middlebury), Russell and Jake LeVan (South Burlington) scattered just five hits, only one after the third, while not walking a single hitter. Russell, who picked up the victory, also added another single and Wyatt Prue (North Country) went 2-for-4 with a RBI-double and David Laroche (Missisquoi Valley) chipped in with a RBI-single.

Avellino was 2-for-3 with a double for the South to finish 4-for-5 over the two games. Starting pitcher Matt Upright (Mount Anthony) allowed just two hits in four solid innings on the mound and added a single at the plate. Rizio also went 1-for-2 in the nightcap and 2-for-3 in the twinbill. Matt Thayer (Windsor) caught every inning for the South on the day scoring a run in the opener and went 1-for-3 in game two.

Game One:
South        0 0 1    0 0 0    1    2-6-1
North        1 0 0     0 2 5    x    8-9-1
South: Zack Lanzillo, Noah Rizio (5), Ethan Hill (6) and Matt Thayer; North: Sawyer Kamman, Josiah Benoit (4), Josh Kennison (6) and Deryck Colburn. WP- Benoit; LP- Rizio; S- Kennison
2B: North: Zach Dichard, Davis Guyer, Luke Russell; South: Rizio. 3B: North: Dichard.

Game Two:
North        0 0 0    0 2 0    4    6-8-1
South       0 0 0    0 0 0    0    0-5-3
North: Aaron Smith, Russell (4), Jake LeVan (6) and David Laroche; South: Matt Upright, Andrew Cassarino (5) and Thayer. WP- Russell; LP- Cassarino; S-LeVan
2B: South- Dougie Avellino; North- Wyatt Prue; 3B: North- Jonathan Palmer.



Monday, August 4, 2014

Annual VBCA North-South Senior Baseball All-Star Game On Tap For Saturday, August 9


Rosters Announced for Saturday's VBCA North-South Senior All-Star Game 

Annual VBCA All-Star Game On Tap For Saturday, August 9

August 6, 2014

RUTLAND, Vt. -- Many of the state's finest high school senior baseball players will compete in the annual Vermont Baseball Coaches Association North-South Senior All-Star Game to be held Saturday, August 9, 2014 at St. Peters Field in Rutland. First pitch of game one of the doubleheader is at 11 a.m. The thirty-five senior student-athletes represent 22 different high school programs from all four divisions throughout Vermont. 

Rutland's Kevin Bellomo and Don Swinyer of Windsor will lead the South squad that includes: Chris McAuliffe, Brattleboro; Noah Rizio, Burr and Burton; Cameron Gaudette, Hartford; Shane Quenneville, Otter Valley; Ellis Baker and Matt Upright, Mount Anthony; Zack Lanzillo, Mount St. Joseph; Brett Kelley and Sean Shepardson, Poultney; Andrew Cassarino and Collin Clark, Rutland;  Austin Phillips, West Rutland; Tyson Boudro, Ethan Hill and Matt Thayer, Windsor; Doug Avellino and Bradley Lewis, Woodstock.

Heading up the North coaching staff will be Roy Sargent of Missisquoi Valley and Luke Goyette of South Burlington, assisted by Marshall Ploof of Missisquoi Valley. Members of the North are: Brett Elliott, Danville; Jonathan Palmer, Essex; Luke Russell, Harwood; Deryck Colburn and Davis Guyer, Lyndon; Josiah Benoit and Aaron Smith, Middlebury; Elijah Eaton, David Laroche and Josh Laroche, Missisquoi Valley; Aaron Benway and Sawyer Kamman, Mount Abraham;  Sean Springer, Mount Mansfield; Ryan O'Donnell and Wyatt Prue, North Country; Zach Dichard and Jake LeVan, South Burlington; Josh Kennison, Spaulding.


Admission to the twinbill is free. The rain date is Sunday, August 10.

Contact Bruce Bosley for more information at: bbosley.vbca@gmail.com