Thursday, June 24th: DuPage River Bronco Conference Tournament Championship Game
Mobil One Lube Express 7, McCoy's Tire & Auto 4
Tuesday, June 22nd: DuPage River Bronco Conference Tournament Semi-Finals
McCoy's Tire & Auto 8, Integrity Restoration 2
John Wheaton (3 IP), Josh Garcia (1 IP), Danny Devine (2 IP), and Nico White (1 IP) combined to pitch the win. Danny Devine (2 hits, run), Josh Garcia (double, single, run), Tony Allen (2 hits, run), John Wheaton (hit, 2 runs), Jake Bugajski (hit, run), Dan Anfield (run), and Nico White (run) led the offense. Tyler Fitzgerald had the lone hit for Integrity. Jack Jessen and Nick VanMeter scored for Integrity. Patrick Rumsey, Nate Vaught, Tyler Fitzgerald, and Sam Siesser pitched strong for Integrity.
Channahon Mobile Lube Express 13, Crest Hill Vella Welding 5
Sunday, June 20th: DuPage River Bronco Conference Tournament
Mobil One Express Lube 11, Holsinger & Meents 1
At the plate, Mobil One was sparked by Jackson Shepherd 2-4 (triple, single; 4RBIs) and Bryce Dixon smacked a two-out bases-loaded double to break open a tight game in the 4th inning. Matt Brozovich and Steve Andreano had RBI singles. Matt Spalding doubled, Larry Roberts singled and Derek Malone scored 3 runs. On the mound, Roberts (4IP;1R;2H;5Ks;2BB;1HB) and Shepherd (2IP;0ER;1K;0BB) combined on a two-hitter for the win. For Holsinger & Meents, Drew Turek singled sharply, scored a run and Hunter Nelson singled. On the mound was Jacob Doster (4IP) and David Scott (2IP).
McCoy's Tire & Auto 8, McDonald's 1
Danny Devine (6 IP) and Nico White (1 IP) combined to pitch the win. Tony Allen (2 hits, run), Danny Devine (hit, 3 runs), Nico White (hit, two runs), Josh Garcia (hit), Jake Garcia (run), and Jon Mirabel (hit) led the offense. For McDonald's, Jon McAsey had two hits and scored a run. Ryan Johnson and Jon Carnagio pitched a great game keeping the score very close until late in the game.
Integrity Restoration 10, Troy Blue 4
Team. One word. This was a total team victory to Integrity Restoration. On a day when the top of the lineup was not at its best, the rest of the team picked up the slack with timely hitting. Integrity Restoration is proof of the old baseball saying that it is hard to beat good pitching. Once again, Integrity Restoration sent out Patrick Rumsey (2IP, 1H, 3K, 4BB), Nate Vaught (2IP, 0H, 3K, 1BB), Sam Siesser (1IP, 1H, 2BB, 0K) and Tyler Fitzgerald (1IP, 0H, 3 BB, 3K)to stop a very talented Troy Blue team. Integrity spread the hits among six players: Tyler Fitzgrerald, Nate Vaught, Nick Slattery, Sam Siesser, Jack Jessen, Jeremy Messer and Nick Vanmeter all had a hand in the team's offense. Troy Blue htters were Ethan Emerson (double) and Jacob Bucher. Troy pichers were Jones, Emilio Guzman, Garrett Harper, Collin O'Brien. And in a late breaking development, Claire Milles, for the first time all season, did not purchase snacks at the concession stand.
Vella Welding 8, Troutman Excavating 7
In an exciting game that could have gone either way, Vella Welding pulled out a come from behind victory. Jake Avery led Vella with two clutch doubles in the sixth inning to fuel the comback. Nolan Edwards, Nick Vella, Matt Taller and Zach Nolan added hits for Vella. Joe Butler and Zach Akers led Troutman with two hits each. Jonny Butler, Alex Roop, Jay Lamas and Bailey Dillon also added hits for Troutman. Zach Akers pitched a great game throwing 5 no-hit innings for Troutman until Vella Welding broke through in the sixth inning with eight runs. Nick Vella pitched the complete game victory.
Saturday, June 19th: DuPage River Bronco Conference Tournament
McCoy's Tire & Auto 15, Car Care Collision 1
Danny Devine, John Wheaton, and Josh Garcia combined to pitch the win. Jake Bugajski (3 hits, 2 runs), John Wheaton (double, 2 singles, 2 runs), Danny Devine (2 hits, 3 runs), Nico White (hit, run), Tony Allen (hit, 2 runs), Josh Garcia (hit, 2 runs), Kyle Kobe (hit, run), and Jake Garcia (hit, run) led McCoy's offense. For Car Care Collision, Kyle Markiel, Dan Terrazas, Alex Morretti, and Alex Terrazas had hits. On the mound for Car Care was Alex Moretti and Kyle Markiel.
Mobile One Lube Express 12, Fatz Boyz Pizza 2
For Mobile One, Bryce Dixon and Matt Brozovich sparked the attack with 2 hits and 2RBIs each. Jackson Shepherd singled and scored 4 runs. Steve Andreano, Larry Roberts and Matt Spalding contributed key hits. On the mound, Jackson Shepherd (2IP) and Derek Malone (3IP). For Fatz Boyz, Joe Marco doubled. Ben Jaworski and Trevor Riley scored runs. On the mound for Fatz Boyz was Joe Marco, Ben Jaworski, Ryan Gough and Chris Ledesma.
