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National Conference
WILLIAM TENNENT 8, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 0
Nikki Alden tossed her second shutout in as many games this week, this time throwing a no-hitter to lead the Panthers to the big win over the Golden Hawks. The junior mound ace fanned six.
“Like I said after the last game, she really found herself on the mound,” coach Erika Lee said. “She and our catcher Amber O’Toole are connecting, and they look really sharp.
“Our defense has been playing better, which mentally helps her. All around, our team is starting to come together, which is so nice. When everyone is playing with more hustle, it motivates her on the mound.”
Alden helped her own cause with a 2-for-4 effort at the plate. Sara Keeny also was 2-for-4 for the Panthers, who scored two runs in the third and then put the game out of reach with a six-run explosion in the sixth.
“We had to adjust to the pitcher,” Lee said. “Once we adjusted, we 
put the ball in play. There weren’t any booming hits. We were just putting the ball in play and making things happen. They played as a team, and they relied on each other.”
The Panthers are 2-4 in the league (3-6 overall) while the Golden Hawks fell to 0-5 in the league (2-5 overall).
PENNSBURY 10, ABINGTON 0 (6 innings)
Christina Bascara had a monster game for the Falcons, finishing the day 4-for-4 with a triple, home run and two runs scored. Mackenzie Obert was 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored, and Dani Litwin was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
“She’s really been hitting the ball well,” coach Frank McSherry said of Litwin. “She’s on fire.”
The Falcons scored four runs in the first, one in the second and added four more in the fifth. They plated a single run in the sixth to bring an end to the game.
Val Buehler earned the win on the mound, scattering six hits while striking out 10 and walking one.
The Falcons improved to 6-0 in the league (9-1 overall) while the Ghosts are 2-3 in the league (3-4 overall).
BENSALEM 9, HARRY S TRUMAN 2
Isabel Hansbury turned in a glittering 4-for-4 effort at the plate that included a double, home runs and five RBIs to lead the Owls to the come-from-behind win.
The Tigers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning, thanks to a two-run home run by Jackie Huhn. The Owls knotted the score with two runs in the bottom of the third and took a lead they would not lose with a five-run fourth that was highlighted by Hansbury’s three-run blast.
Lauren Morell was 2-for-3 with a double, home run, two runs scored and two RBIs. It was Morell’s two-run home run in the fifth that put the finishing touches on the big win. Morell’s homer plated her sister, Jackie Morell, and coach Dan Schram has his two sets of sisters batting back-to-back in the lineup.
“I like it when they have their sister on base – it makes them a little more responsible to drive them home,” Schram said. “It’s been working.”
Kelly Nolan was 2-for-3 three, and Jackie Morell contributed a double for the Owls, who pounded out 11 hits and did not commit an error.
Jackie Morell earned the win on the mound, allowing six hits.
While the Tigers fell to 1-4 in the league (1-6 overall), the Owls are 3-2 in the league and 3-5 overall after an 0-5 start.
“It’s another nice win,” Schram said. “We’re 3-2, and things are going the way they should be.”
NESHAMINY 10, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 0
Lauren Quense tossed a two-hit shutout, and the Redskins provided their ace with plenty of offense, pounding out 10 hits in the decisive win.
The Redskins plated two runs in the first and three more in the third. They scored two runs in both the fifth and sixth innings and added a single run in the seventh.
Sarah Snider-Leonhauser led the Redskins with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate while Sam Offenback had a pair of doubles. Julia McGovern (2-for-4) and Carly Coleman (2-for-3) each added a double.
The Redskins are 6-0 in league play (7-1 overall), and the Indians are 2-4 in the league (2-5 overall).
Continental Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 6, PENNRIDGE 2
Julia Schoenewald’s instincts are pretty good when it comes to calling home runs.
“The other night at dinner we were watching the Phillies game, and Lance Nix hit a ball, and it was an (upper) deck home run,” Schoenewald said. “As soon as he hit it, I was like, ‘It’s gone.’ My mom looked at me and said, ‘How did you know?’ because obviously you don’t know it’s a home run right off the bat. I was like, ‘You can’t just tell?’”
