HEGINS — For a while, it appeared Tri-Valley pitcher Taryn Wilson would have to work her way through Tamaqua’s lineup to preserve a slim lead Saturday.
Maddie Horn changed that in a hurry.
Horn hit an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning to lead the Dawgs to a 2-0 shutout over the Raiders in a non-league softball game at Hegins Park.
With Tri-Valley ahead 1-0, Horn’s drive tipped off the center fielder’s glove and rolled to the fence, allowing Horn to come all the way around to score.
Tri-Valley scored its first run in the second. Jordyn Ebersole reached base on a dropped bunt. After Kat Sherry bunted for a single, both runners advanced on a fielder’s choice. Ebersole scored on Megan Boyer’s fielder’s choice to short.
Horn and Sherry each had two hits for Tri-Valley. Wilson finished with a four-hit shutout, striking out seven.
Carly Sassaman had two hits for Tamaqua.
Tam (11-3) 000 000 0 — 0 4 3
TV (11-1) 010 010 x — 2 4 2
Pedersen and Sassaman; Wilson and Troutman. W — Wilson (11-1). L — Pedersen (10-3).
HITS: Tamaqua — Kistler, Sassaman 2, Hartung. Tri-Valley — Horn 2, Ebersole, Sherry 2.
HR — Horn.
Williams Valley 15
Marian 0
HOMETOWN — Hannah Nestor was 3-for-3 with four runs scored and two RBIs to lead the Vikings to a Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover victory.
Nestor’s three hits gave her 128 for her career, a new Williams Valley softball program record.
Rayanne Hawk and Kate Whelski added two hits apiece for the Vikings, who took a one-half game lead over Minersville and Tri-Valley in Division II. Kyrsten Miller, Kali Whitcomb and Caitlyn Pinchorski hit doubles for Williams Valley, which pounded out 15 hits.
Tianna Yanoscak and Pinchorski combined on a two hitter in the circle for the Vikes.
WV (14-1, 7-1) 352 5 — 15 15 0
Mar (6-5, 4-3) 000 0 — 0 2 1
Yanoscak, Pinchorski (4) and Kreiser; Shaud, Joy (3), Lencovich (4) and Salerno, Wimmer (4), Joy (4). W — Yanoscak (9-1). L — Shaud (6-4).
HITS: Williams Valley — Han. Nestor 3, Hawk 2, Thomas, Yanoscak, Updegrove, Whelski 2, Kreiser, Pinchorski, Miller, Boyer, Whitcomb. Marian — Antiga, Salerno.
2B — Hawk, Pinchorski, Miller, Whitcomb.
Marian 3, MMI 0
HOMETOWN — Bethany Shaud tossed a four-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts to lead Marian to a non-league win over MMI Prep.
Nicole Salerno and Shaud, who hit a pair of run-scoring singles, each had two hits for the Fillies.
MMI 000 000 0 — 0 4 2
Mar (7-5) 000 201 x — 3 6 0
Dinko and Maduro; Shaud and Salerno. W — Shaud (7-4). L — Dinko.
HITS: MMI Prep — Stanziola 2, Maduro, Famelette. Marian — Salerno 2, Shaud, Pearson, Wimmer.
Lourdes 10
Millville 5
MILLVILLE — Caity Funk and Mary Francis Komara each hit RBI singles during three-run rallies to lift Lourdes to a non-league victory over Millville.
Winning pitcher Shaylee Miller, who scattered six hits and struck out 11, helped her cause with a single, double and triple. JoAnna Davidson added three hits for Lourdes.
Lou (2-11) 301 113 1 — 10 9 2
Millville 010 011 3 — 5 6 5
Miller and Funk; Young and Whitenight. W — Miller (2-11). L — Young.
HITS: Lourdes — Funk, Dobson, Miller 3, Steinhart, Davidson 3, Komara. Millville — Bricker, Wahlnd, Wenner 2, Whitenight, McCarty.
2B — Miller, Wenner. 3B — Miller, Whitenight.
Panther Valley 13
Shenandoah Valley 3
LANSFORD — Hannah Hill tripled and singled and teammates Megan Marouchoc and Lexi Rodriguez each doubled as Panther Valley beat Shenandoah Valley in a non-league game.
Rodriguez and Grace Weng each had two hits for the Panthers, who scored seven times in the third inning of the five-inning game.
Marissa Szczyglak hit a double and single for Shenandoah Valley. Joie Monahan added two hits.
