Game Highlights and Recaps 5/28-6/10, Track & Field Sectionals

Photos by Rachel Turetsky.


BNL Boys Track Sectional Meet 6/10
Last night 6/11 was the boys turn on the track at the sectional meet. BNL wound with a 5th place finish overall. It was another evening of seasons best performances on the oval. The boys points came from a few different contributors. Michael Loughlin placed fourth in the 3200 meter run and sixth in the 400 meter hurdles. Liam Buckenroth raced his way to second place in the 800 meters and third in the 1600 meters. Rounding out the individual scoring Matt Kluck earned a fourth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles. The 4×100 meter relay team of Josh Hunter-Marti, Owen Kane, Jared Bruns and Carlton Truax grabbed sixth place and the 1600 meter relay team of Winter Exley, Kristjon Culbertson, Kluck and Loughlin also placed sixth. Saturday the team winds up the season in Mechanicville with Wasaren League Championships.

-Coach Kanofsky and Coach Burhans

BNL Girls Track Sectional Meet 6/9
Last night was the girls running portion of the Track and Field Sectional meet. The BNL girls put together a great showing with many impressive performances. Allura Meizinger led the way with a victory in the 400 meters and a third place finish in the 800 meters. Elsie Corbett took second place in the 3000 meters and sixth place in the 1500 meters. Rylin Jones grabbed a fourth and a sixth place in the 100 and 200 meters respectively. And Hailey Beckwith rounded out the individual scoring with a sixth place finish in the 3000 meters. Two relay teams also put points on the board for the team. The 4×800 meter team of Meizinger, Corbett, Beckwith and Ava Noel garnered a third place finish while the 4×400 meter team of Meizinger, Corbett, Jones and Sadie Giumarra ran their way to second place.

-Coach Kanofsky and Coach Burhans

BNL exploded for 16 runs, earning their first win of the season vs Waterford on 6/10
Leading BNL on offense was Kaleb Sweener (B) and Aiden Van Dyk (B), each hitting home runs.  Sweener hit a leadoff solo home run to left field while Vandyk hit a bases-loaded in the park homerun to deep center field.  Jordan Harmon (B) and Nick Mosher (B) each had doubles and multiple RBIs and while Nick Davis (NL) drew two walks and had three stolen bases. Jack Mace (B), Taygen Berry (B), Alex Maxon (B), and Layne C-Jewett (B) each had hits and/or drew walks.

Kaleb Sweener (B) also started on the mound throwing for seven strikeouts in three innings of work.  Nick Mosher (B) came on in relief the next two innings, striking out four.  Eben Donohue (NL) took over in the 6th inning, his first time on the mound this season, striking out three batters in 1 and ⅓ innings.  Taygen Berry (B) was brought in with one out in the top of the 7th, with bases loaded, to try to close out the game.  Unphased by the pressure after Waterford scored two runs to bring the game within one run, Berry proceeded to strike out one and forced the final out to seal the win for BNL.
-Coach Moseley

BNL Varsity Softball vs Schoharie 6/7
The BNL Varsity Softball team played Schoharie in 7 3-2.  The team scored 1 in first inning then 1 in second inning. They played a very good defensive game but came up short. Good luck to my seniors gazelle, squirrel monkey, Grande and change up. They know who they are! We are also proud of the whole team. This is just a warm up for next year.
-Coach Slaver and Coach Pangburn

BNL Varsity Softball vs Hoosic Valley 6/4
The BNL Varsity Softball team played Hoosic Valley in their last crossover game. BNL started off slow then picked it up. The girls scored three runs in the third inning then scored two in the fifth and two in the sixth. The final score was 7-4 closing the season with a 5-9 record. We are very proud of the girls.

-Coach Slaver and Coach Pangburn

BNL Varsity Softball vs Stillwater 6/2
The BNL Varsity Softball team started off like firecrackers against Stillwater on Wednesday for their senior night. While the girls had a 9-4 loss, they held their own in the pouring rain. Tiegan Catlin, Mikayla Corsey and Kaylee Pratt, three of the seniors, scored runs in the bottom of the first inning to bring the score to 3-1.The score remained in Berlin’s favor until the fifth inning, when the rain really started. Even in the rain, our senior pitcher, Mikayla Corsey had 10 strikeouts. Keep up the good work girls for our game today against Hoosic Valley. We are very proud of you.