Schoenewald apparently can, and the Patriots’ senior catcher knew she’d got all of a Paige DeCew delivery in the top of the seventh inning, ripping a no-doubt-about it home run over the center field fence.
“I totally just knew right off the bat,” Schoenewald said.
Schoenewald’s homer plated three runs and turned a tenuous 3-2 East lead into a 6-2 lead.
“Going into that last inning, I was still incredibly nervous, which is a testament to how good that team is,” Schoenewald said. “They’re deep too, and this team was going to be a tough game with a fight to the end. We knew we had to get those insurance runs.”
The senior catcher led the Patriots with three hits – two doubles and a home run - and four RBIs while Jess Haug also had three hits, including a double. Caroline Schoenewald and Allie Chase each had two hits. Chase also had a double.
“It’s huge to be part of a lineup like this because we have confidence in every single batter that gets up there,” Schoenewald said. “We really believe everyone has potential, and everyone does their job on this team.”
The Patriots scored the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth when Caroline Schoenewald, who singled and stole second, scored on a two-out error.
“Every game in this league is a battle,” East coach Erin Scott said. “It’s unbelievable. At this point my concern is continuing this momentum because there are no easy wins.
“Hopefully, this is preparing us for later on in the season, but there are no easy wins.”
Freshman Kayla Ventura earned the win on the mound in relief in relief of starter Jayme Ziegler. With a pair of Pennridge runners on board in the bottom of the seventh, Ventura was hit in her pitching arm by a wicked drive up the middle. Caroline Schoenewald picked up the ricochet off Ventura and fired to first for an out, and then Ventura came back to retire the next two batters she faced – the first on a popup and the next on a strikeout to close out the game.
“I was nervous because that ball hit her hard,” Julia Schoenewald said. “It hurt me, but she really, really came back from that. I was really impressed with how she returned from that.”
Emily Mayhew and Briana Gery each had RBIs for the Rams, who were led by the 3-for-4 effort of DeCew at the plate. Bridget Casey was 2-for-3. The Rams stranded 12 base runners over the course of the game.
While the Rams fell to 3-3 in league play (6-3 overall), the Patriots improved to 5-1 in the league (9-1 overall).
“I think we’re really jelling together as a team, and I think that’s the biggest thing because we’re all supporting each other, looking out for one another and doing our job to make this team be successful,” Julia Schoenewald said.
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 13, SOUDERTON 7
The Indians jumped out to a 4-0 lead but saw that slip away when the Titans, after scoring a pair of runs in the third, exploded for seven more runs in the fourth. Kristyn Marinelli delivered a home run, and Hallie Bilker was 2-for-2 with three walks. Maddie Decker reached base on all five trips to the plate, and Hailey Warner had four RBIs to lead the Titans offensively.
Indians held a 15-14 advantage in hits in Wednesday’s slugfest but committed four errors.
Paige Shelly led the Indians with a 4-for-5 effort and three runs scored. Sarah Derstine was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Haley DeLany was 3-for-4 with one run scored, and Amanda Brush was 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in the second.
The Titans improved to 5-1 in the league (8-2 overall) while the Indians are 2-4 in the league (5-5 overall).
HATBORO-HORSHAM 10, QUAKERTOWN 3
A two-run home run by Maddie Mulhall spotted the Panthers a 2-0 lead in the second, but the Hatters answered in the third when Daria Edwards duplicated that feat with a two-run blast of her own. The Hatters tacked on three runs in the fifth, capitalizing on singles by Maria Spinosa, Edwards (RBI) and a two-run home run by Heather Lutz. A two-run double by Jenn Cader highlighted a three-run sixth for the Hatters, and freshman Dee Moyer’s two-run double in the seventh put the finishing touches on the big win.
Spinosa was 3-for-3 to lead the Hatters’ attack.
Nicole Casagrand earned the win on the mound, allowing eight hits and three runs with no walks.
The Hatters are 5-1 in the league (7-1 overall), and the Panthers are 1-5 in the league (3-5 overall).
NORTH PENN 16, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 2
The Maidens pounded out 18 hits in Wednesday’s win. They put three runs on the board in the first only to watch the Bucks made it a 3-2 game in the third. A two-run fourth opened the floodgates as the Maidens scored 11 runs over the final three innings.
