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mouchMonarchs Gold opened in the first game of the World Series with a 2-0 win over the Louisville Orangemen at Owens Community College live on BCSN Thursday.  Gold went scoreless in the first inning but opened the second inning with back to back singles by Brandon McFarland and Bret Howard. Eric Yunker then laid down a sacrifice bunt to move McFarland and Howard to second and third. Adam Yunker then hit an infield single between first and second and scored McFarland for the RBI and the 1-0 lead.

Gold remained scoreless until the 6th inning when Brandon McFarland blasted a home run against the wind over the right field fence to give Gold their second score of the game. Brian Bilius went 2 for 4 with Cappelletty, Hornyak, and Eric Yunker accounting for the remainder of the hits.

bkBrian Koehl started on the mound and pitched an incredible 8 innings not allowing any runs and only 3 hits with 7 strikeouts. Bret Kuebler came in to close the game shutting down the last 3 batters.

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caseykOhio Monarch Blue defeated the Mifflin County Stars in their first game at the NABF CWS with a 14 – 5 win.

In the second game the Monarchs blue lost to Brunswick Express 7-6 in 12 innings of play.

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The Oregon-based Ohio Monarchs Gold summer collegiate team was 32-11 through Monday and is tied for first place in the TABF and in the Tri-State League.

The Gold team will try to defend its 2008 College World Series championship at this year’s LineDrive Sportz National Amateur Baseball Federation College World Series presented by Buckeye Cable Sports Network August 6-9.

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Coach Ed Mouch's squad will be without the services of Curtice native Ben Kauder during the World Series. Kauder, a 5-11, 165-pound right-handed pitcher/outfielder, underwent Tommy John elbow surgery last Wednesday.

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Four local schools to be represented at World Series

Several baseball players from The Press coverage area will have a say in how the LineDrive Sportz NABF College World Series plays out this year in Toledo.

The World Series will be held Aug. 6-9 at Ned Skeldon Stadium, Owens Community College, Bowman Park and the University of Toledo's Scott Park.

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Two teams that feature local players, the Ohio Monarchs Gold team and the Ohio Monarchs Blue team, qualified for this year's Series. Last year the Monarchs Gold beat the Long Island (N.Y.) Astros in the title game.

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The Gold team swept both the Ohio Orioles and J L Thomas with awesome offense and strong pitching this past weekend in Cleveland. Gold won the first game against the Orioles 4 to 2 and shut them out 9 to 0 in the second game on Saturday. On Sunday they battled J L Thomas to a 15-14 win and came back to an 8 to 5 victory in the second game. These four wins moved Gold into 1st place in the Tri-State League.

In the competition against the Orioles in the first game Cory Hornyak pitched an impressive complete game. Hornyak had 10 strike outs with only two walks allowing only 2 runs and 5 hits, and this is in addition to his home run blast on offense. Gold tallied 9 hits to earn the 4 runs. Leading the offense was Eric Yunker (2-3) and Casey Winckowski (2-4) with a double. The other hits were by Boomer Moulton, Colin Meinzer, Ryan Mouch, and Tristen Peffley.

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The Ohio Monarchs Gold summer college baseball team will get to defend their championship at next month's LineDrive Sportz NABF College World Series presented by BCSN in Toledo.

"We're always talking about going back and winning it again," said Cory Hornyak, a 2006 Genoa graduate who pitches and plays outfield for the Monarchs. "That would be a big thing for us to do. No one's ever done it, so we're hoping to be the first."

This year's NABF World Series will be held Aug. 6-9 at Ned Skeldon Stadium, Owens Community College, Bowman Park and the University of Toledo's Scott Park.

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After coming off a split with the Michigan Monarchs on Thursday the Gold team hosted Shannon Fence on Saturday and Canton Terriers on Sunday at Carter Park in Bowling Green. Gold dropped the first game to Shannon Fence 2 to 9, but came back to win the second game of the double header 9 to 5. Gold then came back on Sunday and swept Canton Terriers 5 to 3 in both games.

In the first game against Shannon, Gold couldn’t get their sticks going as they only had two hits by Brian Bilius and Jake Cappeletty for the offense. Shannon racked up 9 hits to score their 9 runs. Gold came back strong in the second game with 8 hits. In the first inning Kyle O’Connell led off with a single and was moved around the bases by Brian Bilius. Cory Hornyak then hit a hard shot single to score both O’Connell and Bilius to put Gold on the board with two runs. 

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back on Sunday and swept Canton Terriers 5 to 3 in both games.

In the first game against Shannon, Gold couldn’t get their sticks going as they only had two hits by Brian Bilius and Jake Cappeletty for the offense. Shannon racked up 9 hits to score their 9 runs. Gold came back strong in the second game with 8 hits. In the first inning Kyle O’Connell led off with a single and was moved around the bases by Brian Bilius. Cory Hornyak then hit a hard shot single to score both O’Connell and Bilius to put Gold on the board with two runs.

In the third inning Bilius led off with a walk and was advanced with a single by Casey Winckowski. Hornyak then moved the runners when he reached first on a second baseman error. Bret Howard then hit a line drive and scored Bilus and Winckowski with his single. Eric Yunker recorded an RBI for the 4th run of the inning. Gold scored again with one run in each of the 4th, 5th, and 6th inning. Nate White had a strong performance and went the full distance on the mound for a complete game. Nate had 2 strike outs with two walks.

On Sunday Kyle O’Connell and Brad Timofeev split the pitching duties and held the Terriers to 3 runs. Gold scored their first run in the first inning with the help of 4 walks by the Terriers. In the second, hits by Colin Meinzer and Tristen Peffley helped with two additional runs. The remaining two runs came with the assistance on hits by V. Helldobler, Jake Cappeletty, Bret Howard, and Eric Yunker.

In the second game Gold scored four of their five runs in the second inning after Hornyak started the inning off with a triple. Winckowski reached base on an error and Eric Yunker then slammed a double to score Winckowski. Yunker scored while Molton was up on a wild pitch. Meinzer then walked and Adam Yunker hit a deep shot over the center fielder for a double to score Meinzer. Brian Bilius ended the day 2 for 3 with two singles and Eric Yunker did the same with two doubles.

Gold heads into this week’s competition with a 25 and 10 overall record.

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Oregon, OH - Sunday, July 12th was another sunny day at the ballpark. This time the Monarchs Blue took on the Youngstown Metros for two games.

Cody Fisher was the starting pitcher for game one. Fisher pitched two and two-thirds innings, giving up 3 runs, walking one and striking out six, 4 of which started the game. Corey Cannon came on to finish out the third and pitched through 3 batters in the 6th inning. Cannon allowed two runs, walked one and struck out two. Ethan Salsbury completed the 6th and finished up the game. Salsbury gave up two runs, walked one and struck out one.

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Oregon, OH – Sunday, July 5th the Monarchs Blue team faced off against the Ohio Orioles for a two game set. In game one, Jacob Bernath started on the mound for the Blue team. Bernath recorded 4 straight strike-outs to start the game and collected a 5th in the third inning, while giving up only 2 walks. In three and two-thirds innings, 3 runs were allowed. Cody Fisher came on to finish out the 4th inning and the game. Fisher also collected 5 strike-outs in the process while allowing 2 more runs and also giving up 2 walks.
 
On offense, the Blue team scratched out 5 hits, two of them belonging to Nick Broyles, drew 4 walks and had one player hit by a pitch. The final score was 5-0 in favor of the Orioles.
 

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