Page 10 Thursday, July 31, 2014 The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION St. Joseph Batters St. Anthony in 22-7 Thrashing

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 came a victim of Frank Chupko’s Can’t let up!” as their at-bats were by absorbing Warfield’s wicked liner dexterity when he drilled a liner at about to begin. Pitonzo and Evans both singled him, and John Chupko was concen- During that inning, Baier fielded a and scored in the top of the fifth to trating on perfecting his pitching grounder, stepped on third for a putout make the score 21-7, leaving St. Joe prowess even when he was at the and fired to Talcott at home to com- needing only one run to finish the plate twice. plete a DP. game via 15-run mercy rule. St. Anthony fired the first shots The big “thud” befell St. Anthony “I guess I have to go to my ‘A’ game across the bow with two runs in the in the fourth when St. Joseph grabbed now,” John Chupko cautioned as he top of the first. Ulichny led off with a the brass ring with a merry-go-round looked around to examine the posi- single and Pitonzo hit into a force of 10 runs on 10 hits, highlighted by tion of his defense. Junguenet looped play. Evans unloaded his RBI triple Balestriere’s two-run double, a high fly to left that Ulichny caught into deep right field and managed to Warfield’s RBI double, Russo’s RBI like a pro. Russo stepped up and

BASEBALL LEAGUE CHAMPS...Pictured, left to right, are: front row; Dominic Maurillo, Griffin Rooney, Brendan Hiltz, Tim Alliegro, Victor Coustan and Danny Varano; back row, Coach Mike Varano, Head Coach Jim McKeon, Will Kessler, Leo Loffredo, Jack Riley, Christian Pansini, Andrew Echausse, Danny Kohler and Coaches Brad Coustan and Tom Riley. Not pictured is Henry Meiselman. Westfield 12U Grabs CJBL Championship With 9-8 Victory Over Chatham in Finals As the fourth seed heading into the and controlling their pitchers, and bring the score to 5-4. playoffs of the Central Jersey Base- second baseman Dominic Maurillo Heading into the sixth, Westfield ball League, Coach Jim McKeon made several key putouts. trailed 8-5. Leo Loffredo worked a knew the 12U Westfield Blue Devils On July 25 at Hall Stadium in walk, Alliegro singled home Loffredo had to play their best baseball in Union, Westfield faced a familiar and Will Kessler beat out a infield hit. order to win and did to grab the title foe in Chatham — they split the With two outs and the score, 8-6, and finish with a 17-10-1 overall regular-season series — who they Danny Kohler launched a three-run record. lost to in the 11U Championship in home run into the woods in left center Facing the No. 1 seed Union in the 2013. Westfield found itself in an to give Westfield a 9-8 lead. David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times first playoff game, Westfield exploded early hole despite a solid pitching Kohler was on the mound in the SNEAKING INTO SECOND...St. Joseph’s Jerry Russo slips into second base in the third inning as St. Anthony second for six runs in the first inning, high- performance from Griffin Rooney bottom of the sixth and the Westfield baseman Chris Johnston waits for the throw from centerfield at Farley Field in Scotch Plains on July 25. lighted by a towering three-run home (2 innings). defense proved unflappable. With one run by Will Kessler. Westfield got Down 5-1, Westfield crawled back out and a runner on second, score on a defensive goof. Wustefeld, triple and Spellman’s two-run homer whacked his solo blast to end the excellent pitching performances from to within a run in the top of the fourth. centerfielder Rooney threw home on Cunningham and Baier also singled to right-center. The inning finally game. Christian Pansini (3 innings) and Danny Varano led off with a line a Chatham single and forced a per- but Balestriere, playing second, ended when John Chupko performed St. Anthony 203 0 2 7 Andrew Echausse (3 innings) and single to left, Brendan Hiltz walked fectly executed rundown to get the turned a Spellman (shortstop)-to- a bit of defensive wizardry of his own St. Joseph 443 (10) 1 22 played stellar en route to a 10-4 vic- and Andrew Echausse singled. The second out. With a runner on second, Booth (first) double play (DP) tory and a berth in the championship hot hitting Tim Alliegro doubled to Chatham’s No. 8 hitter lined a shot to Four Joes scored in the bottom of game. right field and Brendan Hiltz made a the first inning. Balestriere singled, Victor Coustan and Jack Riley were Probitas Verus Honos game-saving diving catch to end the Booth and Warfield both walked and solid behind the plate, calling pitches game. Junguenet yanked a two-run single to left. Warfield also scored on a bad throw and Russo lofted an RBI sac fly. The Joes then made the score, 8- “Our success is evidenced in our results.” 2, with four more in the second. Rinaldo singled, Frank Chupko Michael Scott, Manager reached on an error and when Grycan tapped a chopper down the third base line, Baier made a diving stop and Congratulations Agents of the Month! crawled toward third to get a force- out but came up an inch shy. Balestriere followed with an RBI sac fly, Booth bounced an RBI single past short and Spellman slashed a two-run double. Evans and Cunningham had RBI singles and Caggiano had an RBI sac fly to center that Warfield barehanded WESTFIELD 8U BLACK...Pictured, left to right, are: bottom row; Erin Doherty, in the third inning, but St. Joe imme- Kate Bloom, Grace Lisnock, Naomi Waller and Quinlan Doherty; top row, Claire diately answered with three, making Lezynski, Gianna Puglisi, Mary Lindros, Audrey Bassolino, Sarah Stavrovich, Experience, Frank D. 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