DuBois Softball Edges Punxsutawney, 3-2

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (D9Sports) – Sarah Snyder scored three runs to lift visiting DuBois to a 3-2 win over Punxsutawney.

(Sarah Snyder of DuBois. Photo by Don Cameron)

Snyder was 3-for-3 in the contest with a double and a walk and scored runs for the Lady Beavers in the first, third and fifth innings.

Kylee Bundy added a 2-for-3 day for DuBois.

Molly Nosker got the win going seven innings allowing two runs on 10 hits and a walk while striking out six.

Sarah Weaver and Kylee Lingenfelter each had two hits for Punxsutawney with one of Lingenfelter’s being a double.

Riley Presloid also had a double and an RBI for the Lady Chucks with Grace Aikens going 3-for-4 with an RBI.

Lingenfelter took the loss allowing three runs, one earned, on five hits and two walks while striking out 12.

JOHNSONBURG 17, BROOKVILLE 7, 6 INNINGS

JOHNSONBURG, Pa. – Johnsonburg scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat Brookville, 17-7, in six innings via the 10-run rule at Knothole Park.

The Ramettes actually trailed 7-5 going into the bottom of the fifth before scoring 12 runs in their final two at-bats off Brookville reliever Abby Sunealitis after she replaced injured starting pitcher Carlie McManigle.

Lindsey Kocjancic doubled three times, knocking in Alyssa Kasmierski with two outs in the bottom of the sixth with the game-ending run. Kasmierski also had three hits with a triple and four runs scored. Maria Jones tripled twice.

Kocjancic threw the first two innings before Jones completed the game from there to get the win in relief, giving up eight hits while striking out four and walking two.

Emily Kramer and Lauren Hergert each had two hits for Brookville. Megrah Suhan hit a three-run homer in the top of the third inning to put the Lady Raiders up 4-1.

CLARION TAKES TWO FROM FOREST AREA

CLARION, Pa. – Clarion swept a pair of games from visiting Forest Area completing a victory in the continuation of a suspended game from April 11 with a 12-2, five-inning win then taking the regularly scheduled game, 15-0 in four innings.

Relisten to the completion of the first game and the entire second game.

The first game resumed in the fourth inning with Clarion ahead 7-1, and the Lady Cats, as the visitors, tacked on two more runs in the fourth and three in the fifth while allowing the Fires one in the bottom of the fourth.

For the game, Maya Thornton was 2-for-3 with a pair of triples, two runs scored and an RBI with Kaitlyn Constantino going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored. Alexis Constantino also added a triple, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored, while Tori Vega was 1-for-1 with a double, a walk and a run scored and Sadie Rudesyle was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.

For Forest Area, Jessica Wagner was 1-for-1 with an RBI single and a walk. Jen Lander and Jasmine Ginnery scored runs for the Fires.

Kaitlyn Constantino got the win going five innings allowing two runs on one hit, five walks and a hit batter while striking out 10.

Jasmine Ginnery took the loss giving up 12 runs, 11 earned, on 11 hits and six walks while striking out four in five innings.

The second game was all Clarion with the Lady Cats using an 11-run third inning to cruise to the 15-0 win.

MacKenzie DiTullio led the way on offense going 2-for-2 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBIs. She was named the Hager Paving Player of the Game and talked about the win.

Also for Clarion, Alexis Constantino was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs, while Ava Kiser was 1-for-2 with a triple and three runs scored and Thornton was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Kaitlyn Constantino added a 2-for-4 day with two runs scored and an RBI and Rudesyle was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.

Rudesyle got the win giving up an infield single to Lander while also walking four and striking out eight.

Lander took the loss allowing 15 runs, seven earned, on 16 hits and two walks.