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Local roundup: Williamsport softball closes regular season in impressive fashion

Williamsport closed its regular season in impressive fashion, scoring four sixth inning runs and defeating 15-win Tunkhannock, 7-4. The Millionaires capped a 3-0 week and Abby Robertson helped lead the way, belting two doubles and driving in four runs.

Winning pitcher Bailey Livermore and Emlyn Kinley also doubled, helping Williamsport cap its regular season with good road wins at Holy Redeemer and Tunkhannock. Livermore threw five innings before Ashlyn Robinson earned the two inning save. Robinson also drove in a run, while Emma Vollman scored twice. Williamsport will be the No. 3 seed in the District 2-4 Class AAAAAA playoffs and head to No. 2 Wilkes-Barre in the semifinals.

Jersey Shore collected 14 hits and belted six doubles while erasing a three-run deficit and defeating Troy, 14-4 in five innings. The Bulldogs (13-6) clinched both District 4 Class AAAA’s top seed and a bye into the final with the victory.

Jersey Shore overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit and took the lead for good when it scored eight runs in the second inning.

Jaymison Stellfox both had three hits and two doubles, while combining for five RBIs. Grace Russell and Emma Pfirman also hit doubles and Russell went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Dani Miller and Kaitlyn Herman also delivered two hits while Jocelyn McCracken drove in two runs. Lexi Fry threw a six-hitter and earned the win for Jersey Shore (13-6) which will play the winner of the Montoursville-Shamokin semifinal in the district championship.

Hughesville is scheduled to host Jersey Shore Saturday morning and made history Friday, tying the program record with 12 wins as it defeated St. John Neumann, 18-1. Hughesville (12-7) has won 10 of its last 11 games and 13 players reached base. Ella Breneisen had a big day, going 3 for 4 with two triples, three RBIs and a run.

Maddie Smith also tripled, while Loralie Bennett hit a double and scored a run. Maddie Smith added a triple and Ava Gorg and Jayla Koser both went 1 for 1. Lizzie Weller had a day to remember for Neumann and produced her 100th career hit. The four-year starter helped Neumann win at least seven games in each of her three years there after the program had struggled in the previous few seasons.

Lakesha Hauck capped a huge second half of the season, going 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, helping Warrior Run close its season with a 12-5 win against Bloomsburg. Hauck was hitting as well as anyone in the district over the last nine games, going 20 for 30 with four home runs, five doubles and 19 RBIs.

She closed with her seventh straight multiple-hit game. Kayla Swartchick and Ella Printzenhoff added two runs and RBIs each with Swartchick hitting a double. Mya Evans added two RBIs as Warrior Run (9-11) won four of its last five games.

Bella Mileto and Lydia Kresock both delivered two hits in Loyalsock’s 12-4 loss against 5A power Abington Heights. The Lancers (17-2) will be the No. 2 seed in the District 4 Class AAA playoffs and host either Hughesville or Towanda in next week’s quarterfinals.

Shikellamy scored 13 runs in the second inning to put the game out of reach as the Braves defeated Lewisburg, 21-0, in four innings. The Green Dragons were held hitless in the loss.

Shikellamy led 4-0 after the first inning before taking a 17-0 lead through two innings. Shikellamy collected 13 hits, six of which were extra-base hits as three Braves had at least two hits each.

• After finishing second in the Landmark Conference in strikeouts and in the top 20 in RBI, junior Avery Eiswerth, a Williamsport graduate, earned a slot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region V third team in the utility/pitcher slot.

Eiswerth, a two-time all-conference pick that earned first-team All-Landmark Conference honors at the utility slot, finished second on the Warriors with a .307 average, 18 runs, two triples and she led the team with three homers and 18 RBI, while also stealing nine bases.

She was just as good in the circle, where she finished 9-8 with a 2.89 ERA, throwing a complete-game six hitter against 21st-ranked Moravian and shutting out Scranton and Catholic. She finished second in the league with two saves and 89 strikeouts, led the league with 25 appearances and was fourth with 104.0 innings pitched.

Eiswerth is the first Lycoming player to earn all-region honors as a utility player and is the fourth all-region pick in head coach Melissa Montoro’s 11 years at the helm, joining Kayla Kline (2019, SS, 3rd), Kylie Russell (2023, P, 2nd) and Morgan Wetzel (2023, OF, 2nd).

• After becoming the first two-time conference player of the year in program history, Lycoming College men’s soccer senior Brayden Wise was named the Most Outstanding Male Athlete at the Senior Athlete Celebration and Athletics Recognition Banquet.

Wise scored four goals as a defender in 2023 and played a major role in each of the team’s 11 shutouts, as opponents averaged less than 10 shots per game against the Warrior defense.

At the end of the season, he became the first two-time conference Player of the Year when he earned the Landmark Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year award after he was the MAC Freedom Player of the Year in 2022. He earned his third first-team All-Conference honors and he became the third player in program history to earn three All-Region honors in a career when he earned first-team honors.

• Mansfield senior Emma Palmer was named the 2023-24 winner of the Steve McCloskey Service Award.

Named in honor of longtime Mansfield Sports Information Director Steve McCloskey who retired during the spring of 2017, the award is presented annually to a student who embodies the Mansfield University spirit and provides exemplary service to the athletic department.

Palmer, who served as a student worker in the Athletic Communication and Marketing office throughout the 2023-24 year, was directly involved in gameday preparations and was the focal leader behind photography for all 13 athletic programs across the past athletic year.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Williamsport 7, Tunkhannock 4

Williamsport 102 004 0–7 6 1

Tunkhannock 000 120 1–4 11 2

Bailey Livermore, Ashlyn Robinson (6) and Emily McAnelly. W–Livermore. SV–Robinson.

Top Williamsport hitters: Abby Robertson 2-4, 2 2B, 4 RBIs, run; Emlyn Kinley 1-4, 2B, run; Livermore 1-4, 2B, RBI; McAnelly 1-4; Brenna Beck 1-2, 2 runs.

Records: Williamsport (7-12), Tunkhannock (15-5).

Jersey Shore 14, Troy 4

(5 INNINGS)

Troy 301 00–4 6 4

Jersey Shore 182 03–14 14 1

W–Lexi Fry.

Top Jersey Shore hitters: Jaymison Stellfox 3-4, 2 2B, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Lynna Clark 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBIs, 3 runs; Dani Miller 2-3, RBI, 3 runs; Grace Russell 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Kaitlyn Herman 2-3, RBI; Emma Pfirman 1-3, 2B; Frey 1-2, RBI.

Records: Jersey Shore (13-6), Troy (14-4).

Warrior Run 12, Bloomsburg 5

Bloomsburg 000 031 1–5 9 3

Warrior Run 430 113 x–12 9 0

Wasco, Ashworth (2) and Devine. Mackenzie Heyler, Makenzie Litchard and McKenna Forman. W–Heyler. L–Wasco.

Top Bloomsburg hitters: Devine 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBIs; Kara Bogdonavitz 3-4, 2 RBIs; Jenna Lykon 2-3, 2B, 2 runs. Top Warrior Run hitters: Lakesha Hauck 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; Kayla Swartchick 2-4, 2B, RBI, run; Ella Printzenhoff 2-4, RBI, run; Mya Evans 2 RBIs.

Records: Warrior Run (9-11).

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