The Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media Local Roundup (April 17): Lower Morleand girls lacrosse rallies past Wissahickon
Girls lacrosse
Lower Moreland 14, Wissahickon 9: Annalise Messina scored six goals as the Lions rallied for the win on Monday. Olivia Meakim and Reagan Lunnius added three goals apiece, while Jenna Planter and Charlotte Jones also scored for Lower Moreland. Alexa McCabe scored five goals for Wissahickon, while Emma Greenberg added two goals. Sophia Stehlik and Ellie Stein also scored for Wissahickon.
Pennsbury 16, Souderton 1: Ang Borisow scored the lone goal for the Indians in a loss to the SOL National-leading Falcons on Monday. Gabby Hirschmann made eight saves in net for Souderton.
Softball
Plymouth Whitemarsh 22, Wissahickon 0: The Colonials strung together 23 hits and coasted to the five-inning win on Monday. Kalina Childers had three hits, including a double, and scored four runs to pace PW. Joslyn Perez, Molly Moore, Marissa Perez and Childers all doubled.
Spring-Ford 7, Methacton 2: The Warriors managed just three hits and dropped the game on Monday. Mady Krupiewski paced Methacton with a double and a single.
Pennridge 9, Central Bucks South 1: Averi Dockery hit a grand slam to cap Pennridge’s five-run top of the sixth and also struck out 16 in a complete-game victory as the Rams picked up their third win in a row.
Dockery also doubled as she finished 2-for-2 with two walks, four RBIs and a run scored. Olivia Crognale was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and a run scored for Pennridge (5-3, 3-2 SOL Colonial) while Ryleigh Lilly went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
Riley Theis hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh for Central Bucks South (3-3, 2-2 SOL Colonial).
North Penn 10, Central Bucks East 0 (6): Sarah Sabocsik collected five RBIs – connecting on a two-run home run in the bottom of the first then a bases-clearing triple for a 7-0 lead in the third – as North Penn stayed undefeated with a six-inning SOL Colonial win.
Julia Shearer struck out 10 in pitching a one-hit shutout for the Knights (9-0, 5-0 division) and at the plate went 3-for-3 with a leadoff home run in the third, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Sabocsik was 2-for-3 with a run scored while Annabelle Smink went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Gianna Cimino capped NP’s win with a walk-off two-RBI double in the sixth.
Central Bucks West 1, Souderton 0: Ana Glemser ended a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth and Sienna Lawson made the run stand up, striking out nine in throwing a four-hit shutout as Central Bucks West snapped a two-game skid.
Glemser went 2-for-3 while Julia Thomas was 2-for-3 with a double for the Bucks (4-4, 2-3 SOL Colonial).
For Souderton (4-5, 2-3 SOL Colonial), Lily Ponce was 2-for-3 with starting pitcher McKenna Schroding allowing one unearned run on six hits, two walks and struck out six in six innings.
Hatboro-Horsham 3, Upper Dublin 0: Alyssa Tooley struck out 15 in pitching a three-hit, hit shutout, Tess Kearney homered in going 2-for-3 and Hatboro-Horsham stopped a two-game losing streak with a road SOL Liberty victory.
Cara Neeld finished 3-for-4 for the Hatters while Amya Lundy was 2-for-4 with an RBI triple in the first then scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0. Kearney capped the day’s scoring by starting the fourth with a home run.
William Tennent 6, Lower Moreland 0: Carlie Nydick struck out seven in a two-hit shutout while William Tennent broke a scoreless tie with five runs in the top of the fifth as the Panthers won their fifth in a row.
Morgan Kocher gave Tennent (5-1, 5-0 SOL Freedom) a 2-0 lead with a two-RBI single then came home on a Victoria Colagreco RBI sacrifice fly two batters later. Another run scored as Gigi DeMito reached on an error while Lainey Scotese’s RBI single made it 5-0.
The Panthers plated their sixth run when Scotrese reached on an error in the seventh.
