Varsity Roundup: Beacon

BASEBALL — The Bulldogs are now 12-6 after splitting four games this week, including an 11-9 loss, fell to Newburgh on May 2. Derrick Heaton was 4-for-5, with a double, triple and 2 RBIs, while Jackson Atwell and Zach Schetter each drove in a pair. 

Beacon then knocked off previously undefeated and No. 4-ranked Wallkill, 5-1, on Monday (May 6). Wallkill’s starting pitcher, Kyle DeGroat, who has committed to play at the University of Texas, took his first loss in two years courtesy of the Bulldogs, who put on a show in front of the two dozen Major League scouts there to see DeGroat. Mikey Fontaine threw a complete game with five strikeouts and drove in a run. 

The Bulldogs followed that up with an 18-1 beatdown of Liberty on Tuesday that saw Atwell go 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs and Fontaine 2-for-5 with 4 RBIs. However, the club struggled against Port Jervis on Wednesday, losing 6-3. The Bulldogs played Red Hook on Thursday, and on May 16 will take on Cornwall while awaiting a playoff opponent.

SOFTBALL — Beacon went 1-3 on the week, falling 17-0 to Spackenkill on May 4, losing 8-5 to New Paltz on Monday (May 6) and losing to Port Jervis, 7-0, on Wednesday. In between, the team beat Liberty, 21-4, on Tuesday in a win that should send them to the playoffs. They play three more non-league games to wrap up the season before postseason play: Goshen on Monday (May 13), Sullivan West on Tuesday and Washingtonville on Wednesday. 

TRACK AND FIELD — Competing in the Race at the Oval Office at Staatsburg on May 4, Beacon dominated in the field portion of competition. Damani DeLoatch and Jaiden Rivera placed first in their respective groups for the triple jump, with DeLoatch winning at 46-5 and Rivera at 38-9. DeLoatch also placed fourth in the long jump at 19-11. Jayden Mihalchik took second in the pole vault at 10-0, third in discus at 100-6 and fourth in the shot put at 35- Anajah Lamb 7.25. Noah Spiak was second in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:01.51 while the sprint medley relay team placed second at 3:41.83. 

For the girls, Anajah Lamb was third in the pole vault at 6-0, Isabella Migliore placed fifth in the 800-meter run at 2:30.19 and the sprint medley relay took third place at 4:43.36. Beacon competed at the Glenn Loucks Games in White Plains on Thursday and will be at the Middletown Invitational tomorrow (May 11). 

GOLF — The Beacon boys are now 5-8 on the season after going 4-2 in matches this week. They beat Burke, 237-248, on May 2 and then took down Burke again on Monday (May 6), 201-207. The Bulldogs also defeated Port Jervis, 201-229, and James I. O’Neill, 201-244, during multi-match play on Monday, but fell to Goshen, 201-174. On Tuesday, they lost to Cornwall, 226-220. The boys battled O’Neill on Thursday and hope to have golfers compete in the playoffs.

The girls improved to 9-7 after defeating Cornwall, 242-247, on May 2 and Ellenville, 163-176, on Tuesday (May 7). They took on Pine Plains on Wednesday and Minisink Valley on Thursday, and will face Lourdes (May 13) and John Jay (May 14) to wrap up the season. 

TENNIS — Turning their season around after a slow start, the Beacon tennis team now sports a 7-6 record off the back of three straight wins. The Bulldogs knocked off Warwick twice, 4-3 and 6-1, on May 2 and then defeated Minisink Valley 5-2 on Monday (May 6). The streak ended with a 3-4 loss against Valley Central on Tuesday. They closed out the regular season on Wednesday by sweeping Monticello/Liberty, 7-0, 7-0, and now await a playoff opponent.