Next up for the Marauders is a 5 p.m. Thursday semifinal date at No. 2 Depew, which beat No. 7 East Aurora 7-2 in another Tuesday quarterfinal.

Tyler Karin and Paul Trippy III reached base to open the bottom of the first inning before Corbett’s one-out blast.

“We were pumped up,” Dunkirk head coach Frank Jagoda said. “Coming out and having Brady hit that three-run homer off the start just ignited us. It was a big advantage to get up 3-0.”

Donny Jackson followed with a single before walks to Greg Orcutt and Anthony Piede loaded the bases. Zachary Zentz then hit a two-run single that got past Alden’s left fielder allowing Piede to also score on the play. Zentz wound up on second and scored on an RBI single by Karin.

OBSERVER Photo by Ashleigh Brown Fredonia shortstop Nathan Sercu makes a throw during Tuesday’s Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal against Eden in Fredonia.

Corbett finished with three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored.

“Just a super job by a senior to come out and play excellent baseball today,” Jagoda said.

Zentz threw all five innings, allowing three hits and three runs (one earned) while striking out six. He exceeded the pitch limit to be able to throw again Thursday by just two pitches.

“We’ll have Captain Karin on the mound with some relief pitchers that are ready to go,” Jagoda said. “They’ll be just as important as the guy on the mound to start the game.”

Karin, Jackson, Piede and Zentz all finished with two hits apiece for the Marauders.

“Nos. 1-9 we’re just doing well throughout the entire order,” Jagoda said. “We know we’re facing a good team with some solid pitching. I think we can match them on the mound, we just need to hit the ball.”

CASH TOSSES GEM

Matt Cash threw a six-inning complete-game one-hitter with five strikeouts and no walks as No. 4 Fredonia beat No. 5 Eden 11-1 in a Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal at Fredonia High School.

The Hillbillies jumped on top 5-0 in the first inning. Micah Davis worked a 10-pitch walk before Owen Rush and Ashton Putney both reached on errors to load the bases. Nathan Sercu then hit a three-run double and Brady Helmer hit an RBI single before stealing third and scoring on a throwing error.

Putney doubled and scored on a Sercu RBI single in the second inning while Helmer singled, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Matt Cowan groundout in the fourth inning.

The Raiders’ Connor Baker hit a sacrifice fly to make it 7-1 in the sixth inning before Fredonia ended the game with four more runs.

Eden’s lone hit came on a one-out single over Fredonia’s second baseman by Derek Zajac in the third inning. Matt Cowan was hit by a pitch before Cash and Davis walked to load the bases. Cowan then scored on a wild pitch before Rush walked to load the bases again. Putney and Sercu were hit by pitches to force in runs before Andrew Cowan hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to center field.

Sercu went 3 for 3 with a double, five RBIs and a run scored; Helmer was 3 for 4 with two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI; and Davis, Rush and Putney each scored twice.

The Hillbillies will host No. 8 Southwestern in a 5 p.m. semifinal Thursday at Fredonia High School. The teams split a pair of regular-season meetings with Fredonia winning 22-7 and Southwestern winning 4-2.

SOUTHWESTERN SURVIVES

SPRINGVILLE — Dustin Hendrix threw 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball, but No. 8 Southwestern faced some nervous moments in a 15-11 Section VI Class B2 quarterfinal win over No. 1 Springville/West Valley.

Hendrix threw the first five innings and left the mound with a 13-2 lead, but after the Trojans bullpen was able to get just two outs while allowing nine runs, Hendrix took over on the mound again and got the final four outs.

Southwestern led 6-0 after two innings and 11-0 after the top of the fifth.

Hendrix doubled and scored on George Marshall’s RBI single in the first inning.

In a five-run second inning, Oscar Harris singled and scored on Walker Perry’s RBI single; Hendrix hit a three-run double; and Jameson Walsh hit an RBI single.

The Griffins made it 13-11 in the bottom of the sixth inning before Hendrix got out of the inning with two runners on base with a groundball.

Marshall finished with three hits; Judd Harris had a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored; Hendrix had two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored; and Walsh had two hits and two runs scored.

BEARS EDGE TIMBERWOLVES

FREWSBURG — Maddox Sheesley went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, and also threw 5 1/3 innings of three-hit ball to lead No. 2 Frewsburg to a 6-3 Section VI Class C quarterfinal victory over No. 7 Cattaraugus-Little Valley at the Frewsburg Sports Complex.

Brayden Young walked and scored on Payton Bradley’s RBI double to open the game for the Timberwolves.

Chase Haglund, Payton Dustin and Garrett Brink hit consecutive singles to open the Bears’ half of the first inning before Mason Eckman and Vincent Sanfilippo hit RBI groundouts to take a 2-1 lead.

Frewsburg made it 3-1 in the second when Daniel Peterson led off with a triple and Harrison Eckert hit an RBI single.

Bradley reached on an error and eventually scored on a double steals in Cattaraugus-Little Valley’s half of the third inning.

Eckman walked to open the Frewsburg third inning and Sanfilippo singled before Sheesley hit an RBI single to make it 4-2.

Dustin scored on an error and Sheesley hit an RBI double to make it 6-2 in the fourth.

Nate Wolf took the loss for the Timberwolves, allowing six runs (four earned), eight hits and five walks while striking out two.

