Boardman Community Baseball’s 12 and under Little League all-star team fell out of post-season play last week, falling to New Albany, 9-3, for their second loss in the state tournament.
      Keyed by a pair of RBIs off the bat of Grayson Eicher, Boardman assumed a 3-1 lead in the top of the third stanza.
      New Albany came right back in the bottom of the third, loading the bases twice and wrapped-up the inning putting six runs across the plate. to take a 7-3 lead that Boardman couldn’t overcome.
      New Albany added a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning for the final score.
      The loss marked the second,straight season that a New Albany all-star team knocked Boardman out of the state tournament.
      Eichinger got the mound win, working 4-1/3 innings.
      Boardman used four pitchers in the game, Starter Ryan Neifer went 2-1/3 innings and took the mound loss. Working in relief for the local all-stars were Luke Kollar, Anthony Triveri and Mason Nawrocki. Boardman twirlers combined for 9 Ks in the game.
      Notching Boardman’s other RBI was Kaden Mayhew, who had two of Boardman’s four hits in the game.
      Boardman went into the New Albany game after posting big wins, 11-0 over Ashtabula, and 16-1, over Mt. Vernon.
      Nawrocki and Mike Demetrios combined for a 4-0, mercy-rule no-hitter in the shutout win over ‘Bula, combining for 8 Ks.
      Boardman had seven hits in the game, led by a pair of hits off the bat of Ty Kirlik, who had a pair of RBIs.
      Adding one hit each were Kollar, Eicher, Kayden Mayhew, Neifer and a two-bagger by Triveri, who also finished with a pair of RBIs.
      Neifer, Kollar, Mayhew, Kirlik and Eicher each logged stolen bases.
      Boardman banged-out 13 hits in the large victory over Mt. Vernon, as Kirlik and Kollar combined for a one hitter on the mound, posting 6 Ks.
      Kirlik, Kollar and Eicher all had doubles.
      Kollar had thee hits, while Triveri and Neifer each had two hits. Adding one hit each were Kirlik, Mayhew, Donald Bagdassarian, Max Swtika and Demetrios.
      Neifer and Mayhew each stole a base, while Ivan Rudiak reached first base when he was hit by a pitch.