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BOARDMAN DEFEATS ELLWOOD CITY, 1-0, TO WIN 75TH ELLWOOD CITY LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP-DIAZ SOLO HOME RUN IN FIRST INNING WINS IT

Boardman, Ohio defeated Ellwood City, 1-0, to win the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament at Freidhoff Field on Wednesday night.  Kyler Diaz smacked a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning and the one run proved to be the difference. Boardman, district runner-up to Ohio Little League World Series runner-up Canfield, becomes the first Ohio team to win the tournament.  The Ellwood City Little League Tournament, the second oldest Little League tournament in the nation next to the Little League World Series, has now been won by teams from six different counties. The championship game was broadcast live for the second year in a row by WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio. 

Ellwood City's leadoff hitter Asher Fabich lined a double off Boardman starting pitcher Vinny Skovira to open the game. But Skovira fanned the next wo batters and got a fly out to left field to end the threat. Ellwood City starting pitcher Gage Pflugh retired the first batter on a ground out before Diaz followed with a home run to center field which be the only run in the game. Pflugh ended the inning with two strikeouts.  Louie Viglio led off the bottom of the Boardman  second inning with a single. But Ellwood City turned a double play on a fine play by shortstop Fabich.  Jacoby Warren ripped a hard ground ball up the middle which Fabich grabbed and stepped on second base to retire  Viglio and fired to first to complete the double play. In the bottom of the third inning, Boardman's  Rocco Rosati doubled with two out but a ground out ended the inning.

Diaz relieved for Boardman in the top of the fourth inning and was greeted with two a pop single to center field by Ryan Bales followed by a line drive single to right field by Pflugh. After a strikeout, Bales and Pflugh pulled a double steal to put runners on second base and third base with one out. But Diaz struck out the next to batters to end the threat. Bales relieved for Ellwood City in the bottom of the fourth inning and retired Boardman in order.  Diaz and Bales retired each team batters in order in the fifth inning. In the top of the sixth inning, Diaz got the first two outs on a  strikeout and a pop up. Pflugh reached base on an error and stole second base to place the tying run in scoring position. But Diaz ended the threat and the game with a strikeout to give Boardman the title.

Skovira was the starting and winning pitcher for Boardman with three innings of work. He allowed one hit and fanned four batters. Diaz picked up the save allowing two hits and striking out six in three innings of rtelief.  Pflugh hurled three innings for Ellwood City and allowed one run with four strikeouts. Bales threw two scoreless innings without allowing a hit with four strikeouts.

Diaz led Boardman at the plate with his solo game-winning home run. Rosati doubled and Viglio singled for Boardman. Fabich led Ellwood City with a double and walk. Bales and Pflugh added singles. 

Dalton Tiger of Boardman won the Home Run Derby defeating 35 other contestants.

Four veteran PIAA umpires- Andy Bruno, Dave Cracraft, Len Amabile and crew chief and president of the Tri-County Umpires Association, Rick Gabriel, donated their services to umpire the championship game. 

ELLWOOD CITY DEFEATS NESHANNOCK, 4-1, TO REACH FINALS OF THE 75th ELLWOOD CITY LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT-MEETS BOARDMAN, OH WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME-FABICH, BEIGHTLEY KEY VICTORY

Ellwood City defeated Neshannock, 4-1, on Monday night at Freidhoff Field to reach the finals of the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament. Ellwood City with a 3-1 record will face off against undefeated Boardman with a 3-0 record.  In their first matchup, Boardman edged Ellwood City, 2-1, in an epic nine-inning battle on Sunday night. For the second year in a row the championship game will be televised live by WKBN in Youngstown Ohio. Asher Fabich doubled, singled and drove in two runs and Brady Beightley threw three scoreless innings without allowing a hit to lead Ellwood City.

Carter Janusznewicz for Neshannock and Beightley for Ellwood City threw three scoreless innings apiece in the first three frames. With one out, Ellwood City mounted a threat in the bottom of the third inning. Landyn Frederick looped a single to right field. Fabich followed with a single to rightfield to place runners on first and second base. Jace Vandevort then slashed a line drive that was caught by rightfielder Shane Dobbs who fired to shortstop Matt Fowler to retire Frederick to end the inning.

