FRACKVILLE — Reggie Crawford, Brandon Rockwell and Michael Little combined on a one-hitter and struck out 13 as top-seeded Frackville Green eliminated Girardville 9-1 in a Schuylkill County Teener League Junior Division Tournament quarterfinal contest.
Crawford allowed one hit and struck out nine in four innings of work before Rockwell and Little finished. Kris Wolfe’s fourth-inning single was Girardville’s only hit.
Max Schally was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for Frackville Green (21-2), which hosts No. 4 Branch in tonight’s semifinals. Zach Chowansky, Rockwell and Little each scored a pair of runs.
Girard (15-9) 000 001 0 — 1 1 4
Frack (21-2) 204 012 x — 9 7 1
Rooney, K. Wolfe (4); Crawford, Rockwell (5), Little (7). W — Crawford. L — Rooney.
HITS: Girardville — Wolfe. Frackville — Chowansky, Rockwell, Little, Schally 2, Burke, A. Wolfe.
2B — Schally, Burke, Chowansky.
Sch. Valley Maroon 13
Cressona 4
CRESSONA — J.C. Rodrian and Zack Turnitza each had three hits as Schuylkill Valley Maroon used a pair of big innings to knock out Cressona.
Pat McCord had four RBIs and Turnitza collected three for No. 2 Schuylkill Valley Maroon, which scored six runs in the first inning and five more in the third inning.
Ryan Lindenmuth added two hits for Schuylkill Valley Maroon, which faces No. 6 DeAngelo’s Crimson in today’s semifinals at Schuylkill Haven.
Wednesday’s game was played at Cressona due to Schuylkill Valley’s field being underwater.
At Cressona
Cress (14-9) 200 011 0 — 4 4 5
SVM (22-2) 605 002 x — 13 13 2
Kramer, Becker (3) and Dean; Stanton, Cromyak (4), Tobin (6), Rodrian (7) and Turnitza, Guzick (6). W — Stanton. L — Kramer.
HITS: Cressona — Becker, Reber, Kramer, Scott. Schuylkill Valley — Rodrian 3, Turnitza 3, Tobin 2, Stanton, Lindenmuth 2, McCord, Pierce.
Branch 3
Hegins Black 1
LLEWELLYN — Joshua Halye tossed a complete-game four-hitter and Riley Nettles had a key RBI single as No. 4 Branch outlasted No. 5 Hegins Black.
Halye struck out four and was helped by a key 5-4-2 double play to end the first inning.
With the score tied at 1 in the fourth, Nettles’ RBI single put Branch ahead to stay. Scott Schwalm added two hits for Branch.
Hegins (18-6) 001 000 0 — 1 4 0
Branch (19-4) 001 200 x — 3 5 0
Parobek, Schaeffer (6) and Lucas; Halye and Hertz. W — Halye. L — Parobek.
HITS: Hegins — Schaeffer 2, Lucas, Parobek. Branch — Schwalm 2, Hossler, Stablum, Hayle, Nettles.
3B — Schwalm.
District 24 LL
9-10-year-olds
Upper Dauphin 5
Pine Grove 0
ELIZABETHVILLE — Landon Mace and Ezriah Hite combined on a two-hit shutout as Upper Dauphin County blanked Pine Grove in a Pool 4 game.
Mace struck out six in four-plus innings, while Hite fanned three.
Isaac Hepler paced a nine-hit attack with two singles, while Logan Williard had an RBI double in the second inning and Landin Hobbs delivered a two-run double in the third.
P.Grove (0-1) 000 000 — 0 2 0
UDC (2-0) 012 20x — 5 9 0
E. Hannevig, Deichert (4) and Brandt; Landon Mace, Ezriah Hite (5) and Walker. W — Mace. L — E. Hannevig.
HITS: Pine Grove — E. Hannevig, Deichert. Upper Dauphin County — Morgan, Hite, Williard, Cole, Hobbs, Max Nester, Zerby, Hepler 2.
2B — Williard, Hobbs.
Ashland 17
Cressona 6
CRESSONA — Zane Zulkowski, Josh Wislotsky and Nolan Ryan each had three hits as Ashland downed Cressona in a four-inning Pool 1 game.
Peyton Groody, Kieran Keninitz and Collin Stanakis combined to strike out nine for Ashland (1-0).
One of Wislotsky’s hits was a three-run triple.
Pottsville Rotary 13
Upper Schuylkill 2
RINGTOWN — Mike Quirk and Wyatt Selinko combined on a two-hitter, while Chris Chillemi was 3-for-3 during Pottsville Rotary’s four-inning, Pool 3 win over Upper Schuylkill.
Quirk pitched the first three innings, striking out four and allowing two hits. Selinko pitched the fourth.
Chillemi hit two doubles, including an RBI double in the fourth. Selinko also had two hits.
Jeff Markosky and Trevor Minalda each had a hit for Upper Schuylkill.
Rotary (1-0) 071 5 — 13 10 1
U. Sch. (0-2) 100 1 — 2 2 0
Quirk, Selinko (4) and Ferhat; Markosky, Minalda (4) and Minalda, Lex (4). W — Quirk. L — Minalda.
HITS: Pottsville Rotary — Selinko 2, White, Chillemi 3, Englert, Grabowski, Ferhat, Bierman. Upper Schuylkill — Markosky, Minalda.
2B — Chillemi 2.
Millersburg 12
Frackville 10
FRACKVILLE — Fetterholf’s three-run hit triggered a seven-run outburst in the bottom of the fifth inning as Millersburg outslugged Frackville in a wild Pool 2 game.
Grossmeyer had three singles for Millersburg. Drew Miller, Anthony Guerrero, Joe Cuthie and Shawn Butler each had two hits for Frackville.
Frack (0-1) 202 330 — 10 10 0
Millers (1-0) 102 27x — 12 8 0
Kazdiela, Guerrero (5); Troutman, Lapone (4), Kinstzer (6). W — Lapone. L — Guerrero.
HITS: Frackville — Kazdiela, Miller 2, Guerrero 2, Cuthie 2, Kronkosky, Butler 2. Millersburg — Snyder 2, Troutman, Grossmeyer 3, Fetterholf 2.
2B — Guerrero, Cuthie, Fetterholf.