Check out the recaps for SOL softball teams in action Monday. (Hatboro-Horsham photos provided courtesy of Diane Waeltz/HH softballl)
SOL Patriot Division
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 13, HARRY S TRUMAN 1 (5 innings)
The Indians scored early and often on their way to the win in the abbreviated contest.
“Our team put out a solid effort from top to bottom today,” Rock North coach Susan Yee said. “I was really proud of the way every kid played their role and did their jobs.”
The game started out on an unusual note. In the top of the first, Olivia Schlindwein drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on Zoe Hornstein’s sacrifice bunt. With one out, Jess Adams coaxed a harmless fly ball out of Molly Sheehy, who received a reprieve when the Tigers were cited for a rules violation. The catch was waved off and Sheehy made the most of her second opportunity, ripping a home run to center field to give the Indians an early 2-0 lead.
A two-run second included a Tiger miscue, singles by Kayla Ripper (RBI) and Schlindwein as well as an RBI double by Hornstein that put the Indians on top 4-0.
Taylor Gearhart led off a three-run third with a solo home run to center field. Chelsea Seiler followed with a double and eventually scored on a wild pitch. A third run also scored on a wild pitch.
Zoe Hardy’s two-run home run highlighted a five-run fourth.
The Tigers broke up the Indians’ shutout bid with a run in the bottom of the fourth, thanks to an Roni Slaton RBI triple.
In the top of the fifth, Katie Wilkoski’s RBI single closed out the scoring.
Schlindwein, who notched the win, did not allow a hit in three shutout innings. She struck out five and walked three. Lucy Mills allowed one hit and one run in two innings, striking out three and walking two.
“Defensively, we played a clean game behind our pitchers, and Liv and Lucy both did a really nice job of spinning the ball today to throw a combined one-hitter for us,” Yee said. “Offensively, we had 10 different players contribute to the offensive box score, plus three additional girls who made defensive contributions in the box score as well.
“As a coach, you can’t ever have complaints when you have 13 different players putting together a statistical contribution toward a win. The girls played for each other today, they didn’t try and do too much, they each just did a job, and those jobs strung themselves together. Now we have to give ourselves a couple of hours to enjoy the win, then forget it, move on, and focus on the task at hand for our game tomorrow.”
Wilkoski’s 3-for-4 day with one RBI and one run scored led the Indians. Also contributing multi-hit games were Sheehy (2-for-3, HR, 2 RBIs, 1R), Gearhart (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBIs, 2R) and Seiler (1-for-4, RBI, 2R).
Council Rock North (9-7, 6-6 SOL) will host Bensalem on Tuesday, and Harry S Truman (2-12, 0-12) will be on the road at Pennsbury Tuesday.
Council Rock North 223 51 13-13-0
Harry S Truman 000 10 1-1-2
SOL Patriot/Colonial crossover
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 2 SOUDERTON 1
This was the definition of teamwork.
Lexi Waring did not allow a hit in six shutout innings but didn’t blink when coach Dan Schram opted to change things up with a lefthanded pitcher to go against Rider University-bound Kayley York, who bats right, to lead off the seventh. York proved she can hit just about any pitcher, smoking a triple to right to lead off the inning.
“We were avoiding Kayley York, knowing how explosive a hitter she is,” Schram said. “We tried to change it up in the moment, and she got all of that ball.
“What’s special is – Lexi wasn’t thinking about her no-hitter, she was thinking about Julia (Scannapieco) coming in and being successful. She was all about her team. It wasn’t until the end of the game that we realized she had a no-hitter going.”
Interestingly, Waring re-entered the game with none out and Souderton runners on first and third. A Rock South miscue allowed a run to cross the plate before Waring retired the next three batters she faced to close it out.
“For Lexi to come back in that capacity just shows how much these kids have become a team and how they pick each other up,” Schram said. “It’s special. We’re both not even really thinking about her having the no -hitter. We’re just thinking about the kid being successful, stopping the next hitter and helping the team win.”
Waring finished with an unorthodox seven-inning no-hitter, striking out seven and walking two.
“I told the kids – you’re playing in a six-game tournament,” said Schram, whose team had six games left including Monday’s game. “Let’s think about it that small, and let’s do everything we can the rest of the season.”
The Golden Hawks put a run on the board in the bottom of the first. Kaylie Walters led off the inning with a single and stole second. She moved up to third on a groundout and score on a successfully executed suicide squeeze bunt by Grace Stepp.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Hawks added an insurance run. With one out, Shannon Williams and Waring collected back-to-back singles. Both advanced on a groundout, and Williams scored on Walters two-out single to left, spotting the Hawks a 2-0 lead.
