2023 Daily Local News Softball All-Area Teams
Coach of the Year: Josh Socash, Oxford The Hornets were last year’s surprise team, reaching a District final out of the No. 9 seed....
Cimino, Orth help North Penn find enough offense to secure PIAA-6A championship
STATE COLLEGE >> After striking out in the bottom of the second inning, Gianna Cimino expected Hempfield Area pitcher Riley Miller to give her...
Shearer aces tough test from Hempfield Area to help lead North Penn to PIAA-6A title
STATE COLLEGE >> Hempfield Area’s Claire Mitchell swung at the first pitch Julia Shearer threw in Thursday afternoon’s PIAA-6A championship game and knocked a...
PERFECT ENDING: North Penn completes undefeated season with PIAA-6A championship
STATE COLLEGE >> On the first day of softball workouts in the fall, North Penn coach Rick Torresani put 28-0 on the scoreboard. It...
Former catcher Orth shining at third base for North Penn
North Penn softball coach Rick Torresani saw the skills Sophia Orth showed as a catcher and decided to have the junior instead play third...
Smink called safe on slide home in 8th, North Penn edges Chambersburg in PIAA-6A semifinals
MILLERSVILLE >> Annabelle Smink had to change things up for herself and the North Penn softball team. The senior shortstop’s first three at-bats all...
Dock Mennonite falls to defending state champion DuBois Central Catholic in the PIAA-1A semifinals
BLOOMSBURG >> Dock Mennonite got a complete-game effort from right-hander Nate Lapp and the Pioneers showed plenty of fight in their bats as a...
North Penn falls short in PIAA-6A semifinals to Father Judge
ASTON >> North Penn’s season came to an end with a 4-1 loss to Father Judge in the PIAA-6A state semifinals Tuesday afternoon at...
Archbishop Carroll returns to PIAA-2A semifinals, rolls past Gwynedd Mercy
LOWER GWYNEDD >> Ava Bleckley and the rest of the Archbishop Carroll girls lacrosse team put in another dominant PIAA-2A tournament performance and still...
La Salle falls to Central York in PIAA-3A quarterfinals
WEST GROVE >> La Salle battled right to the end on Saturday, ascending to a level it hopes to get back to – and...