Max Selders launches a three-run blast to walk it off in the bottom of the fifth inning. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Vikings coach Ben Evick celebrated his 275th victory at Cape with the Laurel win.
Jack Simeone picked up the win on the mound, going four innings, allowing one earned run while striking out four.
Cape sophomore Joe Ruark goes yard with a two-run homer.
The Cape bench welcomes Joe Ruark after his two-run homer.
Cape senior Emmett Wheatley stirs up some dust as he slides into third.
Robbie Payton delivers to the plate in the top of the fifth.
Cape’s Dom Mangini delivers one of his two hits in the game.
Cape’s Nick Clampitt scores a run.
Jack Simeone picked up the win on the mound.
Max Selders launches a three-run blast to walk it off in the bottom of the fifth inning. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Vikings coach Ben Evick celebrated his 275th victory at Cape with the Laurel win.
Jack Simeone picked up the win on the mound, going four innings, allowing one earned run while striking out four.
Cape sophomore Joe Ruark goes yard with a two-run homer.
The Cape bench welcomes Joe Ruark after his two-run homer.
Cape senior Emmett Wheatley stirs up some dust as he slides into third.
Robbie Payton delivers to the plate in the top of the fifth.
Cape’s Dom Mangini delivers one of his two hits in the game.
Cape’s Nick Clampitt scores a run.
Jack Simeone picked up the win on the mound.Cape senior Max Selders delivered a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to propel the Vikings to a 15-5 mercy-rule victory over visiting Laurel April 23 at Chris Short Field.
The victory was coach Ben Evick’s 275th win at Cape.
The teams were tied 2–2 heading into the fourth inning before the Vikings erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the frame to take control.
Just three outs away from ending the game, Cape saw Laurel respond with three runs in the top of the fifth to extend play. But with two runners on, Selders put an emphatic end to it, driving a pitch deep to left-center field for a walk-off three-run homer that sealed the 10-run victory.
“I took one big swing at it,” said Selders. “I settled my sights on it and drove it out. It was great rounding the bases and seeing my teammates cheering. It was a great day.”
Cape junior Jack Simeone earned the win on the mound, pitching four innings while allowing one earned run and striking out four. He also contributed at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double.
Trizton Willey went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and two RBIs, while Dom Mangini and Trey Dickinson each added two hits. Joe Ruark also homered, blasting a two-run shot earlier in the game.
“We were confident going into the fifth inning,” said Evick. “Laurel doesn’t quit, and they kept playing hard. We got a couple on base, and Max came through with a big swing to finish it.”
Cape fell to Sallies 5-2 at Salesianum’s Fusco Fields in Wilmington. The Vikings are now 8-2 on the season.
Sallies outhit the Vikings 12-5.
The Vikings’ two runs resulted from a walk and a steal by Willey and then back-to-back hits by Simeone and Aaden Johnson in the fifth inning.
Cape travels to Smyrna Tuesday, April 28, to face the 6-2 Eagles.
Max Selders launches a three-run blast to walk it off in the bottom of the fifth inning. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Vikings coach Ben Evick celebrated his 275th victory at Cape with the Laurel win.
Jack Simeone picked up the win on the mound, going four innings, allowing one earned run while striking out four.
Cape sophomore Joe Ruark goes yard with a two-run homer.
The Cape bench welcomes Joe Ruark after his two-run homer.
Cape senior Emmett Wheatley stirs up some dust as he slides into third.
Robbie Payton delivers to the plate in the top of the fifth.
Cape’s Dom Mangini delivers one of his two hits in the game.
Cape’s Nick Clampitt scores a run.
Jack Simeone picked up the win on the mound.



