Sophomore left fielder Jake Thomas belted two two-run homers, and the Binghamton baseball team took Saturday’s series finale against Albany, 10-3, at Varsity Field.

With the victory, the Bearcats (27-22, 16-13 America East) won the three-game set and secured the No. 2 seed in next week’s America East tournament, dropping Albany (23-23-1, 16-14 AE) to the No. 3 spot.

Thomas, who went 5-for-9 with five RBIs on the weekend, delivered his first shot with one out in the first inning, giving Binghamton a 2-0 lead. Albany answered with a run in the first, but Thomas homered in the third to put the Bearcats ahead 4-1.

Binghamton added two more in the fifth before blowing the game open with a four-run eighth inning.

Senior starter Jay Lynch, who improved to 6-4, allowed one earned run in four innings, while freshman pitcher Jake Cryts tossed three scoreless innings of relief.

Junior center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz, sophomore right fielder Zach Blanden and junior first baseman Brian Ruby each had two hits, while Thomas finished with three.

Binghamton took Friday’s series opener, 3-2, in nine innings after battling back from a 2-0 first-inning deficit.

After Bereszniewicz, the No. 9 hitter, singled and stole second to start the top of the ninth, the Bearcats’ top of the order had the go-ahead run in scoring position with no outs. Blanden worked a walk, freshman third baseman David Schanz laid down a sacrifice bunt and Thomas drew an intentional walk to load the bases.

With two outs, Albany sophomore pitcher Cameron Sorgie threw a wild pitch, allowing Bereszniewicz to cross the plate with the go-ahead run.

BU sophomore pitcher Greg Ostner, who tossed five scoreless innings in relief, nailed down the win, disposing a two-out single with a game-ending groundout.

Blanden, Schanz and Ruby each went 2-for-4.

In Friday’s nightcap, Binghamton plated two runs with two outs in the fifth inning to take a 4-3 lead, as Ruby scored on a wild pitch after doubling in Thomas. But Albany responded with a run in the fifth and sixth innings to command a 5-4 advantage heading into the

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I’m so looking forward to WkPM, returning to it’s roots.

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Damage shows how an oncoming train scraped against one car before tearing into the next when an eastbound train derailed near the Bridgeport-Fairfield line Friday, May 17. The last of the damaged cars were removed Sunday, May 19. (John Kovach Photo)

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Positive Movement was allocated $1,500 from SCRF to purchase a $2,000 camera.  The club will spend $500 of their own money to make up the difference. The bill passed 20-2.

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The special Town Meeting will take plae at Fowler Middle School, 3 Tiger Drive, at 1 p.m. Check-in starts at noon.

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A Pleasureville man has been charged with an alleged machete-attack.

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The cause of a fire that left the single-family home at 206 Myrtle St. in Ashland uninhabitable Sunday afternoon is under investigation by local police and fire personnel, as well as the state fire marshal’s office.

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Chisago Lakes Lions hosts annual festival Saturday

Kat Ladwig
Sports Editor

The Chisago Lakes Lions Club is hosting its fourth annual Carp Festival and bow fishing tournament this Saturday, May 18, in Chisago City.

A 5K walk and run will begin at 10 a.m. to kick off the festivities organized to help control the growing carp population in area lakes.

Event coordinator Steve Levey highlighted the need to keep the carp in check to improve water quality and lake ecosystems from the damage carp cause if left uncontrolled, but area residents might as well have fun at the same time.

“This is a carp festival, so we aren’t into formal wear and black ties,” Levey said. “Those attending the festival are welcome to dress accordingly, it is a carp festival after all, and ‘Minnesota redneck’ is the suggested dress code for anyone wishing to attend.  We believe our carp are uglier than any eelpout ever born, and we can have the same amount of fun without the snow and the cold of winter.”

Levey also pointed out that despite the spawning period being delayed due to cold weather, the number of carp available will continue to rise with the warm weather leading up to the tournament. He hopes each boat brings in more than one hundred carp.

The one-day festival will be held at Frankies Marine, the main sponsor for the bow fishing competition. This year will be the first competition that will be strictly bow fishing, and it will be an overnight event starting at 10 p.m. and ending at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

New lakes have been added to this year’s tournament waters: Comfort, Big/Little Green, North/South Lindstrom, Chisago, Sunrise and North/South Center Lakes. Entrance fees are $150 per boat, which will be returned to contestants as prize money along with three new boats that were donated for the cause by G3. Cash prizes will be awarded for the three biggest carp (by weight) and the top 10 boats with the most carp (by number).

For more information, contact Steve Levey at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at 651-257-6334.

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Former Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones discussed his path to becoming a professional baseball player and the challenges he faced on and off the field throughout his career at this year’s Class Day on Thursday, May 9.

Jones played for the Braves for 19 seasons, finishing his career in 2012 with a .303 batting average and 468 home runs. He is the only switch hitter in Major League Baseball history to hit higher than a .300 and more than 400 home runs in his career.

Jones walked up to the stage accompanied by his “walk-up” music and joked that as a “dumb jock” he had no business being at Emory.

“Well, it’s a tremendous honor,” Jones said. “I mean, when the graduating class votes to have you come, that shouldn’t be taken lightly.”

As he began his speech, he said he had no set agenda in mind.

“Everyone always asks me what I am going to talk about when I come up here,” he said. “To be honest with you I prefer just winging it.”

Jones was awarded the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1999 and helped lead the Braves to a record 11 consecutive National League East Division championships — the first being in the 1995 season, which ended in a World Series win, and the last coming in 2005. This year is Jones’ first season of retirement.

“Quite frankly, I’m retired now,” Jones said in an interview after the speech. “If I was playing baseball, I wouldn’t be able to [come to Emory], but I have the time. I love talking to young people. I love to influence someone here and there, because if you talk to enough people, you influence enough people. That’s a really, really good thing.”

Jones discussed his days growing up on a fern farm in DeLand, Fla., which he referred to as “fern country.” He credited his successes on and off the field to his parents’ work ethic and drive. Both of his parents as well as his girlfriend were in attendance at his speech.

During his career, he said during

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