Holy Cross staged a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh inning to walk off with a 6-5 win over Old Forge in a Lackawanna League Division II softball game Wednesday at St. Anthony’s Playground in Dunmore.
Tied at 5, Old Forge retired the first two batters of the inning before Maya DeSantis singled to left field to start the rally. Emily Fitzpatrick followed with a single to centerfield on a 3-2 pitch to advance DeSantis to second base.
One batter later, DeSantis scored the winning run when Kiera Bauman reached on an error.
Peyton Graboske had two hits, including a 3-run home run in the first inning, and drove in four runs for the Lady Crusaders.
Winning pitcher Ava Schmidt, who doubled twice, Jules Galella, Emily Fitzpatrick and DeSantis each had two hits in the win.
Juliette DeStefano had three hits and Joselyn DeStefano and Ariana Davitt each had two hits for Old Forge.
North Pocono 16, West Scranton 7: At West Scranton, North Pocono pounded out 21 hits and scored nine runs over the last three innings to pull away from the Lady Invaders in Division I on Wednesday.
Amelia Bell, Riley Grambo, Avarie Roscioli and Adysen Iyoob each had three hits to pace the attack. Roscioli homered and doubled and drove in four, while Grambo had a pair of doubles and knocked in three.
Isabella Forgione, Anna Hanestrite, Olivia Charles and Paige Dymek each had two hits for the winners.
McKenna Brudnicki homered and doubled and drove in three, Mia Tallo homered and had three RBIs, and Sophia DeLuca, who doubled, had three hits for the Lady Invaders.
Dunmore 14, Lakeland 1: At Dunmore, Paige Ancherani scattered three hits and struck out 10 to pick up the win in five innings in the Division II game Wednesday.
Ava Walsh had three hits, including a pair of triples, and four RBIs to pace the Lady Bucks offense. Nancy Mecca had two doubles while Rachel Walsh and Kylie Farr each contributed two hits, including doubles, and Aubrey Mizenko and Ancherani also had two hits for the winners.
McKaelyn Eremo had a hit and scored for the Lady Chiefs.
Mid Valley 10, Western Wayne 1: At Mid Valley, Parker Bennett had three hits and three RBIs and Ava Hazelton fired a two-hitter to lead the Spartanettes in a Division II win Wednesday.
Abby Mackey, who tripled, and Natalie Hricenak, who homered, each had two hits for Mid Valley. Bennett, Ariana Davey and Angela Laskowski each doubled for the winners.
Hazelton struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter.
Hannah DeStefano singled and scored for the Lady Cats.
Valley View 12, Crestwood 1: At Valley View, Abbi Call spun a five-inning, two-hitter, striking out nine to help Valley View win the nonleague game Wednesday.
Maggie Hallett had a pair of doubles and knocked in four runs for the Cougars, who also got doubles from Cora Cora Castellani, Ella Swingle and Coral Kelly, and a home run from Ashlan Palickar.
Alexa Toniatti and Alekzandria Dutko had the hits for the Comets.
Wallenpaupack 17, Honesdale 2: At Honesdale, Gabrielle Hieber, doubled, homered and drove in six runs to help Wallenpaupack defeat the Lady Hornets on Wednesday.
Lexi Laing and Adrianna Milutinovic, who drove in four runs, also homered for the Lady Buckhorns.
Kaydence Frampton has a two-run home run for the Lady Hornets.
Baseball
Old Forge racked up 15 hits in defeating Holy Cross, 10-0, in five innings in a Lackawanna League Division II game Wednesday.
Will Wozniak, Jake Bartnikowski and Colin Mulkerin led the way with three hits apiece. Cam Krushnowski, who doubled, Elio Castaldi and Luke Oliveri, who also doubled, had two hits each.
Oliveri was the winning pitcher, scattering three hits and striking out 10 in 6.1 innings.
Cole Gavin had two hits, including a double for the Crusaders.
Honesdale 7, Western Wayne 2: At Honesdale, Brody Patrisso pitched a complete-game, five-hitter and Gino Patrisso had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs to power Honesdale past the Wildcats in Division II.
Patrisso struck out seven and walk just two in picking up the win.
Connor Tirney and Levi Martin each had two hits for the winners, while Trevor Dressler doubled and had two RBIs.
Jake Grodack, who doubled, had three hits for the Wildcats.