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WARFORDSBURG -- Claysburg-Kimmel nearly knocked off defending PIAA Class 1A champion Southern Fulton, but the Indians scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to walk-off 3-2 winners in high school softball.
Mason Campagna and Brayden Haney homered in the first inning to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead, and no one scored again until the seventh inning.
Haney threw six scoreless innings before running into trouble in the seventh, where he got just one out before a relief pitcher came in and allowed two hits that brought in the winning runs.
C-K fell to 11-6 while Southern Fulton improved to 12-1.
CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL (2): Campagna c 311, Haney p 311, Treon cf 300, Slowik ss 301, Knisely 3b 200, Soler rf 301, Lehman dh 300, Fee lf 200, Cox 2b 201. Totals -- 24-2-5.
SOUTHERN FULTON (3): C. Mann cf 401, L. Hendershot dh 301, P. Hendershot 1b 401, A. Mann c 301, Oakman 2b 200, Norris ss 211, Saunders 3b 100, Conley pr 010, Shipley lf 300, Dressel rf 311. Totals -- 25-3-6.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Claysburg-Kimmel 200 000 0--2 5 0
Southern Fulton 000 000 3--3 6 0
2B--Cox. HR--Haney, Campagna. RBI--Haney, Campagna. WP--C. Mann. LP--Haney. SO--Haney 3, Cain 6, C. Mann 3. BB--Haney 4, Cain 1.
Records: Claysburg-Kimmel (11-6); Southern Fulton (12-1).
Portage loses
DAVIDSVILLE -- Nate Phillips held undefeated Conemaugh Township to just three hits, but the Indians made the most of them in a 5-0 win over Portage.
Lucan Shuniak had three hits for the Mustangs.
PORTAGE (0): Berardinelli c 400, E. Slanoc cf 301, O. Slanoc 2b 300, Shuniak dh 303, Sciko 3b 301, Burkett ss 200, Gathers lf 100, Ciokota 1b 200, Phillips p 200. Totals -- 23-0-5.
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP (5): Bambino cf 110, Conn 2b 110, Dinyar p 300, G. Valentine c 310, B. Lohr 3b 301, Studer ss 300, D. Lohr 1b 311, Sarver lf 310, K. Valentine rf 201. Totals -- 22-5-3.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Portage 000 000 0--0 5 3
Conemaugh Twp 320 000 X--5 3 0
RBI--Lohr, Valentine, Conn. WP--Dinyar. LP--Phillips. SO--Phillips 6, Dinyar 7. BB--Dinyar 2, Lohr 1, Phillips 3.
Records: Conemaugh Township (14-0); Portage (7-7).
Lions win
Connor Waite pitched a complete game in leading Altoona past Cumberland Valley, 3-1, at Mansion Park.
Carter McConnell's two-run single in the bottom of the fourth inning gave Altoona a 2-1 lead.
Nick Kraft added an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth for Altoona.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY (1): Lee ss 411, Livsberger dh 300, LaPila 1b 302, Moore lf 300, Firestone c 302, Jones c 000, Albano rf 201, Radabaugh 3b 300, Lorei cf 302, Helman 2b 100, George 2b 100. Totals -- 26-1-8.
ALTOONA (3): Stroup lf 200, Kraft c 201, McAllister ss 210, Waite p 300, McConnell rf 201, B. Pike 3b 301, Webster cf 300, Palladini 2b 311, Gority dh 101. Totals -- 21-3-5.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Cumberland Valley 001 000 0--1 8 0
Altoona 000 210 X--3 5 1
E--B. Pike. 2B--B. Pike, Firestone, LaPila. RBI--LaPila, McConnell 2, Kraft. WP--Waite. LP--Johnson. SO--Waite 1, Johnson 4. BB--Waite 1, Johnson 4.
Records: Cumberland Valley (7-11); Altoona (8-7).
Johns leads JV
FLINTON -- Elijah Johns had four hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs, to lead Juniata Valley to a 10-3 win over Glendale.
Ethan Scalia had three hits, scored three times and had two RBIs for JV.
JUNIATA VALLEY (10): Scalia ss 433, Johns 3b 434, Spurlin 2b 412, Dick 1b 401, Carruthers 1b 100, Hess rf 300, Rodkey cf 402, Smith lf 301, Boyd lf 101, Wright c 300, Mease ph 100, Sunderland c 000, Harpster 3b 331. Totals -- 35-10-15.
GLENDALE (3): Ammerman c 300, Weld 2b 301, Hamilton ss 312, Wagner ph 100, Kaufman dh 300, Gilbey rf 000, Shaw cf 412, Matish 1b 200, Jenkins p 201, Franks 2b 100, Rhodes 3b 200, Niebauer 3b 101, Noel lf 210. Totals -- 27-3-7.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Juniata Valley 130 104 1--10 15 0
Glendale 101 100 0-- 3 7 5
E--Matish, Gilbey, Jenkins, Noel, Rhodes. 2B--Shaw 2, Johns. HR--Hamilton, Johns. RBI--Johns 3, Scalia 2, Rodkey 2, Spurlin, Dick, Smith, Hamilton 2. WP--Dick. LP--Jenkins. SO--Jenkins 3, Weld 2, Harbst 4, Dick 3, Johns 3. BB--Jenkins 2, Dick 4, Johns 1.
Records: Juniata Valley (10-4); Glendale (3-12).
Pirates trimmed
WILLIAMSBURG -- West Branch scored a run in the top of the 10th inning on a double play and it held up in a 9-8 win over Williamsburg.
Andrew Clark homered for the Blue Pirates, and William Lower and Ethan Reffner each drove in two runs.
WEST BRANCH (9): Kephart cf 421, Leskovansky rf 411, Hudson p 502, Parks c 602, Warren lf 511, Esposti 3b 511, Ryan 1b 500, Lannen 2b 411, McGonigal ss 422. Totals -- 42-9-11.
WILLIAMSBURG (8): Neri p 610, Clark c 432, McCall 1b 501, Bigelow rf 000, Reffner cf 422, Harker ss 502, Lower 2b 422, Brumbaugh 3b 501, Carper lf 502, McGregor rf 500. Totals -- 43-8-12.
SCORE BY INNINGS
West Branch 030 030 101 1--9 11 9
Williamsburg 411 010 001 0--8 12 5
E--Clark, Brumbaugh, Reffner, Carper, Lower, Lannen 3, McGonigal 2, Hudson, Leskovansky, Esposti, Parks. 2B--Kephart, Parks. 3B--Leskovansky. HR--Clark. RBI--Lower 2, Reffner 2, Clark, Harker, Brumbaugh, Hudson 3, McGonigal 2, Leskovansky, Parks, Lannen. WP--McGonigal. LP--Harker. SO--Harker 8, Neri 4, Lower 1, Hudson 7, McGonigal 3. BB--Neri 5, Harker 2, Hudson 1, McGonigal 1.
Records: Williamsburg (6-9).