Hannan edged

by St. Thomas

Archbishop Hannan came up short falling to St. Thomas Aquinas 8-6 on the road Tuesday in another close and frustrating loss with the umpires calling the game in the sixth inning due to darkness. Hannan (5-5) dropped its fourth straight game heading into yesterday’s scheduled home game with Pope John Paul II. The Hawks had the bases loaded in the sixth inning, but were unable to capitalize. STA jumped out to a 5-0 lead until Hannan pushed across three runs in the top of the third. Hannan also tallied three times in the fifth inning to take a short lived 6-5 advantage. A Manichia two-run throwing error and an RBI double by Joseph Trapani regained the lead for STA in the bottom of the fifth to earn the shortened game victory. In the top of the 6th, Hannan loaded the bases on a two-out error, a hit by Logan Booksh and Andrew Arceneaux was hit by a pitch. Manichia then hit a hard grounder down the third base line, which was fielded by the third baseman, who made an outstanding play stepping on third to end the inning. Hannan’s Arceneaux had a home run, drove in two runs, walked twice and scored two times for the Hawks, while Christian Clark went 2-3 with a double and scored twice. Hannan’s Ben Condon started and struggled with his control being replaced by Dylan Manichia (0-2) in the second inning. STA’s Cory Robique (1-0) earned the victory and Ethan Bleakley picked up a save. Hannan stumbles over the weekend

Archbishop Hannan after opening the season 5-1 dropped three straight games in the Hammond Tournament. The Hawks lost their first game to the host Hammond Tornadoes 5-4 on Friday. Hammond’s Trevor Reagan (1-0) went the distance for the victory. Hannan’s Dylan Manichia started and went six innings before giving way to reliever Ben Condon with the game tied 4-4. Condon gave up a run in the bottom of the seventh and suffered the loss. Hannan jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning. Hammond cut the lead to 4-1 with a run in the third. The Tors followed up with two runs in the fifth before pushing across single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to snare the victory. Hammond’s leadoff batter in the seventh reached on a Hawks’ error and stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice by Lucas Quebedeaux. Hannan intentionally walked the next two batters to load the bases. The winning run scored on a Condon wild pitch. Manichia collected a hit and drove in a run, while Andrew Arceneaux had a hit with an RBI. Hannan was frustrated in Saturday’s game falling to Springfield 6-3. Hannan banged out 12 hits to only six for Springfield, but the Hawks stranded 16 runners including leaving the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings. Hannan’s Stuart Seiler (2-1) suffered the loss. Seiler went 2-4 with a double. Mike Hess went 2-3 and drove in a run for the Hawks. Arceneaux and Christian Clark both went 2-4.

Pearl River’s Rebels outlasted Hannan 11-10 in eight innings Saturday despite being out hit 12-7. Hannan stranded 10 base runners, while Hawks’ pitching issued seven walks in the first two innings. Pearl River’s Andro Cutura (2-0) earned the victory in relief of Adam Vignes, who went five innings. Cutura struck out the side in the eighth to post the victory. He struck out four and walked two. Cutura had a hit and drove in a run for the Rebels, while scoring twice and stealing three bases. PRHS’ Ryan Laughlin had two hits and drove in three runs, while Vignes had two hits and a pair of RBIs. Condon (0-2), the Hannan closer, suffered the loss pitching the sixth through eighth innings. Seiler went 3-3 for the Hawks and scored three runs. Manichia stroked a double and a triple and knocked in four runs, while Logan Booksh had two hits, including a double.

Pearl River, who went 2-1 in the event, opened by losing to Albany 5-2 on Thursday.

The Rebels trailed 4-0 after three before tying things at 4-4 in the fifth, but Albany tallied twice in the sixth for the victory. Beau Crawford went 2-3 with a double and a run, while Jordan Pinero finished with a hit and an RBI. Vignes tallied a hit and a run, while Huff was 1-3. Pinero (1-1) suffered the loss in relief. On Friday, the Rebels scored four runs in the opening frame and cruised to a 15-2 victory over Loranger. Crawford and Michael Beloso both had two hits and an RBI, while Cutura posted a pair of hits, including a double to go with two RBIs. Huff logged two hits with a double and three knocked in. Laughlin was 1-for-3 with three runs batted in. Jeremiah Eisenhart posted a hit with three runs scored. Huff (1-0) started and picked up the victory. He surrendered two runs on six hits with five strikeouts and three walks in four and one-third innings of work.

Fontainebleau derails Jesuit

Fontainebleau’s Bulldogs defeated Jesuit 12-4 Thursday at the Bone Yard with Addison Melancon going 3-3 with three runs batted in and three runs scored in a game which was moved from UNO. FHS tallied two runs in the first. Anthony LaGuardia walked and stole second and was advanced to third on a Ryan Casassa’s sacrifice bunt. Following a fly ball out, Melancon ripped an RBI single scoring LaGuardia. Jacob Palmisano made it 2-0 on an RBI double scoring Melancon. Jesuit tied it with two runs in the top of the third. FHS recaptured the lead in their half plating three runs for a 5-2 lead. Casassa singled with one out and moved to second on a passed ball. Logan Peterson singled him to third. Melancon doubled Casassa home and Palmisano walked. David Fiegel ripped a two-run double scoring Casassa and Melancon to push the lead to 7-2. Jesuit answered with two runs in the fifth. Fontainebleau blew the game open with a five-spot in the sixth. The Bulldogs collected three hits in the inning and took advantage of two Jesuit errors. LaGuardia reached on an error and stole second. Casassa was safe on an error moving LaGuardia to third and Casassa stole second. Following a fly out, Melancon got hit by a pitch, to load the bases. Palmisano delivered a key two-run single scoring LaGuardia and Casassa. James Cousin followed with a two-run double scoring Melancon and Palmisano. Fiegel capped off the Bulldogs’ scoring singling home Cousin. Klay Galloway went the distance allowing four runs (two earned) on seven hits.

PJP II struggles

in tourney

Pope John Paul II’s Jaguars went 0-3 in the Vandebilt Catholic Tournament Friday and Saturday. PJP was 1-7 at press time.

On Friday, PJP lost to E.D. White 15-4 in six innings. E.D. White scored in every frame. Andre Damiens went 2-4 with a run, while Christian Grady doubled and drove in two runs. Blake Bonnaffons and Kyle Salsbury tallied a hit and RBI. Matt Navarro, Tim Turner and Kale Scheurmann all posted hits for PJP. Dustin Dampier (0-2) was the losing pitcher. In Friday’s second game, the Jaguars suffered a 12-3 loss against the host team. Turner, Alex Ramirez and Jacob Hughes had one-hit each and an RBI. Grady was 1-3 with a run, while Damiens logged a hit. Turner was tagged with the loss. On Saturday, PJP lost to Central Catholic 8-2. Ramirez went 2-3 with two RBIs, while Dampier finished with two hits and Grady had one. Grady (0-2) was the losing pitcher.