York led off the seventh with triple to right field, and Sierra Miller drew a walk. An error on Kendall Clemmer’s ground ball to the infield allowed York to score the Indians’ only run.
For the Golden Hawks, Ameerah Wheet was a perfect 3-for-3. Williams was 2-for-3 with a run scored and Walters was 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored.
“We had a couple of miscues on the base paths,” Schram said. “We hit the ball pretty well, but overall, when you start winning, you find different ways to win games.
“Souderton played a great game. She (McKenna Schroding) is a good pitcher too.”
Schroding allowed nine hits and two runs in five innings, striking out four. Lindsay Detwiler did not allow a hit in a scoreless sixth inning in relief.
Council Rock South (11-4, 8-4 SOL) will travel to Neshaminy on Tuesday, and Souderton (8-8, 6-6) will host Pennridge Tuesday.
Souderton 000 000 1 1-1-1
Council Rock South 100 100 x 2-9-1
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 15, BENSALEM 3 (5 innings)
If the Patriots needed a jump start, they got one with six runs in the first inning. Granted, they were on the receiving end of eight free passes in the frame and had just one hit – a Kaylee Masterson single, but armed with that early lead, the Patriots’ bats came alive, and they pounded out 15 hits over the next four innings on their way to the lopsided win in the abbreviated contest.
“It was pretty much a whole team effort,” East coach Karl Knapp said. “I was yelling to them from the coach’s box – it’s the type of thing where you have to sit back there like you’re hitting changeups. Go out and attack the ball, and they did that.
“They got disciplined enough at the plate that they executed that way, and that’s why they got the hits. This is one of those wins we needed to have a morale booster to go in and hopefully do a good job against (CB) South tomorrow.”
The Owls scored a run in the bottom of the first, but the Patriots got that back in the third when Elizabeth Gray, who singled and stole second, scored on Masterson’s RBI single. The Owls scored a pair to make it a 7-3 game, but the Patriots scored one in the top of the fourth on Gray’s RBI single and put the game away with seven runs in the fifth.
Elise Waddington opened the seventh with a double to left, and she scored when Corinn Eads singled. Sara Camposano followed with a double, and then Kayla Mitchell hit an RBI single. Mae Mahoney’s double plated a run, and Gray, who hit a triple to left field, scored on Masterson’s single. Waddington and Eads (RBI) both collected their second singles of the inning to close out the scoring and the game.
“it’s a funny season,” Knapp said. “We played Council Rock South (a 6-1 win), and it was like a perfect game for us. We just had everything together – hitting and pitching, and the next game it all falls apart.
“Unfortunately, it’s been one of those seasons where we struggle to put everything together. The key for us is getting hits with people on. We get hits when no one’s one. We have people on second and third, and we don’t get hits. It’s just that kind of a season. A lot of the games – the scores look bad, but we were in it for most of the game. Then all of a sudden, we have a bad inning, and everything comes off the tracks.”
Gray (3-for-4, 3B, 2RBIs, 3R), Masterson (3-for-4, 2 RBIs, 2R) and Mitchell (3-for-4, RBI, 3R) led the Patriots’ 15-hit attack. Waddington (2-for-3, 2B, 2R) and Eads (2-for-4, 2 RBIs, 2R) also had multi-hit games.
Peyton Schellhorn notched the win, allowing four hits and three runs in three innings. Mitchell closed it out with two shutout innings, allowing one hit.
“We’ve got to play South tomorrow, so you just tell them – ‘Build on this and try and carry over the type of play you showed today, and hopefully, have a better outcome than we did the first time against them,” Knapp said.
Central Bucks East (4-12, 3-9 SOL) will be on the road at Central Bucks South Tuesday, and Bensalem (3-13, 1-12) will travel to Council Rock North Tuesday.
Central Bucks East 601 17 15-15-1
Bensalem 102 00 3-5-2
SOL Liberty/Freedom crossover
HATBORO-HORSHAM 9, UPPER MORELAND 2
The Hatters scored three runs in the first inning, but found themselves in a battle with the host Golden Bears, who scored single runs in the first
and fifth innings and trailed by just a 3-2 score until the Hatters exploded for six runs in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach.
“The win was a team effort,” Hatters’ coach Jen Tooley said. “The girls like to play with some pressure, and with two outs in the seventh they started stringing hits and runs together to secure the win.
“A special congratulations to Alyssa Tooley for the hitting the pitcher’s milestone of 100 strikeouts in today’s game.”
Tooley struck out 14 in the complete game win, allowing four hits and three runs (only one earned) while walking four.
