The Indiana High School Athletic Association recently released its high school baseball sectional pairings for 2017.<\/p>\n
In Class 3A at New Haven, the host Bulldogs will open with Angola while Garrett tangles with Bishop Dwenger and Concordia plays Bishop Luers in other first round matchups.<\/p>\n
Leo opens tournament play against the Garrett-Bishop Dwenger winner.<\/p>\n
At Bellmont, six squads will square off for the right to win the sectional championship.<\/p>\n
Norwell battles Mississinewa and Marion tangles with Bellmont in two quarterfinal games. In semifinal play, Heritage will play Columbia City.<\/p>\n
Woodlan is in the Class 2A sectional hosted by Churubusco.<\/p>\n
Canterbury plays Adams Central and South Adams battles Bluffton in one half of the bracket.<\/p>\n
The other half features Woodlan against host Churubusco.<\/p>\n
New Haven & Leo Sports Round up<\/p>\n
BASEBALL: Leo picked up a doubleheader sweep of Garrett on Saturday as the Lions posted victories by scores of 10-1 and 12-9.<\/p>\n
A.J. Restivo had three home runs in the two contests for the Lions, hitting one in the first game before adding two more in game two.<\/p>\n
Max Minich added a home run in game two as well for Leo while also recording the win on the mound in the opener.<\/p>\n
Leo jumped in front 2-0 after the first inning in the opener before each team scored in the second. The Lions, though, put the game away with a seven-run third inning.<\/p>\n
Game two saw the Railroaders open a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first before the Lions answered with three in their at-bat.<\/p>\n
After Leo scored twice more in the second, Garrett answered with a five-spot in the top of the third for an 8-5 advantage.<\/p>\n
The Lions took the lead for good in the home half of the fourth with four more runs to go on top 9-8.<\/p>\n
Leo then added one more in the fifth and two in the sixth to seal the victory. Garrett got its final run in the top of the sixth.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, New Haven defeated Alexandria Monroe 6-1 as well on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Tim Jordan got the win on the mound for the Bulldogs, who never trailed in the contest. Sean Ferguson had a home run for the Bulldog offense.<\/p>\n
New Haven scored in the top of the first and added two more in the second for a 3-0 advantage. After Alexandria Monroe answered with a single run in the bottom of the second, the Bulldogs added one more in the third and two in the sixth to wrap up the 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n
SOFTBALL: New Haven scored 14 runs in the top of the fifth inning to pull away from host Garrett for a 15-0 five-inning victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs had scored a lone run in the first to grab the lead before sealing the victory in the fifth.<\/p>\n
TENNIS: The New Haven boys squad captured first place at the Don Merkler Invitational on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs totaled 16 points compared to second place Wayne\u2019s 10. South Side finished third with six and Northrop was fourth with three.<\/p>\n
New Haven won four of the five championships in the tournament. DeCamp took first in first singles while Jordan won second singles and Miller captured third singles.<\/p>\n
DeCamp was a 6-0, 6-0 winner in the title match over Vosmeier of South Side while Jordan knocked off Sanchez of South Side 6-0, 6-1. Miller made it a clean sweep for the Bulldogs at singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win.<\/p>\n
In doubles, the Bulldog tandem of Shuler and Mason also claimed a title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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