With an 8-7 win over Hamburg this weekend, the Orchard Park baseball team advances to the Section VI Class AA championship against Clarence to be held at Sal Maglie Stadium in Niagara Falls on Tuesday, June 1 at 4:30 p.m.

The Quakers jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings. A.J. Witkowski hit a three-run inside-the-park homerun in the bottom of the first inning. Dylan Baun connected on a 3-run double in the bottom of the second.

Hamburg came back to within one run by scoring thrice in the top of the sixth, but were shut down in the seventh by Witkowski, who got two quicks out and a strikeout to finish off the Bulldogs.

(James Goller is the publisher of OrchardParkSports.com)