Athens softball walks-off against Wellsboro.
By: Brian Fees | Towanda Daily Review | April 20, 2016 | Photo courtesy Brian Fees
2016 NTL and District 4 News
ATHENS -- A Hannah Reid hit drove home Morgan Ferguson with the winning run on Tuesday as the Athens softball team walked off with a 4-3 win over Wellsboro.
"It was so nerve-wracking, but we pulled out the win, it was exciting," Emma Adams said.
For Ferguson, it was a big moment scoring the winning run.
"We lost yesterday (to NEB), we crumbled in the last inning, then we pulled it out today and had no errors," she said. "I was very happy (to score the winning run), I loved it. I haven't gotten on base too much this year, but that was a really good feeling."
The Athens players knew this was a big win.
"It puts us back in the NTL race," Reid said. "Everyone was saying Athens was supposed to lose this game, but we proved everyone wrong."
"I knew we could do it as a team, it took eight innings, but we pulled out the win."
Reid, Adams, Kaitlyn Testen, Aubrey Allen, Lexi Morley, Taylor Jenney and Hayleigh Macik had hits for Athens in the game.
Reid, Allen, Morley and Ferguson had RBI, and Ferguson, Adams, Testen and Morley scored runs.
Adams pitched all eight on the mound, striking out one and allowing seven hits.
Sarah Ingerick had a hit for Wellsboro, and Jenny Young, Sydney Tremper, Alyssa Yungwirth, Emma Poirier and Kailee Clymer had hits for the Green Hornets.
Clymer and Tremper had RBI, and Young, Clymer and Poirier scored runs.
Alexa Singer and Yungwirth pitched for the Green Hornets, striking out five.
With a young team the Wildcats feel like they are improving as the year goes on.
"We are all playing different positions, we are just getting used to it and going with it as it goes," Adams said. "This was probably everyone's best game."
And, the Wildcats were happy they bounced back from a loss.
"This is what this team is, we never stop, never quit," Ferguson said.
Liberty 2, Towanda 1
Savanah Doney threw a two-hitter on the mound, striking out five and at the plate she had a triple to lead off the second inning and scored one of Liberty's runs.
Brook Harvey and Jillian Berguson had hits for Liberty and Emily Strange drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly.
Jayde Parsons pitched for Towanda, allowing four hits, and Madi Doss had a hit and an RBI, while Larisa Terry had a double and scored the Black Knights run.
Tioga 17, Watkins Glen 2
Sam Wood had two hits, two RBI and three runs scored for the Tigers in the win. Wood broke the career hit record, surpasing the old record of 132 held by Colleen Stocum, who graduated in 1999, and she broke the career-RBI record of 112 held by Katrina Ulrich, who graduated in 2003.
Katelyn Stubbs had a hit and scored a run, and Brittany Vergason had two hits.
Maria Culver had two hits, and Sarah Hollenbeck had a hit and scored three runs.
Sara Strong had three hits, and Madelyn Dadynski scored a run.
Megan Godfrey had a hit and scored a run, and Taylor Ayres had three hits and scored a run.
Strong had four RBI, Culver had three, Ayres had two, and Godfrey, Dadynski and Hollenbeck had RBI.
Culver struck out 13 on the mound, allowing one hit.
Sullivan County 13, Bucktail 2, 5 innings
The Griffins scored six runs in the first inning as they picked up their second straight win.
Chandra Thomas, Noelle Henninger, Savannah Baldwin and Alexis Randall all had two hits for the Griffins.
Thomas and Baldwin each had two RBI and three runs scored, Randall scored two runs and had an RBI and Henninger scored three runs.
Bethany Weinhardt and Quincy Fry each had a hit and scored a run, and Torie Shultz had a hit and scored two runs, while Kassandra Houseknecht had a hit and an RBI.
Fry struck out five on the mound.
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