North Penn survived the ‘playback’ bracket and earned a fifth place seed in the state tournament from District One with a 10-0 rout of Great Valley at Spring-Ford High School.
“We came out swinging the bats, and we made the plays in the field,” said North Penn coach Bob McCreary. “And I also think we caught them on an off day.
“The players responded well – it was win or go home,” added McCreary.
The Knights broke open the game in the fourth inning by scoring six runs. Jimmy Smith led off with a homerun, Justin Davey delivered a two-run double, and Scott Christy crushed an RBI triple.
Mike Bradstreet picked up the win for North Penn with a complete game two-hit shutout.
The Knights will play the winner of District Three to open their state tournament play on Monday.
Pennridge earned a three seed from District One with a 12-3 victory over Garnet Valley. The Rams will play the winner of District 11 to open state play on Monday.
Like North Penn, Pennridge used the big inning to claim a huge win. The Rams scored six runs in the sixth inning to break open a close game.
“We have been doing this all season,” said Pennridge coach Tom Nuneviller. “We fall behind early, but we battle back and win ballgames.
“It’s nice to be able to go into states on a winning note,” added Nuneviller. “We got some solid pitching and some timely hitting.”
The pitching came from sophomore Jared Schaffer who was the winning pitcher and threw five strong innings. Sophomore Dylan Tice threw two scoreless innings of relief.
The biggest run producers for the Rams were seniors Brad Herrmann and Eric Kammler who each knocked home three runs.
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