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Spring Cove wins VFW state championship
LOCAL SPORTS
JUL 30, 2018
LEBANON — Devon Boyles, the MVP of the tournament, pitched a five-inning one-hitter with 10 strikeouts in a 13-0 win for Spring Cove over Schuylkill West to get his team going in the right direction at the 13-14 VFW State Tournament Sunday.
Two wins over Mount Union later, Spring Cove was the state champion.
Spring Cove held off a Mount Union rally in first game when it won, 5-4, after Mount Union scored two in the final inning.
Dalton Metzger helped Spring Cove slam the door on a title in the second game, pitching a complete-game shutout in Cove’s 11-0 victory.
Josh Biesinger had three hits in the first win of the day.
Spring Cove finished the tournament, which was delayed by rain for a week, 5-1.
SPRING COVE 13, SCHUYLKILL WEST 0: Multiple hits–Biesinger 3, Hoenstine 2, Boyles 2, Watkins 2 (SC). WP–Boyles. LP–Whalen. SO–Boyles 10 (SC); Smith 2, Wertz 1 (SW).
SPRING COVE 5, MOUNT UNION 4: Multiple hits–None. WP–Bettwy. LP–Donaldson. SO–Watkins 1, Bettwy 1 (SC); Baird 2 (MU).
SPRING COVE 11, MOUNT UNION 0: Multiple hits–Watkins 2, Metzger 2 (SC); Knable 2 (MU). WP–Metzger. LP–Knable. SO–Metzger 1 (SC); Knable 1 (MU).
Records: Spring Cove (5-1).