ShenVal (3-10) 010 02 — 3 9 3
PanVal (2-9) 002 74 — 13 12 3
Bonk, Petrushonis (5) and Mentusky; Hoffman and Rodriguez. W — Hoffman (2-5). L — Bonk (3-7).
HITS: Shenandoah Valley — Parker, Burke, Hierro, Szczyglak 2, Petrushonis, Gallo, Monahan 2. Panther Valley — Marouchoc, Ryan, Hill 2, Rodriguez 2, Picht, Mac. Lazar, Mary Lazar, Weng 2, Hoffman.
2B — Hierro, Szczyglak, Marouchoc, Rodriguez. 3B — Hill.
Jim Thorpe 8
Weatherly 2
JIM THORPE — Anna Fiducia posted three singles to lead Jim Thorpe to a non-league triumph over Weatherly.
The winners scored seven runs in the third and fourth innings to take command.
Ciara Miranda and Jada Hoherchak each tripled for the Olympians.
Kelly Parker doubled and singled for Weatherly.
Wea (5-5) 101 000 0 — 2 8 4
JT (2-11) 004 310 x — 8 10 2
Parker and Maiello; Holloway and Marzen. W — Holloway (2-6). L — Parker (1-2).
LEADING HITTERS: Weatherly — Parker 2, Kane. Jim Thorpe — Fiducia 3, Miranda, Hoherchak.
2B — Parker, Kane. 3B — Miranda, Hoherchak.
Lehighton 4
Saucon Valley 1
LEHIGHTON — Amanda Louden went 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead the Indians to a five-inning non-league victory over the Panthers.
Joclyn Hunsicker had two hits and a run scored for Lehighton, while Megan Okken finished 3-for-3 for Saucon Valley.
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Lehighton (7-6) 010 30 — 4 5 2
W — Bickert (4-5). L — Gubish.
LEADING HITTERS: Saucon — Okken 3. Lehighton — Louden 2, Hunsicker 2.
Teams share Blue
Mountain crown
ORWIGSBURG — Blue Mountain, Hamburg and Berks Catholic each won one game in the round-robin Blue Mountain Tournament.
In Berks Catholic’s 5-1 win over Blue Mountain, Amanda Labe, Lindsay LaScala and Catherine Washko each had two hits for Blue Mountain, while Jessica Kowalski drove home the Eagles’ run.
Hamburg then beat Berks Catholic 3-0 behind a five-hit shutout by Paige Lesher.
In Blue Mountain’s 1-0 shutout of Hamburg, winning pitcher Erika Gerace tossed a five-hitter, while Labe plated Hannah Bowers with the game’s lone run.
BC (12-1) 203 000 0 — 5 5 2
BM (6-6) 000 001 0 — 1 10 2
C. Wensel and Prinzo; Washko and Labe. W — C. Wensel. L — Washko (4-3).
HITS: Berks Catholic — C. Wensel, Miravich 2, Prinzo, Huddleson. Blue Mountain — Gerace, Labe 2, Skoff, Washko 2, Kowalski, Spotts, LaScala.
BM (7-6) 001 000 0 — 1 4 0
Ham (9-8) 000 000 0 — 0 5 0
Gerace and Skoff; Lesher and Shollenberger. W — Gerace (3-3). L — Lesher (9-8).
HITS: Blue Mountain — Kowalski, LaScala, Umbenhauer, Labe. Hamburg — Shirk, Lutz 2, Lesher, Blatt.
2B — Labe
Miners swept at
Cent. Columbia tourney
BLOOMSBURG — Alli Polinsky hit a pair of home runs, but Minersville lost both of its games in the Central Columbia Tournament.
Polinsky hit a third-inning, three-run homer in the opener against Berwick to give the Miners the lead, but the Bulldogs pulled away for a 15-8 victory.
Lindsey Snyder and Emily Mealey both had two hits and a triple in Game 1.
Polinsky tried to rally Minersville in the consolation game against Conwell-Egan with a seventh-inning home run, but the Eagles held on for a 3-2 victory.
Adrienne Kroznuskie had two hits in the consolation, one for a home run in the third inning.
Game 1
Berwick 320 343 0 — 15 13 0
Min. (8-3) 105 000 2 — 8 8 0
Levan and Strut; Bentz, Hammer (6) and Polinsky. W — Levan. L — Bentz (4-1).