In the Hatters’ three-run first, Tooley drew a leadoff walk and stole second. She scored on Abby Waeltz’s line single to right. Amaya Lundy followed with a single, and Adriana DeLeon delivered the big blow of the inning – a two-run, two-out double to left field.
In the bottom of the inning, the Golden Bears loaded the bases with one out, thanks to an error, walk and single by Natalie Walton. A bases-loaded walk to Devyn Kniese pushed a run across.
Walton’s solo home run to center field in the fifth made it a 3-2 game.
The Hatters’ six-run seventh was highlighted by doubles from DeLeon, Tess Kearney (2 RBIs) and Waeltz (RBI). Contributing singles were Madison Karpovich, Abby
Wolcott and Tooley (2 RBIs). The Hatters collected six of their 14 hits in the seventh inning.
DeLeon’s 3-for-3 effort with two doubles and two RBIs led the Hatters. Tooley (2-for-3, 2RBIs, 2R), Kearney (2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBIs, 1R), Waeltz (2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBIs, 1R) and Karpovich (2-for-5, 2R) had two hits each.
For the Golden Bears, Walton and Alyssa Wiley had two hits each.
“Today’s game at Hatboro-Horsham was a tough one,” UM coach Melanie Martino said. “After getting completely shut down by them last year, we were in it the whole game, keeping the score within a couple of runs until the last inning.
“Haleigh Woodman helped us out tremendously behind the plate. She has been consistently a force for us, controlling the game defensively, and today was no different.”
Hatboro-Horsham (10-5, 10-2 SOL) will travel to Abington on Tuesday, and Upper Moreland (8-7, 6-6) will host William Tennent on Tuesday.
Hatboro-Horsham 300 000 6 9-14-3
Upper Moreland 100 010 0 2-4-2
LOWER MORELAND 4, ABINGTON 3
The Lions scored four runs with two outs in the third inning and then held off a late rally by the visiting Ghosts to earn the hard-fought win in crossover play.
Payge Lennon led off the fourth with a single to center field. With two outs, the Lions collected four consecutive hits and also benefitted from an Abington miscue to put four runs on the board. Juliet Yavas started the two-out rally with a hit up the middle. Sophia Azzarano followed with an RBI single, scoring Lennon. Isabella Ricciardi added another RBI single, scoring Yavas, and then it was Jordyn MacPhee’s turn for another RBI single, scoring Azzarano. Ricciardi scored the fourth and final run of the inning after an Abington error.
The game was not without its share of drama.
“The Ghosts threatened every inning with a baserunner reaching third base in four different innings,” LM coach Karen Reese said. “But the combination of Liz Neeld’s pitching and the Lions defense continued to shut the Ghosts down, until the seventh inning.”
Pinch hitter Shauna Rakus led off the top of the seventh with a bunt single. Natalie Broskley bunted and reached base on an error and Raskus scored. Leanna Schenk followed with another bunt and reached base after another Lower Moreland miscue. Jasmine Hernandez grounded out for the first out of the inning, but Bruskley scored and Schenk scored on a throwing error by the Lions. Sammi Clewell doubled to center field with a long ball, but Lower Moreland shut down the next two batters to hold on and win 4-3.
Neeld got the win in the circle, with 10 strikeouts and two walks. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate.
Lower Moreland (5-11, 3-9 SOL) will host Cheltenham on Tuesday, and Abington (4-11, 4-8) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday.
Abington 000 000 3 3-8-1
Lower Moreland 004 000 x 4-7-4
Non-league
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 8, ARCHBISHOP WOOD 1
Maddy Borowski had herself a day.
Although it didn’t start out on the most promising of notes when she walked four in the first inning and allowed Wood’s only run of the game on a wild pitch. She struck out the side, which turned out to be a preview of things to come in a contest that saw her fan 18, which included the 300th strikeout of her career. The Titans’ senior ace walked just one the rest of the way and scattered six hits.
“She was amazing,” South coach Kevin Rosini said. “The first inning she was a little nervous, and after that, that was it. She just pounded the strike zone, moved the ball around, a lot of swinging strike threes. She was just constantly attacking the strike zone.
“She was all over the strike zone today, and that was great. She kept us in it, and once we got the lead in the fifth inning, she just pounded on it.”
The Vikings took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and took that one-run advantage into the fifth when the Titans scored three runs. For good measure, they added five more over the next two innings on their way to the non-league win.
Camryn Williams got the ball rolling in the fifth with a leadoff single and stole second. The Titans had a pair on board after Maura Fleming legged out a bunt single and advanced all the way to second when no one covered the bag. Williams scored on a passed ball, and then Ella Wheeler walked, stole second, and both runners scored on wild pitches to give the Titans a 3-1 lead.
