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The Rip City 14-and-under travel baseball team celebrates its tournament win on Sunday.

Rip City 14U Team Wins N.Y. Tournament

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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Ryker Williams went 3-for-3 with four runs batted in Sunday to lead the Rip City 14-and-under travel baseball team to a 17-3 win over the DP Canes in the championship game of the Perfect Game tournament on Sunday.
 
Rip City went 1-1 in pool play on Saturday before winning the tournament semi-final, 9-0, over the Northeast Pride Prestige on Sunday behind a combined two-hitter from pitchers Andrew Scalise and Lador Lawson.
 
Roman Raifstanger went 2-for-3 with a triple and a double against Northeast.
 
"In the championship, our guys came out on fire and put up a quick nine runs in the top of the 1st and never looked back," Rip City coach Rick Paris said. "It was a great team effort. The hustle and effort was absolutely fun to watch. These boys are growing by leaps and bounds from where the were at in the summer."
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Berkshire Force 16U Softball Hosts Tournament

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire Force 16-and-under travel softball team this weekend went 3-2-1 at its Fall Frenzy tournament.
 
The Force beat the Miss Scotties of Ballston Spa, N.Y., twice, by scores of 7-1 and 6-1 and the Charlton (Mass.) Wildfire, 7-6.
 
It lost games to the Frozen Ropes Outlaws of Albany, N.Y., and the Capital Region Reign Empire out of Colonie, N.Y., and tied the Guilderland (N.Y.) Rogue, 4-4.
 
All games were played on Saturday at the Doyle Complex.
 
Against Charlton, Amelia Polidoro went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and two runs batted in, and Lexi Spratling singled and drove in a run.
 
Polidoro also earned the win in the circle, allowing just four earned runs.
 
Amaya Alger and Lillian MacDonald combined on a two-hitter against the Miss Scotties, striking out four between them. Alger, Polidoro, Alliah DiPietro and Jayda Klein each doubled in the 7-1 win.
 
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