The Bears will host No. 3 Portville in a 5 p.m. semifinal Thursday after the Panthers beat No. 6 Wilson 6-0 in another Tuesday quarterfinal.

BARKER UPSETS RED DRAGONS

BEMUS POINT — After a relentless effort, No. 8 Barker managed to upset No. 1 Maple Grove 8-5 in the Section VI Class D quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Barker’s Aidan Voss pitched a complete game against the Red Dragons, giving up just seven hits.

“Voss pitched a heck of a game,” Maple Grove head coach Pete Pannes said. “He was the main reason we couldn’t get past them tonight. He is a nice ball player.”

The Raiders took it to the Red Dragons early, but Maple Grove did manage to figure out Voss eventually. Colin McPherson hit a two-run home run; Nash Luther hit a double and scored in the second inning; Connor Reagle had two hits, including a double, he scored once and had an RBI; and Drew Oste had a hit and an RBI.

Maple Grove (13-6-1) managed to take a 4-2 lead, but Barker battled back and took an eventual lead with Kolden McCall on the mound for the Red Dragons. McCall gave up eight hits and struck out eight batters.

“I’m proud of my guys and the way they battled,” Pannes added. “Barker played a really good game and they come from a good league. They were the aggressor and took it to us.”

The Raiders (2-16) were led on offense by Isaac Monaco with two hits and two runs scored.

ELLICOTTVILLE RALLIES IN 7TH

BROCTON — No. 5 Ellicottville needed just one run in the top of the seventh to tie No. 4 Brocton in the Section VI Class D quarterfinals.

Not only did the Eagles score the necessary one run, but they tacked on five in the frame to rally past the Bulldogs 11-7.

Ellicottville scored all of its runs in the first and seventh innings of the game. The Eagles worked four walks and a hit by pitch in the first inning and Emmett Jacobson-Coolidge knocked in two runs on a single to jump out to a 6-0 lead.

Jacobson-Coolidge finished the day 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs; Owen Chudy was 1 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored; Christian Swalcy went 2 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI; and Ian Zeher had a single and two RBIs.

Brocton (8-10) immediately responded in the next three innings with three runs in the bottom of the first, then two apiece in the second and third to take the 7-6 lead.

The Bulldogs were led by Austin McIntyre going 1 for 4 with two RBIs; Kadin Ehmke went 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored; and Aiden Gatto hit a double, had an RBI and scored once.

Caedon Wyatt pitched the whole game for the Eagles and claimed the win with five strikeouts and two earned runs against.

After five strong defensive innings, Brocton repeated the first inning in the seventh with several walks and hit batters to plate the five runs.

Ellicottville (6-12) will now host No. 8 Barker on Thursday at 5 p.m.

PITCHING PUTS GOWANDA IN SEMIS

GOWANDA — Cole Herman struck out eight batters and gave up just three hits to lead No. 1 Gowanda past No. 8 Chautauqua Lake 10-0 in a complete-game five-inning performance in the Section VI Class C quarterfinals.

“Pitching paved the way for us,” Gowanda head coach Tim Smith said. “That was the big difference, he got ahead of virtually every batter.”

Gowanda picked up early run support thanks to a leadoff triple from Blake Herman, which was followed up by an Alex Pachucinski RBI fielder’s choice. Pachucinski then went on to finish the game 2 for 4 with four RBIs. John Ondus later tripled and scored, while Carter Capozzi finished 1 for 3 with two RBIs.

Chautauqua Lake (7-12) had a trio of singles with both Lawson Ormsby and Brad Smith getting a hit. Nolan Olson pitched all five innings for the Thunderbirds and took the loss.

The top-seeded Panthers (17-2) will now host No. 4 Clymer/Sherman/Panama (14-4) on Thursday in a semifinal matchup.

“We went down to C/S/P two years ago and haven’t seen them since then,” Smith added. “I expect it to be one of the toughest games this year. We’re at the point in the season where if you let up, it’s the end of the year.”

WOLFPACK SCORES LATE TO WIN

CLYMER — No. 4 Clymer/Sherman/Panama was held off the score board for the first five innings, but that didn’t matter as three pitchers combined for a 4-0 one-hit shutout victory over No. 5 Holland in the Class C quarterfinals.

The Wolfpack’s (14-4) offense woke up in its final half-inning at the plate, scoring four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Gabe Roth started the game on the mound for the Wolfpack, going four innings, giving up one hit, three walks and striking out six. Austin White threw an inning in relief with two walks and a strikeout before Tate Catanese came in to close out the game.

Catanese struck out four in his two innings to claim the win.

The Wolfpack offense was led by Trent Burchanowski with a two-run double; Blake Kopta with an RBI triple; Grant Lictus, who was 2 for 3 with an RBI; and both White and Roth, who hit doubles.

Holland’s lone hit came off the bat of Frank Scharmach in the third inning. Scharmach was also on the mound all six innings for the Dutchmen (8-9) and struck out four, walked one and gave up four earned runs on nine hits.

LEGENDS ROLL RED RAIDERS

LANCASTER — No. 2 Lancaster rolled past No. 7 Jamestown 14-0 in the Section VI Class AA quarterfinals.

Lancaster (10-4-1) pitcher Jack Harrington threw four innings and struck out five batters on the way to victory. The Legends offense was led by Mike Schaefer with two doubles and three RBIs.

Jamestown (5-11) collected two hits in the loss with singles from Caleb Piazza and Xavier Foust.