Tim Alcorn and Shaun Bennett talk Lorain County High School baseball and softball in the latest installment of Diamond Chat Presented by Dr. Karen Kramer.

During this episode, we step “Inside the Dugout” with Elyria Softball Coach Ken Fenik, and “Get a Grip” with Amherst Baseball’s pitcher Kyle Dalzell….Also, Tim and Shaun name the top performers of the week and the First Federal Savings of Lorain Team’s of the Week. Enjoy!

Amherst Abbey Vorhees delivers a hit photo Joe Colon

In Thursday night’s WEOL Softball Diamond Duel the #7 Amherst Comets remained perfect in Southwestern Conference Play by edging the Midview Middies in a 11-7 final.

Abbey Vorhees lead the Comets at the plate going 4-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs in the game.

In the circle, senior pitcher Madison O’Berg remained perfect on the year picking up her 13th win of the season.

The win advances the Comets to 16-1 overall and 13-0 in SWC. The loss drops the Middies 12-5 overall, and 9-5 in conference play.

Listen to the game in its entirety below, and check out the WEOL Diamond Duel page here on WEOL to hear archived softball and baseball games.

Avon Lake: Emmet Fink, Connor McNeill, Irwin Deng

On Monday, Avon Lake team made up of Irwin Deng, Emmet Fink and Connor McNeill became the last team to punch their ticket to the Scholastic Games Semifinals by defeating the Clearview team of Sierra Hitchens, Thomas Rivera and Nathaniel Suprun 500-80 in the highest winning score of the season.

Avon Lake took the early lead outscoring Clearview 50-30 in the opening round.

The Shoremen continued to pull away in the third round, using the buzzer to pick up another fifty points on their opponent.

Avon Lake’s Connor McNeill was named the Standout Scholar picking up the honor for the second time this season.

The Scholastic games continue next Monday with a Special Final-Four Preview episode before the semifinals begin on May 6th with Avon against Lake Ridge.

Listen to the Avon Lake/Clearview Quarterfinal below and listen to archived shows on the Scholastic Games wepage here.

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Avon Lake High School’s Jackson Armbrecht

The Avon Lake Shoremen picked up a 5-4 win over Avon Tuesday night in the WEOL Baseball Diamond Duel.

It was the Eagles who struck first plating a pair of runs in the second inning. Avon Lake would go ahead in the fourth inning scoring four runs by taking advantage of errors, walks and two hit batsman.

On the mound, Avon Lake’s Jackson Armbrecht kept the Eagles in check pitching five innings while allowing just three runs on five hits.

The win advances Avon Lake to 6-8 on the season. The Eagles fall to 7-8 on year with the loss.

Hear the entire game below, and check out the Diamond Duel page to hear archived baseball and softball games.