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KINGSTON — Styrofoam cups pushed into the chain link fence in left field Monday formed the numbers of the Wyoming Valley West softball players in their final season. If Senior Day was going to be a complete success then a couple of them needed to come through when needed.
They did.
Senior Audi Welles hit an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh and then scored the game-winning run on senior Colleen Cwalina’s double as the Spartans edged Crestwood 5-4 in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 game.
Crestwood fell to 3-7, part of a rough journey to Kingston for the school. Just over the railroad tracks a short distance away, the baseball team ended up losing by a run to Valley West.
Crestwood took a 4-3 lead in the sixth on an RBI single by Katie Thomas and a fielder’s choice by Morghan Murphy.
Valley West (5-5) stranded a runner at third in the sixth, but didn’t squander its chances in the seventh. Junior Morgan Klesko led off and reached second on a throwing error on her grounder. Welles then lined a single to right to tie the score. Cwalina followed and lined double just inside the left-field line and Welles scored from first.
“We were down and we really had to step it up and we did,” Cwalina said. “Without Audi getting on and Morgan getting on, we wouldn’t have scored those runs.”
Welles is the team’s catcher and coach Jess Ras elected to use a courtesy runner for her in the fifth. Not so in the seventh as Welles made the long run home to end the game.
“Sometimes Coach has faith in me,” Welles said. “I knew as soon as Colleen hit that ball that I wasn’t stopping and this was it and I kind of had to score.”
Senior Erin Gibbons added an RBI single in the third and once again was outstanding defensively in center field.
“I have a great senior class and I’m going to miss all six of the girls,” Ras said. “We had a nice talk on Thursday and they knew I expected them to step up this game and for the rest of the season.”
Emily Traficante had an RBI single in the second for Crestwood and Haley Naperkowski added another in the third. However, the Comets’ defense was shaky and committed six errors, leading to three unearned runs.
“I told the girls our hitting was better,” Crestwood coach Adrienne Bannon said, “but our defense let us down when we needed it the most.”
Hazleton Area 15,
Coughlin 0 (3 inn.)
Marissa Trivelpiece was 3 for 3 with a double and four RBI as Hazleton Area defeated Coughlin.
Megan Trivelpiece and Tiana Treon added two RBI each for the Cougars.
Taylor Pawlush and Brittany Nastawa had singles for Coughlin.
Northwest 11,
Meyers 1 (6 inn.)
Trista Babcock and Nicole Cragle homered and Morgan Kline knocked in four runs as Northwest defeated Meyers.
Cragle also pitched a complete game, allowing two hits and fanning seven.
Lake-Lehman 4,
Hanover Area 0
Abbey Hogan struck out seven and surrendered just two hits as Lake-Lehman downed Hanover Area.
Cassie Konopki led the offense with a homer and three RBI. Corinna Scoblick had a double and single. Chloe VanGorder had two hits and an RBI.
Emilee Bobos and Alessia Mangan had singles for Hanover Area.
Berwick 7,
Bloomsburg 2
Kyle Levan was 2 for 4 with a homer, double and three RBI as Berwick defeated Bloomsburg in a non-conference game.
Levan teamed with Emma Stoker on a two-hitter. Lydia Hess added a double and single and scored three runs. Sammi Starr was 2 for 3 with three runs scored.
Wyo. Val. West 5, Crestwood 4
Crestwood`AB`R`H`BI
Murphy rf`4`0`2`1
Kulp cf`2`1`0`0
Macko ss`4`0`1`0
Sobolwski c`4`0`0`0
Naprkwski 3b`4`0`1`1
Heller 2b`4`2`1`1
Dow lf`2`1`2`0
Traficnte 1b`3`0`1`1
Thomas dp`3`0`1`1
Waite p`0`0`0`0
Totals`30`4`9`4
WVW`AB`R`H`BI
Belles ss`4`0`0`0
Zawadzki dp`3`0`0`0
Klosko 3b`4`2`2`0
Welles c`4`2`3`1
Laudenslgr cr`0`1`0`0
Cwalina 1b`4`0`1`2
Boler 2b`3`0`0`0
Gibbons cf`3`0`1`1
Johnson lf`3`0`1`0
Pizano rf`0`0`0`0
Ryncavge rf`2`0`1`0
Shedletsky p`0`0`0`0
Totals`30`5`9`4
Crestwood`011`002`0`—`4
WVW`011`010`2`—`5
2B — Klosko, Cwalina.
Crestwood`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Waite (L)`6.0`9`5`2`1`2
WVW`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Shedletsky (W)`6.0`9`4`1`2`1
Hazleton Area 15, Coughlin 0 (3 inn.)
Hazleton Area`375`—`15
Coughlin`000`—`0
Pitching: HA, Becca Rossi (W) 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO. COU, Brittany Nastawa (L) 2 IP, 13 H, 14 R, 11 ER, 1 BB, 0 K. Montana Raggi 1IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO.
Top Hitters: HA, Megan Trivelpiece 3-3, 2 doubles, 2 RBI; Taylor Kaschak 3-3; Marissa Trivelpiece 3-3, double, 4 RBI; Hope Kinney homer, 2 runs. COU, Taylor Pawlush 1-2; Brittany Nastawa 1-2.
Lake-Lehman 4, Hanover Area 0
Hanover Area`000`000`0`—`0
Lake-Lehman`004`000`x`—`4
Pitching: HA, Sarah Tuzinski (L) 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K. LL, Abbey Hogan (W) 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO.
Top Hitters: HA, Emilee Bobos 1-3; Alessia Mangan 1-3. LL, Chloe VanGorder 2-2, RBI; Cassie Konopki 1-3, homer, 3 RBI; Corinna Scoblick 2-3, double.
Northwest 11, Meyers 1 (6 inn.)
Meyers`000`010`—`1
Northwest`211`053`—`11
Pitching: MEY, Abbi Satoff (L) 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO; Alexis Bruno 3.2 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 6 BB, 6 SO. NWT, Nicole Cragle (W) 6 .0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, o ER, 1 BB, 7 SO.
Top Hitters: MEY, Alexis Bruno 1-2. NWT, Trista Babcock 2-4, homer, 2 runs, 3 RBI; N.Cragle 1-3, homer, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Brenna Babcock 3-4, double; Courtney Cragle 2-3, 3 runs; Morgan Kline 2-4, 4 RBI. Brooke Harvey 2-4.
