Section C July 14, 2011 Rappahannock Record www.rrecord.com Kilmarnock, VA AreaSports 2ECREATIONs&ISHINGs(IGH3CHOOL4EAMS Crittenden is named first team All-State; Buzzell on second team Middlesex High School senior second baseman Alexander Crit- tenden recently was voted first team All-State by the Virginia High School League Coaches Association. Crittenden had earlier been named first team All-Region A, and first team All-Tidewater District for a second straight season. Crittenden led the Chargers in hitting this spring, and was “the best defensive second baseman &ROMLEFT MEMBERSOFTHE,ANCASTER,ITTLE,EAGUE3ENIOR3OFTBALL!LL3TARSAREFRONTROW +ELLI4IGNOR I’ve ever coached,” said MHS "ROOK2EED 0AIGE0ITTMAN "ROOKE(UDNALL -ADISON/WENSAND"RITTANY*ONESNEXTROW MANAGER head coach Timmy Blake. +ATHY0ITTMAN !MBER#UTTING #AROLINE-ERRYMAN COACH"OBBY-OORE *ULY4RAYLOR COACH4IM2EED In the regular season, Critten- ,OREN-OORE 4ESS4HOMASANDCOACH$EREK*ONES den batted .490 with 13 RBIs, 8 !LEXANDER#RITTENDEN doubles, 2 home runs, 18 walks and 23 runs. He struck out only Richmond County knocks Lancaster 4 times all season and committed picked up a 4-2 upset win over only 2 errors. Rappahannock in the first game Crittenden will play baseball of the Northern Neck District at Roanoke College next year. He tournament to start Lancaster on out of All Star softball tournament is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. its whirlwind run. Buzzell also by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi “They played their hearts out,” said manager Kathy Alexander Fleet of Irvington. had a 5-3 win over Nandua in Pittman. “During this unusual tournament, which went Lancaster High’s baseball the first round of the Region A, Richmond County defeated previously unbeaten on for four more days than scheduled, the team endured team, which won the Region A, Division 2 tournament and a 4-1 Lancaster back-to-back Sunday and Monday to knock many weather delays, intense heat and bracket changes. Division 2 championship and win over Strasburg in the Group Lancaster’s Little League Senior All Stars out of the Losing by one run in each game in the final innings went on to the Group A, Division A quarterfinals. District 15 softball tournament. shows what these girls are made of. They never gave up 2 state semifinals, placed only Buzzell batted .436 during Richmond County scored two runs in the top of the and they fought to the end. Our team motto is ‘Leave one on the state’s second team in the regular season with 10 runs eighth inning to beat Lancaster, 11-10, and win the Dis- No Doubt’ and they left no doubt that they are true all utility player Chris Buzzell. scored and 13 RBIs. trict 15 championship. stars.” A senior pitcher, Buzzell went Buzzell is the son of Stephen Lancaster went 3-2 as the tournament runner-up. In Lancaster’s first game against Richmond County, 3-0 with two saves during the and Kimberly Buzzell of Wil- Richmond County edged Lancaster 1-0 on Sunday Owens went the distance on the mound with three Devils’ six playoff games. He liamsburg. for Lancaster’s first loss in the tournament at King Wil- strikeouts, four walks and three allowed hits as Lan- liam High School. caster edged Richmond County, 3-2. Lancaster had handed Richmond County its first Lancaster scored three runs in the third inning after tourney loss, 3-2, on Friday, dropping Richmond Amber Cutting reached base on a single and rounded County into the losers’ bracket where it beat Middlesex, the bases to score on a double to deep center by Owens. 12-2, for a shot at the tournament title. Paige Pittman beat out a bunt and the first baseman In the championship game, Madison Owens pitched missed the ball, allowing Owens to score and Pittman all eight innings with six strikeouts for Lancaster. to go to second. Pittman went to third on a fielder’s Richmond County scored two runs on an error in the choice and the first baseman made a bad throw to third first inning and one in the second on a hit and error. which allowed Pittman to score. Lancaster exploded on offense in the second inning, Brandi Mulvena hit a double to deep center field and batting around to score eight runs. Owens, Paige Pitt- scored on a single by her sister, Rhiannon Mulvena, man and Brittany Jones had an RBI each in the inning for the only run as Richmond County got by Lancaster, and Chelsea Montgomery had two RBIs. 1-0, on July 10. Richmond County scored one in the third, three in Hudnall pitched a full game for Lancaster, with three the fourth and two in the sixth to bring up a 9-9 tie in strikeouts and four allowed hits. the bottom of the seventh. On July 3, Brooke Hudnall had five strikeouts in four