
PIPHER UNHITTABLE; WAVERLY TOPS WG/OM, 7-1, IN SEASON OPENER
By: Tim Birney | Waverly Athletics | April 4, 2022 | Photo courtesy Jackson Lawrence
WATKINS GLEN — Sophomore Jay Pipher threw five no-hit innings to lead
Waverly to a season-opening, 7-1, win over Watkins Glen / Odessa-Montour
here Monday afternoon in IAC South Large School Division baseball
action.
Pipher struck out two and walk two, and threw 61 pitches
while earning the win. Senior Derek Seymour finished off the game,
allowing one run on two hits, while striking out two in two innings.
After
a scoreless first inning, senior Caden Hollywood and junior Ty Beeman
stroked back-to-back singles to lead off the top of the second inning.
After
the Wolverines hit into their second double-play in as many innings,
senior Brennan Traub and junior Nate DeLill rapped RBI singles to give
the Wolverines an early 2-0 lead.
Waverly added an unearned run
in the fifth inning to push its lead to 3-0, added a run in the sixth on
an RBI single by Thomas Hand to make it 4-0.
Junior Bryce Bailey
gave Waverly a 5-0 lead with an RBI single in the top of the seventh
inning, and DeLill finished off the scoring with a two-out, two-run home
run to left field to extend the lead to 7-0.
DeLill homered and
singled, scored one run, and had three RBI, while senior Brady Blauvelt
singled twice and scored two runs, and Hand singled twice and knocked in
one run to lead Waverly’s 11-hit attack.
Hollywood singled,
scored one run, and drove in one run for the Wolverines, while Pipher,
Beeman, and Traub singled and scored one run, and Bailey singled and
knocked in one run.
Waverly, now 1-0, hosts WG/O-M Wednesday.

About the Author
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020). Southern Tier Sports Report is set to launch in 2021.
