Clarion JV Baseball Tournament Held On Saturday (05/12/14)

The Clarion Area JV Baseball Tournament was held on Saturday, May 10th, with games being played at both Paul A. Weaver Park and Veterans’ Field at Clarion County Park.

The host Bobcats finished second in the four team field which also included Elk County Catholic, Redbank Valley and Karns City.

In the opening round games, Clarion defeated Karns City 6-5, in extra innings at Weaver Park, while Elk County Catholic downed Redbank Valley 11-0 at Veterans’ Field.

The second round saw the winners of the first round facing the losing teams from the first round, with Redbank Valley moving to Weaver Park to take on the Bobcats and Karns City moving to Veterans’ Field, to face the Crusaders. The Bobcats downed the Bulldogs, 9-2 and ECC downed the Gremlins 6-3, to set up the Clarion-ECC final at Weaver Field.

Jimmy Smathers looking to advance from second

Jimmy Smathers looking to advance from second

ECC won the final 7-4. A bright spot for the Bobcats, in the game, was a solo home run  over the left field fence by Luke Nellis. Karns City downed Redbank Valley 10-4, at Veterans’ Field, in the consolation game.

Bobcat JV Coach, J. P. Samay had this to say about his team’s performance, “Clarion’s pitchers threw well throughout the day. Clarion performed well in all games by playing small ball and running the bases. JV is a learning process which will get athletes ready for varsity baseball.”

(Thanks to Coach Samay for tournament details.)