Matt Baumgartner became the first
student in S-GI history to qualify for the state championship golf tournament.
S-GI Golf
Matt Baumgartner became the first student in S-GI history to qualify for the state championship golf tournament.
At the Section VI spring boys golf championships on May 11, Baumgartner shot a 76 to finish second among 78 golfers and earn his spot at the state tournament. Only Starpoint’s Braeden Lee had a better score.
The NYSPHSAA golf championship will take place June 7–8 at Mill Creek Golf Course in Churchville.
S-GI Softball
The Springville-Griffith softball team’s season ended with a 16-4 playoff loss at Eden on May 19. The team finished with a 4-8 division record and 6-11 overall.
Eden got at least one run in each of the game’s six innings with eight runs in the first three innings and eight runs in the last three innings, while the Griffins scored once in the first and three times in the fifth.
Springville finished with 12 hits on the day with two each from Erin Baker, Kiersten Crone, Makayla Beuler and Dani Oakley. Solo hits came from Lilly Enser, Grace Ricci, Olivia Mesch and Loghan Sticht.
Beuler had a team-best two RBI, while Ricci had two of the four Griffin runs with the other runs scored by Baker and Mesch.
In action against Holland, Springville’s Ross Michalski follows through on a swing.
Sticht got the start from the circle and allowed six hits and seven earned runs in two innings of work. Mesch allowed seven hits and five earned runs with one strikeout in three innings, while Layla Batterson closed out the game and allowed six hits and four earned runs.
S-GI Baseball
The Springville-Griffith baseball team went 2-0 last week to wrap up the regular season after a 12-1 win at Holland on May 18, and a 12-10 victory against visiting Pioneer on May 20.
The wins put Springville in second place in ECIC IV with a 9-3 division record as the team heads into the postseason.
At Holland, the Griffins took a 5-0 lead after two innings and never looked back. Three hits each came from Landon Roy and Fred Heary, while Ross Michalski finished with two hits. Solo hits came from Cameron Carr, Liam Fisher, Reid Holland and Eliott Lunde.
Ross Michalski and Roy each finished with two RBI, while Roy scored three times and Ross Michalski twice. Holland and Heary also crossed the plate twice while solo runs came from Carr, Lunde and Braeden Nellist.
Springville’s pitching allowed four hits total in the game with Grant Michalski and Alex Brown surrendering two hits each. Brown finished with 10 strikeouts in four innings of relief, while Michalski struck out seven in three innings of work.
Against Pioneer, the Panthers took a 3-2 lead after the first inning before the Griffins tied the game after two innings. A five-run third inning gave Springville an 8-7 lead after three and then the Griffins outscored Pioneer 4-3 the rest of the way.
Springville finished with 15 hits with four hits from Roy and three from Grant Michalski. Two hits each came from Ross Michalski and Brown and solo hits came from Carson Glass, Dave Janora, Holland and Heary.
Eight of the team’s 10 RBI came from three players with three each from Grant Michalski and Roy and two from Janora.
Two runs each came from Grant Michalski, Brown and Ross Michalski. Solo runs were scored by Roy, Carr, Fisher, Glass, Janora and Holland.
Springville utilized five pitchers that combined to allow seven hits and five earned runs with four strikeouts that included Grant and Ross Michalski, Glass, Carr and Lunde.
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