Neshannock broke the scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning with an unearned run on relief pitcher Fabich. Jackson Holmstrup reached on and infield single and Janusznewicz reached on an error to place runners at first and second base. A throwing error on an attempted catcher pickoff allowed Holmstrup to score to give Neshannock a 1-0 lead. With Janusznewicz om yhird base, Fabick struck out the next two batters to end the inning. 

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Ellwood City rallied for four runs to take the lead. Beightley drew a base on balls and Ryan Bales was hit by a pitch to place runners on first and second base. Gage Pflugh followed with a single but the relay from centerfielder Holmstrup to third baseman Brody Kimmel nailed Beightley at the plate. Jaxon Wyatt drew a base on balls.  With Bales at third base, the catcher's return throw to the pitcher was errant and a hustling Bales scored to tie the score at 1-1.  Rocco Gagric drew a walk to load the bases. After a strikeout, Alexander Casas-Cordero drew a walk to score to score Pflugh with the go-ahead run to give Ellwood City a 2-1 lead. Fabich followed with a double scoring Wyant and Gagric to increase the lead to 4-1. Casas-Cordero was thrown out at the plate attemoting to score to end the inning. Fabich threw a scoreless fifth inning for Ellwood City.  Wyant relieved in the sixth inning and picked up the save ending the game with a strikeout to send Ellwood City to the finals.

Starting pitcher Beightley threw three no-hit, scoreless innings with six strikeouts for Ellwood City. Fabich was the winning pitcher in relief with two innings of work. He allowed no earned runs and fanned four batters. Wyant got the save with a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. The three pitchers limited Neshannock to one single. Janusznewicaz threw three scoreless innings for Neshannock with six strikeouts.

Fabich led Ellwood City at the plate with a double, single and two RBI. Beightly singled, walked and scored a run. Bales and Pflugh both singled and scored a run and Frederick added a single. Casas-Cordero added an RBI with a base on balls. Holmstrup had  a single for Neshannock.  

BOARDMAN, OH EDGES ELLWOOD CITY, 2-1-DIAZ RBI-SINGLE IN NINTH INNING WINS IT- REACHES FINAL OF 75TH ELLWOOD CITY LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

Boardman, OH edged Ellwood City, 2-1, in a classic game in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament on Sunday night at Freidhoff Field. Kyler Diaz smacked a single to centerfield scoring Rocco Skovira in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Boardman the win. The victory by Boardman in the winner's bracket final reserves their place in the championship game on Wednesday night. Ellwood City and Neshannock will meet tonight at 7:00 PM to decide Boardman's opponent in the title game.

A towering  home run by Diaz in the bottom of the first inning gave  Boardman an early 1-0 lead. Ellwood City threatened in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, Jaxon Wyant walked and Rocco Gagric singled to centerfield. After a passed ball, both runners moved into scoring position but a ground out ended the threat. Boardman mounted their own threat in the bottom of the inning when Louie Viglio led off with a double and moved to third base on a sacrifice by Tyler Schmied.  But a strikeout and ground out ended he threat. Ellwood City knotted the score in the third inning at 1-1 on a line drive home run over the centerfield fence by Jace Vandervort. The solo home runs by Diaz and Vandevort were the only runs allowed by starting pitchers Vinny Skovira of Boardman and Gage Pflugh of Ellwood City. 

In the fourth inning, relief pitchers Diaz for Boardman and Ryan Bales for Ellwood City took the mound. Both pitchers threw three scoreless innings apiece with each pitcher allowing just one hit. Diaz fanned four batters and Bales whiffed five batters in their stints on the mound.

With the score tied at 1-1, the game entered extra innings. Dalton Tiger took the mound and fanned all the batters in the top of the seventh inning. Vandevort took the hill for Ellwood City and Boardman loaded the bases with one out on an error, a hit batsman and a walk. Tyler Schmeid followed with a potential game-winning bunt but Vandevort's sliding throw from his knees to catcher Bales nailed the runner at home for the second out. Vandevort fanned the next batter to end the inning. 

