DUBOIS, Pa. (D9Sports) – DuBois wasted little time vanquishing winless Hollidaysburg from the District 6-9 semifinals with a 19-4, four-inning win.
(Photo: Laura Fatula, DuBois)
The Lady Beavers scored multiple runs in all four innings including an eight-run second and five-run four that invoked the 15-run Mercy Rule.
Rachel Gildersleeve drove in five runs while going 2-for-2 with a double, a run scored to lead the way for DuBois while winning pitcher Sarah Snyder was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs. Laura Fatula chipped in with a pair of RBIs and three runs scored, while Maddie Smith had two RBIs and two runs scored and Danessa Allison two RBIs and a run scored. Marissa Torretti also went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Lady Beavers, and Kylee Bundy scored three times.
Kelly Marchi was 2-for-2 with a triple and an RBI for Hollidaysburg, which scored three of its runs in the first inning. Emily Baker added a hit, a run scored and two RBIs.
Snyder got the win going four innings allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits, a walk and a hit batter while striking out two.
Oakley Fox-Kern took the loss lasting two innings and giving up 11 runs, six earned, on eight hits and four walks.
The Lady Beavers will meet Central Mountain at noon Wednesday at Penn State University for the right to play District 10’s Meadville to go to the PIAA playoffs.
JOHNSONBURG 10, CURWENSVILLE 0, 5 INNINGS
JOHNSONBURG, Pa. – Getting the majority of the damage from the bottom of its lineup, Johnsonburg dispatched visiting Curwensville, 10-0 in five innings, in the District 9 Class 2A quarterfinals Monday afternoon.
The eighth and ninth spots in the Ramettes batting order combined to go 5-for-6 with four runs scored and five RBIs in the victory.
No. 9 hitter Maddie Herzing was 3-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and three RBIs, while No. 8 hitter Kylee Wall went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
That played a big role in leadoff hitter Nicole Myers driving in a pair of runs while going 2-for-4. Maria Jones added two runs scored and was 1-for-3, while courtesy runner Alyssa Kasmierski scored three times and pitcher Skylar Sherry was 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs.
Sherry allowed just seven base runners, three by error, three by walk and one hit, while striking out five in getting the five-inning complete-game shutout.
Johnsonburg took advantage of seven Curwensville errors to score five unearned runs off Clerissa Cole, who gave up 10 runs on 11 hits while striking out two in 4 ⅓ innings of work.
Five of the Ramettes runs came in the second inning and then four more came in the fifth when Johnsonburg ended the game with the 10-run Mercy Rule.
Kayley Harnett had Curwensville’s lone hit.
Johnsonburg, which moves to 14-4 with the win, takes on second-seeded Cranberry in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Cranberry.
Curwensville ends the season at 9-12.
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