PINE GROVE — Taylor Fritz’s groundout in the top of the seventh inning sent home the go-ahead run as Tamaqua rallied and held off Pine Grove 3-2 for a Schuylkill League Division I triumph Friday afternoon.
Bailey Pedersen led off with a single, then a hit batter and a bunt that stayed fair loaded the bases for Lynn Kistler’s RBI single. Shayna Dietrich followed with an RBI groundout before Fritz knocked in the winning run.
Pine Grove took a 2-0 lead when Mackenzie Hasenauer and Hayley Wolff each hit RBI singles.
Trailing 3-2 with one out in the seventh, Pine Grove got a single before Pedersen recorded a strikeout for the second out. Hasenauer followed with a hot shot to the hole. The ball hit the baserunner to end the game.
Tam (8-1, 6-1) 000 000 3 — 3 6 0
PG (6-4, 3-3) 002 000 0 — 2 8 3
Pedersen and Sassaman; Schach, Becher (7) and Wolff. W — Pedersen (7-1). L — Schach (5-3).
HITS: Tamaqua — Kistler 3, Joseph, Pedersen, Hoffman. Pine Grove — Hasenauer 2, Kaufman 2, Wolff, Hatter, Whitman, Schach.
Schuylkill Haven 11
Weatherly 0
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Kassidy Svenson tossed her first career no-hitter, striking out six over five innings, as the Hurricanes shut out the Wreckers in a Division II-III crossover.
Emma Schweigert backed Svenson at the plate with a two-run home run in the second inning. She finished with four RBIs. Megan Ditzler added a two-run triple in the frame.
Wea (4-2, 2-2) 000 00 — 0 0 4
SH (5-6, 2-4) 250 4x — 11 9 1
Parker and Maiello; Svenson and Personette. W — Svenson (5-5). L — Parker (0-1).
HITS: Weatherly — None. Schuylkill Haven — Ditzler, Bayliff 2, Schweigert 3, Personette, Wagner, Reichert.
2B — Schweigert, Wagner. 3B — Ditzler. HR — Schweigert.
Blue Mountain 16
Lourdes 0
MOUNT CARMEL — Erika Gerace tossed a perfect game, striking out six, as the Eagles blanked the Red Raiders in four innings in a Division I contest.
Catherine Washko hit a two-run triple in the second inning as Blue Mountain built an 11-0 advantage. Gerace and Sydney Spotts finished with two RBIs apiece.
BM (5-4, 3-4) 653 2 — 16 11 0
Lou (1-7, 1-6) 000 0 — 0 0 8
E. Gerace and Labe; Miller, Giles (3) and C. Funk. W — E. Gerace (2-3). L — Miller (1-7).
HITS: Blue Mountain — Renninger 2, Bowers, Labe, Skoff, Holler 2, Washko, E. Gerace, Hoynoski 2. Lourdes — None.
2B — Skoff. 3B — Washko.
Pottsville 10
Lehighton 0
Micki Garland slugged a two-run homer over the center-field fence to cap Pottsville’s 10-run rule, Division I win over Lehighton. Garland finished 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs.
Kendra Boris went 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs for the Crimson Tide. Her two-run single in the fourth inning gave Pottsville breathing room at 6-0.
Leh (4-6, 2-5) 000 000 — 0 4 5
Po (7-2, 6-0) 310 204 — 10 9 2
Bickert and Andrews; Tobin, Moran (4) and Ma. Garland. W — Tobin (5-1). L — Bickert (1-5).
HITS: Lehighton — Miller 2, Greene, Guzenski. Pottsville — Dusel, Boris 2, Mi. Garland 2, Setlock, Coyle, Tobin, Moran.
2B — Dusel. HR — Mi. Garland.
Minersville 15
Marian 0
MINERSVILLE — Meg Schwalm hit two home runs, half of her team’s four in the game, as Minersville dominated Marian in a three-inning, Division II-III crossover game.
Schwalm hit a three-run home run in the Miners’ eight-run first inning. She and Alli Polinsky then hit back-to-back solo home runs in the second inning. Adrienne Kroznuskie added a solo home run in the six-run, second-inning rally.
Mar (5-3, 3-2) 000 — 0 1 1
Min (5-2, 4-1) 861 — 15 16 0
Shaud, Joy (2) and Salerno; Bentz and Polinsky, Kroznuskie (3). W — Bentz (3-0). L — Shaud (4-3).
