Staff photo / Dan Hiner. Boardman pitcher Collin Resetar delivers during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against Warren JFK in Warren. Resetar threw his first career no-hitter against the Eagles.

WARREN — The ball was hit to third base. A Tyler Kirlik throw to first ended the game, and Boardman pitcher Collin Resetar calmly walked off the field to greet his teammates near the dugout.

Fans might not notice it by his reaction, but Resetar threw his first career no-hitter on Wednesday in an 11-1 win over Warren JFK.

“You don’t want to jinx it, because then it usually happens,” Resetar said.

The Boardman junior allowed one walk and hit a batter. An error in the fifth was the reason the Eagles got on the board and accounted for JFK’s third and final base runner of the game.

Resetar said it’s relaxing to pitch with the lead, and after two scoreless innings, his Spartan teammates finally broke through.

Vince Butto, Grayson Eicher and Kirlik each drew walks to start the top of the third for the Spartans (9-3) to load the bases. Landon Whippo opened the scoring with a two-RBI single, and Boardman’s lineup found its groove.

Ivan Rudiak reached on a fielder’s choice and stole second to get into scoring position. Mason Nawrocki stretched the Boardman lead to 4-0 with a two-run single to left, scoring Kirlik and Rudiak. Then Kaden Mayhew and Tommy Varley singled to load the bases once again.

A popup on the infield by Butto wasn’t communicated properly between the JFK infielders and fell in front of the mound, resulting in a two-run single. Eicher added an RBI single to round out the scoring in the third, making it a 7-0 game.

“We did a lot of good things,” Boardman head coach Joe Lendak said. “Taking the ball, hitting it where it’s pitched, putting the ball in play, and you see what happens. Things go kinda well when the offense gets rollin’ and you’re pitching from ahead, and the whole team starts rolling a little bit.”

Boardman tried getting into run-rule territory in the fifth. LJ Norvell singled to left and Butto drew a one-out walk. Eicher made it a 9-0 lead with a two-RBI double to the wall in the left-center gap, but he was thrown out at home plate on a flyout to left field to end the frame.

Resetar lost the shutout bid after hitting Lucas Mealy with a pitch. An overthrow to first base with two outs got the Eagles (6-6) on the board as Mealy scored the unearned run.

The Spartans got the run back, however, in the sixth. Thomas Ramovs was hit by a pitch and came across on a fielding error at shortstop, allowing Mayhew to reach. Then Mayhew also scored on a throwing error in the next at-bat to put the Spartans up 11-1.

Taggart Carfangia took the loss for the Eagles. He allowed seven runs on seven hits and four walks. He struck out two in three-plus innings pitched.

“We gotta flush this,” Kennedy head coach Jim Ciambotti said. “I told the guys, 24 hours ago, you’re on top of the world, and today … we’re facing this situation. That’s baseball. You gotta flush it and move on tomorrow.”

Wednesday’s performance was Resetar’s first career no-hitter. He came close as a freshman against Warren G. Harding, but the Raiders managed to get an infield hit.

But now he can say he accomplished the feat. He got to keep the ball he threw for the final out, and he calmly walked back off the field when leaving the park, with the same disposition he had at the end of the game.

“I just got into a groove after the first inning, and my defense helped me a lot,” Resetar said. “I didn’t have my offspeed today, but I pitched the best I could.”