The Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media Local Roundup (April 21): Methacton’s Christian does it all in win over Norristown

North Penn 7, Pennsbury 5 >> Freshman Trevor Lugara struck out three in a complete-game win while North Penn had four players collect two hits as the Knights earned a second-straight victory in the SOL crossover.

Ben Farley was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored while Justin Egner went 2-for-3 with a double and scored twice for North Penn (5-3, 3-3 SOL Colonial), which plated three runs in the top of the fifth for a 7-3 lead.

Pat Breen finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored with Jack Picozzi going 2-for-4 with a run scored. Lugara allowed five runs – two earned – on eight hits and a walk.

The Knights took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on Quinn Marett’s two-RBI single. Pennsbury (8-2, 5-2 SOL Patriot) tied things in the bottom of the inning on a Jackson Freedom RBI double and Freeman scored due to an error after a Ryan Webber single.

RBI singles from Ethan Cohen and Farley had the Knights up 4-2 in the third before Freeman’s RBI sacrifice fly in the Falcons’ half of the frame.

In the top of the fifth Picozzi came home on a wild pitch while RBI singles by Farley and Breen pushed NP’s lead to four. Justin Mitrovich’s two-out, two-RBI single had Pennsbury within two in the bottom of the inning. An error loaded the bases but Lugara got a strikeout to work out of the jam.

Mitrovich was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run while Freeman had two RBIs as the Falcons had their four-game win streak snapped.

La Salle 12, Conwell-Egan 2 (5 innings) >> La Salle scored six runs in the top of the first inning at Trenton Thunder Stadium while five of the Explorers’ 10 hits went for extra bases as they rolled to a five-inning PCL win.

Frank Provenzano was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs, Brian Baquero and Casey Nealon both had two RBIs while Casey also scored twice for La Salle (5-4, 3-2 league). Baquero, Nealon, Tahir Parker and Colin Kuczborski all doubled while Thomas Convey hit an RBI triple in the third.

Baquero brought in the game’s first two runs with his two-RBI double then scored on an error. A Matt Gannon two-out RBI made it 4-0 with the Explorers adding two more runs in the first on a Provenzano RBI single then an error.

La Salle went up 8-0 with two runs in the top of the third before Conwell-Egan scored twice in the bottom of the inning. The Explorers plated four runs in the fourth to make it 12-2.

Archbishop Wood 16, Roman Catholic 0 (4 innings) >> Michael Trommer opened scoring in the top of the first with a two-run home run as Archbishop Wood plated six in the inning then six more in the second as the Vikings cruised to a four-inning PCL victory.

Aiden Myers was 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored while Patrick McKinney had two RBIs and two runs scored for Wood (8-1, 5-0 league), which posted its final four runs in the fourth.

Daniel Tiburcio had a triple and two RBIs with Braden Kelly collecting two RBIs.

Devon Prep 5, Lansdale Catholic 1 >> Ryan Martinez’s RBI single in the bottom of the fifth pulled Lansdale Catholic to within 2-1 but Devon Prep’s Nick Gunn hit a solo home run in the sixth while the Tide added two runs in the seventh to beat the Crusaders in the PCL matchup.

Martinez and Ryan Pilewski both went 2-for-4 for LC (3-6, 1-5 league).

Holy Ghost Prep 10, Central Bucks West 6 >> Central Bucks West scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to cut Holy Ghost Prep’s lead to 5-4 but the Firebirds responded with five runs in the top of the sixth and earned the nonleague win.

Jackson Cunnane was 3-for-3 with two RBIs for the Bucks (4-3, 2-1 SOL Colonial) while Aidan Quinn hit a two-run home run in the seventh and finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored.

Aiden Robbins was 3-for-5 with two runs scored while Joey Amati went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs for HGP.

Trailing 2-1, Holy Ghost plated four runs in the top of the fifth for a 5-2 lead on a Reese Acord RBI double, Amati two-out, two-RBI single and a Pete Hoffman bases-loaded walk. West pulled within a run in its half of the frame thanks to Bill Zentmayer coming home on a wild pitch and Cunnane’s RBI double.

The Firebirds posted their first run in the top of the sixth on a passed ball. Matthew Goldenbaum’s two-RBI double made it 8-4. Noah McDermott hit an RBI single then scored on an error three batters later.

Dock Mennonite 16, Renaissance Academy 0 (3 innings) >> Dock Mennonite erupted for 15 runs in the bottom of the second to roll past Renaissance Academy.

Nathan Lapp finished 2-for-2  with five RBIs – three coming on a bases-clearing triple that made it 12-0 – and scored three runs while Logan Hinnershitz was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and scored twice for the Pioneers.

Zach Neff was3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run with Sam Laux, Deven Ross, Brayden Kratz and Matt Miles each scoring two runs.

Upper Dublin 7, Upper Moreland 3 >> Nick Harley, Jared Levis and Ethan Madnick each had two hits as Upper Dublin jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second then held off Upper Moreland for an SOL crossover victory.

Madick was 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and a run scored, Haley went 2-for-3 and scored twice while Levis was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Cardinals (6-4, 6-2 SOL Liberty).

UD plated three in the bottom of the second as Brendan O’Brien came home on a wild pitch and Nick Lombardo hit a two-RBI single.

Upper Moreland (2-4, 2-4 SOL Freedom) cut the margin to 3-2 in the top of the third on Patrick Kilgus’ two-RBI double. The Cards, however, answered with two in the bottom of the frame on a balk and Madnick’s RBI sacrifice fly.

A Bo Meakim RBI single in the top of the fourth had the Golden Bears with 5-3 but Upper Dublin tacked on two runs on a Tristan Cairnes RBI sac fly in the fifth and Levis’ RBI single in the sixth.