FINAL in the GEORGETOWN CUP CHAMPIONSHIP: Canisius 9, Nichols 0.
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Max Bahr '27 of Orchard Park threw a strike to first to finish off his one-hitter as the Crusaders cruised to a title-clinching Game Three victory and the Monsignor Martin Athletic Association championship Saturday afternoon.
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CHS, which won the last two games of the series to win the title, heads to the Catholic state championship in New York City on June 13-14.
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Bahr struck out six, walked just two and pitched no-hit ball all the way to the sixth inning.
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Canisius jumped out with one run in the first, took control with four runs in the second and made it a rout with four more in the fourth.
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Luke Golembiewski '28 of East Aurora was 2 for 4 with three RBIs wile
Justin Ostempowski '26 had a bases-clearing double for three RBIs as eight Crusaders were in on the 10-hit performance.
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Jack Ganci '25 of Buffalo (two RBIs) and
Gavin Eynon '25 of Hamburg each scored two runs while Bahr and
David Cloyd '25 of West Seneca each walked twice. CHS batters worked six walks and only struck out two times.
Canisius takes on Long Island champion Kellenberg in the New York State Catholic High Schools Athletic Association semifinals at 4 p.m. Friday at Jack Kaiser Stadium at St. John's University in Queens.
The second semifinal at 7 p.m. has NYC winner Iona Prep meeting Brooklyn/Queens champion Archbishop Molloy. The state championship game is at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Students and families interested in CHS Baseball and the excellence only found in a Jesuit education at Canisius – ranked as Buffalo's "Best Catholic School" by Business First – can learn more by arranging an on-campus experience via canisiushigh.org/visit
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