John Carroll Catholic baseball bows out in 4-2A semis; Five sign from Jensen Beach football
Region 4-2A
(3) Westminster Academy 10, (2) John Carroll Catholic 0 (5 innings)
FORT PIERCE — The rubber match between a pair of programs both knowing they could get the better of one another if either team played at their best materialized Friday night.
Unfortunately, John Carroll Catholic was the team on the wrong end of a lopsided result.
Westminster Academy broke out their bats to the tune of 12 hits and used a five-run fifth inning to deliver the knockout punch and end the Rams' season at Lawnwood Stadium.
The Lions (15-9-1) had split two regular season matchups with John Carroll, winning in walk-off fashion 4-3 on Mar. 11 before Rams' star pitcher Tracen Cameron pitched a one-hit shutout to lead John Carroll to a 2-0 win on April 19.
With the Rams () opting to try and save Cameron for a possible regional final game that would have taken place Monday, Westminster Academy used some two-out magic to score first.
A wild pitch from John Carroll starter Taggart Cameron followed by an RBI single from J.C Hernandez put the Lions on top 2-0.
John Carroll quickly had a rally to try and answer in the home half of the inning as Matt Correa and Anthony Ferraro drew back-to-back walks against Lions starter Landon Petrisko but the Rams came up empty with runners at first and third with nobody out as the inning ended on a catcher's interference call on a throw-down to second.
In the third, a two-out John Carroll error plated another run for Westminster Academy and in the fourth, another error by the Rams led to a run and Michael Cespedes had an RBI single for the Lions to make it 5-0.
John Carroll's Jake Rychter broke up Petrisko's no-hitter with a single in the fourth but the Rams didn't build off the baserunner and Westminster Academy broke it wide open in the fifth.
Three different Lions had RBI singles that put the game away as the Rams lost in the regional semifinal for the second year in a row.
Jensen Beach football sends five to next level
Jensen Beach celebrated Friday five seniors from their memorable 2022 season moving on to play college football.
All five players played roles on defense for the Falcons, helping the team win a program-record 10 games, a district title and a first ever regional final appearance.
Two-way threat Jamari Marshall will head to Tennessee to play at Carson-Newman after registering 71 tackles, 12 that went for a loss, had four interceptions, three sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries on defense and scored four touchdowns on offense.
Zack Riggins-Wilson will stay in-state to play at Warner after having an excellent year on the defensive line with 73 tackles, 16 that went for a loss and added nine sacks, four forced fumbles and had three fumble recoveries.
Jamari Graves is off to Seton Hill in Pennsylvania after featuring in the Falcon secondary breaking up eight passes in seven games, adding an interception and 39 tackles.
Sebastian Dinardo will head to Westminster College also in Pennsylvania after a strong year on the defensive line with 55 tackles, 10 that went for a loss and added 4.5 sacks and forced three fumbles and recovered two fumbles.
Nate Caplan will go north to Beloit College in Wisconsin and was a crucially important piece on the offensive and defensive lines in his Jensen Beach career starting all four years.
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: John Carroll baseball's season ends; 5 sign from Jensen Beach football
