PINE GROVE — Eli Nabholz struck out 11 batters to beat the rain and lead Pottsville to a 4-0, five-inning victory over Pine Grove on Friday in a Schuylkill League Division I game at Stump Stadium.
Travis Blankenhorn tripled and had two RBIs for the Crimson Tide, while Eric Wapinsky added two hits, one a double.
Austin Fick struck out six batters for Pine Grove and had a hit for the Cards.
The two sides were scoreless after three innings before Pottsville tallied three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth before the rain fell to put the contest in the books.
The rest of Tuesday’s scheduled Schuylkill League baseball games were postponed by wet weather or poor field conditions.
Potts. (1-0, 1-0) 000 31 — 4 5 0
PG (0-1, 0-1) 000 00 — 0 3 1
Nabholz, Spehrley (5) and Hinchliffe; Fick and T. Levan. W — Nabholz (1-0). L — Fick (0-1).
HITS: Pottsville — Painter, Blankenhorn, Nabholz, Wapinsky 2. Pine Grove — Fick, Brown, D’Agostino.
2B — Painter, Wapinsky. 3B — Blankenhorn.
H.S. Softball
Pottsville 5
Pine Grove 3
PINE GROVE — Madison Garland’s two-run single in the fifth inning lifted the Crimson Tide to a victory in the Division I opener for both teams.
The game was called after six innings due to rain that made field conditions unplayable.
Mackenzie Hasenauer went 3-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored to lead Pine Grove. Hasenauer is 6-for-6 in two games this season.
The rest of Tuesday’s scheduled Schuylkill League softball games were postponed by wet weather or poor field conditions.
Potts. (2-1, 1-0) 210 020 — 5 5 0
PG (1-1, 0-1) 201 000 — 3 7 5
Tobin and Dusel; Schach and Wolff. W — Tobin (2-0). L — Schach (0-1).
HITS: Pottsville — Mi. Garland, Horvath, Tobin, Ma. Garland 2. Pine Grove — Hasenauer 3, Kaufman, Sleva, Whitman, Hatter.
2B — Horvath, Tobin. 3B — Hasenauer, Sleva.
Boys’ Volleyball
Daniel Boone 3
Pottsville 0
BIRDSBORO — Kory Kleckner posted four kills for Pottsville in its 25-11, 25-10, 25-15 loss to Daniel Boone in a Berks Section I match.
Kyle Brennan served three aces and Justin Abdo had two kills for Pottsville (0-5, 0-4 Berks I).
Cameron Conkle had nine kills and five digs for Daniel Boone.
Daniel Boone won the JV match in a two-set sweep.
Schuylkill County
Charity Bowl set for April 10 at PSU
The annual Schuylkill County Senior Charity Bowl all-star basketball games will be held Friday, April 10, at Penn State Schuylkill.
The girls’ game will begin at 7 p.m., followed by the boys’ game.
Senior players from Mahanoy Area, Marian, Minersville, North Schuylkill, Panther Valley, Shenandoah Valley and Tamaqua will comprise the North teams, while seniors from Blue Mountain, Nativity, Pine Grove, Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven, Tri-Valley and Williams Valley will represent the South.
The North girls’ team will be coached by Shenandoah Valley’s Chris Conroy and his staff, while the South girls’ squad will be guided by Tri-Valley’s Clark Romberger and his staff.
Tamaqua’s Caszy Kosciolek and his staff will coach the North boys, while Pottsville’s Dave Mullaney and his staff will direct the South boys.
Local wrestlers
advance to PAWFs
Pottsville hosted its annual Freestyle and Greco-Roman Qualifier on Saturday at Martz Hall.
The top four placewinners in each bracket qualified for the PAWF State Championships to be held May 15-17 at Chambersburg High School. The event included wrestlers from Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Mason Manville, who won a silver medal at the Youth Olympics last year, also competed. The overall number of competitors was a big increase from last season.
Here is a list of area wrestlers who have qualified for the PAWF State Championships. Full results can be found at www.usapawf.com.