After a scoreless eighth inning, Ellwood City went in order in the top of the ninth inning. In the bottom half of the inning, Boardman mounted their game-winning rally. Rocco Skovira led off with a walk and Rocco Rosati bunted for a single. On a 2-2 pitch, Diaz delivered with a sharp single to centerfield scoring Skovira to give Boardman the 2-1 victory.

Tiger was the winning pitcher for Boardman with three innings of hitless relief. He fanned seven batters with out a walk. Diaz threw three innings of relief and allowed one hit and struck out four batters. Skovira allowed two hits and one run in three innings of work. Pflugh allowed three hits and one run with three strikeouts. Bales pitched three scoreless innings of relief . He allowed one hit and fanned five batters. Vandevort allowed two hits and one run with three strikeouts. 

Diaz led Boardman at the plate with a home run, single and two RBI. Viglio rapped a double abd Rosati and Ben Seefried added singles. Vandevort led Ellwood City with a home run and one RBI. Asher Fabich, Pflugh and Gagric added singles. 

In a game of outstanding defense by both teams, Diaz dazzled defensively at the shortstop position for Boardman.

JANUSZIEWICZ, TEDROW LEAD NESHANNOCK OVER LAUREL, 13-5

Neshannock defeated Laurel, 13-5, in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Carter Janusziewicz led the way offensively for Neshannock with two doubles and two singles. Issac Tedrow added three hits for Neshannock.

Laurel took an early one run lead with a run in the yop of the first inning.  Neshannock answered with a two run rally in the bottom of the inning to take a 2-1 lead. Laurel added a single tally in the top of the second inning to knot the score at 2-2. Neshannock answered with a six-run eruption to take an 8-2 lead. Neshannock added two more runs in the bottom of the third inning to up the lead to 10-2. Laurel rallied for two runs in the top half of the fourth inning to cut their deficit to 10-4. Neshannock responded with three more runs in their half of the inning to increase their lead to 13-4. Laurel closed the scoring with a run in the fifth inning to account for the 13-5 final score. 

Janusziewicz rapped two doubles and two singles with two RBI and three runs scored. Tedrow had three hits with three RBI. Evan Daugherty singled twice with two RBI and Brody KImmel had a double, two walks and two RBI. Jackson Fabich singled twice and Donnie Wilt singled with two walks and an RBI. Jackson Holmstrup singled, walked and scored four runs. Jacob Stewart led Laurel with two singles and two RBI. A.J. Willoughby doubled, walked and drove in a run. Cole Bunnell singled and drew a walk. Jacob Barber tripled with an RBI. Nick Sunseri walked with an RBI.

Kimmel was the starting and winning pitcher for Neshannock. He allowed one earned run  and fanned two batters in three innings of work. Tedrow threw a scoreless inning to close out the game for Neshannock. Sunseri fanned three batters in an inning of work for Laurel.

NESHANNOCK FOUR-RUN FOURTH INNING KEYS 6-4 WIN OVER BUTLER-JANUSZIEWICZ, TEDROW LEAD NESHANNOCK AT THE PLATE-MORTON LEADS BUTLER WITH THREE DOUBLES

Neshannock scored four runs in the third inning to key a 6-4 win over Butler on Sunday afternoon. Issac Tedrow and Carter Janusziewicz and rapped a double and single apiece to lead Neshannock to the victory. 

Neshannock opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. Butler scored a single tally in the bottom of the inning to cut the deficit to 2-1. Butler tied the score at 2-2 with a run in the bottom of the second inning. Neshannock scored four runs in the top of the third inning to take a 6-2 lead. Butler scored a run in in the bottom the third inning to cut the deficit to 6-3. Butler scored a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to narrow the lead to 6-4. But Butler failed to score in the sixth inning and Neshannock claimed the victory. 

Tedrow led Neshannock with a double, single, walk and RBI. Janusziewicz added a double and single. Evan Daugherty added a single, two walks and drove in two runs. Jackson Fabich added a single. Noah Morton rapped three doubles for Butler. Maddox Rager had a triple and an RBI. Blake Diamond had a single and RBI and  Luke Franz added a single.

