HS Softball: Schuylkill Haven knocks off Tri-Valley

Williams Valley's Olivia Hand pictured at Schuylkill League Softball Media Day (Staff Photo).
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Schuylkill Haven delivered big hits in the final two innings to rally past Tri-Valley 6-5 in eight innings Thursday in a Schuylkill League Division II softball game.
The Hurricanes tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the seventh, knotting the score 5-5 on Grace Line’s two-run single.
With two outs in the eighth, Joie Schoffstall, who went 3-for-4, singled. Running on a 3-2 pitch to Kaitlyn Russo, Schoffstall scored the winning run when Russo laced a triple to left field.
Ally Becker went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs for the Hurricanes.
For Tri-Valley, Olivia Witmer went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs.
TV (2-1, 1-1) 003 010 10 — 5 11 1
SH (4-0, 2-0) 100 010 31 — 6 10 1
K. Rodichok, My. Schwalm (7) and L. Rodichok; Line and Domermuth. W— Line (3-0). L — My. Schwalm (1-1).
HITS: Tri-Valley — Snyder 2, Artz, Ma. Schwalm 2, Witmer 3, L. Rodichok 2, Leonard. Schuylkill Haven — Russo 2, Wehr, Becker 2, Line, Jenan, Schoffstall 3.
2B — Witmer 2, Becker, Schoffstall. 3B — Ma. Schwalm, Russo.
Pine Grove 7, Tamaqua 0
PINE GROVE — Jamie Dinger and Chelcy Clark combined on a two-hit shutout to lead Pine Grove over Tamaqua in a Division I game.
Dinger pitched 5.2 innings and struck out 14. Clark finished the final 1.1 innings and whiffed three.
Callee Leffler sparked the Cardinals’ offense, going 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, three runs scored and one RBI.
Hannah Aungst went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and one RBI, while Madison Shiffer went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Pine Grove.
Tam (2-3, 1-1) 000 000 0 — 0 2 6
PG (3-0, 2-0) 230 200 x — 7 8 1
Faust, Knitter (3) and Krall; Dinger, Clark (6) and Bohr. W— Dinger (2-0). L — Faust (1-1).
HITS: Tamaqua — Conahan, Robb. Pine Grove — Leffler 2, Aungst 2, Shiffer 2, Clark, Umbenhauer.
2B — Leffler. 3B — Clark, Leffler, Aungst.
Minersville 15, Nativity 0
MINERSVILLE — Eila O’Brien pitched a one-hit shutout and helped herself with two hits and two RBIs as Minersville topped Nativity at Ken Schneck Field.
The win marked the first for first-year Minersville head coach Kate Rittenbaugh.
Sara McGrath went 3-for-3 with a triple, three runs scored and four RBIs for Minersville, while Bella Rizzardi went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs and two RBIs. Rilynn Brennan went 2-for-3 with three runs scored for the Miners.
Nat (0-4, 0-2) 000 — 0 1 5
Min (1-3, 1-1) 654 — 15 10 1
Covell and Clark; O’Brien and McGrath. W— O’Brien (1-1). L — Covell (0-3).
HITS: Nativity — Covell. Minersville — Brennan 2, Rizzardi 2, Frantz, McGrath 3, O’Brien 2.
2B — Rizzardi. 3B — McGrath.
Pottsville 15, Lourdes 0
MOUNT CARMEL — Peyton Eckert pitched a three-inning perfect game to lead Pottsville past Lourdes in Division I action.
Eckert struck out four and walked none.
Aubrey Scanlan paced the Crimson Tide offense by going 2-for-2 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Other top hitters for Pottsville included Jes Siminitus, 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and one run; Lana Cromyak, 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs; and Olivia Wessner, 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and one run.
Potts (3-2, 1-1) (14)01 — 15 10 0
Lou (0-2, 0-2) 0 0 0 — 0 0 4
Eckert and Wessner; Adams, Barcavage (3) and Fuller. W— Eckert (3-2). L — Adams (0-1).
HITS: Pottsville — Siminitus 2, Yost, Cromyak 2, Steidle, Scanlan 2, Wessner 2. Lourdes — None.
2B — Siminitus, Wessner.
Williams Valley 23, Shenandoah Valley 0
TOWER CITY — Olivia Hand tossed a three-inning no-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk in Williams Valley’s Division II victory over Shenandoah Valley.
Hand went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBIs. One of her hits was a three-run, inside-the-park home run.
Quin Smeltz went 2-for-2 with four RBIs, including a three-run home run for the Vikings.
Ella Kobularik had three runs and three RBIs; Kayla Hand went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs; and Ally Underkoffler went 2-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.
SV (2-4, 0-2) 0 0 0 — 0 0 7
WV (4-0, 2-0) (23)0x — 23 14 0
Zulkowski and Castro; O. Hand and Q. Smeltz. W— O. Hand (1-0). L — Zulkowski (2-1).
HITS: Shenandoah Valley — None. Williams Valley — Kobularik, K. Hand 2, Heisey 2, S. Smeltz, Q. Smeltz 2, Fry, O. Hand 2, Underkoffler 2, Ziegler.
2B — O. Hand, S. Smeltz, Q. Smeltz. HR — O. Hand, Q. Smeltz.
Panther Valley 20, Mahanoy Area 8
MAHANOY CITY — Janessa Prudente went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored as Panther Valley outslugged Mahanoy Area in a Division I game.
Morgan O’Brien went 2-for-4 with three RBIs for the Panthers.
Naomi Kowalick and Ella Connolly had two hits and two RBIs apiece for Mahanoy Area.
PV (1-1, 1-1) 373 07 — 20 15 4
MA (2-2, 0-2) 330 20 — 8 11 7
Prudente and McQuillen; Kennedy, Carl (2) and Mroczka. W— Prudente (1-1). L — Kennedy (0-1).
HITS: Panther Valley — McQuillen, Breslin, Prudente 3, Mo. O’Brien 2, D’Ancona, Mika, Me. O’Brien 2, Krapf 2, Frets 2. Mahanoy Area — Mroczka, Carl, Poslosky, Kowalick 2, Connolly 2, Killian, Fazio 2, Zubris.
2B — Prudente, Poslosky. 3B — D’Ancona, Mo. O’Brien, Prudente, Mroczka, Fazio.
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