Crowley All-State
Pierson baseball MVP Casey Crowley was named to the Class C All-State fourth team, the announcement coming from the Suffolk County Baseball Coaches Association on Tuesday.
Primarily a pitcher and catcher for the Whalers this spring, Crowley helped the Whalers take the 2009 Suffolk County Class C baseball title. The team posted a 15-8 overall record before losses in the county and regional tournaments ended their season.
Crowley, a senior this past school year, is set to attend Florida State in the fall.
Little League News
Pitching Ousts Stars
The 2009 Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Little League 11-and-12-year old “all-star” baseball team was eliminated from the district tournament last Thursday in a 10-2 loss to Hampton Bays at Lions Field in Bridgehampton. Manager Tom LaGrassa praised his stars in their effort to overcome “a hard thrower. Down 10-0, they battled back for one in the fifth and another in the sixth. It was enough to keep the game going but not enough to get close. We had more runners on but that’s all we got in.”
Manager LaGrassa described his team, which lost to Riverhead in game one and outlasted Southampton in extra innings in game two, as “a good group of kids that really played hard and pulled themselves up when they got down. There’s a lot of talent and potential there that bodes well for Pierson baseball.”
The under-12 Little League programs now go on hiatus until the board elections in the fall and the winter clinics after Christmas. Those looking for organized games must hold out for the All-Pro Sports Academy baseball and softball camps in Mashashimuet Park the week of August 10 to 14.
That camp has a 9 a.m.-to-noon softball program for players ages 7 to 15. The baseball program has two sessions: one for players ages five and six from 9 a.m. to noon and one for players ages 7 to 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information on the camp is available at allprosportsacademy.com.
Senior Leaguers 2-2
Off to a quick 2-0 start, the 13-to-15-year old Little League “senior leaguers” were slowed a bit by a pair of one-run losses this week. On Thursday, East Hampton rallied for a 5-4 win, coming back from a 4-0 deficit. On Monday, Hampton Bays scored two in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 2-1 win.
In Thursday’s loss, Sag Harbor starter Jake Weingartner saw all the runs come in following physical and mental errors in the field. In his first three innings on the mound, Weingartner allowed just one hit and one unearned run in striking out three and walking four. In the fourth, four hits and two errors erased the early Sag Harbor lead.
Providing scoreless and no-hit relief were Michael Heller and Forrest Loesch. Heller retired the Bonackers in order in the fifth with Loesch coming on to get the last two outs of the sixth with runners on first and second.
In Hampton Bays on Monday in the top of the sixth inning, Kyle Sturmann slid safely into home following an infield grounder by Lukas Wheeler, beating the Baymen first baseman’s throw and breaking a 0-0 tie.
Whaler pitcher Colman Vila threw six innings of one-hit ball striking out 10, before a lead-off single, a steal and a throwing error tied the game in the seventh. A walk and another single pushed Vila to the Little League pitch limit, reliever Jake Bennett being rudely greeted by a sharp single. With the bases-loaded, Bennett notched a strikeout before a walk brought in the go-ahead run.
The senior leaguers were set to host Hampton Bays yesterday before going there again on Monday. East Hampton comes to the park next Wednesday, the teams having split their first two games. The senior league games begin at 5:30 p.m.
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