Troy Titans Blue 12, Troy Titans White 10
It is always exciting when Troy plays Troy. The first four and a half innings of the game were played beautifully by both teams with the Blue team having a narrow 3-2 lead. Then things got a little wild with both teams giving up runs. The Troy Titans Blue team held on with a narrow lead over the white team, finishing with a 12-10 score. Hitting for the Blue team was Colin Jacob Buchner (Homerun, 2 Runs, 4 RBIs) O'Brien (2 Hits, 3 Runs), Ethan Emerson (2 Hits, 2 Runs, 2 RBIs), Matt Kotulski (2 Hits, 1 Run), Sultan Solebo (2 Runs, Hit, 2 RBIs), Tyler Kodrick (Double, Run), Brian Mannucci (Hit , 2 RBIs). Hitting for the White team was Kevin Schoenbeck (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 RBI), Tyler Michalec (Hit, Run), and Dennis Fau (Hit, 2 RBIs). Pitching for the Blue team was Emilio Guzman (2 IP, 3 KOs, 0 ER), Garrett Harper (2 IP, 6 KOs, 0 ER), Jacob Buchner (1 IP, 1 ER, 2KOs), Colin O'Brien, and Sultan Solebo (2 IP, 4 ER, 3 KOs). Pitching for the White team was Tyler Michalec (4 IP, 4 KOs), Nathan Yusko (0.67 IP), and Zac Schultz (1.33 IP, 1 KO).
McDonalds 12, Employee Benefits 8
Winning ugly is what they call it. Both teams struggled defensively. McDonalds was up 6-2 in the third and Employee came back and took the lead 7-6 in the fourth. Tied 8-8 in the seventh McDonalds bats came alive scoring 4 runs in the top half of the inning and clinching the victory. Neither team ever gave up but like I said it was not pretty.
Integrity Restoration 11, KAN Vending 7
The Integirty Restoration pitching held steady again but the real story was the long ball as Integrity smashed two home runs against a feisty KAN Vending team. Hitting the big shots for Integrity were Nate Vaught, with a towering blast that hit the top of the big oak in Troy's left field, and Tyler Fitzgerald, with a line shot that went all the way to the center field fence for an inside-the-park home run. On the day, Fitzgerald and Patrick Rumsey were both 3-for-4, Jack Jessen 2-for-4 (double), and Nick Slattery, Sam Siesser, and Jeremy Messer, who had a huge 2 RBI hit in the five-run sixth inning, all added singles. KAN had their own offensive assault with Jack Sasso (triple), Aiden Polaine (2-for-4, double), Scott Schimanski , Jake Fabian, and Kyle Laite, all hitting. While the Integrity pitchers were solid, if not great, the defense provided sound support while Patrick Rumsey (2IP, 2H, 3Ks, 2BB), Sam Siesser (22/3IP, 3H, 3Ks, 3BB), Nate Vaught(11/3 IP, 2K, 3H, 3BB) and Dakota Jerman (1IP, 0H, 1K, 0BB), kept the game sloce and waited for the Integrity bats to heat up. Scott Schimanski, Aiden Polaine and Jack Sasso pitched for a tenacious KAN Vending team.
Vella Welding 22, Sports Huddle 10
Vella Welding put on an offensive display scoring 22 runs and pounding out 17 hits. Nick Vella, Matt Taller and Dylan Walthers led the attack with 3 hits each. Nolan Edwards and Tyler Nunn added 2 hits each while Logan Bilek, Nikoh Mendoza, Cameron Chellino and Alex Escobar also had hits for Vella. For Sports Huddle Nick Airola had two hits, Blake Parzych doubled and Jack Sullivan singled. Vella, Nunn and Edwards combined to pitch the win.
Thursday, June 17th: DuPage River Bronco Conference Tournament
In the first game of the Dupage Bronco tournament.
Fat Boyz 13, Paradise Pools 2
For Fat Boyz Joe Marco (9Ks,2BB,2Hits) went the distance in the 5 Inning game. Chris Ledesma, Ben Jaworski, Joe Marco, and Isaac Diaz had Multiple hits. For Paradise Pool J.Belton and C. Jarrett singled.
CarCare Collision 8, Tiered Real Estate 3
The playoff buzz was definitely in the air last night. CarCare's hot hitting continued with a 12 hit effort. Leading the attack were Alex Moretti (3-3,double,3RBI,2R), Jordan Missig (2-4, double, triple,1RBI,1R),Dan Terrazas (2-4, double,2R), and little brother Alex Terrazas (2-2,double,2RBI,2R). Also adding singles were Alec & Andrew Hartsell and Trevor Turnell. Scoring runs were Alec Hartsell and Kyle Markiel. Pitching the victory were Markiel(2ER,3K's), Missig(1ER,4K's), and Moretti(0ER,2K's). Defense was near perfect, highlighted by 2 great catches in left field by Andrew Hartsell and holding Tiered to 5 singles. Those hits belonged to Brandon Stang, Mike Conway, Riley VanDerkarr, Owen Hutto, and Jacob Mason. Pitching for Tiered were Hutto, Conway, and Stang.
Complete DuPage River Bronco Season Highlights
