The Lions face East Rochester on Saturday May 30
From Wellsville Athletics,
Section V Class B2 semi-finals: Wellsville 11 Bolivar-Richburg/Cuba-Rushford 1
Three Wellsville pitchers combined on a 2-hitter with 11 strikeouts and two walks as Wellsville advanced to the Section V Class B2 finals with an 11-1 win over Bolivar-Richburg/Cuba-Rushford/Parker Jordan.
Drew Cowburn started and went 3.1 innings with seven strikeouts, then Trenton Green went 1.2 innings with three strikeouts before Matt Ritter tossed two perfect innings with a strikeout.
With the win, #2 Wellsville (13-7) advances to play #4 East Rochester (12-5) on Saturday. Wellsville is in the finals for the third straight year after winning titles in 2024 and 2025. The Wellsville softball team is in the finals for the sixth straight year after winning five in a row.
At the plate for Wellsville, senior Andrew Ordiway was 3-for-4 with three doubles and two RBI’s and freshman Ben Helveston was 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored three runs.
Sophomore Karter Grover had two hits and 2 RBI’s, senior Matt Ritter (two RBI’s, two runs), freshman Drew Cowburn (two RBI’s), and senior Brennen Geffers (double, RBI, run) all had hits. Trenton Green scored three runs and had a RBI, Tyler Rahr and Brayden Geffers also scored.
For B-R/C-R, Ryder Iantorno had a hit, walked and scored and Connor Margeson had a RBI single.
Braxton Clark, Chase Haas and Jimmy Day combined to strike out three and walked eight.
“BR/CR is a young team and what a great story, coming together to field a team and as the six-seed making a great run. They are used to winning there and that was a big concern coming in the game,” said Wellsville coach John Anderson. “Our seniors stepped up and the freshmen and sophomores came in clutch. Hitting is contagious. We had a plan for pitching and pitch counts and everyone exceeded expectations on the mound. It was a nice team win and a great crowd from each community.”
