Cornwall baseball fires combined no-hitter, reaches Class AA semifinals
Charles Rourke and Sage Caeser no-hit Rye as Cornwall rolled 9-0 and moved into the Class AA state semifinals. The Dragons stayed unbeaten at 24-0.
A combined no-hitter turned Cornwall’s playoff night at Cantine Field into a statement far beyond one quarterfinal win. Charles Rourke and Sage Caeser shut down Section 1 champion Rye, and Cornwall left Saugerties with a 9-0 victory that pushed the Dragons into the Class AA state semifinals.
Rourke worked the first four innings and Caeser finished the final three, with Cornwall striking out nine Rye batters and never letting the Garnets build any momentum. Rye came in at 19-7 and owned the Section 1 title, but Cornwall held it without a hit while collecting 14 hits of its own in a game that was over long before the final out.
The Dragons broke through with three runs in the second inning, then kept stretching the margin with runs in the fifth and sixth. Matt Finn, Aaden Hershberger, Richie Roohan and Tyler Maus each drove in a run with RBI singles, and Caeser added a two-run double in the sixth to finish the scoring. The balance of the lineup mattered as much as the pitching; Cornwall did not lean on one swing or one inning to get the result.
The win extended Cornwall’s perfect season to 24-0 and kept the Dragons ranked No. 1 in Class AA. It also came one week after Cornwall edged Goshen 2-1 for the Section 9 Class AA championship at Cantine Field, when Caeser delivered the go-ahead RBI single. That sectional title already marked Cornwall as the county’s team to beat; the no-hitter over Rye made the point again on a bigger stage.
Cornwall’s path now pointed to the Class AA semifinal round at Union-Endicott High School in the Binghamton area, with the bracket set for June 12. The Dragons also carried some history into that matchup: NYSPHSAA records show Cornwall won the Class AA state championship in 2012, giving this run a direct link to a program that has reached the top before.
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