NEB, Notre Dame capture tourney titles.
By: The Review | Towanda Daily Review | April 29, 2012
2012 NTL and District 4 News
The Northeast Bradford Panthers won the Central Columbia softball tournament on Saturday, defeating Minersville, the team that knocked them out of the PIAA playoffs last year, in the final.
The Panthers opened the day with a 6-4 win over Central Columbia, rallying from 3-1 down after two innings to get the win.
Kelsey Carlsen had two hits, a home run, two RBI and a run scored and Calla Martin had a hit, while Nicki Emick had a hit and an RBI. Maddy Johnson had two hits, a double, two runs scored and an RBI and Courtney Coleman had a hit, two RBI and a run scored.
Chelsie Souto struck out five, walked four and allowed six hits and four earned runs to get the victory.
In the final the Panthers got their rematch with Minersville and Souto struck out 10, walked none and allowed four hits and one unearned run to pitch Northeast Bradford to the 3-1 victory.
Martin had two hits, with a home run and three RBI and Carlsen and Emick each had hits, while Johnson had two hits, a pair of runs scored and two stolen bases.
Souto was the tournament MVP and Carlsen, Emick and Martin made the all-tournament team.
"Those are two really good teams we played," Northeast Bradford coach Gary Hennip said. "Our kids played really well. We've had a couple of injuries, and we fought through that.
"Chelsie pitched very well. The first couple of innings against Central Columbia they scored three runs, but she shut them down after that and the Minersville game she was dominating."
Getting a win over a team that beat them in states last year is something Hennip knows is good for his team's confidence.
"We played very well against them," he said. "They had four seniors I think graduate, but they are still a really good team. They are very well coached. The freshman pitching for them, is a very good pitcher. It's nice to get a quality win against a team like Minersville."
Northeast Bradford is at Williamson on Monday.
LADY CRUSADERS TOURNAMENT
SOUTHPORT, N.Y. - The Notre Dame Crusaders brought home their tournament title on Saturday, defeating Addison and Dryden on the day.
Notre Dame beat Addison 20-10 to start the game, and defeated Dryden 16-1 in five innings.
In the two games Athens' Becca Saggiomo was 7-8, with nine RBI, three doubles and five runs scored.
She was 4-for-5 with 8 RBI in the first game against Addison.
In that game Athens' Olivia May had two hits, a triple, a double, three RBI and three runs scored and Alivia Clark had a double, an RBI and a run scored, while Sydney Dimon had two hits, two runs scored an an RBI.
Emily Lepkowski had a 4-for-4 game with five runs scored, a double and three RBI and Detta Gublo had two hits, a stolen base and a run scored, while Sammy ERbach had two hits, a double, an RBI and two runs scored.
Chelsea Camilo had a hit and scored a run and Mackenzie Maloney had two hits, a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
May sruck out 10, walked five and allowed six hits in the game.
Against Dryden May was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, an RBI and a double and Saggiomo was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, a double and an RBI.
May struck out seven, walked one, allowed one hit and one unearned run in the win.
Clark had two hits and scored two runs, Dimon had a hit, a stolen base and Brooke Harvey scored a run for her.
Erbach had two hits, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI and McKaleigh Miller had three hits, a double, three RBI and a run scored, while Abby Carr had two hits, four RBI and a run scored and Maloney had a hit and two RBI.
Williamsport Tournament
Towanda 8, Archbishop Wood 7
The Black Knights started the tournament with a win on Friday night.
Koryn Wickwire was 4-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored and Tori Welliver had a hit, while Alaina Wickwire had two hits, a double, a run scored and an RBI.
Michelle Aronson had a hit and a run scored, Emily Gorman had a double and a run scored, Raven Vargason had a hit, an RBI and a run scored, Kylie Cazassa had a pair of hits, with a double and two RBI and Mackenzie Roof had a hit and a run scored.
Alaina Wickwire struck out nine, walked three and allowed six hits to get the win.
Williamsport 6, Towanda 0
Koryn Wickwire and Alaina Wickwire had hits in the game for the Black Knights and Welliver struck out four, walked three and allowed nine hits and three runs in five innings.
Alaina Wickwire struck out none, walked none and allowed four hits and three runs in one inning of work.
Central Dauphin 8, Towanda 1
Vargason had Towanda's lone hit and Alaina Wickwire scored a run in the game.
Alaina Wickwire struck out three, walked four and allowed 10 hits in the game.
Towanda is at Troy on Monday.
