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ST. MARYS, Pa. – St. Marys swept the Elk County Tournament Baseball and Softball Tournament titles Thursday night.

(Photo by Rhonda Beimel)

The baseball team beat Johnsonburg, 10-0 in five innings, with the softball team downing Elk County Catholic, 12-3.

BASEBALL: ST. MARYS 10, JOHNSONBURG 0, 5 INNINGS

Nate Beimel tossed a five-inning no-hitter to lead the baseball team to the 10-0 win over Johnsonburg. Beimel struck out 11 and walked two in the win.

Nate Beimel helped himself driving in three runs while going 1-for-3 with a walk.

Tim Beimel also drove in three runs for the Dutch while going 1-for-3 with a walk, and Matt Bellina scored twice with Brandon Sicheri added three runs scored while going 1-for-2 with two walks.

Gabe Watts took the loss going three innings allowing six runs, five earned, on six hits and three walks while striking one. Austin Green allowed a run on a hit and two walks while striking out two in an inning of work and Gavin Elmquist threw a ⅓ of an inning allowing three runs, two earned, on three walks while striking one.

SOFTBALL: ST. MARYS 12, ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 3

In a game moved to St. Marys after the consolation game in Ridgway got rained out, Maddie Bowes drove in four runs while going 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored in the 12-3 St. Marys victory.

Brianna Grotzinger hit a pair of home runs in the win Lady Dutch while going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs.

Brit Shaw added a pair of doubles for St. Marys while going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI with Micayla Bothun going 2-for-5 with three runs scored and Syd Eckert had a double and two RBIs.

Rosina Nero and Maggie Dinsmore had RBIs for ECC.

Maura Fledderman got the win allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits and four walks while striking out 11.

Michelle Gerber went three innings allowing eight runs, two earned, one six hits and two walks while striking out five.

BASEBALL

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 18, KANE 5

ST. MARYS, Pa. – In the consolation game of the Elk County Tournament, Elk County Catholic got five hits, six RBIs and five runs scored from Brennen Klawuhn and Tylor Herzing to down Kane, 18-5.

Klawuhn was 3-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, four runs scored and three RBIs to Herzing going 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBIs.

Also for the Crusaders, Ryan Fritz had a double while going 1-for-2 with two walks, an RBI and two runs scored, Mark Kraus was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Alec Wehler was 1-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs.

Ang Costanzo had a double for Kane while going 1-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI. Austin Jordan was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Isaac Brock got the win in relief with Taylor Boland picking up the save.

Brock went two innings allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits and three walks while striking out two. Borland pitched four innings allowing an earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out two. Will Uberti started and pitched an inning allowing two runs, one earned, on a hit and two walks while striking out two.

Cyrus Novosel suffered the loss going 2 ⅔ innings allowing seven runs, three earned, on seven hits, a hit batter and two walks while striking out one.

BRADFORD 6, OTTO-ELDRED 4

DUKE CENTER, Pa. – Caleb Nuzzo and Danny Manion both had doubles to help visiting Bradford to a 6-4 win over Otto-Eldred.

Nuzzo was 1-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs with Manion going 1-for-2 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI.

Tyler Gigliotti (2-for-5, 1 run scored), Peyton Manion (2-for-4, 1 RBI) and Adam Boyer (2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R) each had two hits for the Owls.

Jacob Merry and Nick York doubled for Otto-Eldred, which scored three times in the bottom of the seventh and had the tying run at the plate in the person of York before Hunter Gray got York to play out to end the game.

Merry was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs with York going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Thomas VanScotter was also 2-for-2 for the Terrors with Sawyer Drummond scoring a pair of runs.

Tyler Gigliotti got the win going six innings allowing a run on four hits, a hit batter and three walks while striking out 10. Gray pitched an inning allowing three runs, one earned, on three hits and a hit batter.

Chase Sebastian suffered the loss allowing five earned runs on 11 hits and three walks while striking out five in six innings. Drummond pitched an inning giving up an unearned run on a walk while striking out two.

WILLIAMSPORT 14, PUNXSUTAWNEY 3, 5 INNINGS

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Quentin Brown, Joe Fagnano and Cody Shimp all went deep to lift Williamsport to a 14-3, five-inning win over visiting Punxsutawney.

Brown was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored, Fagnano was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs and Shimp was 1-for-3 with a run scored and three RBIs.

Also for Williamsport, Tanner Esposito went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI, Brayton Rowello was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs and Ethen Stryker was 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI.

Tyler Richardson was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored for Punxsutawney with Brandon Matthews going 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBIs and Logan Johnston 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.

SOFTBALL

SMETHPORT 8, CAMERON COUNTY 7

SMETHPORT, Pa. – Sam Tanner’s three-run home run with no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted Smethport to a comeback, 8-7, victory over Cameron County.

The Lady Hubbers trailed 7-5 going to the bottom of the sixth after the Lady Raiders scored four in the fifth and one in the sixth to erase a 5-2 deficit.

But Haleigh Larson and Abbey Woodard led off the sixth with back-to-back singles before Tanner cranked a home run to center.

Tanner finished the day 3-for-3 with a run scored and four RBIs.

Woodard added a 2-for-4 afternoon with a double and a run scored, while Larson was 3-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI. Heidi Lent also went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Ashlee Burgett, Kaitlyn Burgett and Alyvia McKimm all doubled for Cameron County.

Kaitlyn Burgett was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, McKimm was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI and Ashlea Burgett was 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBIs. Laila Smith also added a 3-for-4 day with a run scored and an RBI.

Emily Treat got the win going seven innings allowing seven runs, six earned, on 14 hits and a walk while striking out nine.

Smith took the loss giving up eight runs, seven earned, on 13 hits, two walks and a hit batter while striking out four.