Congratulations to this year’s BNL Senior Softball Athletes who were honored after the game.

Kiley Danforth (NL)
Kaylee Pratt (NL)
Mikayla Corsey (NL)
Teigan Catlin (B)

-Coach Slaver and Coach Pangburn

BNL Varsity Baseball vs Cambridge 6/5
It was a tight game for the BNL Varsity Baseball team. We lost 8 to 6. Under the great catching of Kevin Chittenden, Kasey Billert pitched 7 strong innings. While Danny Hunt and Matt Corsey led the offense. It was a great effort from the whole team.

-Coach Bonacquisti

BNL Track and Field Sectional 6/7
The Berlin-New Lebanon Varsity track and field team hosted its first ever sectional meet yesterday, as the Group 5 sectionals field events took place. BNL had strong performances throughout the meet, highlighted by Winter Exley earning fourth place in discus, and Kristjon Culbertson earning sixth place in high jump. There were several impressive performances in the long and triple jumps, as well as shot put and pole vault. The squad looks to continue its strong start to championship season, with the sectional running events taking place tomorrow and Thursday at Hoosic Valley. Good luck team!
A big thank you to the teams who came out to participate in the sectional field events: Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Cambridge, Canajoharie, Duanesburg, Fort Plain, Galway, Hoosic Valley, Lake George, Maple Hill, Middleburgh, Salem, Saratoga Catholic, Schoharie,Warrensburg, Waterford and Whitehall.

-Coach Kanofsky and Coach Burhans

BNL Varsity Baseball vs Stillwater 6/2
Berlin-New Lebanon lost its final home game to Stillwater on Wednesday. The team played well as they battled the rain. This was our Senior Night and we want to thank Kasey Billert, Dylan Lambert, Ben Rueble, and Joey Zwack for their leadership and strong character throughout the season. As a team, we have made some strong, positive steps forward because of you seniors. The team moves onto their crossover game on Friday. GO B-NL

Congratulations to this year’s BNL Senior Baseball Athletes who were honored after the game.

Kasey Billert (B)
Dylan Lambert (NL)
Ben Ruebel (B)
Joey Zwack (B)

BNL Modified Baseball Doubles Scoring Output Versus Spa Catholic 6/1
Nick Mosher (B) led BNL on offense, going 1 for 2 with a single and two RBIs.  Layne Chaykowski-Jewett (B) also contributed a single for BNL.  Scoring runs for BNL were Kaleb Sweener (B) and Jordan Harmon (B).  Additional BNL players were also able to find ways to get on base consistently throughout the game with Taygen Berry (B), Alex Maxon (B), Hayden Chittenden (B), and Joshua Albee (B) each drawing walks or being hit-by-pitch. Multiple good plays by the defense kept BNL in the game including outstanding catches by catcher Landon Jaquish (NL) and Center Fielder Aiden Vandyk (B). Looking forward to continued improvement and team growth.
-Coach Moseley.

BNL Modified Baseball Continues to Show Improvement on the Mound in Loss to Mechanicville 5/27
Kaleb Sweener (B) started for BNL and was on the mound for two innings with Landen Jaquish (NL) and Nick Davis (NL) each coming on in relief for one inning a piece. BNL couldn’t get the offense going until late in the contest when Leviathan Rouse (NL) drew a walk to get BNL on the bases.  Nick Mosher (B) later singled to advance runners Aidan VanDyk (B) and Taygen Berry (B) into scoring position, but solid pitching by Mechanicville ended BNL’s rally, and the game.

Our pitchers are working hard in practice to improve and it’s starting to show during games.  We also have a growing bullpen of new pitchers ready to step onto the mound and learn.  It’s great to see these student athletes persevere through the adversity they’ve faced early in the season and to see them putting in the necessary effort between games to improve.
-Coach Moseley

BNL Track and Field Results vs Greenwich  5/25
The track and field teams traveled to Greenwich looking to add to the win column. The girls started with a win in the 4×800 relay and followed up sweeping the 1500 and the 3000 and winning the long jump, triple jump, and disc. The boys had wins in the shot and disc and swept the 3200 and 1600. The girls came up just short losing 67 to 68.  The boys lost 54 to 80.  The team has the championships on Thursday and wraps up next week with a Monday home sectional meet and a last sectional meet away. -Coach Kanofsky and Coach Burhans