Daugherty was the winning pitcher for Neshannock with three innings of work. Jackson Holmstrup allowed one run in three innings to notch the save.

LAUREL RALLIES FOR THREE RUNS IN THE FIFTH INNING TO EDGE SHENANGO, 7-6- SUNSERI, EMERY KEY VICTORY

Laurel rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to edge Shenango, 7-6, in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament. Laurel trailed 6-4 before scoring three runs on five hits to pull out the victory.  Nick Sunseri doubled and singled and Mason Emery rapped three singles to lead Laurel.

Shenango scored three runs in the top of the first inning to race out to a 3-0 lead. But Laurel rallied for four runs in their half of the first inning to take the lead 4-3. After two scoreless innings, Shenango reclaimed the lead with two runs in the top of the fourth inning to go ahead , 5-4. Shenango added a solo tally in the top of the fifth inning to widen their lead to 6-4. Laurel then produced the game-winning three-run rally with five hits to take the lead for good, 7-6. Alex Puff got a lead-off single  in the top of the sixth inning but a strikeout, a flyout and strikeout ended the threat and the game. 

Sunseri led Laurel with a double, single and two RBI. Emery added three singles and an RBI. Jacob Stewart singled with an RBI and Aeden Schiedemantle singled, walked  and scored a run and Jacob Barber added a single. Sawyer Henry singled twice with an RBI and Luke Pascoe singled twice and scored two runs. Luke Rhodes and Mason Bucceri doubled with two RBI. Gavin Hupko added a single.

Cole Bunnell was the winning pitcher and Milbert picked up the save.

NESHANNOCK EDGES SHENANGO, 3-2, BEHIND JANUSZIEWICZ, HOLMSTRUP 

Neshannock edged Neshannock, 3-2, in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament  on Saturday afternoon.  Carter Janusziewicz led Neshannock with two doubles and a single and Jackson Holmstrup added two doubles with two RBI.

Shenango jumped out to an early  lead in the bottom of the first inning. Leadoff hitter Luke Rhodes tripled into the right field corner and scored on Sawyer Henry's groundout to give Shenango a 1-0 lead. After two scoreless innings, Neshannock rallied for three runs to grab the lead. Brody Kimmel led off the inning with a walk and moved to second base on a wild pitch. Jackson Fowler reached on an error and Kimmel moved to third base on the error. Fowler stole second base and Holmstrup followed with a double down the leftfield line scoring Kimmel and Fowler to give Neshannock a 2-1 lead. Shane Dodds sacrificed Holmstrup to third base and  Janusziewicz followed with a double to the centerfield gap scoring Holmstrup to up the lead the Neshannock lead to 3-1. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Shenango narrowed the deficit to one run. Jordan Matsook walked and stole second base and moved th third base on a wild pitch. Axtin Scott walked to put runners on the first and third base. After two infield fly outs, Sawyer Henry doubled to centerfield scoring Matsook to slice the Shenango deficit to 3-2. With runners at second and third, a fly out to right field ended the threat. Shenango threatened in the bottom of the six inning. Alex Puff reached base on an infield single with one out but the rally ended  on a ground out and fly out.

Neshannock was led at the plate by Janusziewicz with two doubles a single and one RBI. Holmstrup smacked two doubles and drove in two runs. Evan Daugherty added a single and Issac Tedrow drew two base on balls. Henry led Shenango with a double and two RBI. Rhodes tripled  and Mason Bucceri added a doble. Matsook singled and drew a base on balls and  Puff added a single.

Tedrow was the winning pitcher with three innings of work. He allowed three hits and fanned two batters. Fowler picked up the save allowing one run over three innings. Luke Pascoe threw 2-2/3 scoreless innings  fanning four batters. Alex Llewelyn threw two shutout innings and fanned three batters. 

