NORTHERN CAMBRIA - Becky Britton smacked a three-run homer during a five-run fifth inning Saturday, leading the Northern Cambria High School softball team to an 8-5 win over Conemaugh Township in the title game of the Northern Cambria Classic.
Britton finished with two hits for the Lady Colts (13-2), who trailed 5-3 at one point. Winning pitcher Miriah Butterworth struck out eight.
In the opener, Northern downed Bishop Carroll, 12-2, in five innings. Britton had three hits and two RBIs, while Butterworth added two RBIs.
Carroll picked up just its second win of the season when Krista Krug delivered a walk-off single to score Dani Link and lead the Lady Huskies over Portage, 1-0, in the consolation game.
In the tourney opener, Township defeated Portage, 4-1. Losing pitcher Emily McCabe struck out 12, but the Lady Mustangs committed five errors.
BISHOP CARROLL 1, PORTAGE 0
Portage000 000 0-0 4 3
Bishop Carroll000 000 1-1 6 2
Multiple hits-Heidler 2 (P). RBI-Krug (BC). WP-Bassaro. LP-Gorba. SO-Gorba 7, Bassaro 2. BB-Gorba 5, Bassaro 1.
Records: Portage (5-3); Bishop Carroll (2-8).
CONEMAUGH TWP. 4, PORTAGE 1
Conemaugh Twp.100 021 0 - 4 8 5
Portage000 000 1 - 1 4 5
2B-Blank 2, Grundman (CT). Multiple hits-Blank 2 (CT). RBI-A.McCabe (P). WP-Siehl. LP-E.McCabe. SO-E.McCabe 12, Seihl 5. BB-E.McCabe 3.
Records: Portage (5-2), Conemaugh Township (10-2).
N. CAMBRIA 12, BISHOP CARROLL 2
Bishop Carroll200 00x x - 2 3 2
Northern Cambria181 2xx x - 12 7 0
2B-Prasko, Sabella (NC). Multiple hits-Britton 3. RBI-Britton 2, M.Butterworth 2, Sabella, Lecorchick (NC). WP-M.Butterworth. LP-Bassaro. SO-M.Butterworth 5, Sabella 3 (NC), Bassaro 2 (BC). BB-M.Butterworth 1 (NC), Bassaro 4, Spinner 2 (BC).
Records: Northern Cambria (12-2), Bishop Carroll (1-5).
N. CAMBRIA 8, CONEMAUGH Twp. 5
Conemaugh Twp.041 000 0 - 5 9 3
Northern Cambria201 050 x - 8 5 2
2B-Gundman (CT). 3B-Sabella (NC). HR-Britton (NC). Multiple hits-Blank 2, Rosa 2 (CT), Britton 2 (NC). RBI-Blank 2, Gundman 2 (CT), Britton 3, Sabella, M.Butterworth (NC). WP-M.Butterworth. LP-Blank. SO-M.Butterworth 8, Blank 4. BB-M.Butterworth 3, Blank 2.
Record: Northern Cambria (13-2), Conemaugh Township (10-3).
Altoona goes 0-2
MILL HALL - Altoona fell to 2-6 with two losses at the Central Mountain Tournament.
In the opener, the Lady Lions were shut out, 6-0, by DuBois, which had a five-run fourth inning.
In the consolation game, Lewistown beat Altoona, 6-5. The Lions, who scored four in the fifth to tie the game at 5-5, got two hits each from Kristie Mulhollem, Kayla Montgomery and Madeline Berry, and Amanda Parrish drove in two runs.
DUBOIS 6, ALTOONA 0
Altoona000 000 0 - 0 5 1
DuBois000 510 X - 6 10 1
2B-Montgomery (A). Multiple hits-Wallock 2, Obremsky 2, Wilcox 2 (D). RBI-Wilcox, Hanna, Kirk, Sayers (D). WP-Wallock. LP-Mulhollem. SO-Wallock 3, Mulhollem 7. BB-Wallock 1.
LEWISTOWN 6, ALTOONA 5
Lewistown101 031 0 - 6 8 0
Altoona000 140 0 - 5 10 4
2B-Parrish, Barnes (A), Stonerook (L). HR-Stonerook. Multiple hits-Mulhollem 2, Montgomery 2, Berry 2 (A), Amspacker 2, Stonerook 2 (L). RBI-Sinai, Parrish 2, Berry, Allanson (A), Tomasello, Stonerook 2, Morningstar (L). WP-Stonerook. LP-Rizzo. SO-Stonerook 2, Morningstar 3 (L), Rizzo 2, Mulhollem 3 (A). BB-Morningstar 1, Rizzo 2.
Records: Altoona (2-6).
Somerset15
Bedford3
BEDFORD - Somerset broke open a 5-3 game by scoring 10 unanswered runs over the fourth and fifth innings to defeat Bedford.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Somerset401 28X X-15 8 2
Bedford012 00X X- 3 5 7
2B-Secrest (B), Acker (S). RBI-Yothers, Blevins, Secrest (B); Stinebiser 2, Acker 2, Suter 5, Svonavec, Kashurba. WP-Emert. LP-Blevins. SO-Emert 3 (S), Blevins 7, Cassidy 1 (B). BB-Emert 1 (S), Blevins 7, Cassidy 1 (B).
B-A wins own tourney
BELLWOOD - Bellwood-Antis took the championship of the fifth annual four-team Bellwood-Antis Junior High Softball Tournament.
Bellwood-Antis defeated Tyrone, 11-0, and West Branch, 4-3. Hollidaysburg was 1-2, defeating Tyrone, 13-2, but falling to West Branch, 4-0 and 3-1. The Lady Devils defeated West Branch, 10-2, in the final.
Correction
Central's Marrisa Ayers and Kylie Gunnet hit solo home runs on Friday in the team's softball game against Clearfield. Due to incorrect information received, that information appeared incorrectly in Saturday's Mirror.