Lancaster had two runners on base in the seventh innings and Owens had four strikeouts in three to lead when the game was stopped because of lightning. Lancaster to a 4-3 win over Middlesex. After an hour-and-a-half delay, Lancaster had lost Owens had two hits for an RBI and Brittany Jones its momentum. Lancaster left the runners stranded and had a hit for two RBIs to lead Lancaster’s batters. July Richmond County scored two in the top of the eighth. Traylor and Chelsea Montgomery had a hit each and Lancaster scored one in the bottom of the frame. Brook Reed had an RBI. 7ILL"ARRACKSTRUCKOUTINACOMPLETEGAMEWINON3ATURDAY Deltaville Deltas win twice The Deltaville Deltas won two of he hit a solo home run over the left three games in a series against the field wall. Peninsula Cardinals last weekend, splitting a Saturday night double- #ARDINALS $ELTAS header and overcoming an early In Saturday’s nightcap, Smiley deficit to win on Sunday. Smith pitched for the Deltas. He With the wins, the Deltas struck out 10, sitting down 12 of the improved to 13-3 on the season, and final 13 batters he faced while scat- hold a 1.5 game lead over second tering 6 hits over 7 innings. &ROMLEFT MEMBERSOFTHE,ANCASTER,ITTLE,EAGUE*UNIOR"ASEBALL!LL 3TARSAREFRONTROW !LEX.ELSON place York. Peninsula ace Robbie Watkins "RANDON3ELF *OEY3ANFORD *AY"RYANT "RENDAN"ROWNAND4YRELL(ENDERSONSECONDROW MANAGER On Friday, July 15, the Deltas allowed four Delta hits as the Car- $AVID4HOMAS $ANIEL4HOMAS *ORDAN(ODGES .OAH(OOK *ONATHAN3EAL 'RANT,ONG -ATTHEW!BBOTT will host the Tappahannock Tides at dinals won 1-0. ANDCOACHES*EFF"ROWNAND7ALT(OOKPhoto by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi. Deltaville Ballpark at 7:30 p.m. The In the bottom of the seventh, Deltas visit Tappahannock Sunday, King smashed a ball to deep center July 17, in a 5 p.m. game at Essex field. It appeared to hit the flag pole High School. behind the fence and bounce back Northumberland puts Lancaster On Saturday, Deltaville Ballpark into play. However, the ball was will host the 2011 Southern Virginia ruled to have hit off the outfield Baseball League All Star Game at wall, turning the would-be game out of All Star baseball tournament 7 p.m. and Home Run Derby at 4 tying home run into a double. The p.m. Top talent from each of the Deltas loaded the bases with two by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi inning. SVABL teams will take the field in outs, but were unable to push the At bat, Hodges led with a triple, two singles and a matchup that will be filled with tying run across. The Lancaster Little League Junior Baseball All four RBIs and Self had two doubles and two runs current and former collegiate base- Stars went 2-2 before being eliminated Monday night scored. Seal and Thomas both had a double, two ball players. $ELTAS #ARDINALS from the District 15 tournament at Dreamfields near singles and two RBIs each. Tyrell Henderson led the Outfielder/pitcher Kyle Hall, out- On Sunday, Jake Fletcher knocked Kilmarnock. base runners with three stolen bases for a run scored fielders Chris King, Travis Crump in three runs on a pair of doubles, Northumberland scored 12 runs on six errors in the and Thomas had two stolen bases. and Jimmy Denny, infielders Luke and Kirk singled twice along with first inning Monday and went on to beat Lancaster, Hodges went five innings with three strikeouts last Kirk and Ryan Wiggins, and pitcher a perfect suicide squeeze to lead the 15-5, and knock Lancaster out of the tournament. Saturday to get the six-inning slaughter over Spotsyl- and league wins leader Jay Moore Deltas past the Cardinals, 5-2. Jon Seal drew a walk, stole two bases and scored vania, 19-9. will represent the Deltas in the All Denny led off the game with a on a single by Jordan Hodges for Lancaster’s one run Jay Bryant came to the mound in the sixth on Star game.. single, and scored on a Kirk hit to in the first inning. relief. give Deltaville the early 1-0 advan- Lancaster scored three runs in the second after Hodges led at the plate with three singles, a double $ELTAS #ARDINALS tage. The Cardinals came back in Grant Long and Brandon Self both drew walks and and six RBIs while Bryant had a single and two RBIs. Pitcher Will Barrack led the the third inning, however, plating a scored on a two-run triple by Seal. Seal came home Self had two singles, a double and an RBI, Thomas defense and King led the offense pair of runs to lead 2-1. on an RBI single by Daniel Thomas. had a double and two RBIs. Seal, Henderson and as the Deltas beat the Cardinals 5-1 Deltaville retook the lead in Lancaster left the bases loaded in the fourth and, Alex Nelson each had a single and an RBI.