S-GI Girls Lacrosse

The Springville-Griffith girls lacrosse team had its season end after a 13-4 playoff loss at Gowanda on May 19.

Madison Hilliker scooped three groundballs in playoff action last week.

Springville finished its season 5-11 overall and 3-4 in the conference, where the team was fourth among eight teams in Conference 4. Gowanda finished tied-second with a 4-3 record (13-4 overall) with Amherst in Conference 3.

The Griffins trailed 5-1 after the first quarter and 8-2 after two quarters. The second half was closer with Gowanda holding a 5-2 scoring edge.

Meg Rosenswie finished with two goals for the Griffs, while Sydney Moran also finished with a pair of points with one goal and one assist. Rounding out the goal scoring for S-GI was Sophia Lightcap.

Sage Baranowski had a team-best two draw controls to go with two ground balls. Madison Hilliker scooped three ground balls, while Amiee Rosenswie finished with two. 

Defensively, Ella Uhteg finished with two caused turnovers and Talia Eckam registered 12 saves in goal.

“Although our overall record doesn’t reflect it, I believe we had a very successful season. Our team, which consists of a majority of freshmen who have never played at the varsity level, improved tremendously throughout the season. Our skill, drive and determination were exemplified more and more each game throughout the season,” Springville first-year varsity girls lacrosse head coach Laura Nerber said.

“That being said, we had a few players that really stood out and accomplished some impressive accolades this season. Midfielder Meghan Rosenswie had a career-high 75 points this season with 68 goals and seven assists and 46 ground balls. Defender Ella Uhteg led the team in both ground balls (58) and caused turnovers (41). Attacker Sydney Moran led the team with 36 assists this year. Sophomore Brooke Ruzycki worked hard on attack with 26 goals and 15 assists.”

“Although we are losing four tremendous seniors, I am looking forward to continuing to build on what we started this season.”

Nerber acknowledged the statistics of up-and-comers that included, “Emma Benz, who led the team in draw controls with 31. She also added 28 ground balls and nine caused turnovers. Maddison Hilliker, who added six goals, five assists, 36 ground balls and 15 draw controls. Amiee Rosenswie, who tailed 18 draw controls, 21 ground balls and five caused turnovers, and goalie Taila Eckam, who was a powerhouse in net with 161 saves this year and a 50% save percentage.”

S-GI Softball

The Springville-Griffith softball team’s season came to an end after a 5-1 home playoff loss to visiting Eden on May 20.

Erin Baker was one of four Griffs to register a hit against Eden in last week’s playoff game.

The teams were nearly mirror images of one another during the season after finishing tied-second with each other in ECIC IV with 8-4 records. In head-to-head regular season competition, each team won once on their home field. Run differential between the two teams was just a single run after the Griffs finished plus-73 to Eden’s plus-72.

In the playoff loss, Springville held a 1-0 lead after the first inning before Eden scored single runs in the second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take the contest.

Grace Ricci scored Springville’s run and was also one of four Griffs with hits along with Lily Enser, Mia Rogers and Erin Baker, with the latter plating a double.

Rogers also had a run batted-in. Carmin Wikman got the start from the circle and allowed seven hits and three earned runs in 4.1 innings of work, while Olivia Mesch allowed five hits and two earned runs with one strikeout in 2.2 innings.

S-GI Baseball

The Springville-Griffith baseball team’s season came to an end after a 12-8 playoff loss to Alden on a neutral site at Sweet Home on May 24. Alden was designated the home team and batted at the bottom of each inning.

Springville finished fifth in ECIC III with a 5-7 division record and with a 10-8 overall record.

The teams traded runs in the first two innings before Springville took a 4-1 lead midway through the third inning. The Bulldogs responded with five runs in the bottom of the third to take a 6-4 lead. S-GI retook the lead 7-6 after four innings and padded its lead by two after the fifth before Alden scored six runs in its last at-bat to take the contest.

Grant Michalski had a solid week with five hits and five runs over three games.

Brodie Glass had a team-best three hits with one run batted-in and got the start on the mound. From the hill, the senior allowed 13 hits and seven earned runs with two strikeouts while throwing all but the final out.

Two runs each were scored by Carson Glass, Drew Reynolds and Grant Michalski, with the latter throwing the final out. Single runs were scored by Alex Brown and Ross Michalski.

Jayden Crone had a pair of hits and two RBI. Solo hits came from Carson Glass, Reynolds, Brown, Grant Michalski and Landon Roy, with the latter two finishing with doubles. Solo runs batted-in came from Brown, Grant Michalski and Roy.

Prior to the playoffs, Springville ended its regular season with a pair of wins against Cheektowaga in a home-and-home series with a 9-0 win on the road on May 19 and a 10-2 home win on May 20.

In the shutout road Cheektowaga win, the Griffs were led by Rob Moriarty with three hits, three runs and two RBI. Not far behind was Carson Glass with two hits, two runs and one run batted-in.

Grant Michalski had the win from the mound and allowed two hits with six strikeouts in five innings of work, while also registering one hit and one run.

Solo hits came from Reynolds and Jack Delaney, with the latter scoring one run and the former adding a run batted-in. Rounding out the scoring with one run each were David Janora and Nick Jablonski, while solo runs batted-in came from Trey Zittel and Brown, who threw the final two innings with six strikeouts.

In the Griffin home Cheektowaga win, Springville’s three runs in the first inning were enough to cruise to victory.

Grant Michalski led the way with three hits, two runs and two RBI. From the mound, Springville allowed no earned runs in the first six innings after Brodie Glass got the start and Carson Glass came in relief. The siblings combined for one hit allowed with nine strikeouts with Carson Glass adding one hit and one run batted-in.

Finishing with a solo hit and single run batted-in were Moriarty, Jablonski and Janora, with the latter throwing the final inning and allowing one hit. Brown finished with one run and one run batted-in, while Delaney brought two runners home with a solo hit.

Rounding out the scoring was Crone with two runs, while single runs were scored by Reynolds and Zittel.