COAL TOWNSHIP - Steph Pancher and Olivia Bonshock delivered back-to-back RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth inning, lifting Shamokin Area to a 2-1 Heartland I softball victory over Jersey Shore and qualifying the Indians for the District 4 Class AAA softball playoffs for the first time since 2006.
The Indians (10-6) trailed 1-0 through five innings after the Bulldogs plated a single run in the first frame.
Pancher, who struck out nine and limited Jersey Shore to just four singles, earned the victory in the circle.
JERSEY SHORE (AB-R-H-BI) - Bauder 4-1-0-0, Cummings 4-0-1-0, Yost 3-0-1-0, Stopper 4-0-1-1, Allen 3-0-0-0, Peacock 1-0-0-0, Packer 0-0-0-0, Martinez 0-0-0-0, Martin 1-0-0-0, Kachelries 3-0-0-0, Brewer 3-0-1-0, Hartstead 1-0-0-0, Kemmer 1-0-0-0, Holdman 0-0-0-0. Totals 28-1-4-1.
SHAMOKIN (AB-R-H-BI) - Hornberger 3-0-0-0, Wolfe 3-1-1-0, Pancher 3-1-1-1, O. Bonshock 3-0-1-1, Bainbridge 3-0-0-0, Haupt 2-0-0-0, Templar 2-0-0-0, Supsic 2-0-0-0, B. Bonshock 2-0-1-0. Totals 23-2-4-2.
J. Shore 100 000 0 - 1 4 1
Shamokin (10-6) 000 002 x - 2 4 2
IP H R ER BB K
Jersey Shore
Stopper 6 4 2 2 0 2
Shamokin
Pancher 7 4 1 0 3 9
Mount Carmel 4 South Williamsport 3
MOUNT CARMEL - Sami Spieller's run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh gave Mount Carmel Area a Heartland Conference win over South Williamsport.
Winning pitcher Ashley Koschoff led the inning off with a single, was sacrificed to second and went to third on an error leading to Spieller's hit.
Koschoff scattered seven hits, struck out four and walked one to earn the win for the Red Tornadoes (3-12). Koschoff and Tori Chapman each had two hits for Mount Carmel.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT (AB-R-H-BI) - Remer 4-0-1-0, Merch 4-0-2-0, Brewer 4-0-1-0, Moreheart 4-0-0-0, Wheeland 3-0-0-0, Floyd 4-1-2-1, Hauck 4-1-1-1, Knee 3-1-0-0, Mussere 2-0-0-0. Totals 32-3-7-2.
MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Resendes 2-1-1-1, Spieller 4-0-1-1, Darrup 3-0-1-0, Chapman 3-0-2-0, Shamus 3-1-1-0, Frasch 3-0-1-1, Danilowicz 3-0-0-0, Horsfield 3-1-1-1, Koschoff 2-1-2-0. Totals 26-4-10-4.
S Williamsport 000 102 0 - 3 7 1
Mount Carmel 002 001 1 - 4 10 1
2B - Hauck, Darrup, Shamus. 3B - Merch, Frasch.
IP H R ER BB K
South Williamsport
Brewer (L) 7 10 4 3 1 4
Mount Carmel
Koschoff (W) 7 7 3 3 1 4
Southern 10, Muncy 1
MUNCY - Southern Columbia scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to break open the Heartland Conference Division III game to improve to 14-1 overall.
Mallory Tomaschik threw a four-hitter, and Emily Yoder was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and four RBI. Mackenzie Silver had two hits and drove in a run.
SOUTHERN (AB-R-H-BI) - K. Blass 5-2-1-0, Tomaschik 4-1-1-0, Em. Yoder 5-2-3-4, Silver 4-1-2-1, J. Blass 2-0-1-1, McGinley 3-1-1-1, Er. Yoder 3-1-1-0, Lupold 3-1-0-0, Reigle 2-0-0-0, Troup 1-1-1-1. Totals 32-10-11-8.
MUNCY (AB-R-H-BI) - Miller 2-0-0-0, Jones 3-0-0-0, Cole 3-1-2-1, Good 3-0-1-0, Ebner 3-0-1-0, Ruby 3-0-0-0, Kostenbauder 2-0-0-0, Dauberman 2-0-1-0, Gresh 2-0-0-0. Totals 23-1-5-1.
Southern 102 110 5 - 10 11
Muncy 000 000 1 - 1 4
2B - Em. Yoder 2. 3B - K. Blass. HR - Cole.
IP H R ER BB K
Southern
Tomaschik (W) 7 4 1 1 1 6
Muncy
Kostenbauder (L) 7 11 10 10 8 3
Baseball East Juniata 7, Lourdes 2
COAL TOWNSHIP - Tanner Truitt drove in three runs and Nick Lorenz worked six innings for the win for East Juniata.
