State Openers: Canton Beats Saranac 9-1; St. Lawrence Beaten

canton advances to class b title over salmon river

Canton's Chloe Baxter (24) slides onto third base just getting underneath the tag from Salmon River's Tay Clute (16) to advance into scoring position in the second inning. The Golden Bears advance to the Section X Class B Championship game 16-0 where they will take on the Gouverneur Wildcats. (Cody Jenne photo)
 

CANTON 15, SALMON RIVER 0
Canton blitzed the Shamrocks for nine runs in the first inning, putting away the Shamrocks by the fifth inning in a 15-0 win in the Section X Class B semifinals. The Bears will encounter Gouverneur in the title game. From the leadoff position, Sydney Francis notched three hits and scored three hits, while Katie Metcalf also rapped three hits for Canton. Bears’ pitching allowed just one hit tp Sophie Angus.

GOUVERNEUR 16, OGDENSBURG 1
Gouverneur rapped out five runs in the first inning and six runs in the third, en route to a 16-1 Section X Class C semifinal win. Chloe Smith and Lia Canell both clubbed three hits and scored three runs. Jadian Youngs also stroked three hits.

LARRIES BACK AS CLASS C CHAMPS, LEAVING NO DOUBT

ST. LAWRENCE 18, MADRID-WADDINGTON 3
After a narrow 6-5 loss to Norwood-Norfolk in the Class C title game a year ago, St. Lawrence Central left no doubt as to their champion status in 2023. The Larries posted a 19-1 win over the Flyers in the semifinal, then captured this year’s crown with a convincing 18-3 win over Madrid-Waddington in the final. After the first five Larries crossed the plate in the first inning, SLC dealt a nine-run blow in the fourth frame, highlighted by Carlee Provost’s grand slam. Brianna Foster hit an unstoppable 5-for-5 with four RBIs. SLC’s Heather Agans tossed a seven-hitter. The Jackets scored all of their runs back-to back in the fourth inning. Lacey Sullivan stroked two hits and Alaina Armstrong tripled for the Yellowjackets.

JACKETS & LARRIES ADVANCE WITH SEMIFINAL VICTORIES

MADRID-WADDINGTON 3, BRUSHTON-MOIRA 2
The second-seeded Yellow Jackets survived a close contest and a nail-biting finish, in surviving Brushton-Moira in the Section X Class C semifinals. In the third inning, Heather Manson doubled and Kendall Thompson singled her home for a 1-0 Jackets’ lead. M-W added two runs in the fourth when Zoey French lashed a one-out double, followed by singles from Thompson, Hailee Paquin and Melissa Martell. In the other five innings, the Jackets were set down in order. On the mound, Thompson allowed just one hit until the final inning, when Brushton-Moira – down to its final out with no one on base – strung together three consecutive hits and produced two runs. However, B-M stranded the potential tying and go-ahead runs on second and third to end the game. The Jackets will encounter #1-seeded St. Lawrence Central for the Class C title.

ST. LAWRENCE CENTRAL 19, NORWOOD-NORFOLK 1
An 11-run outburst for St. Lawrence Central in the fourth inning, delivered the knockout blow in the Larries 19-1 victory in the Section X Class C semifinal. The Larries had already pounded out five runs in the first inning and built an 8-0 lead, before the breakaway inning. Pitcher Hannah Agans smacked three hits and collected five RBIs, while Rylee Daoust, Rebecca Nezezon and Raegan Grant poked two hit each to lead the Larries. Agans allowed just four hits, giving up the lone Flyers’ run to Makyla Phillips who went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead N-N.

wheat, edwards-knox shut out chateaugay for win "D"

E-K's Katie Wheat primes the bat for an RBI double. 
 

EDWARDS-KNOX 5, CHATEAUGAY 0
Edwards-Knox carved out a 3-0 advantage by the top of third, then savored that lead until the seventh when they added a pair of insurance runs, to salt away the Section X Class D championship with a 5-0 shutout of the top-seeded Chateaugay Bulldogs. In the second, Rylee Typhair walked with the bases loaded to score Kayleigh Allen. An infield pop-up was dropped, allowing Sophia Vachev to scamper home with the second run. In the third, Katie Wheat belted a shot into the gap in left center, driving in Leanne Hall. 3-0 Cougars. Allen’s two-run single in the 7th finished the offense. Wheat fired a two-hitter against the Bulldogs which losttheir first game all season to finish 16-1.

class d quarterfinals

HEUVELTON 9, COLTON-PIERREPONT 3
The Bulldogs’ Chasity Johnson fanned seven Colts and helped her own cause with a tripled as Heuvelton outlasted the #5-seeded Colts in the Section X Class D quarterfinals. For the Bulldogs, Lakan Martin paced the offense with three hits. Emma Matthie led the Colts with two hits.

CHATEAUGAY 11, HARRISVILLE 6
Avery McDonald and Kaelyn Morgan each produced three hits, guiding top-seeded Chateaugay to an 11-6 Class D quarterfinal over #8-seeded Harrisville. Undefeated Chateaugay (15-0) will host #4-seeded Heuvelton in the semifinals

EDWARDS-KNOX 29, ST. REGIS FALLS 1
Mound ace Cadey Wheat stuck out 11 Saints, while Kay Allen slammed five hits for the #-3 seeded Cougars in overwhelming St. Regis Falls in the Section X Class D quarterfinals. E-K gets its third shot at #2-seeded Hammond in the semifinals, after the Red Devils swept the season series.

HAMMOND 16, LISBON 0
After their only loss and a mere one-run win over Lisbon last week, the #2-seeded Red Devils silenced the #7-seeded Golden Knights 16-0 in the Section X quarterfinals. Addie Gravline belted a home run and a single, while Mikayla Jones, Brooklyn Arquitt and Izzy Woodcock all slashed two hits for Hammond.

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