Blackhawk Area Youth Baseball Association - BAYBA

Congratulations to our 14u BAYBA pony players who were selected to the 376 All Star team. They were victorious under the lights last night! We sure have enjoyed watching them play and grow over all these years ⚾️ Best of luck as you move onto the next level 💚💛

🥇Congratulations to our Rookie 7/8 Champions team District Attorney Nathan Bible (Beegle)🏆

🥈Also, a big shout out to our Runners-Up Burkhead Insurance (Denman).

These young players have a very bright future.

🥇Congratulations to our Minor League Champions McCarter Coach & Tour (Ellis).🏆

🥈Also, a big shout out to our Runner-up Hot Dog Shoppe (DeLuca)🏆

Good luck to both teams who made it to the semi finals in the inter-league playoffs. McCarter Coach & Tour (Ellis) takes on Riverside and Hot Dog Shoppe (DeLuca) takes on Central Valley.

Baseball ⚾️ It’s not just a game- it’s a brotherhood. While baseball brings us together as teammates, it also reminds us that we are part of a much larger community. Today we wore blue for Xavier Taylor.💙(The best we could, being our uniforms are far from blue) The boys added blue accessories and blue eyeblack to show support for Xavier, the Taylor family and their community of Maple Shade, NJ. Keep Fighting #6. You are in our prayers. We are all standing behind you🤍 🙏🏼🤍

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Sending prayers from Beaver County, PA

We've got video footage in this week's highlights! Peep Trevor Zangus making a clutch double play on a line drive to first base for State Farm DeLuca! They edged out a tight victory over Team Nate Bible- Nathan led the team with 4 hits! Jackson, Nikolai, Trevor and Connor each added multiple hits as well. Jonah led Team Nate Bible with 4 hits, while Grant, Talan, Braxton, Alonzo and Bronco each had multiples. Nikolai made a phenomenal snag on a line drive at shortstop with bases loaded to end the game and earn the win!

Sal's Ristorante won 2 games as well, including a back and forth win over Team Arbogast with Braxton M and Brycen B leading the offense. They also defeated a then undefeated Beaver Team 6-1. Zane L and Bryce G each had multiple hits, while Zane, Bryce and Theodore H each pitched 2 innings, combining for 12 strikeouts on the mound.

Hot Dog Shoppe picked up a big 10-3 win last week- Gino DeLuca struck out 5 batters with he and Hunter Wilcox each throwing 2 scoreless innings. Jackson Szymoniak, Watson Ramsey and DeLuca all had three hits a piece, with Szymoniak knocking a triple in the first inning.

Emry Mclean secured a victory for TEC Electric by batting in Caiden Duncan with an RBI double to walk it off against the West Mayfield Vets.

Ethan Ramer (dubbed younger and slightly shorter Aroldis Chapman) pitched an absolute gem in Dick's Sporting Goods' tie against Beaver. The lefty struck out 14 batters over 6 innings, allowing only 1 run. Luke Dixon smacked 2 hits off the wall, with Ramer, Isaiah Thompson and Preston Keister each adding 1 in the tight 2-2 game.

They picked up a walk-off win against Central Valley later in the week. Dixon and Thompson each had 2 hits and 2 RBI's a piece, with Big Bad Beckett Puskas adding the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 7th.

Joel Estermyer, Nolan White and Mike Kelley each picked up 2 hits in Gumpf Gardens' win over Riverside. White, Carson DePietro and Landon Fike each added 2 RBIs a piece. Kelley started on the mound giving up 4 hits and striking out 7 through 3 innings. Dom Coladonato, DePietro and White all pitched in relief.

Kai Hanna went 3-for-3, with Coladonato, DePietro, and Logan Fike each adding 2 singles a piece in their tie against Hopewell.

Keep sending us those smiling faces- and awesome videos!!!

The May Board meeting is tomorrow Tuesday May 19th at 8:30pm at the Vets Pavillion. All are welcome to attend.

We have another week of highlights to share with our fans!!

Our tiniest t-ballers finally took the field, as did our Rookie 5/6 teams! They are doing a phenomenal job working on their fundamentals while developing a love for the game ⚾️ Great coaching, great enthusiasm, and great fun is on display for all to see! Check out some photos from the Hot Dog Shoppe & Chippewa Lions Club!

