Pine Grove's Madison Shiffer pictured at Schuylkill League Softball Media Day (Staff Photo).

ALLENTOWN — Madison Shiffer and Callee Leffler blasted home runs to lead Pine Grove to an 8-2 victory over Northampton on Saturday evening in a non-league softball game at Patriots Park.

Pine Grove (15-1) won its 10th straight game; the Cardinals are the top-ranked team in District 11 Class 3A. Northampton, a District 11 Class 6A qualifier, fell to 12-6.

Chelcy Clark and Jamie Dinger took care of the work in the circle; they combined on a four-hitter. Clark (10-0) went the first six innings, scattering four hits and allowing one earned run. She struck out five and walked one. Dinger pitched a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts.

The Cardinals grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but the Konkrete Kids cut the deficit to 2-1 after four innings. In the fifth, Shiffer slugged a two-run home run to give Pine Grove some breathing room at 4-1. Leading 4-2 after six innings, Pine Grove put the game away with a four-run seventh. Leffler’s two-run home run was the big hit.

Shiffer had a big night, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Leffler finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored; Hannah Aungst went 2-for-3 and scored twice. In addition, Meadow Umbenhauer tripled and scored; Tailyn Bohr drove in two runs; and Dinger hit a double.

PG (15-1)                   200      020   4 — 8        10       1      

Nor (12-6)              000      110    0 — 2          4       1

Clark, Dinger (7) and Bohr; Gable, Kulp (7) and Duerr. W— Clark (10-0). L — Gable.

HITS: Pine Grove — Leffler 2, Aungst 2, Shiffer 3, Zimmerman, Dinger, M. Umbenhauer. Northampton — Siegfried, Duerr, Echavarria, Regan.

2B — Dinger, Duerr, Siegfried, Regan. 3B — M. Umbenhauer. HR — Dinger, Shiffer.