LAUREL PULLS AWAY FROM BUTLER IN FINAL TWO INNINGS FOR 7-1 VICTORY-DIERICKX, SUNSERI , MILBERT KEY WIN

Laurel scored five runs in the final two innings to pull away from Butler, 7-1, in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament. Noah Dierickx lead the way for Laurel at the plate with a double, single and three RBI. Nick Sunseri and Deryk Milbert combined on the mound to hold Butler to one run.

Laurel scored a solo run in the top of the first inning and after a scoreless second inning Butler tallied a run ibn the third inning to knot the score at 1-1.Laurel scored a run in the top of the fourth inning and two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to open up a 4-1 lead.  Laurel closed the scoring with a three-run rally in the top of the sixth inning to make the final score 7-1.

Sunseri was the winning pitcher allowing one run and fanning five batters. Milbert threw three scoreless innings and fanned three batters to earn the save.  Dierickx led Laurel at the plate with a double, single and three RBI. A.J. Willoughby doubled and drew a walk and added an RBI. Milbert doubled and walked and Mason Emery drew three base on balls. Jacob Barber added two walks. Blake Diamond led Butler with a double and a single with one RBI. Brandt Reeder singled and drew a walk. Luke Franz, Nash Werner And Maddox Rager added singles.  

BOARDMAN DEFEATS NESHANNOCK, 4-2, BEHIND VIGLIO, TIGER AND SKOVIRA  

Boardman defeated Neshannock, 4-2, in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament on Friday night. Louie Viglio rapped three hits and drove in two runs , Vinny Skovira smacked a two-run homer and Dalton Tiger doubled and singled to lead Boardman at the plate. Viglio and Dalton Tiger combined on a one-hitter on the mound.

Boardman opened the scoring with two runs in the top of the first inning. With one out, Kyler Diaz doubled and Vinny Skovira followed with a two-run homer over the left-field fence. Neshannock answered with a solo tally in the bottom of the inning, Evan Daugherty drew a lead-off walk and moved to second base on a wild pitch. With one out, Rocco Trott singled scoring Daugherty to cut the Boardman lead to 2-1. Neshannock tied the score with a run in the bottom of the second inning. Carter Janusziewicz reached on an error with one out and went to second base on a wild pitch. Janusziewicz went to third base ona a wild pitch and scored on Issac Tedrow's ground out. In the top of the third inning, Boardman scored twice to take the lead. Rocco Rosati singled and Kylar Diaz drew a base on balls. Both runners moved up and scored on Viglio's single down the left-field line to give Boardman a 4-2 lead. Neither team scored the rest of the way. 

Viglio led Boardman with three singles and two RBI. Tiger doubled and singled and Diaz singled, drew two walks and scored two runs.   Skovira singled, walked and drove in two runs.  Rosati and Ben Seefried added singles. Rocco Trott led Neshannock with a single and an RBI.

Viglio was the winning pitcher with three innings of work. He allowed one-hit, one earned run and fanned six batters. Tiger nailed down the save with three innings of hitless relief with six strikeouts. Neshannock's Donnie Wilt threw three scoreless innings allowing three hits and fanning three batters.

ELLWOOD CITY  EXPLODES FOR 12 RUNS IN THE 3RD INNING ON THE WAY TO 15-0 WIN OVER LAUREL-BALES, VANDERVORT, BEIGHTLEY PROVIDE OFFENSIVE POWER

Ellwood City exploded for 12 runs  in the bottom of the third inning on its way to a 15-0 victory over Laurel in the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament on Friday night. Ryan Bales tossed a no-hitter over three innings and added a home run and  single to lead Ellwood City. Jace Vandevort  belted a  homer, double and single and Bruce Beightley homered, singled  and drove in three runs.

Ellwood City scored twice in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead. Ellwood City added a solo run in the bottom of the second inning to up the lead to 3-0. Ellwood City produced a 12-run inning in the bottom of the third inning to take a 15-0 lead and the 15-run rule was invoked.

