MRC rallies to claim Hook/Furey crown
A setback in the first game of the Marcus Hook/Furey Road championship series was but a minor obstacle for MRC Friday night.
MRC rallied to take the final two games over E.J. Hosbach/UBBIBC in the best-of-3 finals.
UBBIBC took the opener, 14-8, but MRC recovered with wins of 13-12 and a decisive 16-4 to clinch the title.
Matt Grossi went 4-for-4 in Game 2 with three runs scored. Kenny Elkind and CJ Boyle each went 3-for-4. Joe Pace got the win, and Rocco Pace stopped the bleeding in the seventh inning, short-circuiting a six-run rally by Hosbach that made things interesting.
MRC made sure the rubber match wasn’t quite as close. Calvin Butcher and Mike Morrissey each went 3-for-3 and combined for seven RBIs. Matt Grossi homered, and Norm Donkin and Kevin Kelly each went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Keenan Wing was the winning hurler. In the Delco Christian League: It’s three times the charm for UTC Union, which used a walkoff hit to win Game 3 of the bestof-5 finals series, 7-6 over DVR, and sweep its way to a third straight Delco Christian League title.
UTC Union won all three games in their final at-bat, with Mike Simone providing the team’s second walk-off hit of the series.
UTC trailed 6-2 through six and a half innings thanks to the efforts of DVR’s Rob Mangel on the mound. But the breakthrough came with UTC down three and down to its final out.
Chris Aaron, Jim Blickley and Brian Ursone singled, then Mike Hagner’s base knock tied the game at six. Simone delivered the gamewinner, backing a solid pitching effort by Frank Ursone.
Baseball
Rob Caruso homered and drove in three runs as Aston Valley kept the pressure on Narberth atop the Delco League standings with a 9-8 win over Springfield as the season approaches the final weekend.
Sammy Farnell collected two hits and two RBIs, and Jarad Carney added a pair of base knocks. Steve Maloney got the win, while Frank Nigro closed the door for the save for the Knights. Aston Valley is two points behind Narberth in the standings; each team has one game remaining.
Tom Osenbach homered and drove in four runs for the Colonials.
Diving
Ava Keller kept it 100 at the Delco Diving League Novice Championships Friday.
Keller scored 100.25 points, the Ridley Township diver winning the girls competition at Knowlton Swim Club.
Maryanna Nagle of Prospect Park was second in 81.70 points, just .35 ahead of teammate Ava Nagle. Julie Weld of the hosts took fourth, while Avya Christine of Springfield and Lilly Orr of Ridley Park also topped 70 points. Ella Deitz of Ridley Township and Katherine Shandley of Springfield rounded out the top eight.
Caleb Fay brought the boys title back to Tinicum with a score of 94.30 points. He was three points better than Prospect Park’s Logan Giordano.
Mason Messina of Glenolden took the bronze. Owen O’Lynn used the home-board advantage to take fourth, followed by Karakung’s Adam Kilpatrick, Ridley Park’s Joey Weber and Cody Hollenbach and Tinicum’s Jack Buck.
The top three in each division qualify for the Elite Meet on July 31 at Hidden Hollow.