{"id":240471,"date":"2026-07-10T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240471\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:49:11","slug":"little-league-roundup-moosic-green-ridge-advance-to-finals-in-majors-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240471\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE LEAGUE ROUNDUP: Moosic, Green Ridge advance to finals in Majors \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Moosic\u2019s<\/p>\n

Moosic\u2019s Luca Hermanson (88) connects with the pitch during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Dunmore at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

\"Moosic\u2019s<\/p>\n

Moosic\u2019s Maddox Trescavage (10) slides back to first base as Dunmore\u2019s Luciano Cintron (0) attempts the putout during a District 17 Major Baseball game at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

\"Moosic\u2019s<\/p>\n

Moosic\u2019s Brady James (7) watches a pitch during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Dunmore at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

\"Dunmore\u2019s<\/p>\n

Dunmore\u2019s Jacob Polishan (37) swings at a pitch during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Moosic at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

\"Dunmore\u2019s<\/p>\n

Dunmore\u2019s Nick Demuro (12) delivers a pitch during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Moosic at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

\"Dunmore\u2019s<\/p>\n

Dunmore\u2019s Jacob Polishan (37) runs to first base during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Moosic at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Moosic\u2019s Luca Hermanson (88) connects with the pitch during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Dunmore at the Moosic Little League Field in Moosic, Pa., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Moosic got all the runs it would need in the first inning, scoring nine times on eight hits in a 9-1 victory over Dunmore in the District 17 elimination final Thursday at Moosic.<\/p>\n

Wyatt Davis and Mason Linck did the rest, combining on a one-hitter as Moosic advanced to Saturday\u2019s championship final against host Abington at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Davis struck out four over two innings and Linck struck out three over four innings.<\/p>\n

Maddox Trescavage led Moosic with three hits while Brady Lavelle had two. Davis and Linck each added a double, and SJ Genell, Jack Pierson and Nico Mattiolli had singles for the winners.<\/p>\n

Carter Bantell had Dunmore\u2019s lone hit, a single in the third inning. Luciano Cintron led off the fifth with a walk and came around to score Dunmore\u2019s only run on an error.<\/p>\n

District 32 Major Baseball<\/p>\n

Winning pitcher Christian Liuzzo gave up three hits and struck out eight in five innings as host Green Ridge defeated Christy Mathewson, 9-2, in the elimination final Thursday.<\/p>\n

Jack Trapper, who homered, and Anthony Donato, who doubled, each had three hits for Green Ridge, which will play Carbino Club\/Archbald in the championship final Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Carbino Club\/Archbald, needing a win to force a decisive game Sunday.<\/p>\n

Evan Pagnotti, Cooper Hickock and Thomas Horrocks had the hits for Christy Mathewson.<\/p>\n

District 17 Minor Baseball<\/p>\n

Jayden Soeth and Jacoby Lininger combined on a four-hitter as host Old Forge defeated Jefferson Twp, 4-3, to advance to the championship finals.<\/p>\n

Soeth went 4.1 innings, allowing four hits, two runs and striking out three. Lininger went 1.2 innings of hitless ball, walking one and striking out three.<\/p>\n

Lininger had two hits as did Jorden Rosario, and Carsen Clauss Walton, who doubled,\u00a0 for the winners.<\/p>\n

Ryan Pellis led Jefferson Twp. with two hits.<\/p>\n

Old Forge plays at Abington on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and needs to win to force a decisive game Sunday.<\/p>\n

District 32 Minor Baseball<\/p>\n

Eddie Marushock pitched 4.1 innings of one-hit ball with four strikeouts as Mid Valley advanced to the championship finals with a 7-4 win over Christy Mathewson in the elimination final Thursday at Crystal Park in Dickson City.<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Marushock, Eddie Marushock, Jacob Thomas, Logan O\u2019Connor, JC Cruise and Ivan Sklareski each had a single and an RBI for Mid Valley.<\/p>\n

Ciel Button doubled and had an RBI and Caiden Crambo singled and had an RBI for Christy Mathewson.<\/p>\n

Mid Valley will face Carbino Club\/Archbald in the championship final Saturday at Blakely Borough Park at 3:30 p.m. and needs to win to force a decisive game Sunday<\/p>\n

Section 5 Minor Softball<\/p>\n

Harper Harrison was dominant in the circle, striking out 13 in a one-hitter to lead Back Mountain to a 10-2 win over Old Forge in the elimination bracket final Thursday at Throop Little League.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Back Mountain had nine hits, led by Silvie Bross and Harrison, who each had two hits and two RBIs, and a triple. Sienna Bernadoni added two hits for the winners.<\/p>\n

Adeline Reno had a hit and an RBI for Old Forge.<\/p>\n

Back Mountain will play Valley in the championship final Friday at 6 p.m. at Throop Little League. Back Mountain needs to win to force a deciding game, which would be played Saturday at 6 p.m., if necessary.<\/p>\n

State Major Softball<\/p>\n

Chelsea Sutsko\u2019s single in the bottom of eighth inning scored Sammi Rittenhouse from third base with the winning run as Avon Grove defeated Carbino Club, 3-2, eliminating the local team from the Pennsylvania Major Softball Tournament on Thursday at Union City.<\/p>\n

The game was scoreless through six innings as Carbino Club\u2019s Elizabeth Troy and Avon Grove\u2019s Addison Pepper were locked in a pitcher\u2019s duel. Troy went seven innings, allowing five hits, one run (0 earned) with three strikeouts and one walk. Pepper scattered two hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking one.<\/p>\n

Carbino Club, the District 32 and Section 5 champs, broke through in the top of the seventh when Maggie Ritzco\u2019s RBI single scored Eliza Evans for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Avon Grove tied it in the bottom of the seventh when Annalise Sanderson\u2019s single scored Audrey Eckenroad.<\/p>\n

Carbino went back ahead, 2-1, in the top of the eighth when Lizzie DeRiancho plated Rebecca Peoples with a hit.<\/p>\n

Then in the bottom of the eighth, Rittenhouse\u2019s single scored Tara Sutsko, setting up Chelsea Sutksko\u2019s game-winning hit.<\/p>\n

Alana Lopuhovsky, who doubled, and Natalie Paciotti had the other two hits for Carbino Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moosic\u2019s Luca Hermanson (88) connects with the pitch during a District 17 Major Baseball game against Dunmore at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,729],"class_list":["post-240471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}