PORTAGE - The bat of Kelsey Shawley led Bellwood-Antis to a 7-1 victory over No. 1 seed Portage in the second round of the District 6 Class A high school softball playoffs Monday. Shawley had a home run in the win for the ninth-seeded Lady Blue Devils.
Emily Nagle and Brooke McVicker each added two RBIs for Bellwood.
After Bellwood scored one run in the fifth, Portage's Jordan Forst drove in the lone run in the Lady Mustangs. Bellwood-Antis responded with a six-run sixth inning.
Taylor Payne's arm secured the victory for B-A. Payne struck out seven, did not allow a walk and gave up one run.
The Lady Blue Devils will play at West Branch Thursday in the semifinals.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Bellwood-Antis000 016 7-7 10 2
Portage000 010 0-1 8 3
2B- Dividock, Forst, K. Jubina, Heidler (P); McVicker 2, Nagle (B). HR-Shawley (B). Multiple hits-E. McCabe 2, Heidler 2 (P); McVicker 2, Nagle 2, Hamer 2 (B). RBI-Forst (P); McVicker 2, Nagle 2, Shawley 2, Donahue (B). WP- Payne. LP- E.McCabe. SO- Payne 7 (B); E. McCabe 3, B. Gorba 1 (P). BB- E. McCabe 1 (P).
Records: Bellwood-Antis (13-9); Portage (12-5).
Hornets eliminated
FERNDALE - A six-run sixth inning put an end to the Juniata Valley baseball season.
Leading 6-2 in the second round of the District 6 Class A high school baseball playoffs, Juniata Valley watched Ferndale score six runs - all with two outs - en route to an 8-6 victory and a matchup with Bishop Carroll in the semifinals.
Valley (13-6) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a Seth Carper three-run homer. Ethan Morrison hit a two-run shot in the top of the sixth for a 6-2 lead. However, Ian Helsel's three-run dinger keyed the six-run outburst, improving the Yellow Jackets to 14-4.
"David [Ormsby] was pitching a great game for us. He had only given up four hits at that point," Juniata Valley coach Bill Peters said. "I kept thinking he only needed one more out to get out of the inning, but that homer beat us."
Cody Patterson had four hits for Valley, while Rick Musser added three hits.
JUNIATA VALLEY (6): Morrison ss 411, Patterson 2b 424, Ormsby p 210, Carper c 411, Musser 3b 403, Norris 1b-p 401, Johnson 1b 111, Edmiston cf 300, Taylor ph 100, Varner rf 200, Pearson ph 000, Brown lf 300. Totals - 32-6-11.
FERNDALE (8): Helsel p-ss 412, Eisenhuth ss-2b 401, M.Dorchak c 211, Ma. Dorchak 2b-p 301, Hess 3b 200, Balasco 3b 320, Kolback cf 211, Walters rf 000, Smith dh 110, Davison lf 321. Totals -24-8-7.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Juniata Valley301 002 0 - 6 11 4
Ferndale000 026 X - 8 7 0
E-Morrison, Patterson, Musser 2. 2B-Patterson, Musser, Helsel. HR - Morrison, Carper, Helsel. RBI-Morrison 2, Carper 3, Musser, Helsel 4, Hess, Kolback. WP-Ma.Dorchak. LP-Ormsby. SO-Helsel 3, Ma. Dorchak 3. BB-Helsel 3, Ormsby 3, Helsel 3, Ma. Dorchak 2.
Records: Juniata Valley (13-6), Ferndale (14-4).
Altoona loses
DUBOIS - A five-run second inning and a three-run fourth inning helped lift DuBois to a 10-8 regular-season high school baseball win over Altoona, which dropped the Mountain Lions to 8-10 on the season.
Christian Helsel and Anthony Lombardo each homered for Altoona, which led 7-6 going into the fourth inning. Helsel and Cody Henderson each finished with two hits for Altoona.
ALTOONA (8): Koch lf 300, Arnold lf 101, Henderson ss 422, Douglas p 000, Frederick p-rf 000, Helsel dh-2b 412, Lombardo c 311, Watson c 100, Steele cf 212, Green cf 100, McDonald rf-p 010, Wyland p 200, Clancy 3b 200, Bettwy 3b 100, Sinisi 2b 210. Totals - 29-8-9.
DUBOIS (10): Brown cf 311, Walker ph 100, Liddle 3b 121, Kriner 2b 412, Peterson p-cf 422, Haskins p 000, Sleigh rf-p 322, Young 1b 200, Vizza 1b 200, Bush lf 312, Read ss 312, Zimmerman c 300. Totals -29-10-12.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Altoona133 001 0 - 8 9 1
DuBois051 310 X - 10 12 4
E-Henderson Liddle, Haskins 2, Young. 2B-Henderson, Brown, Kriner. HR - Helsel, Lombardo, Liddle, Peterson, Sleigh, Bush. RBI-Koch, Helsel, Lombardo, Clancy, Brown, Little, Kriner 2, Peterson 2, Sleigh 2, Bush 2. WP-Sleigh. LP-McDonald. SO-Frederick 2, Wyland 2, Peterson 1, Sleigh 3. BB-Douglas 2, Frederick 2, McDonald 1, Peterson 1, Haskins 1, Sleigh 2.
Records: Altoona (8-10), DuBois (10-7).
Teeter triumphs
Ryan Knott and Trent Wilt each provided three RBIs for Teeter Group in a 12-2 win over Furrer Beverage at Seitz Field in Altoona Teener Major League action late Sunday.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Teeter Group420 102 3-12 12 0
Furrer Beverage000 011 x- 2 6 1
2B-Knott (T). 3B-Pope, Knox (F). Multiple hits -Martin 2, Knott 2, Snyder 3 (T). RBI-Pope, Knox (F); Martin 2, Knott 3, Snyder 2, Wilt 3, Reighard, Auranbt. WP-Wilt. LP-Litzinger. SO-Wilt 3 (T); Litzinger 3, Shay 1, Pope 1 (F). BB-Wilt 1 (T); Litzinger 4, Shay 2, Pope 2.
Records: Teeter Group (5-5); Furrer Beverage (0-9).
