Check out the recaps for SOL softball teams in action Monday. Pennsbury/CR South photos provided courtesy of Diana Leferovich. Check back for a gallery of photos.
SOL Patriot Division
PENNSBURY 13, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 0
Quinn McGonigle and Ainsley McClure teamed up for the seven-inning shutout. McGonigle did not allow a hit in two scoreless innings to start the
game and McClure, late because of an AP exam, threw five scoreless innings to close it out, allowing four hits while striking out nine and walking none.
The visiting Falcons broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fourth, plating all the runs they would need when Emma Hause delivered a two-out RBI single and Cynthia Ehrenfeld followed with an RBI single. For Hause, it was her first of two two-out RBI singles in the contest.
“I guess we made some adjustments, and we really hit the ball after the third inning,” said Pennsbury coach Frank McSherry, whose team pounded out 21 hits.
Caitlyn Martell was 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs, McGonigle was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs, and Riley Mahony was 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Rowan Mulholland also had a double.
Pennsbury (17-1, 15-0 SOL) – the number two seed in the District One 6A rankings – will travel to Council Rock North on Tuesday, and Council Rock South (4-14, 1-14) will host Harry S Truman on Tuesday.
Pennsbury 000 234 4 13-21-1
Council Rock South 000 000 0 0-4-0
SOL Liberty Division
WISSAHICKON 10, UPPER DUBLIN 3
Wissahickon celebrated its two seniors – Emma Clayborne and Charlotte Horvat – with a decisive win over their neighboring rival. Clayborne earned the complete game win in the circle, allowing three hits and three runs while striking out seven and walking three.
The Cardinals scored two runs in the second and a single run in the top of the seventh.
“We traded a run for an out,” Wissahickon coach Mike Borkowski said of UD’s late run. “Except for the second inning runs, Clayborne was in control the whole game. She ended four innings with strikeouts.”
The Trojans jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first only to watch the visiting Cardinals answer with two runs in the top of the second.
“It looked like it was going to be a typical UD/Wiss game,” Borkowski said.
After the second, the game pretty much belonged to Clayborne and the Trojans, who scored runs in all six innings.
Clayborne also had a huge day at the plate, finishing 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Katelyn Fitzgerald was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Sophomore Emma Dutill, who was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, hit a solo home run in the sixth inning. Luca Penna was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored.
“It was a nice team win,” Borkowski said. “We moved runners, scored 10 runs against a good pitcher and played pretty good defense.
“Now we move on to PW for another step in our quest for a home playoff game. Beating a good team like UD really gets us going. The girls are determined to beat these three good teams to end the season strong.”
For the Cardinals, Ally McDaid was 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
Chloe Foster, who threw five innings and absorbed the loss, recorded her 200th career strikeout. She fanned four and reached the milestone in just under two seasons.
Wissahickon (11-7, 11-4 SOL) will travel to Plymouth Whitemarsh on Tuesday, and Upper Dublin (9-9, 7-8) will be on the road at Hatboro Little League Field for a division game against Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday (7 p.m.).
Upper Dublin 020 000 1 3
Wissahickon 221 221 x 10
SOL Freedom Division
WILLIAM TENNENT 17, CHELTENHAM 0 (3 innings)
Katie LaPlaunt retired all nine batters she faced, striking out six in three perfect innings in Monday’s abbreviated win.
The Panthers put the game out of reach with 11 runs in the top of the first. They capitalized on seven free passes as well as singles by Anna Coulter, Lainey Scotese (RBI), Kate Smith (2 RBIs), Olivia Clee (2 RBIs) Meg Curtis (2 RBIs) and LaPlaunt (RBI). Scotese had a pair of hits in the inning, also delivering an RBI double.
Scotese was 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored, and Coulter was 3-for-3 with one RBI and four runs scored. Curtis was 2-for-2 with five RBIs and a run scored while LaPlaunt was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
William Tennent (12-4, 10-4 SOL) – 16th in the District One 6A rankings – will host Lower Moreland on Tuesday. Cheltenham (1-16, 0-15) will close out its season at Springfield Township on Tuesday.
William Tennent 11-4-2 17-13-0
Cheltenham 000 0-0-1
Non-league
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 10, NAZARETH ACADEMY 0 (5 innings)
Soleil Dooner came within a bloop single of a perfect game in Monday’s abbreviated mercy rule win. The senior pitcher retired the first six batters she faced, allowed a bloop single just out of reach of the shortstop and then retired the last nine batters she faced.
She also stole the spotlight at the plate, delivering a booming grand slam to left field in the fourth inning. It was her second hit of the game.
Catcher Amelia Funston also went deep, hitting a two-run home run to right field to open the scoring in the first inning.
In the bottom of the fifth, Jess Kepner delivered a bases-loaded single that drove in a pair and brought an early end to the game.
Elizabeth Gray’s three-hit effort led the Patriots. She also scored a run and drove in a run.
Central Bucks East (13-6, 10-5 SOL) will travel to North Penn for Tuesday’s regular season finale.
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Central Bucks East 206 02 10-6-0
HATBORO-HORSHAM 21, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 8
The Hatters trailed 5-0 after one inning and still found themselves on the short end of a 6-2 score after three innings. They scored five runs in the fourth, and once they started scoring, they didn’t stop, erupting for 19 runs over the final four innings.
The Titans’ five-run first was highlighted by a three-run double from Jamie Marks. In the top of the second, Kendal Leitner put the Hatters on the scoreboard with a one-out solo home run.
South still led 6-2 after three innings, but the Hatters scored five runs in the fifth and six more in the fifth. Tess Kearney’s two-run double was the big hit in the five-run fifth.
In the sixth inning, Kristen Myers singled, stole second and scored on Abby Waeltz’s one-out single. Marissa Rapino’s two-run single was followed by Kearney’s RBI double. Leitner put an exclamation point on the six-run outburst, smacking a two-run home run to left field that put the Hatters on top 13-6. For the Hatters’ junior ace, it was her second two home run game in as many outings, coming on the heels of the first two home run game of her career against Quakertown on Friday.
In an eight-run seventh, Kearney continued her torrid offensive showing with a two-run double. Myers (RBI) and Waeltz (2RBIs) singled in the inning, and Amaya Lundy hit a three-run home run to center.
For the Hatters, who collected 19 hits, Kearney’s 4-for-6 effort with three doubles, five RBIs and three runs scored led the way. Also coming up big were Kayla Tauber (3-for-6, RBI, R), Waeltz (3-for-4, 3 RBIs, 3R), Leitner (3-for-6, 2HR, 3 RBIs, 3R), Myers (2-for-5, RBI, 4R) and Rapino (2-for-5, 2 RBIs, 2R).
Alyssa Tooley threw four innings and notched the win. Leitner closed it out.
Hatboro-Horsham (18-1, 15-0 SOL) – which took over the top spot in the District One 6A rankings – will host Upper Dublin at Hatboro Little League Field on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Central Bucks South (7-12, 7-8) will travel to Pennridge on Tuesday for a 6:30 p.m. contest.
Hatboro-Horsham 020 560 8 21-19-1
Central Bucks South 510 002 0 8-7-4
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