Published April 15, 2009 06:15 am - Warrior Run rallied for five runs in the sixth inning to come back and take an 8-6 victory over Danville in a Heartland Athletic Conference inter-divisional matchup on Tuesday.
HS ROUNDUP: Defenders rally past Ironmen
By The Daily Item
SOFTBALL
TURBOTVILLE -- Warrior Run rallied for five runs in the sixth inning to come back and take an 8-6 victory over Danville in a Heartland Athletic Conference inter-divisional matchup on Tuesday.
Ashley Borges had the big hit in the sixth for Warrior Run (5-2) with a two-run single. Sara Byers and Maddie Bird added RBI singles in the frame for the Defenders.
Beth Bonnell led Warrior Run at the plate by getting three hits, one of which was a double. Danville falls to 3-5.
Line Mountain 15, Millersburg 10
MANDATA -- Maggie Fessler's bat and arm led the Eagles to the Tri-Valley League victory.
At the plate Fessler went 4-for-5, tripled twice and drove in four runs. In the circle she went the distance and had 10 strikeouts and two walks.
Also for Line Mountain, Kasey Long went 3-for-5 and scored four runs.
Mount Carmel 15, Lourdes Reg. 5 (6 inn.)
MOUNT CARMEL -- The Red Tornadoes took advantage of six Red Raiders' errors in the fifth inning to score seven runs en route to the non-league win.
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Mount Carmel 14, Lourdes Reg. 0 (5 inn.)
COAL TOWNSHIP -- A seven-run fifth inning ended the game early, and in doing so it gave the Red Tornadoes their 600th win in program history. Jeremy Yacobacci and Trevor Demko each went 2-for-3 to lead Mount Carmel (6-3) on the day. Lourdes falls to 1-4.
Line Mountain 18, Newport 8 (6 innings)
MANDATA -- Travis Dunkelberger's grand slam home run in the fifth inning gave the Eagles a 10-8 lead and they never looked back to take the Tri-Valley League victory. Dunkelberger, Jachin Spotts, Jordan Welker and Wade Michael had three hits apiece for Line Mountain (5-2, 5-0 TVL).