Baseball Recap: Chenango Valley Comes Up Short

Chenango Valley extended their losing streak to four on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 4-5 in the process. They fell 5-1 to the Owego Free Academy River Hawks. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the River Hawks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-2 on Monday.

Jimmy Fitzgerald was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Cole Trebilcock was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

As for Owego Free Academy, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-2-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games.

On Owego Free Academy's side, Mathew Lewis looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Lewis has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Conlan Taylor and Connor Kotski did most of the damage at the plate: Taylor got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double, while Kotski went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two doubles. That's the most hits Kotski has posted since back in May of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Higgins, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.

While Chenango Valley had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday.