HS Baseball Roundup: Blue Devils, Hurricanes collect Schuylkill League victories

Minersville catcher A.J. Halford reaches and tries to tag Shenandoah Valley's Brayden Lutz sliding into home. Also pictured is umpire Jimmy Misstishin. The Blue Devils defeated the Battlin' Miners 6-0 (Photo by Kelly Wiley).
SHENANDOAH — Brayden Maksimik dazzled on both sides of the diamond, delivering a strong performance on the mound and making a big impact at the plate as Shenandoah Valley blanked Minersville 6-0 in a Schuylkill League Division II baseball game Monday at Babe Conroy Field.
Maksimik, a senior, pitched a complete game, allowed three hits and struck out three. At the plate, he collected four RBIs, a pair of doubles and a run scored.
Jostin Lajara added a double and pushed across an RBI for the Blue Devils, while Brayden Lutz collected an RBI in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Chase McCole, Ethan Bench and Tristian Karosas each had a hit for Shenandoah Valley.
For the Battlin’ Miners, Logan Hutsko pitched six innings and struck out four batters. Easton Schultz, Garrett Sukeena and Hutsko each tallied a hit for Minersville.
Min (6-5, 4-2) — 000 000 0 — 0 3 1
SV (7-3, 4-1) — 120 003 x — 6 6 1
Hutsko and Halford; Maksimik and Lajara. W — Makismik (4-1). L — Hutsko (2-1).
HITS: Minersville — Hutsko, Sukeena, Schultz. Shenandoah Valley — Maksimik 2, McCole, Lajara, Bench, Karosas.
2B — Makisimik 2, Lajara.
Schuylkill Haven 13
Marian 1, 5 inn.
HOMETOWN — Alan Evans went 4-for-4, scored three runs and drove in three runs as Schuylkill Haven rolled past Marian in a Division II game.
Hunter Correll totaled four RBIs and Talan Spittler chipped in three RBIs for the Hurricanes, who scored eight runs total across the first two innings. Spittler pitched all five innings and held the Colts to four hits.
Chase Yoder added a pair of RBIs and three runs scored for Schuylkill Haven, while Chase Maley scored three runs and collected a pair of hits.
For Marian, Rocco Griguoli had a pair of doubles and Cole Defrancisco knocked in a run.
SH (8-2, 6-0) — 354 10 — 13 10 0
Mar (4-6, 3-2) — 000 10 — 1 4 0
Spittler and Fasnacht, Diehl; Griguoli, Rebarcheck (3), Cannon (3) and Labenburg. W — Spittler (1-2). L — Griguoli (0-2).
HITS: Schuylkill Haven — Evans 4, Yoder, Correll 2, Spittler, Maley 2. Marian — Bauer, Griguoli 2, Defrancisco
2B — Correll 2, Evans, Maley, Griguoli 2.

Tamaqua 12
Pleasant Valley 2, 6 inn.
TAMAQUA — Mason Ligenza and Jake Yenser combined for seven RBIs as Tamaqua cruised by Pleasant Valley in a non-league game.
Ligenza blasted his sixth home run of the season in bottom of the third inning on a two-run shot to right field. Gavan Hess and Noah Mateyak combined to strike out seven batters across six innings for the Blue Raiders (9-1).
Panther Valley 7
Executive Education 5
ALLENTOWN — Gavin Yuricheck had two hits and tallied four RBIs as Panther Valley edged Executive Education in a non-league game.
Yuricheck doubled down the left-field line and helped the Panthers tie the game 2-2 in the top of the fourth inning. Brady Jones earned the win for Panther Valley (3-4) on the mound.
