Check out the results for SOL softball teams in action Friday.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 6, HARRY S TRUMAN 0
Amanda Camp tossed a five-hit shutout to lead the Indians to the important win as they continue their quest for a postseason berth. The sophomore pitcher fanned five and walked one in yet another solid outing while Hannah Mumber is sidelined.
Camp has now strung together 11 shutout innings, and she has not allowed more than one hit in an inning in the last two games.
“Amanda Camp is impressing everyone on our team,” coach Hollie Woodard said. “She’s just doing a great job pitching.
“Amanda is this quiet, quiet person, and the girls are just really rallying around her because she just has so much heart, and she tries so hard. You can tell she really wants to win the games for the seniors. She’s kind of become this emotional leader for us.
“Taylor Amazeen is our freshman catcher, and she’s doing a great job. Amanda isn’t just doing it by herself. Taylor is doing a great job calling pitches, framing pitches and taking charge out there.”
The Indians exploded for all six of their runs in the fourth inning. Camp got things started with a one-out single to right. She was erased on a fielder’s choice, but Kelly Harrison kept the two-out rally alive with a single.
Back-to-back walks to Amazeen and Tatum Kelly (RBI) pushed the first run across. Two more runs crossed the plate when Bailey Bigler’s fly ball to the outfield was misplayed. Nicole Rounsaville’s single sent two more runs across the plate, and when Marketa Cruse followed with an RBI single, the Indians led 6-0.
Harrison finished the day 2-for-3 to lead the Indians while Steph Wolf had a pair of hits for the Tigers.
Jess O’Neil absorbed the loss, allowing eight hits while fanning two and walking two.
The Indians upped their league record to 7-6 (9-7 overall) while the Tigers fell to 5-8 in the league (6-11 overall).
“We’re working hard to get a playoff bid, and beating Truman was an essential piece,” Woodard said. “We were able to pull it out.”
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UPPER MORELAND 12, NORRISTOWN 1
The Golden Bears scored five runs in the first and four more in the second. They led 12-0 before the Eagles got on the scoreboard with a single run in the fourth inning. The Bears held a 10-3 advantage in hits. Amber O’Conner earned the win on the mound, fanning five and walking one.
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BENSALEM 10, HATBORO-HORSHAM 3
The Owls continued their impressive non-league run with Friday’s win over the Hatters. The win upped the Owls record against Continental Conference foes to 3-0.
“I don’t think it’s a matter of the Continental Conference – it’s a matter of where we are in the season right now,” coach Dan Schram said. “We’re playing good ball. We could have beaten anybody 10-3 today.
“Hatboro is a good team. I think overall the National Conference is much, much stronger. We’re going to play Abington next week. They have 1-11 record, but we better be on top of our game or they’re going to get us.
“We’ve lost some games by Bensalem beating Bensalem. At this point, if we play our best game, we can hang with anyone. We have a very good pitcher (Jackie Morell), we can swing the bats, and today we did a good job.”
The Owls are 5-0 in non-league games but just 4-8 in National Conference play. Listening to Jackie Morell tell it, the explanation for the Owls’ success in non-league games is relatively simple.
“I think there’s a lot less pressure,” the junior pitcher said. “At the beginning of the year, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to win and be number one.
“I think now we’ve relaxed and didn’t put any pressure on ourselves, and we’re finally putting it together. We do very well in out of league games because there’s no pressure. We’re a team that when we’re relaxed – we’re on. If we always played like that, we would have no problem.”
The Owls didn’t have many problems in Friday’s win. They plated a single run in the third inning when Jenny Campbell delivered a two-out RBI single. They tacked on four more in the fourth. Katelynn Reiss got things started with a leadoff double and then Kelly Nolan beat out a bunt single. A hit batter loaded the bases for Jackie Morell, who was robbed of extra bases when rightfielder Dee Moyer made a dazzling catch going away.
“I think that’s the best hit I’ve ever had,” Morell said with a laugh. “You win some, you lose some.”
Lauren Morell picked up her sister with an RBI single up the middle, and another run crossed the plate on Carley Smith’s groundout. The Owls led 5-0 after Isabel Hansbury followed with an RBI infield single.
The Hatters got two of those runs back in the bottom of the inning, but that’s as close as they would get the rest of the way.
The Owls, with three games remaining, are looking to finish strong.
“We’re all behind each other now 100 percent, and the league in general – nobody is just dominating the league,” Jackie Morell said.
As for the Owls’ slow start, it also didn’t help that they were without a field for the first month of the season.
“That was hard,” Morell said. “It was just mentally draining because everyday we would get a text letting us know where we would practice because we would never know.
