Pa. Girls: Neshaminy softball edges Boyertown
Jackie Franzen's RBI-single with two outs in the eighth inning gave host Neshaminy a 1-0 win over Boyertown in the first round of the District 1 Class AAAA softball playoffs yesterday.
Jackie Franzen's RBI-single with two outs in the eighth inning gave host
Neshaminy
a 1-0 win over
Boyertown
in the first round of the District 1 Class AAAA softball playoffs yesterday.
Samantha Creamer saved the game in the fourth inning for the Redskins (10-9) by throwing a runner out at the plate. The throw was especially impressive since Creamer was playing in her fourth game back after missing the rest of the season with a broken hand.
Starter Brianne Birtell and reliever Sarah McGowan combined for the shutout.
In other first-round games:
Spring-Ford
rallied for all of its runs in the final two innings for a 4-3 win over visiting
Methacton
.
Christine's Bednar's two-run double in the sixth inning was one of the key hits for the Rams.
In other first-round games:
Amanda McCann hit a three-run homer in the first inning to get host
Upper Darby
off to a good start in a 10-1 win over
Central Bucks West
. Teammate Sam Jackson went 3 for 4, and Alicia DeSanto pitched a five-hitter.
Central Bucks East
took advantage of three errors to score four runs in the seventh inning in a 4-3 win at
Plymouth Whitemarsh
.
North Penn
hammered host
West Chester East,
17-2, getting a two-run homer and six RBIs from Jessie Butowsky, who had three hits.
Public.
Louise Fox's two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave
Central
a 7-6 win over visiting
Northeast
in a league semifinal game.
In the other semifinal, Amanda Whalen pitched a three-hitter as host
CAPA
beat
George Washington
, 13-6.
Catholic.
Loran Mihaliak's pitching carried host
Cardinal O'Hara
past
Hallahan
, 9-1, in the first round of the playoffs. Mihaliak gave up just an unearned run in the fifth inning to spoil Hallahan's first postseason appearance in eight years.
In other first-round games:
Pinch-runner Brianna Heck scored during a rundown in the seventh inning to cap host
Archbishop Wood's
comeback in a 7-6 win over
Conwell-Egan
.
Heather Brabazon allowed just four hits and struck out 14 for host
St. Hubert
in a 7-0 win over
Kennedy-Kenrick
.
Inter-Ac.
Nicole Martino went 3 for 4 in her final game, leading
Episcopal Academy
to a 6-4 win at
Agnes Irwin
. Lauren Berry pitched a seven-inning five-hitter for the win.
Lacrosse
Katie Cunningham's six goals led host
Perkiomen School
past
Del-Val Friends
, 15-3, to capture a Tri-County League semifinal.
Soccer
In a District One Class AA semifinal at Central Bucks West, No. 2-seeded
Springfield
(Montco) got two goals from Tierney Carabba and one from Caroline Mountney in a 3-0 win over No. 3
Upper Moreland
. It was the first appearance in the districts for the Golden Bears since 1992.
District 12 Class AA.
Nicole Bracciale scored five goals and assisted on the other as host
Masterman
rolled to a 6-1 win over
Bodine
in a first-round game.