Vandevort led the Ellwood City offense with a home run, double and single with three RBI. Beightley homered and singled and drove in three runs. Bales homered, singled and drew a base on balls. Landyn Frederick singled twice with an RBI and Asher Fabich singled, walked and drove in a run. Jaxon Wyant doubled and Maxton Keller singled and drove in two runs. Alexander Casas-Cordero added an RBI-single. Bales was the winning pitcher with three hitless innings of work. He allowed no runs and fanned five batters.

BOARDMAN 10-RUN RALLY IN THE FIFTH INNING SINKS BUTLER, 16-4, IN 75TH ELLWOOD CITY LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT OPENING DAY NIGHTCAP-ROSATI, TIGER LEAD 14-HIT ATTACK

Boardman, OH exploded for 10 runs in the top of the fifth inning on its the way to a 16-4 win in the second game of the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament on Thursday night. Rocco Rosati smacked four singles and drove in four runs and Dalton Tiger rapped three singles with three RBI to lead the Boardman 14-hit attack.

Boardman opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Butler scored in the bottom of the inning to tie the score at 1-1. After a scoreless second inning, Boardman rallied for four runs in the top of the third inning to give Boardman a 5-1 lead. Boardman added another run in the top of the fourth inning to open up a 6-1. Butler rallied for four runs in the bottom of the inning to slice the deficit to 6-4. But Boardman answered with their 10-run rally in the top of the fifth inning and the 10-run rule was invoked after Butler failed to score in the bottom of the inning.

Rosati led Boardman with four singles, three runs scored and three RBI. Tiger added three singles, scored a run and drove in three runs. Lincoln Nameth rapped two hits and drew a base on balls. Jacob Warren smacked a solo home run and walked and Kyler Diaz added a double. Vinny Skovina singled and walked twice and Louie Viglio and Tyler Schmed added  singles. Nash Werner singled and drove in two runs to lead Butler. Vincent Statzer singled and walked to lead Butler. Nash Werner singled and drove in two runs. Nash Randall singled and drove in a run and Declan Gamble added a single.

Jacob Werner was the winning pitcher with a two innings of  work. He  allowed one run and fanned three batters.

ELLWOOD CITY DOWNS SHENANGO, 5-0, IN OPENER OF 75TH ELLWOOD CITY LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT OPENER-PFLUGH, VANDEVORT COMBINE FOR NO-HITTER-FABICH HOMERS, DOUBLES

Ellwood City downed Shenango, 5-0, in the opening game of the 75th Ellwood City Little League Tournament at Freidhoff Field Thursday night. Gage Pflugh and Jace Vandevort combined on a no-hitter and Asher Fabich smacked a two-run homer and double to lead Ellwood City.

After two scoreless innings, Ellwood City scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning with a two-out rally. Adrien Evans singled on a line drive to center field and Fabich followed with a two-run over the center field fence to stake Ellwood City to a 2-0 lead. Vandevort followed with a single and moved to third base on a single by Brady Beightley. Pflugh followed with a single scoring Vandevort to up the Ellwood City lead to 3-0. After a scoreless fourth inning, Ellwood City added two insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Once again it was Evans  and Fabich starting the rally. Evans lead off  with a walk and Fabich followed with a double. With one out, Beightly singled to score Evans to increase the Ellwood City lead to 4-0. Pflugh followed with a single scoring Fabich to raise the lead to 5-0. Vandevort closed the game out on the mound with three strikeouts in the top of the sixth inning. 

Pflugh was the winning pitcher for Ellwood City. He tossed three hitless innings and fanned six batters and issued one walk. Vandevort fired three hitless innings and fanned seven batters with two walks. The right-side of the Ellwood City infield, second baseman Rocco Gagric and first baseman Jaxon Wyant, helped preserve the no-hitter with with stellar defensive plays. Shortstop Sawyer Henry excelled defensively for Shenango. The defensive play of the game was made by Shenango right-fielder Alex Llewellyn who  snagged a line-drive by Gagric to save an extra-base hit.    

Fabich led Ellwood City at the plate with a home run, double, two RBI and two runs scored. Pflugh added three singles with two RBI. Beightley added two singles and an RBI. Evans singled, walked and scored twice. Vandevort and Frederick added singles to complete the 10-hit offensive attack.