HITS: Marian — Joy. Minersville — Kroznuskie 2, Snyder 2, Bentz, Mealey 2, Sterner, Schwalm 2, Polinsky 3, Ebert, Schoffstall 2.
2B — Joy, Schoffstall. 3B — Polinsky. HR — Kroznuskie, Schwalm 2, Polinsky.
Williams Valley 11
Mahanoy Area 1
TOWER CITY — Kyrsten Miller slammed a three-run home run in the sixth inning to clinch the Vikings’ Division II-III victory.
Rayanne Hawk hit a two-run homer and Kate Whelski added a solo shot — her fifth home run of the season — for Williams Valley. Maura Kreiser contributed two singles and a double to the 13-hit attack.
MA (3-4, 2-2) 000 01 — 1 4 0
WV (11-1, 5-1) 232 13 — 11 13 1
E. Bruce and H. Bruce; Yanoscak, Updegrove (5) and Kreiser . W — Yanoscak (7-1). L — E. Bruce (2-4).
HITS: Mahanoy Area — H. Bruce 2, Malacusky, Rago. Williams Valley — Han. Nestor, Hawk 2, Yanoscak 2, Whelski 2, Kreiser 3, Whitcomb, Miller 2.
2B — Kreiser. HR — Hawk, Whelski, Miller.
Nativity 20
Shenandoah Valley 4
SHENANDOAH — Freshman Madison Clarke hit a three-run home run to right-center field in the third inning as the Green Wave’s offense exploded for 20 runs in a four-inning rout of the Blue Devils in a Division II-III crossover.
Jocelyn Holobetz, Rachael Souchak, Maddyson Melochick and Cierra Zelanko added two RBIs apiece as Nativity finished the afternoon with 16 hits.
Nat (4-3, 2-3) 296 3 — 20 16 1
SV (3-8, 1-5) 301 0 — 4 6 6
Miske and Melochick; Bonk and Mentusky. W — Miske (1-0). L — Bonk (3-5).
HITS: Nativity — Melochick 3, Riegel 3, Palko 2, Souchak 2, Holobetz 2, Miske, Zelanko, McCloskey, Clarke. Shenandoah Valley — Moncrief 2, Burke, Monahan, Bonk, Smulligan.
2B — Souchak, Holobetz, Zelanko. HR — Clarke.
North Schuylkill 13
Jim Thorpe 0
JIM THORPE — Tiff Lapotsky hit a pair of home runs and added a triple as the Spartans routed the Olympians in five innings in a Division I contest.
NS (7-1, 5-1) 122 44 — 13 12 0
JT (0-9, 0-6) 000 00 — 0 2 6
Hutira and Peleschak; Day, Hoherchak (4), Holloway (5) and Marzen. W — Hutira (2-0). L — Day (0-1).
LEADING HITTERS: North Schuylkill — Lapotsky 3, Schally 2, Stokes 2. Jim Thorpe — Marzen, Detweiler.
2B — Marzen. 3B — Lapotsky. HR — Lapotsky 2.
Tri-Valley 15
Panther Valley 0
HEGINS — Wendy Header ripped a two-run home run in the second inning as the Dawgs thumped the Panthers in a Division II-III crossover in three innings.
Cat Troutman added a two-run double in the second for Tri-Valley, which got two hits apiece from Header, Taryn Wilson and Kat Sherry.
PV (1-6, 0-5) 000 — 0 1 4
TV (9-1, 5-1) 564 — 15 14 1
Hoffman and Rodriguez; Wilson, Romberger (3) and C. Troutman. W — Wilson (9-1). L — Hoffman (1-4).
HITS: Panther Valley — Marouchoc. Tri-Valley — W. Header 2, T. Header, Boyer, Horn, Underkoffler, Wilson 2, Troutman, Geist, Sherry 2, Schwalm, Otto.
2B — Horn, Underkoffler, Troutman. HR — W. Header.
Conrad Weiser 6
Hamburg 0
HAMBURG — Brianna Pichler hit a solo home run in the seventh inning, finishing with three RBIs, as the Scouts shut out the Hawks in a Berks II contest.
CW (8-0, 4-0) 000 050 1 — 6 10 2
H (6-6, 2-3) 000 000 0 — 0 3 1
Miller and Price; Lesher and Shollenberger. W — Miller. L — Lesher (6-6).
HITS: Conrad Weiser — Ferko, Miller 2, Sassman, E. Price 2, Pichler 2, Potthoff, R. Price. Hamburg — Blatt, Lutz, Strausser.
2B — E. Price, Blatt. 3B — Ferko. HR — Pichler.