In sixth, the Titans tacked on a run when Hannah Tracy singled and eventually scored on yet another wild pitch.
The Titans put the game out of reach with four runs in the seventh. Ella Wheeler lined a one-out double to left, and Hollie Schaub drew a walk, Steph Bendzlowicz drove in a run with a double, and another run crossed the plate a ground ball by Allie Franck. Tracy’s two-run single put the Titans on top 8-1.
Fleming’s 3-for-4 day at the plate included a run scored and two stolen bases to lead the Titans. Bendzlowicz was 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and run scored. Tracy was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a stolen base and run scored, and Wheeler doubled, scored two runs, drew a walk and stole two bases.
Central Bucks South (9-6, 7-5 SOL) will host Central Bucks East Tuesday.
Central Bucks South 000 031 4 8-10-0
Archbishop Wood 100 000 0 1-6-2
PENNRIDGE 7, VILLA JOSEPH MARIE 1
Grace Helbling recorded 19 of 21 outs by strikeout in Monday’s complete game two-hitter in an overpowering non-league outing in the circle. She walked only one. She took a no-hitter into the sixth inning.
“Grace pitched a great game,” Pennridge coach Wendy Iadonisi said. “She had a lot of pop on the ball and had great movement.
“Going into the sixth inning, a photographer that was there mentioned to her that she had a no-hitter going. He must not be around softball that much because you never say that out loud. They got two singles and a run that inning. She laughed about it when she told me because she was thinking, ‘Great, he just jinxed me.’’
The Rams scored all the runs Helbling would need in a four-run fourth inning. Olivia Crognale opened the inning with a single, and Helbling followed with a double to left. With runners on second and third, Reagan Bauman delivered a two-run double to left field, and Ryleigh Lilly ripped a two-run home run to center field for a 4-0 lead.
“Our bats had a slow start, but after getting through the lineup once, we began to make solid contact,” Iadonisi said. “Reagan Bauman continues to swing really well, and Ryleigh Lilly came up big with a home run in the fourth.”
In the fifth, Helbling delivered an RBI single to plate Jadyn Gulbinski, who led off the inning with a single and moved up to second on an error. One inning later, Lilly led off with a single and stole second. She scored when KyLee Hangey singled to right field.
Villa broke up Helbling’s shutout bid with a run in the sixth. In the top of the seventh inning, Averi Dockery hit an RBI double to close out the scoring.
Helbling (2-for-3, 2B, RBI), Bauman (2-for-4, 2B, 1 RBIs, 1R) and Lilly (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBIs, 2R) led the Rams’ 11-hit attack. Dockery and Ashleigh Kenworthy each had a double.
Pennridge (10-6, 7-5 SOL) will travel to Souderton on Tuesday.
Pennridge 000 411 1 7-11-1
Villa Joseph Marie 000 001 0 1-2-1
SPRINGFIELD TWP 5, NAZARETH ACADEMY 2
Ashley Schulz tossed a two-hitter in the circle, and the Spartans collected 13 hits, opening up a 4-0 lead before Nazareth got on the board on their way to the non-league win.
A two-run first set the tone for the game. Ashley Schulz singled with two outs, and she scored when Taylor Schulz doubled to left field. An RBII single by Ashley Jenkins gave the Spartans their two-run lead.
“Taylor Schulz came up big in the first inning to get things started for us,” Spartans’ coach Heather Gehlhaus said. “She has really been powerful at the plate for us.”
A walk was followed by a single from Kayla Parsons, and Ashley Schulz brought a run home with a sac fly in the second inning. In the fourth, Charlotte Drapkin led off with a single, and she scored from second when Parsons delivered a two-out RBI single to put the Spartans on top 4-0.
Nazareth scored two in the fifth, but the Spartans added an insurance run in the seventh when Taylor Schulz lined an RBI single to right field to close out the scoring.
Jenkins led the Spartans with a 3-for-4 effort that included one RBI. Collecting two hits each were Parsons (2-for-4), Ashley Schulz (2-for-2, 2 RBIs, 2R), Taylor Schulz (2-for-4, 2B, 2RBIs) and Norah Conlin (2-for-4).
Ashley Schulz notched the complete game win, allowing two hits and two runs in seven strong innings, striking out 12 and walking five.
“Ashely Schulz was tough for us on the mound and really pitched a strong game,” Gehlhaus said. “She has really been doing a great job for us this season and gives her best effort each pitch.”
Springfield Twp (7-7, 5-6 SOL) will travel to New Hope-Solebury on Tuesday.
Springfield Twp 210 100 1 5-13-3
Nazareth Academy 000 020 0 2-2-1
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