14U Rebels capture title

The Mid-Hudson Rebels Red 14U took first place in the Kristi Babcock Memorial Tournament by blanking the Yorktown Huskers 5-0 in a rain-shortened championship contest.

Barrett Holsapple got the Rebels on the board in the first with a two-run home run scoring McKenna Fairley who reached on a walk, while Emma Haller’s tworun double in the second drove in Abigail Schaffer and winning pitcher Trista Lukaszewski.

In the semis, Cady Sickler struck out a career-high 10 while allowing two hits and five walks in a 4-0 win over the Brooklyn Cyclones.

The Rebels capitalized on three consecutive walks and an RBI single by Rachel Hoyt to go up 3-0. Hoyt would later reach via an error in the fifth and score on Haller’s RBI single.

Mid-Hudson opened pool play by defeating the Cyclones 17-0.

Ava DelSalto got the win, striking out two, while allowing three walks and hitting one batter in three innings. Lukaszewski belted a three-run homer and knocked in another RBI. DelSalto hit two singles, drove in three runs and had two runs scored. Holsapple hit a single, had two RBi and had two runs scored in a contest where 8-9 rebels scored two runs

In game two Haller double and had three RBI and Holspapple doubled and three runs scored as the Rebels downed the Huskers 11-3.

Lukazewski got the win fanning five while allowing three hits, three walks and three earned runs in five innings.

Schaffer contributed an RBI and a run score and Audrey Werba added two RBI to lead Mid-Hudson.

Haller (three doubles, one run scored, seven RBI), McKenna Fairley (five runs, RBI, two stolen bases), Holsapple (home run, four RBI, seven runs scored, stolen base), Del Salto (three RBI, four runs scored), Aubrey Werba (two RBI, four runs scored, Hoyt (four RBI, four runs scored), Lukaszewski (home run, four RBI, four runs), Schaffer (RBI, three runs scored).