Mahopac Wolves Come out Howling in 11U GHVBL Action
By Ray Gallagher
Examiner Sports Editor@Directrays
Taking a deep dive into the 11U Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League, or any baseball for that matter, was a long time coming. A pair of games from the B-Division revealed a couple of early truths; both the undefeated Putnam Valley Pride Blue (3-0) and the Mahopac Wolves (4-0) looked like a couple of GHVBL contenders out of the gate.
The Wolves doubled up on the Brewster Crush Green, defeating them three times last week. The Mahopac Wolves secured a 16-2 victory last Tuesday then took both ends of a double-dip on Sunday.
In Sunday’s 12-2 win, multi-talented Lorenzo Echandy went yard and drove home two runs to lead the charge. Johnny Keeney (2 RBI) and Alex Girau (2 hits) were also solid contributors. In Mahopac’s 10-6 win over the Crush, P Jake Cotter (RBI) fanned five over four innings of work.
The Wolves got things moving in the first inning, when Jake Cotter got the green light on a 3-0 count, driving home two runs before the Wolves blew things open in a seven-run fourth when Connor Rosolen Max Sorrentino, Tommy Vitello, Johnny Keeney and Enchandy (3-for-4) all drove in runs to support P Enchandy for the win. He went three innings, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out four. Aiden Kugler threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. Mahopac Wolves Red tallied 12 hits on the day. Echandy, Keeney and Sorrentino each had multiple hits. Echandy went 3-for-4 at the plate.
The Wolves, which hosts a pair of 11U teams (Red/Blue), had picked up where the Mahopac Wolves Blue team had left off the night before in a 10-1 win over visiting Carmel at Sycamore Park.
Mahopac defeated Carmel 10-1 on Monday thanks to six runs in the third inning. Mike Madera, Anthony Blanc, Nick Lucia, Johnny Keeney and Aiden Kugler powered the big inning with RBI.
The Wolves fired up the offense in the first inning when winning P Max Sorrentino singled to support his own cause, scoring two runs.
Mahopac notched six runs in the third inning.
Sorrentino went three innings, allowing one run on two hits and striking out eight. Orion Ortiz threw three innings in relief out of the bullpen, recording the last nine outs to earn the save.
Jake Cotter went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead the Wolves, who stole ten bases. The Wolves didn’t commit a single error in the field.
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Ray has 33 years experience covering and photographing local sports in Westchester and Putnam counties, including everything from Little League/Travel Baseball to varsity high school prep sports and collegiate coverage. He has been a sports editor at Examiner Media since its inception in 2007.
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