Youth Baseball Roundup

The 13U Lakewood Gladiators finished as runnerup in the Power City Niagara Falls Baseball Tournament losing 4-3 in the championship game vs. Rochester.

The Gladiators defeated Lou Gehrig Blue in the quarterfinals 11-3 and defeated Mon River Mudcats from Morgantown, West Virginia, in the semifinals 11-5.

The Gladiators also played preliminary games vs. Power City, Lou Gehrig Blue and Lancaster.

In the championship game vs. Rochester, Brysen Thayer had a single and two RBIs, Austin Bushey had a single and an RBI, and Andrew Cama and Ethan Smrekar each had a single.

In the semifinal vs. Mon River, Connor Devlieger had a double and a single with two RBIs, Tage Mazzurco had two singles and an RBI, Alexander Olson had two singles, Liam Olson had a two-run triple, Gage Olmsted had a single and two RBIs, Owen Walburg, Cama and Bushey each had a single and an RBI, and Thayer added a single.

In the quarterfinals vs. Lou Gehrig Blue, Thayer had a double and a single with three RBIs, Mazzurco had two singles and two RBIs, Smrekar had two singles and an RBI, Liam Olson had a single and two RBIs, Alexander Olson had a single, and Olmsted and Walburg each added an RBI.

In the preliminary game vs. Lancaster, Mazzurco had two singles and Bushey had a single.

In the preliminary game vs. Power City Niagara Falls, Smrekar had a single and Walburg added an RBI.

In the preliminary game vs. Lou Gehrig Blue, Smrekar had a home run and two RBIs, William Kinney had a triple and a single with three RBIs, Bushey and Devlieger each had two singles and an RBI, Alexander Olson had a single and an RBI, and Thayer added a single.

On the mound throughout the tournament for the Gladiators was Bushey, Smrekar, Olmsted and Thayer.