HS Softball: Red-hot Tamaqua knocks off North Schuylkill
Addison Krall, Tamaqua softball. (Photo by Bob Lipsky)
TAMAQUA — Tamaqua did it again.
For the third straight game, the Blue Raiders upended a Schuylkill League Division I playoff contender in a one-run thriller.
After sweeping Blue Mountain earlier in the week, Tamaqua scored a run in the seventh to defeat North Schuylkill 4-3 on Thursday in Division I action.
Tied 3-3, Naomi Knitter started the bottom of the seventh with a walk, advanced on Nico Conahan’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Kolbe Robb’s hard-hit ball that deflected off the third baseman’s glove and rolled into left field.
Tamaqua saved a run in the sixth inning when Leah Crowley made a fake throw on a bunt then threw home to cut down a runner at the plate.
Addison Krall went 2-for-3 for the Blue Raiders. Her solo home run in the sixth inning tied the game 3-3.
Peyton Faust went the first five innings for Tamaqua, allowing three unearned runs. Knitter pitched the final two innings to get the win.
Olivia Jones had two hits and a run scored for North Schuylkill.
NS (12-3, 9-2) 000 021 0 — 3 5 5
Tam (11-6, 8-4) 200 001 1 — 4 6 5
Flynn and Brouse; Faust, Knitter (6) and Krall. W— Knitter (7-2). L — Flynn (7-2).
HITS: North Schuylkill — Flynn, Brouse, Jones 2, Capone. Tamaqua — Conahan, Evans 2, Krall 2, Knitter.
HR — Krall.
Blue Mountain 12, Pottsville 2
ORWIGSBURG — Emmerson Frie went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead Blue Mountain to a Division I win over Pottsville at Patton Field.
The homer was Frie’s seventh of the season.
Avery Hudock also had a big night, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. Other top hitters for the Eagles included Carla Boyer, 2-for-3 with a double, one run and one RBI; Chloe Brown, 2-for-3 with an RBI; and Callie Peel, 2-for-2 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored.
Brown pitched a complete-game two-hitter, allowing no earned runs and striking out six.
Potts (9-8, 5-6) 000 02 — 2 2 3
BM (12-5, 8-4) 02(10) 0x — 12 11 1
Eckert and Wessner; Brown and Cavadini. W— Brown (8-2). L — Eckert (8-8).
HITS: Pottsville — Siminitus , Cromyak. Blue Mountain — Hudock 2, Frie 2, Borden, Boyer 2, Brown 2, Peel 2.
2B — Frie, Boyer, Hudock 2, Peel. HR — Frie.
Pine Grove 15, Mahanoy Area 0
MAHANOY CITY — Jamie Dinger pitched a four-inning no-hitter as Pine Grove defeated Mahanoy Area in a Division I game.
Dinger struck out seven and walked one.
Top hitters for the Cardinals included Addison Zimmerman, 2-for-4 with two RBIs; Tailyn Bohr, 2-for-2 with a run scored; Lily Flynn, 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI; and Meadow Umbenhauer, 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and one RBI.
With the win, Pine Grove clinched a Schuylkill League playoff berth.
PG (16-2, 10-2) 172 5 — 15 12 0
Mah (4-11, 1-9) 000 0 — 0 0 3
Dinger and Bohr; Kennedy and Kramer. W— Dinger (6-1). L — Kennedy (0-6).
HITS: Pine Grove — Leffler, Shiffer, Dinger, Zimmerman 2, Bohr 2, Clark, Flynn 2, Umbenhauer 2. Mahanoy Area — None.
2B — Shiffer, Clark, Umbenhauer.
Minersville 17, Shenandoah Valley 2
SHENANDOAH — Payton Frantz went 2-for-3 with a triple, four RBIs and two runs scored to power Minersville to a Division II win over Shenandoah Valley at Ken Schneck Field.
Addison Moyer added a triple and two RBIs for the Miners. Grace Sterner went 1-for-1 with three runs scored and two RBIs.
Cali Laudeman tossed a two-hitter and struck out five for Minersville.
Brynn Burke went 2-for-2 with an RBI for the Blue Devils.
SV (4-14, 2-10) 0 0 2 — 2 2 3
Min (8-10, 7-5) (10)52 — 17 8 1
Zulkowski and Castro; Laudeman and Kopinetz. W— Laudeman (6-2). L — Zulkowski (2-6).
HITS: Shenandoah Valley — Burke 2. Minersville — Sterner, Frantz 2, O’Brien, McGrath, Plesnarski, Moyer, Brennan.
3B — Moyer, Frantz.
Schuylkill Haven 7, Marian 5
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Allie Scherer pitched a complete game and struck out 11 to lead Schuylkill Haven past Marian in a Division II game. The five runs Scherer allowed were unearned.
Teagan Wehr sparked the Hurricanes’ offense by going 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Ally Becker added a single, a double and two RBIs. Grace Line went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI, and Nickie Domermuth went 2-for-3.
For Marian, DeAnna Pugh went 2-for-4 with three runs scored; and Malina Letcher went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
With the win, Schuylkill Haven clinched a Schuylkill League playoff berth for the first time in program history.
Mar (8-7, 5-6) 310 100 0 — 5 7 1
SH (12-5, 9-3) 011 041 x — 7 11 4
Upanavage and Treskolasky; A. Scherer and Domermuth. W— A. Scherer (6-2). L — Upanavage (5-3).
HITS: Marian — Pugh 2, Katona, Treskolasky, Letcher 2, Birrer. Schuylkill Haven — Wehr 3, Becker 2. E. Scherer, Schoffstall, Line 2, Domermuth 2.
2B — Schoffstall, Becker. 3B — E. Scherer.
Panther Valley 19, Lourdes 4
LANSFORD — Isabella D’Ancona slugged a grand slam to power Panther Valley to a Division I victory over Lourdes.
