The CVCA baseball team travel down to Tennesse over spring break for the Warrior Spring Classic. This is the 4th year the Royals have participated in this event hosted by Riverdale High School. CVCA was able to return home 3-0 after strong play on Friday and Saturday. They are right back in action with a home North Coast Conference game against Lake Catholic on Monday.

March 27
CVCA 10 - Central Catholic (IL) 4
The Royals took an early 3-0 lead in this game. They scored once in the top of the 1st when Evan Wensel walked to score Jonah Gaudio. They added 2 runs in the 2nd inning. Connor McGough doubled to drive in Layne Davis and Alex Mammone singled to score McGough. Central Catholic answered in the 2nd inning. They scored 3 runs to tie the score. The Saints took the lead in the bottom of the 5th inning, but CVCA was able to answer quickly. In the top of the 6th inninng, Alex Mammone homered over the right field fence to tie the score. Evan Wensel doubled to score Ben Pittner and CVCA was back in front. CVCA extended their lead with 5 runs in the 7th inning to secure victory. Ryan Tajgiszer scored on a double by Jonah Gaduio. Connor McGough scored on a passed ball and Alex Mammone & Jacob Lancy scored on another Evan Wensel double. Zac Anderson drove in the final run with a sacrifice fly to score Ben Pittner. Starter Kyle Shaw went 4.1 innings allowing 3 earned runs while striking out 6. Ben Pittner picked up the win in relief with 2.2 scoreless innings.

Kyle Shaw 4.1 IP, 6 Ks
Ben Pittner W, 2.2 IP, 0 R
Alex Mammone 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Evan Wensel 2-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI
Connor McGough 1-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Logan Kish 2B
Layne Davis 2B
Jonah Gaudio 2B

CVCA 15 - Lewis County (TN) 1
In their second game of the day on Friday, the Royals offense exploded for 15 runs to defeat Lewis County. CVCA scored multiple runs in all 5 innings. Jacob Lancy opened the scoring in the first inning with a 2 run home run to score Jonah Gaudio. Alex Mammone scored on a Ben Pittner fielder's choice and the Royals led by 3. Connor McGough singled to score Ryan Tajgiszer and Alex Mammone drove in Jonah Gaudio in the 2nd inning to extend the lead. CVCA added 3 more runs in the 3rd inning. Ben Pittner scored on a sacrifice fly from Jonah Guadio. Connor McGough homered to score Zac Anderson and the lead was 8-0. A five run 4th inning push the Royals even further out front. Alex Mammone scored on a wild pitch and Evan Wensel scored on a Ryan Tajgiszer walk. Connor McGough cleared the bases with a 3 run triple. In the 5th inning, Ben Pittner singled to score Logan Kish and Evan Wensel scored on a Jonah Gaudio fielder's choice. Alex Mammone got the win with 3 three innings pitched and 6 strikeouts. Zeke Keating finished the game with 2 scoreless innings.

Alex Mammone W, 3 IP, 6 Ks, 2-3, 2 2B, 2 R
Connor McGough 3-5, HR, 3B, 6 RBI
Evan Wensel 2-3, 2B, 2 R
Jacob Lancy 1-2, HR, 2 RBI, R
Zeke Keating 2 IP, 2 Ks
Jonah Gaudio 2 R
Ben Pittner 2 R
Zac Anderson 2 R
Ryan Tajgiszer 2 R

March 28
CVCA 2 - Franklin County (TN) 1
After scoring 25 runs in 2 games on Friday, the Royals were looking to finish the trip strong against Franklin County. The Royals created some chance early but were held scoreless through the first 6 innings. They finally broke through in the 7th when Reed Jones singled off the glove of the shortstop to score Jonah Gadio and Connor McGough. This game the Royals the lead thanks to strong pitching performances by Luke McQuillen and Logan Kish. Jacob Lancy made key defensive plays late and sealed the win by snagging a line drive and doubling up the runner off first base to end the game.

Luke McQuillen 5 IP, 1 ER, 2 Ks
Logan Kish W, 2 IP, 0 R
Reed Jones 2-3, 2 RBI
Jonah Gaudio 3-4, R
Connor McGough 1-4, R
Alex Mammone 2-3