Leading off today: The St. Dominic baseball team, held to one hit through eight innings against sophomore righty Anthony Eichorn, erupted for
11 runs in the ninth and defeated St. Anthony's, 11-0.
Eichorn allowed four walks and struck out seven before giving way to relief help in the ninth. St. Dom's took full advantage, sending 17 batters to the plate. Danny Lackner got the scoring started in the 47-minute with an RBI double a day after belting two homers against the Friars.
More Friday results: Freshman Sam Darpino struck out eight as Newark Valley ended Elmira Notre Dame's 55-game division winning streak with a 6-1 triumph in an Interscholastic Athletic Conference Division I softball game. Sophomore Kelsey O'Donnell went 2-for-3, including a two-run single in the fourth to give Newark Valley the lead.
Oneida's Pat McLaughlin had a big night at the 55th New Hartford Track Invitational, winning the 110-meter high hurdles, breaking a 30-year-old school record with a second-place finish in the long jump, and scoring third-place points in the high jump.
In one 15-minute span, the junior won his hurdles semifinal, covered 22-4½ to break the school long jump mark and then went over the high jump bar at 6-2. He came back later to win the hurdles in :15.25. He's gone as low as :15.03 this season.
