HS Softball: Nativity splits pair of games

Nativity's Lauren Clark pictured at Schuylkill League Softball Media Day (Staff Photo).
POTTSVILLE — Lauren Clark enjoyed a career game to power Nativity past Shenandoah Valley 20-5 in four innings on Saturday in a Schuylkill League Division II softball game atop Lawton’s Hill.
Clark went 4-for-4 with two home runs, three runs scored and nine RBIs for Nativity, which scored 11 runs in the second inning.

Chloe Covell also had a big day for Nativity, going 4-for-5 with a double, four stolen bases, four runs scored and three RBIs. Emmajoan Fox went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs, while Addison Rickard went 1-for-1 with two runs and three RBIs.
Covell went the distance in the circle, allowing just three hits while striking out four.
For Shenandoah Valley, Aubrie Monaghan went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored.
Nat (4-15, 3-10) 3(11)0 6 — 20 16 4
SV (4-16, 2-12) 3 0 2 0 — 5 3 4
Covell and Clark; Zulkowski, Monaghan (2) and Castro. W— Covell (4-11). L — Zulkowski (2-8).
HITS: Nativity — Covell 4, Jansson, Haas, Clark 4, Palmieri, Fox 3, Ricard, MacNamara. Shenandoah Valley — Monaghan 2, McNulty.
2B — Haas, Covell, Monaghan 2. HR — Clark 2.
Marian 19, Nativity 2
POTTSVILLE — Kayla Birrer pitched five innings, striking out 10 and walking none, to lead Marian to a six-inning, Schuylkill League Division II victory over Nativity atop Lawton’s Hill.
