Pa. Boys: Hedrick sets mark in Spring-Ford win

Spring-Ford

registered a routine 96-54 Pioneer Athletic Conference track and field win over visiting

Upper Perkiomen

yesterday, but Russell Hedrick's performance was anything but routine.

The Rams' Hedrick threw the javelin a school-record 169 feet, 1 inch, shattering a mark that has been held for the last three years by John Culver.

In 2005, Culver threw the javelin 165-10.

Dave Byck went 4 for 5 with three RBIs to lead

Lower Moreland

to a 10-2 Bicentennial League win at

Morrisville

.

Byck, a second baseman, led a prolific attack for the Lions (5-3 overall, 5-3 league), whose shortstop, Julian Vega, went 3 for 3 with three RBIs.

Dan Cataline and Brad Saitta each hit his second home run of the season for the Lions.

The chief beneficiary of the support was pitcher Jerry Dougherty, who allowed six hits over seven innings and earned his fourth win in six outings this season.

Galen Halteman's pitching helped

Christopher Dock

stop host

Jenkintown

, 5-0. Halteman pitched a complete game, striking out nine and walking none. Colin Moyer stroked a pair of doubles for the Pioneers (8-1, 8-0).

Catholic Blue.

Jon Haefner's fifth-inning hit drove in what turned out to be the winning run for host

Archbishop Carroll

in a 6-5 win over

Neumann-Goretti

.

The single gave the Patriots (5-3, 4-3) a 6-3 lead.

Bob Hayes and Phil Dougherty combined for a five-hitter.

Derek Barnes pitched a four-inning no-hitter and Christian Walker hit a three-run home run in

Kennedy-Kenrick

's 15-0 win over

Cardinal Dougherty

.

Brian O'Grady pitched a three-hitter and hit a grand slam for host

Archbishop Wood

in a 12-1 win over

West Catholic

.

Public.

Mike Skinner pitched a three-inning two-hitter and Joe Gilbert was 3 for 3 with three RBIs as host

Franklin Towne Charter

topped

Bok

, 16-1.

Rudy Curry drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth to give host

West Philadelphia

a 14-13 win over

Germantown

. Curry finished his day 5 for 5 with five RBIs. Alfred Johnson hit a grand slam for the Bears.

Edgardo Lozano went 4 for 4 with three RBIs as host

Fels

nipped

Martin Luther King

, 10-8.

Central.

Julian Anapolsky's first start was a good one for host

Conestoga

in a 12-0 win over

Upper Darby

. Anapolsky pitched a five-inning two-hitter, striking out eight and walking two. Joe Paczesniak paced a 13-hit attack for the unbeaten Pioneers (9-0, 8-0) by going 3 for 3 with a pair of RBIs.

Ken Clark pitched a five-hitter as host

Marple Newtown

edged

Haverford High

, 2-1. Pinch-runner Steve DeCecco scored the winning run in the sixth inning, coming all the way from second on a passed ball through the backstop. J.J. Sims pitched a three-hitter for the Fords.

Bill Merwin's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth gave host

Strath Haven

an 8-7 win over

Ridley

.

Suburban One American.

Jordan Hofferman pitched to just one batter and was credited with a 4-3 win for host

Cheltenham

over

Wissahickon

. Hofferman induced the batter to ground out to end the top half of the seventh and the Panthers pushed across the winning run in the bottom half.

Ches-Mont.

Kyle Stackhouse and Mike Douglas each homered for

Great Valley

in an 8-2 win at

Kennett

. Chris Campbell pitched a four-hitter and struck out nine while walking none for the Patriots. Campbell also hit a triple.

Pioneer Athletic.

Cody Fleming's RBI-double keyed a six-run third inning for host

Upper Perkiomen

in an 11-5 win over

Perkiomen Valley

. Fleming finished his day 4 for 4.

Ryan Rogala's two-run single in the 11th gave

Phoenixville

a 6-4 win at

Pottsgrove

.

Nonleague.

Bob Martz went 3 for 4 as host

Chestnut Hill Academy

parlayed 14 hits into a 12-5 win over

Abington Friends

.

Despite Chris Gosik's three-run homer in the first inning, host

Salesianum

(Del.) handed

Malvern Prep

its first loss of the season, 8-3, as starting pitcher Dan Breidenbach settled down the rest of the way.

Both teams are now 21-1.