Photos: Tough Times
With the season winding down and the games becoming more important to make a push for a good seed in sectionals, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bulldogs girls’ softball team and the Voorheesville boys’ baseball look to help their cause. The Bulldogs lost, 5 to 2, to Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville on Monday afternoon, pushing their record to 1 and 8. The Blackbirds lost to Lasalle, 10 to 1, with a record of 8 and 7.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
While watching the ball go into his glove: Voorheesville’s John Moreau fields a grounder during last Friday’s game against Lasalle. Moreau went two for three at the plate and scored the lone run from Ethan Richardson’s RBI single.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Determined to hit his pitch in his first at bat: Voorheesville’s P.J. Parker stares down Lasalle’s starting pitcher in the first inning. Parker had a hit on two at bats and a stolen base.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
BKW played well but had one slip-up in the sixth inning that tamed the young Bulldogs. Just sliding by the Bulldogs’ Laura Simpson is safe at home before the tag from the Wolves’ catcher in the first inning. Simpson had one hit in three at bats and scored a run.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Dominant in the early going: Bulldogs’ Miranda Grzywaczewski threw five-and-one-third innings, giving up five runs, all earned, on two hits with seven walks — most of them came in the sixth inning — and struck out three.
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Slapping the ball: BKW’s Kayleigh Reynolds-Flynn hits a single in the first inning. Reynolds-Flynn had two hits on four at bats and scored a run. The Bulldogs had seven hits total in the game, two of them from Reagan Smith.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Making the pitch: Voorheesville starting pitcher Pat Foley throws the ball toward the plate during the first inning of the Blackbirds’ 10-to-1 loss last Friday at home against Lasalle. Foley went three-and-two-thirds innings. giving up nine runs, eight of them earned on five hits with three strikeouts.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Locked and loaded: Voorheesville’s Dalton Esposito prepares to throw after fielding a ground ball during the Blackbirds’ game last Friday.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Underhand toss: Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s Kayleigh Reynolds-Flynn fields a grounder during their Western Athletic Conference game against the Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Wolves at home on Monday afternoon. Reynolds-Flynn had two hits on four at bats in the 5-to-2 loss.