“We would play gym ball or we’d get a text – meet in the parking lot. I honestly think it put us back. That’s why we lost so many games at the beginning of the season. This winter put everybody back. Even our home games - we have to drive to them, and that takes a toll too because every game is really away.”
Leading the Owls’ attack was Lauren Morell (3-for-3, 2 RBIs), Smith (2-for-4, 2 RBIs), Hansbury (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) and Nolan (2-for-3).
The Owls are 9-8 overall while the Hatters are 8-7 overall.
ABINGTON 3, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 0
Nicolette Ray tossed an impressive five-hit shutout, leading the Ghosts to the non-league win. The sophomore hurler, who transferred to Abington from Penn Charter, walked just one.
“We have been waiting for a game like this out of her,” coach Ellie White said. “She’s young - she just turned 16.
“Pitching at Penn Charter last year didn’t really help her. She did well in the summer, but she comes into the Suburban One League and sees this competition – it was tough for her. I think she was nervous when she would pitch.
“Today that kid just pitched the way we knew she could. She pitched a great game.”
Ray, according to her coach, also received a lift from her defense.
“Jamie Gosselin, my centerfielder, went back on a ball that was probably two feet from going over the fence, and she dove for it and got it,” White said. “That was in the third inning with two outs and runners on first and second. She just made this great catch and snagged it. It was awesome.
“Jess Paley, our second baseman, had a great doubleplay. There was a runner on first with one out, and it was almost a line drive. She caught it and threw the girl out at first base, so that ended that inning. They had runners on, but we got out of it. We came up with some big plays.”
The Ghosts scored the only run Ray would need in the first when Rachel DeCarlo collected an RBI single. For good measure, they tacked on two more in the second. This time it was Gosselin coming through with a two run single.
“It was nice,” White said. “I’ve been telling everybody – they just work so hard, and you just want to see something good happen for them.
“It did today. It all fell together. Our goal is to finish strong and play the way we’re capable of playing, and it was nice to see all that come together today.”
DeCarlo (2-for-3), Gosselin (2-for-4) and Maddie Malfara (2-for-2) had multiple hits for the Ghosts while Ray was 1-for-3 with a double.
For the Patriots, Danielle Marzetti was 2-for-2, and Caroline Schoenewald was 1-for-2.
The Ghosts are 6-12 overall while the Patriots are 8-8.
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PENNSBURY 12, CONWELL EGAN 2 (6 innings)
Farryl Groder delivered a bases-loaded single that pushed a pair of runs across in the sixth inning, giving the Falcons a 12-2 lead and bringing an early end to Friday’s non-league game. It was the third hit of a perfect day for the team’s lone senior, who finished 3-for-3.
“It was fitting because it was Senior Day,” coach Frank McSherry said.
All told, the Falcons pounded out 14 hits. Marguerite Salamone was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. Fiona Link had a productive day, finishing 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBIs. Bailey Zaccaro was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two walks. Dani Litwin added a double on a day that saw the Falcons pound out four doubles.
With the win, the Falcons upped their record to 11-7
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SOUDERTON 7, CHRISTOPHER DOCK 6 (9 innings)
Twenty-four hours after eking out a win in a 10-inning thriller over CB South, the Indians needed nine innings to defeat neighboring Christopher Dock at Stover Field on Friday night.
“It was another long one,” coach Steph Rummel said.
Dayna Shelly played the role of hero, delivering a walk-off RBI single in the ninth. Earlier, it was Shelly who delivered a clutch two-out RBI single in the seventh to extend the game to extra innings.
The Indians needed their seventh inning comeback after the Pioneers plated a pair in the top of the seventh to go on top 6-4. Paige Shelly got things started with a one-out single, and Amanda Brush followed with a base hit, putting runners on the corners. Haley Delay’s sacrifice fly plated a run, setting the stage for Shelly’s base hit to drive in Brush from second with the tying run.
In the ninth, Erelle Sowers, who earned the win on the mound, was safe on an error to lead off the inning. She was erased on a fielder’s choice, and with two outs, Delany singled, setting the stage for Dayna Shelly to come through in the clutch again.
Both teams pounded out 12 hits.
“They were hitting really good,” Rummel said of the Pioneers.
Dayna Shelly finished the big night a near perfect 4-for-5 while Delany was 3-for-4 and Paige Shelly was 2-for-5.
“It was a fun night because a lot of fans are there, and both teams were local,” Rummel said. “It was a good environment to play softball.”
The Indians upped their record to 12-3.
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QUAKERTOWN 13, UPPER DUBLIN 0
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