Sports Clips Chippewa had 28 hits in their 16-9 victory over Team Nate Bible! Trace B. led the charge with 5, while Tobias G., Brice W. and Finn M. each added 4 a piece.

Fix n Flow won a close match against Stewart Homes with Elliott P. and Riley K. each smacking 3 hits. Luca N., Dean B. and Jeremiah W. each added 3 for Stewart Homes.

Logan K. led the charge for Burkhead Insurance with 4 hits in 4 at-bats in their victory over Fix n Flow. Parker D., Conor F., Paxton M., Carter D. and Nash H. each added 3 a piece.

State Farm Bethanie DeLuca came up big against TL Ferguson, defeating them 14-11. Jackson, Nikolai, Trevor and Leo each smacked 4 hits a piece. TL Ferguson put forth a valiant effort, totaling 38 HITS led by Vince and Harlan each with 5.

TSS Photography won twice last week- including a BIG 16-6 victory! Mason, Grant, Marshall and Deklan each had multiple hits, with Marshall smacking 3 RBIs in the game. Their pitching was on-point combining for 12 strikeouts on the mound. Isaac & Enzo had two hits a piece in their 5-2 win over Sal's Ristorante. Isaac, Gavin and Grant were clutch on the mound, only allowing five hits, one walk and one run through 6 innings!

The West Mayfield Vets picked up 2 wins last week- including a back and forth, extra-inning thriller against TEC Electric 15-14. Vinny D. was a hero at the plate with 4 hits and 5 RBIs. Charlie D., Greyson S., and Abram K. each added a couple hits. Greyson also on the mound struck out 8 batters through 3 innings. Jake S. pitched a scoreless 7th inning to hold the tie, then smacked a double to drive in the winning run to walk it off! (On his birthday, nonetheless!) Kyzer G. led TEC Electric with 3 hits, while Cam M. added 2. A chilly win over undefeated CV capped the week off for the Vets on a high note! Charlie led the charge with 2 hits, while Jake and Bryar K. each added 3 RBIs.

Two of our Pony teams went head-to-head last Monday. Sean Conlon smoked ALL 4 RBIs on 2 hits for Dick's Sporting Goods in their win over Burkhead Insurance. Luke Dixon got the start on the mound in their 4-1 victory. Anthony DeChicko and Ethan Ramer both pitched in relief. Ramer pitched an immaculate 7th inning- striking out 3 batters on 9 straight pitches for the save. OC Burkhead smashed a solo home run that probably hasn't landed yet... go check out over the creek in South Beaver? He also started on the mound, pitching a tight 5 innings giving up only 1 hit and 1 earned run in their loss.

Gumpf Gardens earned a win against Beaver with Joel Estermyer and Landon Fike leading the charge at the plate- smacking two hits and multiple RBIs a piece. Mike Kelley got the start on the mound- they took the lead in the 2nd and never looked back! Carson DePietro and Dom Coladonato both pitched in relief.

Next, it was Burkhead Insurance's time to earn their first win! Jaspen Dodge pitched a complete game, striking out 14 through 7 innings in another nail biter against Beaver Falls, edging them out 2-1. Burkhead and Braeden McNally belted multiple hits in the game.

Dick's picked up another W against Ambridge on Wednesday with Mac Holden and Ramer on the mound with 6 strikeouts a piece. BIG BECKETT Puskas popped two clutch hits! Holden stole home in the 2nd while Dixon smacked an RBI double for the lead in the 3rd.

Baseball moms are a different breed- and they do it all! They coach our players, pick them up when they’re down, work the snack shack in 100 degree heat, tie the tiny cleats, kiss the boo boos, apply the bandaids and ice packs, prep the fields with the straightest chalk lines, travel to the ends of the earth for those 8am tournament games with a bogg bag full of snacks, run game changer (better than the dads), yell from behind the dugout to keep their weight back and swing through, fix the eye black, and cheer the absolute loudest for our boys and girls ⚾️ Happy Mother’s Day to our BAYBA moms!!! Thank you for all the love, encouragement, batting advice and snacks ❤️