Written By Cody Rose 

The Union City Bears baseball team was back in action on Monday afternoon, traveling to Allegheny College to take on the Youngsville Eagles in a District 10 1A Quarterfinal game. The Bears would strike first in the first inning, as Miles McCaslin would reach on a double and later score, as Trevin Capela would drive him in with a double to give the Bears an early lead. The Eagles would tie the game in the bottom of the first, as Keegan Mesel would hit a two-out RBI single to tie the game at one after the first inning. Fast forward to the fourth inning still tied at one, Matt DeSimone would give the Eagles a 2-1 lead after hitting a sac fly. The Eagles would break the game open in the fifth scoring four runs, after singles from Wyatt Dalrymple, Talon Mesel and Matt DeSimone, to give the Eagles a 6-1 lead through five innings. The Bears would score their second and final run of the game in the sixth, as Daithin Kent would drive in Quinlan Magee. The Eagles would end any chance the Bears would have in the bottom of the sixth scoring six runs, as the Eagles would take down the Bears 12-2, as the Bears finish the season with a 6-13 (5-11) record.

Game stats:

Union City:

Batting:

2B/3B/P Miles McCaslin – 1/3 run

LF/RF Quinlan Magee – 2/3 run

C Trevin Capela – 1/2 walk, RBI

SS Daithin Kent – 1/3 RBI

CF Steven Klakamp – 0/3

1B Bryce Drayer – 0/2

3B/P Aidan Shuman – 0/2

RF/LF Desmond Pieper – 0/2

P/2B Wyatt Post – 0/2

Pitching:

SP Wyatt Post – 3.1 IP, 3 K, 3 BB, 3 hits, 2 R, 2 ER

RP Aidan Shuman – 1.2 IP, 0 K, 1 BB, 3 hits, 4 R, 4 ER

RP Miles McCaslin – 0.2 IP, 0 K, 1 BB, 2 hits, 6 R, 3 ER

Youngsville:

Batting:

CF Matt DeSimone – 0/3 walk, four RBI 

SS James Johnson – 1/4 walk, two runs, RBI 

P/1B Nathan Lucks – 1/5 run

C Keegan Mesel – 2/2 two walks, two runs, RBI 

1B/P Wyatt Dalrymple – 2/4 two runs, RBI 

3B Ian Mancuso – 0/3 run

2B Aiden Mancuso – 2/4 two runs, RBI 

RF Talon Mesel – 0/3 run, RBI 

LF Ethan Senz – walk, run, two RBI 

Pitching:

SP Nathan Lucks – 5.1 IP, 7 K, 0 BB, 4 hits, 1 R, 1 ER

RP Wyatt Dalrymple – 0.2 IP, 1 K, 1 BB, 1 hit, 1 R, 1 ER

Written By Cody Rose

The Union City Lady Bears softball team traveled to Hermitage on Monday afternoon, taking on the Mercer Mustangs in a District 10 2A Quarterfinal game. The Mustangs would strike first in the bottom of the first, as lead-off hitter Phoebe Eakman would start the game off with a triple and later score, as the next batter Pressley Washil would drive her in with a single. Union City starting pitcher Kaegann Gregor would settle in after that inning, as she would follow up with three shutout innings to keep the Lady Bears in the game. The Lady Bears only hit of the game would come in the first inning, as Senior Lucy Higley would reach on a single. The Mustangs would score their second run in the bottom of the fifth, as Phoebe Eakman would reach on a single and later score her second run of the game, as her sister Angelina Eakman would drive her in with a single. The Lady Bears could never get anything going in the game, as the Mustangs freshman pitcher Angelina Eakman was dominant in the circle, striking out thirteen and giving up only one hit, which would come in the first inning. The Mustangs would go on to defeat the Lady Bears 2-0, as Union City finishes the season with a 9-11 (7-9) record. 

The Lady Bears didn’t have the season they were hoping for, but the future looks very bright for this young team as they will be bringing back lots of talent. The Bears will be losing two key players to graduation however, all-time home run leader Lucy Higley at Third Base, as well as Center Fielder Emylee Zielinski, but Head Coach Jerry VanZandt will have his team back and ready to go next season.

