Varsity Roundup

BASEBALL — A spirited comeback fell just short as Beacon, seeded No. 3 in the Section IX, Class A tournament, lost 7-6 in the championship game to No. 1 Marlboro on May 22 on a walk-off, line-drive single in the bottom of the sixth and final inning.

The Bulldogs had battled back to tie the game, which was played in Saugerties, after giving up five runs in the fourth inning. Beacon scored three runs in the fifth before Jackson Atwell’s two-run double tied the game at 6-6 in the top of the sixth. 

Atwell finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Mikey Fontaine was 2-for-4 with one. Beacon, which defeated No. 6 Saugerties and upset No. 2 Rondout Valley to reach the title game, will lose six seniors to graduation. 

TRACK AND FIELD — Beacon traveled to Goshen on May 24 for the Section IX, Class B championships.

Top finishers for the boys included eighth-grader Caellum Tripaldi, who was fifth in the 1,600 meters (4:42.84) and sixth in the 800 meters (2:04.86); Noah Spiak and Rubio Castagna-Torres, who finished third and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.57 and 1:00.4; Jahcier Ballard, who was third in the high jump after clearing 6 feet for the first time; Damani DeLoatch, who won the triple jump at 47-11.5 and was second in the long jump at 21-10; and Jayden Mihalchik and August Wright, who tied for fourth in the pole vault at 10 feet.

For the girls, Isabella Migliore placed fourth in the 800 meters in 2:27.15; Rachel Thorne was 15th in the 1,500 meters in 5:46.18; and Mikaela Sanchez finished 18th in the 400-meter dash in 1:05.25.

Haldane competed at the Section I, Class C championships at Valhalla on May 24. For the boys, Merrick Williams was third in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.81; James Frommer was eighth in the 800 meters in 2:10.37; Owen Powers was 11th in the 1,600 meters in 4:47.24; and and Rhys Williams was 12th in the 200-meter dash in 24.28.

For the Haldane girls, Shayla Ochoa was 12th in the long jump at 13-06.75; Eloise Pearsall was 12th in the 800 meters in 2:44.6; and Ashley Sousa was ninth in the 1,500 meters in 5:23.12.

BOYS’ GOLF — Will Martin shot a 74 and 80 in the two rounds of the Section IX playoffs last week, finishing fifth and qualifying for the state tournament that begins on Sunday (June 2) in Elmira.