Tide Mat Club
• Bantam — Nick Sukeena, Garrett Leitzel, Stephen Karinch, Terrell McFarland and Brayden Evans;
• Intermediate — Carter Deitrich, Connor Demcher, Nick Kunstek and Liam Scrivanich;
• Novice — Parrish McFarland, Gabe Heaney, Bryce Shappell and Grant Lapachinsky;
• Schoolboy — Raven Womer, Chase Esterline and Bryce Gonzalez;
• Cadet — Nick Onea, Colin Fegley and Mike Saint Juste
• Junior — Ryan Green, Willy Girard, Richie Bentz, Ty Hinkle, Nolan Fegley, Kolby Kleckner and Cyle Hinson.
Other local wrestlers
• Novice — Kole Biscoe and Dalton Monger;
• Schoolboy — Wiley Kahler, Pierce Demetriades and Luke Englert;
• Cadet — Tanner McHugh, Jake Carpenter and Wyatt Kahler;
• Junior — Brett Rebuck.
Blue Mountain youth
places 6th in Jersey
Matheson Bair, Orwigsburg, placed sixth out of 118 swimmers in the boys’ 10-and-under 50-yard freestyle at the Middle Atlantic Silver Championship meet held Saturday and Sunday at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell, New Jersey.
The meet was hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club and held under the sanction of Middle Atlantic and USA Swimming.
The son of Gary Bair II, Auburn, and Pam and Jerry Hopstetter, Orwigsburg, Matheson was clocked in a personal-best time of 31.40 seconds.
Bair met the qualifying times for the meet in the boys’ 9-10-year-old 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke events at two previous Middle Atlantic-sanctioned meets.
Aside from his USA Swimming independent affiliation, Bair swims for the Blue Mountain Sharks and is coached by Pete Sarnes, Lauren Hricisak and Glen Belmont.
Senior Charity Bowl Rosters
Games Friday, April 10, at Penn State Schuylkill
NORTH GIRLS
Erin Davidson Mahanoy Area
Paige Demetriades Tamaqua
Carly Gregas North Schuylkill
Leanne Long North Schuylkill
Macey Markovich Panther Valley
Nina Marone North Schuylkill
Kristina Nieddu Shenandoah Valley
Abigail Snitzer Shenandoah Valley
Vanessa Solt Tamaqua
Chase Stokes North Schuylkill
Taylor Vance Panther Valley
Abbey Whildin Marian
Coaches — Chris Conroy, Mark Mikita, Nina Tedesco, Shenandoah Valley
SOUTH GIRLS
Olivia Connors Pottsville
Nicole Eckley Pottsville
Maddie Connors Blue Mountain
Taylor Header Tri-Valley
Haley Nestor Williams Valley
Hannah Nestor Williams Valley
Madison Scheib Tri-Valley
Emma Schweigert Schuylkill Haven
Emily Smith Blue Mountain
Emily Steinhilber Blue Mountain
Keegan White Schuylkill Haven
Brittanie Whitman Pine Grove
Hayley Wolff Pine Grove
Coaches — Clark Romberger, Rick Otto, Mike Romberger, Tri-Valley
NORTH BOYS
Connor Carney North Schuylkill
Chad Dubosky Panther Valley
Collin Hashin Minersville
Justin Heaton North Schuylkill
Brett Kosciolek Tamaqua
Nate MacDonald Tamaqua
John Mercado North Schuylkill
Brian Miller Mahanoy Area
Bo Rottet Tamaqua
Spencer Tobin Minersville
Ethan Vermillion Panther Valley
Nick Wesner Marian
Coaches — Caszy Kosciolek, J.C. Dietz, Mike Murphy, Tamaqua
SOUTH BOYS
Travis Blankenhorn Pottsville
Danny Blugis Schuylkill Haven
Kobe D’Agostino Pine Grove
Connor Hinchliffe Pottsville
Cody Miller Williams Valley
Eli Nabholz Pottsville
Ty Painter Pottsville
Dominic Piccioni Nativity
Dean Stramara Blue Mountain
Zavier Webb Schuylkill Haven
Jeff Yordy Nativity
Jericho Zemencik Tri-Valley
Coaches — Dave Mullaney, John Toomey, Tim Coyle, Tom McGeoy, Pottsville