Game stats:

Union City:

Batting:

CF Emylee Zielinski – 0/3

SS Cathryn Reynolds – 0/3

3B Lucy Higley – 1/2 single, HBP

P Kaegann Gregor – 0/3

2B Alissa Leech – 0/3

DH Desirae Brown – 0/2 HBP

LF Cheyenne Cummings – 0/2 walk, ROE

C Grace Chapman – 0/3

1B Alyssa Tingley – 0/2

RF/PR Kennady Brenner 

Pitching:

P Kaegann Gregor – 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 BB, 7 hits, 1 HBP, 2 R, 2 ER

Mercer:

Batting:

C Phoebe Eakman – 2/2 single, triple, HBP, two runs

SS Pressley Washil – 1/3 single, RBI

LF Emma Stoepfel – 0/3 ROE

P Angelina Eakman – 1/3 single, RBI

CF Lily Erwin – 0/2

1B Madeline Daris – 1/2 single, walk

RF Lexie Walker – 0/3

2B Kailyn Adams – 0/3

3B Avry Ryhal – 2/3 two singles

Pitching:

P Angelina Eakman – 7.0 IP, 13 K, 1 BB, 1 hit, 2 HBP, 0 R, 0 ER

The Union City softball and baseball teams on Friday learned who they will face in the playoffs next week, as District 10 released the 2023 D10 Playoff Brackets on Friday afternoon. The Lady Bears softball team will travel to Hermitage on Monday to take on the Mercer Mustangs, first pitch is scheduled for 3:00 at Hermitage Complex Field 2. The baseball team will also be in action on Monday afternoon, as they travel to Allegheny College to take on the Youngsville Eagles, first pitch is scheduled for 4:30. Good luck to both teams as they begin their playoff run! Keep an eye on McCray and Son Broadcastings Facebook page for when and where they’ll be Broadcasting from.

Written By Cody Rose 

The Union City Bears baseball team was back on the field on Thursday afternoon, as they traveled to Reynolds to take on the Raiders. The game would be close until the sixth, as the Raiders would score seven runs to make the score 10-2 going into the seventh. The Bears would get two of those runs back in the seventh inning, but it wouldn’t be enough, as the Bears fell to Reynolds 10-4, finishing the regular season with a 6-12 (5-11) record.

Game stats:

Union City:

Batting:

P/2B Miles McCaslin – 1/3 walk, run

RF Quinlan Magee – 1/2 two walks, two runs

C Trevin Capela – 0/3 walk

SS Daithin Kent – 0/2 two walks

CF Steven Klakamp – 1/4 RBI

1B/P Bryce Drayer – 2/3 walk, run, RBI 

3B Aidan Shuman – 1/4 RBI

LF JJ Karmazin – 0/3

DH Desmond Pieper – 0/2 walk

Pitching:

SP Miles McCaslin – 4.0 IP, 4 K, 0 BB, 5 hits, 3 R, 3 ER

RP Luke Racop – 1.1 IP, 3 K, 0 BB, 1 hit, 3 R, 3 ER

RP Bryce Drayer – 0.2 IP, 0 K, 3 BB, 2 hits, 4 R, 4 ER

Reynolds:

Batting:

SS/P Peyton Winkle – 1/2 walk, run, RBI 

C Nolan Reichard – 1/4

P/SS Cameron Buckley – 0/3 walk, two runs, RBI 

CF Ryan Broadwater – 1/3 two runs, three RBI 

3B Chase Bell – 2/3 two runs, three RBI 

1B Kolton Wilkinson – 1/3 RBI

2B John McCurdy – 1/3 run, RBI 

RF Logan Chamberlain – 0/2 run

LF Ryan Shardy – 1/2 run

DH Rocky Floch – walk

CR Greyden Gustas

Pitching:

SP Cameron Buckley – 4.1 IP, 8 K, 5 BB, 4 hits, 2 R, 2 ER

RP Peyton Winkle – 2.2 IP, 3 K, 3 BB, 2 hits, 2 R, 2 ER