HITS: Berwick — Lynn, Strut, Levan 2, Hummel 3, Pelly 2, Starr, Fry, Kitsock, Whitmire. Minersville — Kroznuskie, Snyder 2, Mealey 2, Sterner, Polinsky, Schoffstall.
2B — Hummel 2. 3B — Snyder, Mealey. HR — Polinsky.
Consolation
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Miners. (8-4) 001 000 1 — 2 6 1
Adams and McCough; Kroznuskie and Polinsky. W — Adams. L — Kroznuskie (2-3).
HITS: Conwell Egan — McCough 3, Murry 2, Adams 2, Porter. Minersville — Kroznuskie 2, Snyder, Mealey, Schwalm, Polinsky.
HR — McCough, Kroznuskie, Polinsky.
Emmaus 11
Pottsville 7
Cassie Burk had an RBI double and Erin Schmick hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning to lift the Hornets over the Crimson Tide in a non-league game.
Katie Deegan, Micki Garland, Rachel Coyle and Olivia Moran each had two hits for Pottsville. Garland had two doubles for two RBIs, while Coyle also had two RBIs.
Em (10-2) 002 050 004 — 11 10 1
Pt (10-4) 102 020 200 — 7 13 4
Rau, Mohr (9) and Clark; Moran and Ma. Garland. W — Rau. L — Moran (3-2).
HITS: Emmaus — O’Donald 2, Burk 2, Rau, Schmick, Wippel 3, Clark. Pottsville — Deegan 2, Ma. Garland, Mi. Garland 2, Horvath, Setlock, Coyle 2, Moran 2, Marx, Boris.
2B — Burk, Rau, Ma. Garland, Mi. Garland 2. HR — Schmick, Wippel.
Trojans finish 3rd in Williamsport Tourney
WILLIAMSPORT — Upper Dauphin finished 2-1 at the Williamsport Tournament at Elm Park this weekend, finishing third among a slew of big-school teams.
Late Friday, the Trojans fell 4-1 to Williamsport, with all four runs unearned.
Saturday, UDA beat Mifflinburg 5-4 and Bonner-Prendergast 8-1.
Lexi Weaver finished with five hits over the three games, including two triples and four RBIs.
Game 1
Wmsprt 020 020 0 — 4 5 0
UDA (3-7) 000 000 1 — 1 2 3
Bower and Buxton; Weaver, Grow (5) and Klinger. W — Bower. L — Weaver (2-4).
HITS: Williamsport — Bower 2, Moore 2, Jennings. Upper Dauphin — Weaver, Mattern.
3B — Weaver.
Game 2
UDA (4-7) 002 002 1 — 5 8 2
Mifflinburg 100 010 2 — 4 3 2
Weaver and Klinger; Mitchell and Davis. W — Weaver (3-4). L — Mitchell.
HITS: Upper Dauphin — Weaver, Mattern 2, Grow, Crosby, Walker 2, Snyder. Mifflinburg — Kline, Hauffer, Ward.
2B — Snyder, Ward. 3B — Weaver.
Game 3
UDA (5-7) 314 000 0 — 8 12 0
Bnr-Prd 000 000 1 — 1 7 1
Brown and Klinger; Robinson, McHulty (4) and Martin. W — Brown (2-2). L — Robinson.
HITS: Upper Dauphin — Brown 2, Weaver 3, Miller 2, Grow, Crosby 2, Schlegel, Snyder. Bonner-Prendergast — DiLuca, Martin, McNulty, Sullivan 2, Manfre, Carr.
2B — Grow.
Spartans, Bears drop
non-league contests
Kutztown defeated Mahanoy Area 13-3 and Bloomsburg stopped North Schuylkill 8-1 in non-league games.
Details of both games were not reported.
Track and Field
Indians’ Crum wins
title at ASD Invite
ALLENTOWN — Lehighton’s Tyler Crum finished first in the long jump during the 29-team ASD Invitational on Friday at J. Birney Crum Stadium.
Crum reached a distance of 23 feet in his victory, beating Pocono Mountain West’s Leroy Williams (22-2).
Blue Mountain’s Adrian Dohmann (12-0) finished third in the pole vault, while the Eagles’ Cameron Greenawalt (2:03.9) was fifth in 800.
On the girls’ side, Pottsville Sarah Lombel had a pair of fourth-place finishes, running the 100 in 13.29 seconds and the 200 in 27.23.
Blue Mountain’s Emily Leymeister (2:28.91) was fourth in the 800, while the Eagles came in fourth in the 3,200 relay at 10:04.03.