ORWIGSBURG - Orwigsburg controls its District 24 Little League playoff fate.
Dylan Biever hit a grand slam as Orwigsburg downed Schuylkill Haven 10-4 on Wednesday in the completion of their 11-12-year-old Pool 2 game that was suspended June 28.
Orwigsburg (1-2) can earn the second playoff spot in Pool 2 by beating Pottsville Rotary (1-2) on Friday. Should Rotary win, Schuylkill Haven (2-2) would advance.
Orwigsburg led 5-2 when a torrential downpour suspended the game in the fourth inning. When play resumed Wednesday, Schuylkill Haven loaded the bases but could not score.
In the top of the fifth, Jacob Kluge, Jarrett Butz and Jake Hendricks singled to load the bases, and Biever followed with a line-drive grand slam over the left-field fence to put Orwigsburg up 9-2.
Jake Luckenbill hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth for Schuylkill Haven before Nate Dixon had an RBI single for Orwigsburg in the sixth to set the final margin.
Kaleb Sophy recorded six strikeouts to get the win for Orwigsburg, while Mike DeHaven tossed 1.2 innings of relief.
9-10 Baseball Ashland 14 Mahanoy City 1
MAHANOY CITY - Jonas McGrath hit a bases-loaded triple as part of a seven-run second inning to lead Ashland to a four-inning win over Mahanoy City in a Pool 3 game Tuesday.
Tanner Walacavage and Gavin Whalen each had a two-hit game for Ashland. Brady Wagner collected Mahanoy City's lone RBI in the third inning.
11-12 Softball Minersville 5 Potter-McKeon 4
LOCK HAVEN - Carly Gerenda hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the sixth inning to keep Minersville alive in the losers' bracket of the 11-12-year-old Section 3 Tournament.
Minersville, which lost its opener Tuesday, moves on to play Clinton today in an elimination game.
Minersville tied the score in the sixth inning on a bunt single by Gabrielle Usalis.
Maggie Wigoda and Theresa Tellez also had RBI hits for Minersville.
Senior Legion Oley/Topton 6 Hamburg 1
HAMBURG - Luke Erb had two hits and the Patriots scored five runs in the fifth to pull away from the Reds in a Schuylkill-Berks Senior Legion South Division game.