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Tupper Lake's Griffin Shaheen swings during a game against St. Regis Falls on May 7. (Corporate Photo — Parker O'Brien)
Saranac Lake's Chase Desroches pitches in Monday's home opener against Plattsburgh. (Corporate photo — Parker O’Brien)
SARANAC LAKE — All three Tri-Lakes varsity baseball teams will be competing for their division titles this week.
The Saranac Lake baseball team will play the Saranac Central Spartans for the Class VII Class B championship today at Chip Cummings Field at SUNY Plattsburgh, NY. Lake Placid will look to defend its title in Game 7 against the Class D Bolton Eagles on Wednesday at the same venue.Both games are scheduled to kick off at 4:30 p.m.
The Tupper Lake baseball team will seek its second sectional championship in three seasons on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Tom Fay Field at St. Lawrence University in Potsdam. The top-seeded Lumberjacks will face the winner of No. 3 St. Lawrence vs. No. 2 Brushton Moira in a Class C Section X matchup. The semifinal match was scheduled to be played on Monday.
This Friday, the Red Storm defeated the Northeastern Clinton Cougars 7-4 to advance to the championship game.
Cedar Rivers pitched a complete game and contributed to the win with nine strikeouts. Offensively, Saranac's rake was Adam Lewis and Chase DesRoches each had his two hits, and for the team overall he had nine hits.
Tupper Lake's Griffin Shaheen swings during a game against St. Regis Falls on May 7. (Corporate Photo — Parker O'Brien)
The top-seeded Spartans defeated the Red Storm 10-2 in their lone matchup on May 7th.
In Class D, the Blue Bombers dominated their Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference opponents, winning 25 straight Saturday league games. The team defeated the Crown Point Panthers 14-4 to advance to the title game for the second straight year.
Lake Placid, which is currently 13-2 all-time, defeated Bolton 9-3 on April 26th.
The Lumberjacks finished the regular season with a perfect 12-0 record in league play, losing only two games this season, both of which came against round seven opponents.
With only three teams in Class C Section X, Tupper Lake won the first round by default and automatically qualified for the section championship game.
The Lumberjacks defeated both the Brushton Moira Panthers and St. Lawrence Rallys this season. The team defeated the Panthers 18-1 on April 24th and 14-2 on May 11th. They defeated Rally's 22-0 on April 16th and 14-0 on May 3rd.
