Burns, Indians make push for playoffs with win over East

Softball

SOUDERTON 8, CB EAST 1 » Abby Burns struck out eight in pitching a complete game and also hit a solo home run in the fifth as Souderton earned a second straight win.

Riley York belted a solo homer in the sixth and finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored for the Indians (12-7, 9-7 SOL Colonial). Brooke Scotti had two RBIs while Olivia Plinke scored twice.

Burns allowed one run — earned — on three hits and three walks.

Scotti gave Souderton a 2-0 lead in the first with a two-RBI single. Big Red made it 4-0 in the second then after East plated a run in the top of the fourth the Indians scored twice in the bottom of the frame to go up 6-1.

UPPER DUBLIN 18, RADNOR 3 (4) » Abby Olshefski was 2-for-3 with a two-run triple and three runs scored, Avery Lennon finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and Upper Dublin used a 10-run fourth inning to roll to a nonleague victory on Wednesday.

Kaelin Penna went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored while Madden Reilly was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Cardinals (6-14, 5-11 SOL Liberty). Emeline Bell had three runs scored and two stolen bases. Pitcher Meredith McKenna earned her first varsity win, allowing three hits and no walks while striking out six. ABINGTON 9, UPPER MERION 8» Abington scored seven runs in the top of the seventh to erase an 8-2 deficit and rally for a nonleague victory on Wednesday.

Ellie Pierce’s two-out RBI triple pulled the Galloping Ghosts even 8-8 then scored the winning run on Aneesa Rohrer’s RBI single.

Sydney Steiner was a triple short of the cycle for Abington, going 4-for-4 with a double, a leadoff home run in the sixth, three RBIs and two runs scored.

Rohrer was 3-for-5 with an RBI and run scored, Liz Hippel went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored while Lauren Everitt finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Vanessa Hutchinson hit a two-run home run in the third that put Upper Merion up 3-1 and went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored. JoEllen Johnson was 3-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored while Ava DiDonato and Emma Ricci both were 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Vikings.

UM’s Rebecca Shuler went 2-for-3 with three runs scored with Cady Legerton going 2-for-4. PW 13, MOUNT ST. JOSEPH 3 (6) » Plymouth Whitemarsh plated eight runs in the top of the second and rolled to a six-inning nonleague win.

Rian Reed was 2-for-3 with a double, triple, an RBI and three runs scored while Lauren Kane drove in three runs in the second with a bases-loaded triple. Marissa Perez went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored.

Mount St. Joseph’s Paige Moore hit a two-run home run in the fifth.

DOCK 17, DELCO CHRISTIAN 1 » Dock scored five runs in the first inning and quickly moved to get all 16 players into the game on Wednesday. Aubrey Gahman gave up just one hit while recording all nine outs by strikeout. Maggie Dowell and Gahman each had two hits. Adelyn Clemmer, Sophia Mercure, and Katherine Kardos had 2 RBI each for the Pioneers.

Baseball

CR SOUTH 4, NORTH PENN 2 » Council Rock South led 4-0 after four innings and North Penn could only cut the deficit in half as the Golden Hawks won the SOL crossover contest on Wednesday.

Justin Egner was 3-for-4 for the Knights while Quinn Marett went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

North Penn scored its first run in the top of the fifth on Zach Warner’s RBI fielder’s choice. A Marett two-out RBI double in the seventh made it 4-2.

CB WEST 10, PENNRIDGE 5 »

Central Bucks West broke a 4-4 tie with five runs in the top of the fifth – the last four coming on Jackson Cunnane’s grand slam – as the Bucks went on to claim an SOL Colonial win.

Kevin Bukowski and Aidan Quinn both hit solo home runs for West (109, 8-7 division). Cunnane finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored, Burkowski was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while Max McGlone went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Quinn had two runs scored.

Pennridge’s Joey Calabretti connected on a solo homer in the third and was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Aidan Fretz went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Rams (812, 5-11).

CB WEST 3, NESHAMINY 1 »

Central Bucks West earned a second win Wednesday by scoring all three of its runs in the top of the seventh to rally past Neshaminy.

With one out and the bases loaded, Kevin Bukowski’s RBI sacrifice fly tied the game. Max McGlone put the Bucks (11-9, 9-7 SOL Colonial) ahead with an RBI single while Aidan Quinn followed with an RBI single for a two-run lead.

Neshaminy (12-7, 10-6 SOL Patriot) scored its lone run in the fourth on a Jake Kozlowski RBI single

SOUDERTON 10, CB EAST 3 »

Justin DiCesare was 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored as Souderton capped its regular season with its 12th consecutive victory.

Central Bucks East scored twice in the bottom of the third to pull within 4-3 but the Indians answered with four in the fifth on DiCesare’s two-RBI single and two more coming home as Liam O’Leary reached on a two-out error.

A Carter Jagiela RBI sacrifice fly and DiCesare’s RBI double made it 10-3 Big Red in the sixth.

Ethan Warner went 2-for-2, Chris McKenna was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored while Kaden Pasternak had four runs scored for the Indians (17-3, 14-2 SOL Colonial).

Souderton starting pitcher Jackson Morrissette earned a completegame win, allowing three runs — two earned— on four hits. He walked two, hit one batter and struck out seven.

UPPER DUBLIN 11, QUAKERTOWN 8 » Quakertown was up 8-0 after the top of the second but Upper Dublin did the rest of the scoring — pulling even in the fourth then taking the lead in the fifth as the Cardinals claimed a second straight win.

Kyle Rizzo was 3-for-5 with three RBIs for Upper Dublin while Jared Levis went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored. Ethan Madnick was 2-for-2 and scored three runs, Leo Soriano finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored while Nick Harley scored twice.

The Cardinals (14-6, 13-3 SOL Liberty) scored a run in the bottom of the second, four in the third then three in the fourth to knot things 8-8. In the fifth, Nick Lombardo came home on a passed ball while Levis’ RBI single gave UD a 10-8 lead. Shane Monaghan’s RBI single in the sixth made it 11-8.

Girls lacrosse

ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 26, LC 2 » Emma Talago and Shannon Wood both scored three goals as Archbishop Carroll cruised past Lansdale Catholic Wednesday to reach the Philadelphia Catholic League championship game.

Chloe Bleckley, Katie Karoly, Lydia Malone and Kiley Mottice each had two goals for the Patriots (19-0), who led 17-2 at halftime.

Kiera Trainer and Emily Simpson each scored a goal for the Crusaders. LC goalkeeper Caroline Kerr made six saves. Carroll keeper Bridget Robinson had two saves.

The Patriots face Cardinal O’Hara in the PCL final 6 p.m. Friday at Neumann University.