Baseball
Methacton 11, Spring-Ford 2: Evan Jones earned the victory with Matthew Christian closing the game out with two scoreless innings for the Warriors on Monday. Jones struck out 8 in five innings of work. Jake Chapman led the offensive onslaught with two hits and three RBIs. Bob Kleckner, Trip Shytle and Tyler Weild-Kasper all had multihit games for the Warriors.
Central Bucks West 8, Souderton 2: The Bucks too an 8-0 lead after three innings and coasted to the SOL Colonial win on Tuesday. Quinn Illig, Max McGlone and Will Hogenauer all doubled for the Bucks, while Illig had two RBI’s. Winning pitcher Julio Ermigiotti fanned 13 batters, allowing five hits and two runs.
North Penn 13, Central Bucks East 3 (5): The SOL Colonial contest was tied 3-3 after four innings but North Penn erupted for 10 runs in the top of the fifth – three coming in on a Justin Egner home run – as the Knights won their second straight.
Egner also hit a two-run double in the second and finished 2-for-4 with five RBIs and a run scored. Chase Jones was 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored for North Penn (6-1, 4-1 division) while Kevin Brace went 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice. James Mangine was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Nolan Behm was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored while Ryan Zosulis went 2-for-3 for Central Bucks East (2-6, 2-3), which took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. NP went ahead with three in the top of the second before the Patriots pulled even in its half of the fourth on a Behm RBI single.
Central Bucks South 9, Pennridge 1: Jake Yang hit a two-run home run as Central Bucks South scored six times in the top of the first while Braden Black connected on a solo home to cap the Titans’ three-run third as they went on to earn an SOL Colonial victory
Connor Wojciechowski went 2-for-4 with a two-RBI single in the first for South (3-4, 2-3 division), which won its second straight. Jack Carver collected two RBIs.
Matt Atchley, Joey Gregoire and Ashton McCloskey each had a hit for Pennridge (0-9, 0-5).
Upper Dublin 4, Hatboro-Horsham 2: Upper Dublin scored twice in the top of the fourth to break a 2-2 tie and Austin Dahl proceeded to pitch four shutout innings to help the Cardinals win their third straight.
Upper Dublin (5-3, 5-1 SOL Liberty) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third but Hatboro-Horsham (5-3, 2-3 SOL Liberty) responded to pull even in the bottom of the inning on a Jaxson Bumpus RBI sacrifice fly and a Aidan Eckley RBI single.
In the top of the fourth, Aidan McCarthy led off with a double, went to third on Bobby Keck’s single then scored on a wild pitch. A two-out Paul Koffel single and an error brought home Keck, giving the Cards a two-run lead.
Stoffel finished 2-for-2. Dahl came in in the bottom of the fourth and gave no runs on two hits and a walk while striking out four.
Upper Moreland 8, New Hope-Solebury 3: Jimmy Torpey struck out 15 in a complete-game effort while at the plate went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI as Upper Moreland won their third straight
Patrick Kilgus was 2-for-3 with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the sixth as the Golden Bears (6-3, 5-2 SOL Freedom) scored five runs to take an 8-1 lead. Paul Meyers finished 2-for-3 while Jackson Townsend had two RBIs.
Boys Tennis
Upper Dublin 5, Central Bucks South 2: The Cardinals won 2 of 3 singles matches and held on for the win on Monday, improving to 11-0 on the season. Scott Schlackman (6-4. 6-0) won at No. 1 singles, while Tommaso Serafini (6-3, 6-4) won at No. 3 singles. Matt Ebarvia and Noah Cohen picked up the win of the day with a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 triumph at No. 3 doubles.
Boys Volleyball
Souderton 3, Lower Merion 0: The Indians swept to the nonconference win on Tuesday behind 12 kills and 7 digs from Nate Brown. Also standing out for Souderton were Justin Doppler (7 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces), Ian Nice (7 aces), Gianvanni Iervolino (2 kills, 3 blocks) and Levin Leatherman (22 assists).
