Paige Ancherani pitched a three-inning perfect game with eight strikeouts and went 3 for 3 with a double and one RBI to lead No. 2 Dunmore to a 15-0 win over No. 7 Mountain View in the District 2 Class 2A softball quarterfinals Tuesday at Dunmore.
Ancherani also pitched a five-inning perfect game with nine strikeouts against Mountain View on Friday.
The Lady Bucks (15-6) will host No. 3 Holy Redeemer, a 7-1 winner over Lackawanna Trail, in the semifinals Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Ava Walsh went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs, Peyton Ancherani went 2 for 2 with an RBI and two runs, Aubrey Mizenko had a hit, three RBIs and two runs and Emily McGowan had a double and three RBIs for Dunmore.
Elk Lake 13, Blue Ridge 2 (5 inn.): At Elk Lake, Celeste Clark had a home run, a double, four RBIs and two runs to lead the No. 4 seed Lady Warriors to a win over No. 5 Blue Ridge in five innings in the Class 2A quarterfinals.
Elk Lake (14-7) will visit No. 1 seed Montrose in the semifinals Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
Brynn Warriner had two hits, two RBIs and three runs, Lydia Howell had two hits, including a double, and a run and winning pitcher Nami Patton had a triple and an RBI for the winners.
Kaylee Blewett and Peyton Rutter each had two hits for the Lady Raiders (7-13).
Holy Redeemer 7, Lackawanna Trail 1: At Casey Park, Holy Redeemer scored five runs in the first inning as the No. 3 Royals defeated No. 6 Lackawanna Trail in the Class 2A quarterfinals.
Holy Redeemer will travel to No. 2 Dunmore in Thursday’s semifinals.
Katie Genovese led the way for the Royals, going 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Covington Lehman had two hits and an RBI, and Bella Boylan had two doubles. Hailey Pius also added a double.
Ava Thomas picked up the win, striking out four in five innings of scoreless work. Zoe Pecuch pitched the final two innings, allowing one hit.
Kacie Antolick had two of the Lions’ hits. Trail scored its lone run in the seventh on an infield error on Shelby Malamud’s roller.
Class 5A
Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the third, Crestwood scored six runs and added seven in the fifth, as the Comets advanced to the District 2-4 Class 5A subregional semifinals with a 15-7 win over visiting Delaware Valley.
The No. 4 seed Comets will face off with top seed Abington Heights in the semifinals Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Abington Heights.
Crestwood had 14 hits as Emmersyn Seltzer was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and a triple. Brooke Lenahan also drove in three runs, while Emilie Stofko, Alexa Toniatti, Brianna Petzold and Araceli Martinez each had two hits.
Lenahan was the winning pitcher, throwing all seven innings with five strikeouts.
Isabella Stahlman and Hailey Westridge each had two RBIs in the setback.
No. 3 Pittston Area, a 10-0 winner over Shikellamy in five innings Tuesday, will visit No. 2 North Pocono on Thursday at 3 p.m.
Class 6A
At Scranton, Wilkes-Barre Area rallied from an early five-run to beat the Lady Knights in eight innings in the District 2-4 Class 6A Subregional first round.
Rhylee Bell was 5 for 5 with two triples for No. 4 seed Scranton, which held a 6-1 lead in the fourth inning.
But the No. 5 Wolfpack fought back and tied the game in the top of the seventh, 7-7, on a single by Hope Burke and a triple by Casey George. Then in the top of the eighth, Wilkes-Barre scored four times, highlighted by a two-run double by Jordan Prushinski and RBI triple by Kayce Martin.
Prushinski, Madalyn McGuinness and Grace Simko each had three hits for Wilkes-Barre Area, which advances to Thursday’s semifinal at top-seeded Williamsport. Aubrey Weitz added two hits.
Besides Bell, Scranton got multiple hits from Sophia Leonori, Ava Angelo, Anna Pica, Addison Angelo and Izzy Kaub.