Guerin Catholic advanced to the final of Class 3A Sectional 24 at Blackford after beating Delta 2-0 in Friday’s second semi-final game.
The Golden Eagles will play Yorktown; the Tigers beat Hamilton Heights 3-1 in the first semi-final.
Guerin Catholic scored both of its runs in the first inning. Nate Bingman got the first run, scoring when Bennett Ely reached on an error. Braden Reel then hit a single to bring home Luke Godfrey.
Keenan Taylor and Bingman both had two hits. Matt Parenteau pitched six and a third innings to get the win, with Max Engelking getting the last two outs with strikeouts. The Golden Eagles improved to 20-7 with the victory.
Yorktown scored the first semi-final’s first run in the second inning. The Huskies tied the game in the fourth inning when Erik Malott hit a sacrifice fly to score Sam Allen. Heights was held to four hits, one each from Allen, Sam Wahl, Lucas Letsinger and Issiac Hickok.
Heights finished its season with a 9-14 record.
“This group has a great upside and bright future,” said Huskies coach JR Moffatt. “So much young talent and they are hard workers. I’m just sad it’s over because we need a little more time, we are just settling into who we could be. I especially hate it for Sam Fulton, Alex Roth and Sam Wahl who suited up for the Huskies for the last time. What three great young men who have represented us well. We will miss them as people as much as players. We are also excited to watch as Sam Fulton will pitch for the Volunteers at the University of Tennessee.”
Yorktown 3, Hamilton Heights 1
Heights AB R H RBI
Sam Allen 3 1 1 0
Sam Wahl 3 0 1 0
Erik Malott 1 0 0 1
Sam Fulton 3 0 0 0
Nate Hulen 3 0 0 0
Andrew VanOeveren 3 0 0 0
Lucas Letsinger 3 0 1 0
Issiac Hickok 2 0 1 0
Alex Hewitt 2 0 0 0
Totals 23 1 4 1
Score by innings
Yorktown 010 001 1 – 3 5 1
Heights 000 100 0 – 1 4 0
SAC: Malott.
Heights pitching IP R ER H
Allen 6.2 3 3 5
Dylan Zachary 0.0 0 0 0
Brody Piel 0.1 0 0 0
Strikeouts: Allen 2. Walks: Allen 3, Zachary 2.
Guerin Catholic 2, Delta 1
Guerin Catholic AB R H RBI
Keenan Taylor 2 0 2 0
Wes Gingerich 2 0 0 0
Nate Bingman 3 1 2 0
Luke Godfrey 3 1 0 0
Bennett Ely 3 0 0 0
Braden Reel 3 0 1 1
Max Engelking 1 0 0 0
Gavin Morrow 0 0 0 0
Sam Lewandowski 2 0 0 0
Dominic Ferrucci 3 0 0 0
Totals 22 2 5 1
Score by innings
Delta 000 000 1 – 1 8 3
Guerin Catholic 200 000 x – 2 5 0
SB: Taylor. SAC: Gingerich, Lewandowski.
Guerin Catholic pitching IP R ER H
Matt Parenteau (W) 6.1 1 1 7
Engelking (S) 0.2 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Parenteau 4, Engelking 2. Walks: none.