Erin Maher turned in a 4-for-6 effort that included three RBIs and two runs scored. Meghan Curley was 4-for-5 with three runs scored while Michelle Holweger (2-for-5, triple, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored), Vicky Tumasz (2-for-3, RBI, 3 runs scored) and Melissa Fasick (2-for-4) also came up huge.
Jackie Bilotti earned the win on the mound, allowing three hits while fanning three and walking two in four innings. Vicky Tumasz and Hannah Sheehan closed it out, combining for three scoreless innings of relief.
The Maidens are 2-3 in league play (4-3 overall) while the Bucks are 0-5 in the league (0-9 overall).
American Conference
WISSAHICKON 6, NORRISTOWN 3
Emma Goodrich allowed just two hits and struck out four to earn the big win on the mound in Wednesday’s key American Conference matchup.
The Trojans scored three runs in the first inning, benefitting from several Norristown miscues. Britt Gelman’s RBI double in the second put the Trojans on top 4-0 before the Eagles answered with a three-run uprising in the third to make it a one-run game. Just one of those runs was earned. Wissahickon tacked on single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to seal the Eagles’ fate.
Trojan shortstop Alex Comonitski, according to coach John Bilella, delivered the defensive gem of the game when she speared a scorching line drive by Brianna Kennedy that was heading for extra bases to end the game.
Comonitski was 1-for-3 with an RBI, and Gelman was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Trojans.
The Trojans are 4-2 in the league (5-3 overall), and the Eagles fell to 3-2 in the league (4-3 overall).
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 10, UPPER DUBLIN 3
Dana Moyer was looking for someone to throw strikes, and she may have found her answer in junior Tricia Link, who scattered four hits and allowed only two earned runs in Wednesday’s win.
“This is the first game we had less than 10 walks,” the PW coach said. “We were giving up 14, 15 walks in some games – games we should have won.
“We have a good defense. We just said, ‘Throw strikes. I don’t care if you throw it down the middle of the plate.’ I’d rather have them earn it than walking. Tricia did a nice job. I’m so proud of her.”
PW first baseman Corinne Watson was 2-for-3 with a single, double, RBI and run scored. Junior leftfielder Erin Ryan was 1-for-2 with an RBI and run scored for the Colonials, who scored four runs in the second and five more in the fifth.
“Corinne did a really nice job,” Moyer said. “She’s really seeing the ball well, and she’s one of our team leaders this year. She’s really taken a leadership role and is one of my heroes this year.
“Upper Dublin gave up a lot of walks, and they had some errors in the field, but we hit the ball hard.”
The story of the win was Link.
“She’s working on an injury, and she came to me early in the game and said, ‘My leg is starting to bother me,’” Moyer said. “I was deflated because she had been pitching so well. Of course, you don’t want a kid to get hurt any more. I had our trainer come up, and it just seems to be muscular. She did some stretches, and she battled through that. It’s her quad on her plant foot, but she battled.
“I told her from the beginning, ‘I just want you to go out there and battle. We just need strikes. The defense will back you up,’ and we did. Defensively, we have some really solid players. She did what we asked her to do. She threw strikes.”
The Colonials are 3-2 in league play (3-3 overall), and the Cardinals are 4-2 in the league (4-3 overall).
UPPER MERION 4, CHELTENHAM 3
The Vikings won a classic battle against the Lady Panthers on Wednesday. Senior captain Sarah Schunder delivered the game’s big blow, a two-run home run over the fence in the bottom of the fourth that turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead.
“It was fullcount with a runner on first, and she hit a good pitch right out of the ball park,” coach John Whitney said. “It was a well-played game. Both teams made the plays they had to.
“Their pitcher (Grace DeRosa) pitched a good game. It was nip and tuck. We’ve been hitting the ball, but we struggled a little bit today, but we did what we had to do.”
Abby Volpe led the Vikings – who had seven hits - with three hits, including a triple.
Olivia Sborlini scattered six hits to earn the win on the mound.
“She pitched very well,” Whitney said. “She got stronger as the game went on.”
Simms led the Lady Panthers with three hits.
The Vikings are alone atop the conference standings with a 5-1 mark (6-2 overall). The Lady Panthers are 2-4 in the league (4-5 overall).
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