BASEBALL — Beacon improved to 10-4 with five wins in six games. On April 25, the Bulldogs defeated Goshen, 4-2, behind five strikeouts in six innings from Mikey Fontaine and a save by Alex Young. Liam Murphy and Mercer Jordan had RBIs.Â

The Bulldogs hosted their annual Beacon Bash tournament on April 27, defeating Franklin Roosevelt, 8-1, before falling to Marlboro, 8-7, in the title game.Â
Following the tournament, Beacon overwhelmed O’Neill, 24-0, and Burke Catholic, 16-3. Zach Schetter was 3-for-3 with four RBIs against Burke, while Fontaine and Ryan Smith hit home runs. The durable Murphy tied a school record for times hit by a pitch in his career, with 18.Â
On Wednesday (May 1) the Bulldogs easily defeated Chester, 12-4, at home.Â
Beacon has four straight home games as the season winds down, against Newburgh on Thursday (May 2), followed by Wallkill (May 6 at 6:30 p.m.), Liberty (May 7 at 4:30 p.m.) and Port Jervis (May 8 at 4 p.m.).
SOFTBALL — The Bulldogs defeated Fallsburg in both games of a doubleheader on April 27, winning by 17 and 13 runs, but fell to O’Neill, 11-7, on Monday (April 29) and to Chester on Tuesday, 9-6. Against Chester, Kat Ruffy was 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs. Beacon (4-7) travels to Spackenkill on Saturday (May 4) and New Paltz on Thursday.Â
GOLF — After playing four matches in seven days, the boys fell to 2-6 on the season. Beacon lost to Ketcham (249-225), Newburgh (254-224) and Pine Bush (259-238) before defeating Port Jervis (242-260) behind Will Martin’s two-over-par 37. The boys are scheduled to host Monticello on Wednesday (May 8). The girls’ team defeated Franklin Roosevelt twice (167-180 and 170-182), as well as Millbrook (167-177), but lost to Marlboro twice (180-154 and 167-128). They traveled to Cornwall on Thursday (May 2) and have three matches in three days next week, hosting Pine Plains and traveling to Ellenville and Minisink Valley.Â
TRACK AND FIELD — The Bulldogs were at the Iron Duke Relays on April 26 at Marlboro, where Henry Reinke won the 800 meters in 2:02.98 and Rubio Castagana-Torres took the 400-meter hurdles in 1:00.13. Damani DeLoatch won the triple jump at 47-0 and Jayden Mihalchik was third in pole vault at 10-0 and second in the javelin at 107-2. For the girls, Kira Sheehan was third in the javelin at 48-8. The team competes Saturday (May 4) at the Race at the Oval Office hosted by Staatsburg.Â
BOYS’ TENNIS — Shaking off a rocky start, the team improved to 4-5 this week with three wins. The Bulldogs split a doubleheader with Cornwall on April 25, winning 4-3 before losing 7-0. The next day, the Bulldogs defeated Goshen, 4-3, and on Monday (April 29) dominated Lourdes, 6-1. Earlier this week, Beacon traveled to Washingtonville and hosted Warwick in two matches. Next week, the Bulldogs travel to Minisink Valley before hosting Valley Central on Tuesday (May 7) and Monticello/Liberty on Wednesday to finish their season.Â