By SCOTT NOVAK

Niles Daily Star

A four-run sixth inning and a five-run seventh gave visiting Parchment the championship of the Brandywine Round Robin on Saturday.

The Bobcats took a 1-0 lead into the top of the sixth, but two errors, a walk, a hit batter and two run-scoring doubles turned that deficit into a 4-1 lead for the Panthers.

Parchment, which defeated New Buffalo in the second game of the day 19-0, added five runs in the top of the fifth after Brandywine had cut the lead to 4-2 with a run in the bottom half of the sixth.

Dustin Bell pitched well through five-plus innings, but took the loss.

Brandywine finished with five hits, including RBI doubles from Derek Nichols and Ralph Sater.

Cody Udell had a pair of hits for the Bobcats.

Jay Topp had a pair of doubles and four RBIs for the Panthers. Bo Britigan also doubled.
Brandywine won the opening game of the tournament over New Buffalo 8-0.

The Bobcats scored a run in the first and five runs in the fourth. Two more runs crossed the plate in the sixth for Brandywine.

Kyle King went the distance, allowing just two hits. He struck out eight and walked only one.

The Bobcats had six hits in the contest, led by Udell, who had a pair of doubles and two RBIs.

Sater had two hits and an RBI, while Nichols singled and drove in a run.

“It’s a work in progress,” Brandywine coach David Sidenbender said. “But we’ll get it done. Right now we are just now sure of what pitches we want to swing at.
“Pitching was good all day for us. Kyle pitched great and Dustin did what he had to do. If we could have made a play behind him he would have still been pitching and we would have still been winning,” he added.

First  game
New Buffalo 000 000 0 – 0 2 0
Brandywine 100 502 x – 8 6 1
WP – Kyle King (2-0) and Austin Searles
LP – Blake Ostrom and Jim Freeman
2B: Cody Udell (BW)

Second game
Parchment 310 (11)4 – 19 12 0
New Buffalo 000 00 – 0 1 5
WP – Jay Schuyler
2B: Ben Welborn (P), Brysen Beals (P)

Championship game
Parchment 000 004 5 – 9 8 2
Brandywine 010 001 0 – 2 5 2
WP – Brady Vanderweele
LP – Dustin Bell and Austin Searles
2B: Derek Nichols (BW), Ralph Sater (BW), Jay Topp (P) 2, Bo Britigan (P)
Varsity records: Parchment 3-3, Brandywine 4-3

Bronson at Buchanan
Buchanan – Visiting Bronson was able to earn a split Saturday afternoon with Buchanan in a non-conference doubleheader.

The host Bucks (3-1) took the opening game 7-1 behind the arm and bat of David Sokolowski.

Sokolowski tossed a three-hitter with nine strikeouts to earn his first victory of the season.

At the plate he went 4-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.

Dalton Shearer added a double and a single.

In the second game, the Vikings defeated the Bucks 11-2.

Bryan Kuntz took the loss for Buchanan.

Nate Henckel and Sokolowski each had two hits for the Bucks, who will travel to Niles on Wednesday to take on defending Lakeland Conference co-champion Brandwyine.

First game
Bronson 000 000 1 – 1 3 2
Buchanan 020 023 x – 7 9 1
WP- David Sokolowski (1-0) – 7ip, 9k (1-0)
LP-Tyler Younce
2B: Sokolowski (BU), Dalton Shearer (BU)

Second game
Bronson 222 023 0 – 11 8 2
Buchanan 010 001 0 – 2 6 4
WP- Elliot
LP- Bryan Kuntz (2-1)
Varsity record: Buchanan 3-1