Anthony Pennypacker and Zack Chesney each had doubles for Lourdes, and Mike Menapace gave up just four hits in taking the loss.
EAST JUNIATA (AB-R-H-BI) - Inch 4-2-0-0, Yetter 4-1-1-2, Pannebacker 4-1-0-1, Shipe 4-1-1-1, Heimbach 3-0-0-0, Hester 1-0-0-0, Truitt 3-0-1-3, Peck 3-1-1-0, Lorenz 3-0-0-0, Elickson 3-1-0-0, Plesce 1-0-0-0. Totals 33-7-4-7.
LOURDES (AB-R-H-BI) - Gilger 4-0-0-0, Menapace 3-0-0-0, Pennypacker 3-1-1-0, Chesney 3-1-1-1, Melick 3-0-0-0, Holleran 3-0-0-1, Howal 3-0-0-0, Costa 3-0-0-0, Williams 3-0-0-0. Totals 28-2-2-2.
East Juniata 330 001 0 - 7 4 0
Lourdes 002 000 0 - 2 2 2
2B - Truitt; Pennypacker, Chesney. 3B - Yetter.
IP H R ER BB K
East Juniata
Lorenz (W) 6 2 2 2 5 7
Stuck 1 0 0 0 0 3
Lourdes
Menapace (L) 7 4 7 5 8 9
North Schuylkill 14 Mount Carmel 0
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - In the resumption of a game started Saturday, North Schuylkill's Derek Dumboski finished what he started with a five-inning shutout of Mount Carmel.
Tyler Laudeman went 4-for-4 with two RBI and a double for the Spartans, Mount Carmel's Mark Minnig, Bobby Shustack, Bryan McFadden and Brett Przekop all had singles for the Red Tornadoes.
MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Venna 2-0-0-0, B. Shustack 3-0-1-0, C. Shustack 1-0-0-0, Przekop 2-0-1-0, Rimokaitis 2-0-0-0, McFadden 1-0-1-0, Johnson 1-0-0-0, Norris 0-0-0-0, Stutzcavage 2-0-0-0, Minnig 2-0-1-0, Lesko 3-0-0-0. Totals 19-0-4-0.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL (AB-R-H-BI) - Wiest 3-1-2-4, Hutnick 5-2-3-2, Hornberger 3-2-1-3, Dumboski 3-2-1-1, Laudeman 4-1-4-2, Wiley 4-1-1-1, Rakowsky 4-2-3-1, Demansky 5-3-2-0, Green 4-2-1-0. Totals 31-14-16-14.
Mount Carmel 000 00 - 0 4 3
N. Schuylkill 801 05 - 14 16 0
2B - Wiest, Hornberger, Dumboski, Laudeman.
IP H R ER BB K
Mount Carmel
Swatsky (L) .2 8 8 7 3 1
Przekop 4.1 6 6 3 4 3
North Schuylkill
Dumboski 5 4 0 0 4 8
North Schuylkill 10 Mount Carmel 3
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Jake Rakowsky had the big stick for North Schuylkill with a 2-for-3 day at the plate with three RBI and a double.
Cody Shustack was 2-for-3 with two RBI for Mount Carmel.
MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Bettleyon 1-0-0-0, Johnson 1-0-0-0, Lesko 1-0-0-0, Barr 3-0-0-0, Langton 1-0-0-0, B. Shustack 4-0-2-1, C. Shustack 3-1-2-1, Venna 2-1-0-0, Haupt 2-0-0-0, McFadden 1-0-0-0, Swatsky 1-1-0-0, Przekop 4-0-1-1, Stutzcavage 3-0-0-0. Totals 27-3-5-3.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL (AB-R-H-BI) - Wiest 2-2-2-2, Hutnick 4-1-3-3, Hornberger 4-0-0-0, Dumboski 4-2-2-1, Laudeman 1-0-0-0, Rakowsky 3-2-2-3, Chernewski 2-0-0-0, Demansky 2-0-0-0, Green 2-2-0-0, Wiley 2-0-0-0, Kovalewski 1-1-0-0, Cicioni 1-0-0-0. Totals 28-10-12-10.
Mount Carmel 120 000 0 - 3 5 0
N. Schuylkill 504 010 x - 10 12 3
2B - B. Shustack, Rakowsky, Green. 3B - Demansky.
IP H R ER BB K
Mount Carmel
Langton (L) 6 12 10 10 4 4
North Schuylkill
Reed (W) 5 4 3 3 6 6
Smarkanic 2 1 0 0 0 3