Louisville Falls in Sectional Final at Alliance 3-1 – Baseball
#7 Alliance 3, #17 Louisville 1
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The #17 seed Louisville Leopards Varsity Baseball Team saw their season come to an end in a 3-1 road loss to the #7 seed Alliance Aviators Friday evening in the DIII Northeast 3 Sectional Finals at Craven Field. With the defeat, Louisville concludes the 2025 campaign with a final record of 11-15.
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Aviators Build Early Advantage
Alliance opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. Brady White and DiAngelo Fisk hit back-to-back singles to open the frame. Then Lincoln Reese walked to load the bases. The Aviators plated their first run on a sacrifice fly by Charlie Ekey that brought home White.
Ben Craig was hit by a pitch to re-load the bases, advancing Fisk to third. Just one pitch later, Fisk scored on a wild pitch to put Alliance ahead 2-0.
Neither team would score again until the bottom of the fifth when the Aviators added to their advantage. White walked to lead off the inning, stole second, and advanced to third on a groundout. Bo Davis singled to center on the next pitch and White scored his second run of the evening, making it 3-0 Alliance. White would finish 2-for-2 with a double and two steals to lead the Aviators on offense.
Reese doubled in the next at-bat to put runners on second and third with just one out. However, Brock Leghart came out of the bullpen to retire the next two batters without further damage.
Johnson Drives In Rice for Leopards Lone Run
The Leopards answered back in the top of the sixth inning. Cooper Rice belted a one-out triple to center field and then came home on a groundout to short by Bryce Johnson to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Louisville brought the tying run to the plate in both the sixth and seventh innings, but could not capitalize.
The Leopards were out-hit by the Aviators 7-4 for the game. Tate Aljancic, Caden Kortis, and Kolton Loy all registered singles for the Leopards.
Fisk Earns Win in Complete Game Effort
Fisk kept the Leopards’ lineup in check throughout the contest, allowing just four hits and one earned run while striking out two and walking three across seven innings. He faced 28 batters and threw 93 pitches to earn the complete game win.
Fisk also helped his own cause at the plate, going 2-for-3.
Leopards Pitching Staff Limits Damage
Blake Johnson started on the mound for Louisville and took the loss, surrendering two runs on three hits and striking out one in two innings of work. Caleb Mayle pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, allowing one run on three hits and striking out a pair. Leghart closed the game with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of work, yielding just one hit.
Louisville Baseball Tournament History
The Leopards have now dropped three of their last four tournament games and their last five road tournament games. Louisville’s last road tournament win came in a 4-3 victory at Perry in 2014.
The Leopards are now 54-53 in the postseason since 1972, which includes a 7-11 mark on the road during that span.
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DIII Northeast Tournament
SECTIONAL FINAL SCORES
NORTHEAST 1
Thursday, May 22
#1 Hunting Valley University School 20, #45 Cleveland Glenville 2, 5 Innings
Saturday, May 24
#19 Warren Howland 13, #35 Bedford 1, 5 Innings
#30 Painesville Harvey 11, #31 Maple Heights 1, 5 Innings
#9 Twinsburg 16, #42 Geneva 1, 5 Innings
NORTHEAST 2
Friday, May 23
#28 Chagrin Falls Kenston 6, #22 Kent Roosevelt 4
Saturday, May 24
#11 Medina Buckeye over #41 Cleveland John Hay, NO CONTEST
#27 Mayfield 3, #20 Copley 2
#8 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 13, #43 Youngstown East 3, 5 Innings
NORTHEAST 3
Wednesday, May 21
#2 Wooster 21, #46 Cleveland John F. Kennedy 0, FORFEIT
Thursday, May 22
#14 Uniontown Lake 20, #40 Garfield Heights 0, 5 Innings
Friday, May 23
#7 Alliance 3, #17 Louisville 1
Saturday, May 24
#32 Grafton Midview 7, #34 Olmsted Falls 3
NORTHEAST 4
Wednesday, May 21
#5 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 8, #33 Macedonia Nordonia 0
Thursday, May 22
#6 Parma Padua Franciscan over #44 Youngstown Chaney, NO CONTEST
Saturday, May 24
#25 Aurora 6, #18 Madison 0
#26 Barberton 9, #23 Akron Firestone CLC 5
NORTHEAST 5
Thursday, May 22
#10 Akron St. Vincent–St. Mary 19, #38 Cleveland Garrett Morgan 0, 5 Innings
Saturday, May 24
#16 Westlake 2, #29 Willoughby South 1
#15 Chardon 10, #39 Ashtabula Lakeside 0, 5 Innings
Sunday, May 25
#4 Medina Highland over #48 Akron North, NO CONTEST
NORTHEAST 6
Thursday, May 22
#3 Akron Archbishop Hoban 21, #47 Akron Garfield CLC 0, FORFEIT
#21 Tallmadge 10, #24 Akron Ellet CLC 0, 5 Innings
Saturday, May 24
#37 Lyndhurst Brush 6, #12 Richfield Revere 4
#13 Rocky River 2, #36 Cuyahoga Falls 1
DISTRICT SEMIFINALS
(Tuesday, May 27 – 5:00 PM)
Northeast 1
#30 Harvey at #1 University School, 5:00
#19 Howland at #9 Twinsburg, 5:00
Northeast 2
#28 Kenston at #8 CVCA, 5:00
#27 Mayfield at #11 Medina Buckeye, 5:00
Northeast 3
#32 Midview at #2 Wooster, 5:00
#14 Lake at #7 Alliance, 5:00
Northeast 4
#25 Aurora at #5 Gilmour Academy, 5:00
#26 Barberton at #6 Padua Franciscan, 5:00
Northeast 5
#16 Westlake at #4 Medina Highland, 5:00
#15 Chardon at #10 St. Vincent-St. Mary, 5:00
Northeast 6
#21 Tallmadge at #3 Hoban, 5:00
#37 Brush at #13 Rocky River, 5:00
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Louisville at Alliance Baseball Box Score
AVIATORS 3, LEOPARDS 1
Team 123-456-7–R-H-E
Louisville 000-001-0–1-4-0
Alliance 200-010-X–3-7-1
Louisville Leopards Batting
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Seaman #13 (LF) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| –Trevor Burick #19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Zahler #24 (SS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper Rice #11 (CF) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zander Triplett #16 (RF) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| –Bryce Johnson #3 (RF) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayson Brunoni #10 (1B) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Beard #21 (DH) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kolton Loy #9 (C) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tate Aljancic #7 (3B) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caden Kortis #5 (2B) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Louisville Leopards Pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Johnson #22 (L) | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Caleb Mayle #6 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Brock Leghart #15 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TEAM | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Alliance Aviators Batting
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady White #20 (CF) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DiAngelo Fisk #11 (P) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Davis #1 (C) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lincoln Reese #0 (3B) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Ekey #30 (SS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Craig #45 (LF) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamden Jones #16 (1B) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| –Valentino Fisk #6 (1B) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kam Burton #3 (RF) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Blackwell #2 (2B) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TEAM | 22 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Alliance Aviators Pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DiAngelo Fisk #11 (W) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| TEAM | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Records: Alliance 18-7-1, Louisville 11-15
