ST. MARYS, Pa. – Addison Beimel set the tone atop the St. Marys lineup as the Lady Dutch earned a 6-2 win over Elk County Catholic in the championship game of the Elk County softball tournament.
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Beimel was 2-for-2 with a walk, three runs scored, and four stolen bases.
“It’s really exciting,” Beimel, who was named the Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game, said. “With ECC being our rival, it’s good to come out and beat them and it’s always exciting.”
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Gianna Surra came up with Beimel and Molly Hanslovan on second and third in the first inning. Surra hit a ball that ECC pitcher Emily Mourer had to come out of the circle to field. Mourer threw to first, and Beimel went home on the throw. The subsequent throw to try and throw out Hanslovan was wide of the mark, allowing Hanslovan to trot home and give St. Marys a 2-0 lead.
Addison Beimel
A similar situation played out later in the game, with a Surra groundout resulting in Beimel coming home to extend the lead.
Jianna Gerg doubled and scored a run for St. Marys, while Giuliana Muccio also had two hits and scored a run as the Lady Dutch led 5-1 going to the sixth.
Consecutive hits from Lucy Klawuhn, Syd Alexander, and Thorwart allowed a run to cross the plate for ECC, and Mya Pistner ultimately came up to bat with the bases loaded and two outs. Pistner hit a ball that was foul by no more than a couple of feet. It easily cleared the fence and would have given the Lady Crusaders a 6-5 lead.
Instead, Eckels rallied to strike out Pistner and St. Marys tacked on one more in the bottom half of the inning and held on for the win.
ECC’s Emily Mourer opened the second inning with a solo blast to straightaway center, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
Eckles settled in from there, however, retiring the next 10 batters she faced. She gave up two earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight.
Mourer took the loss going six innings allowing six runs, four earned, on seven hits and three walks while striking out four.
CONSOLATION: REDBANK VALLEY 10, JOHNSONBURG 0, 5 INNINGS
ST. MARYS, Pa. – In the consolation game, Mackenzie Foringer went 3-for-3 with a home run and five runs batted in while also throwing a shutout.
Foringer, who hit a two-run home run, went five innings in the circle allowing five hits while striking out seven.
Bella Orr added a double for the Lady Bulldogs while going 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored, and Sammi Bowser was 1-for-1 with a run scored and two RBIs.
Zoey Grunthaner was 2-for-3 for Johnsonburg.
Natalie Dunworth took the loss going four innings allowing 10 runs, eight earned, on nine hits while striking out seven.
SEMIFINAL: ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 5, REDBANK VALLEY 4
ST. MARYS, Pa. – Bailey Thorwart’s first career walk-off home run lifted Elk County Catholic to a 5-4 win over Redbank Valley in the semifinals.
In a 4-4 game, Thorwart, just a freshman, led off the bottom of the seventh by taking strike one from Makenzie Foringer before taking her next pitch over the left-center field fence for the game-winner.
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Thorwart was named the Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game, although, unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties with her Cole Orthondotic and Associates postgame interview.
Bailey Thorwart. Photo by Chris Rossetti
ECC never trailed in the game but saw Redbank Valley rally twice.
The Lady Crusaders led 3-0 after two innings before Redbank Valley scored twice in the third on a pair of wild pitches and again in the fifth to tie the game at three.
ECC went back ahead, 4-3, in the bottom of the fifth on an Emily Mourer fielder’s choice and a Bella Orr throwing error before Redbank Valley tied it one last time on a Keyauna Schimp RBI single in the sixth.
Lucy Klawuhn was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI for ECC while Mya Pistner went 3-for-3 and Thorwart was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Alexa Uhl was also 2-for-2 with a walk.
Mourer got the win going seven innings allowing four runs, three earned, on four hits and two walks while striking out 11.
Molly Evans was 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored for Redbank Valley with Alara Altobelli going 1-for-3 with a run scored.
Foringer took the loss pitching six-plus innings allowing five runs, four earned, on 12 hits and two walks while striking out four.
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SEMIFINAL: ST. MARYS 15, JOHNSONBURG 0, 4 innings
ST. MARYS, Pa. – St. Marys scored 11 runs in the second inning to beat Johnsonburg, 15-0 in four innings in the semifinals.
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Gianna Surra was one of three St. Marys players with three RBIs in the win over Johnsonburg, as Beimel (two hits) and Kaylen Eozzo also drove in three, while Muccio had two hits and two RBIs, and Molly Hanslovan tripled and scored two runs.
Surra was named the Allegheny Grille of Foxburg Player of the Game and talked about the win on the Cole Orthonodtic and Associates Postgame Interview.
Eckels allowed three hits and struck out eight.
Dana Beimel took the loss for Johnsonburg, allowing nine earned runs on 11 hits, walking eight, and striking out two.
Gianna Surra
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
An all-tournament team was named consisting of Addison Beimel, Avery Eckels, and Gianna Surra of St. Marys, Lucy Klawuhn and Emily Mourer of ECC, Mackenzie Foringer and Bella Orr of Redbank Valley, and Zoey Grunthaner and Natalie Dunworth from Johnsonburg.
Photo by Andy Close
