Tri-Valley's Alina Leonard pitches during the District 11 Class A semifinals May 23 at Pine Grove's Susan Y. Stump Field. (Photo by Bob Lipsky)

PINE GROVE — Tri-Valley’s back, back in the District 11 Class A final.

For the fifth straight season.

The top-seeded Bulldogs took care of Nativity 15-0 in three innings Friday in a District 11 Class A semifinal at Pine Grove’s Susan Y. Stump Field to punch their ticket to Tuesday’s final at a site and time to be announced. Tri-Valley’s opponent will be second-seeded Marian, a 14-3 winner over Shenandoah Valley in the other semifinal.

Alina Leonard took care of the pitching for Tri-Valley, hurling a one-hit shutout and striking out seven.

At the plate, Leonard went 4-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored.

Tri-Valley scored 11 runs in the first inning and never looked back.

“We didn’t play since last Friday, and we were inside a couple days, and I gave the girls a couple days off,” Tri-Valley coach Marty Shade said. “We were getting restless, and we wanted to play so badly today, and thanks to Pine Grove’s maintenance crew, they got the field ready and did a great job. We finally got to play, and it worked out well.”

So well that the Dawgs sent 16 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first inning. Myah Schwalm belted a two-run double; Savanah Stiely rapped a pair of two-run singles; and Leonard smacked a two-run double during the uprising.

Cassi Snyder went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and two run scored out of the leadoff spot for Tri-Valley. Kora Rodichock doubled and scored three runs for the Dawgs.

Game Summary

District 11 Class A Semifinal

At Susan Y. Stump Field, Pine Grove

NATIVITY (0) — Covell p 2 0 0 0, Jansson lf 1 0 0 0, Haas cf 1 0 0 0, Clark c 1 0 1 0, Palmieri 3b 1 0 0 0, Fox ss 1 0 0 0, Zulick 2b 1 0 0 0, Fix 2b 0 0 0 0, Rickard 1b 1 0 0 0, McNamara rf 1 0 0 0, Leshko rf 0 0 0 0. Totals 10 0 1 0.

TRI-VALLEY (15) — C. Snyder cf  2 2 2 0, A. Snyder cf 2 1 0 0, Leonard p 4 2 4 3, Ma. Schwalm 2b 1 2 1 0, Stehr 2b 1 0 0 0, Witmer 3b 2 2 1 2, My. Schwalm ss 2 1 1 2, Stiely lf 2 1 2 4, Kroh ph 1 0 0 0, L. Rodichok c 2 0 1 1, Brandenberger ph 1 0 0 0, K. Rodichok dp 2 3 1 0, Dunkelberger 1b 2 1 0 0, Tobin rf 0 0 0 0. Totals 24 15 13 12.

Nat (4-17)               0  0 0 — 0

TV (17-6)              (11)22 — 15

E — Nativity 3, Tri-Valley 0

DP — None

LOB — Nativity 1, Tri-Valley 4

2B — Leonard, My. Schwalm, K. Rodichok

SB — Clark, C. Snyder

Nativity

                                       IP     H      R       ER    BB    K

Covell L,4-12           2.2      13      15       9       3       0

Tri-Valley

                  IP     H      R       ER    BB    K

Leonard W,4-1      3       1       0        0        0       7

HBP — by Covell (Ma. Schwalm, My. Schwalm). WP — Covell 2. PB — Clark. T — :54.

Marian 14, Shenandoah Valley 3

ORWIGSBURG — Zoey Katona led a 14-hit attack by going 3-for-3 with two runs and one RBI in Marian’s victory over Shenandoah Valley in the District 11 Class A semifinals at Patton Field.

After Shenandoah Valley scored three runs in top of the first inning, Marian answered with seven in the bottom of the frame. Katrina McNulty had a two-run single for the Blue Devils.

Gracie Sendatch also had a big game for the Fillies, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and two RBIs. Danica Karlick went 2-for-3 and drove in a run for Marian.

The second-seeded Fillies will face No. 1 Tri-Valley, a 15-0 winner over Nativity for the championship. The game will be Tuesday at a site and time to be announced.

District 11 Class A Semifinal

At Patton Field, Orwigsburg

SV (4-17)                    300      00 —   3        4       3      

Mar (12-9)                704      03 — 14       14       0

Monaghan and Labotsky; Upanavage, Birrer (5) and Treskolasky. W— Upanavage (6-5). L — Monaghan (2-8).

HITS: Shenandoah Valley — Monaghan, Labotsky, McNulty, Sheehan. Marian — Pugh, Degler, Sendatch 2, Treskolasky, Letcher, Karlick 2, Upanavage, Turrano, Birrer, Katona 3.

2B — Turrano. 3B — Sendatch, Treskolasky.