Pennsbury takes on Dallastown in PIAA Class A title game

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. » A long rain delay at Penn State University’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Friday afternoon kept the Pennsbury High baseball team from pursuing its first Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 6A state title until after 8 p.m. last night.

Head coach Joe Pesci’s Falcons (21-6) are trying to win the first baseball state championship in school history, taking on 23-4 Dallastown at the Nittany Lions’ drenched field.

The game ended too late for these editions. Look to Sunday’s editions of The Trentonian for more on Pennsbury’s quest.

AMERICAN LEGION HIGHTSTOWN 9, NORTH HAMILTON 3 HAMILTON » Post 148 used 13 hits to get past the Hibos at Nottingham High.

Matt Mankowich went 3-for-4, while David Jasper, Jake Simon, Stephen Brookwell and Mike O’Hare each had two hits for Hightstown. Tommy McParland was also 3-for-4 for North Hamilton.

Hightstown N. Hamilton RBIs — WP— Team Records —

H: Brookwell 2, LoPorto, Drews. D’Ambrosia (2-0); Rojek (0-2). H (4-1), NH (4-4). LAWRENCE 3, ALLENTOWN 2 LAWRENCE» Post 414 scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning to erase a 2-1 Allentown lead, then pitchers Tanner Adamczyk and Ryan Sullivan made the narrow lead stand despite nine hits by the visitors at Mike Pezzicola Field in Eggerts Crossing Park.

Chris Anderson went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, plus a run scored and a run batted in for A’town.

Allentown Lawrence 2B—

A: Franzoni, CAnderson 2; CAnderson, L: Cutaneo. Adamczyk (2-0); Sullivan (1).

WP— S— 213 010 101 001 110 101 LP— 000 200 LP— 1 — 0 — 0 — x — 9 3 2 3 RBIs — 13 2 4 2 9 3 3 3

A: Thakur (0-1);

Team Records —

SUSPENDED GAME TRENTON » Ewing Post 314 had just tied its game with Trenton Posts 93 & 182 in the top of the sixth inning when the game was suspended because of darkness at Wetzel Field.

The game will be finished before the teams meet again at Fred Walters Field in Frank Moody Park Friday, July 7. THURSDAY

N. HAMILTON 10, EWING 0 HAMILTON » Patrick Luckie tossed a three-hit shutout for his second win as the Hibos defeated Post 314 at Nottingham High.

David Iorio went 3-for-3 with three runs and an RBI to lead North Hamilton. David Scott had two more hits, and Jack Milazzo knocked in three runs.

John Ulrich, Dom Salvatore and Anthony Larson singled for Ewing.

Ewing N. Hamilton 2B—

A (0-2), L (4-3).

000 410 00 — 0 41 —10 3 9

NH: McParland, Scott; NH: DIorio, Scott, Milazzo 3, Conover, Baker.

RBIs — 0 0 WP— Team Records —

HAMILTON 17, TRENTON 1 TRENTON » Joey Sacco and Ryan Mostrangeli each had three hits, including a double, as Post 31 rolled past the Schroths at Wetzel Field.

Mostrangeli, Jake Beyer and Matt Ricci had two RBIs apiece for Hamilton.

Hamilton 0 Trenton 7 2B—

PLuckie (2-0); Gregg (0-2). E (1-4), NH (4-3). H: Sacco, Mostrangeli; H: Mostrangeli 2, Beyer 2, Ricci 2, BJames, Zahn, Plunkett, Cote, Harkness, T: TAnderson.

Lyons (1-0); Lucash (0-2). H (5-2), T (0-7).

WP— Team Records — LP— 000 000 LP— 000 0 — 17 000 x— 14 RBIs — 14

LAWRENCE 14, PRINCETON 2 PRINCETON » Post 414 (3-3) stopped a three-game slide by defeating Post 218 (1-5) at Barbara Smoyer Park.

BSP 6, ALLENTOWN 4 HAMILTON » MCALL-leading Post 313 (6-1) stayed hot at Hamilton High by handing Allentown (0-1) a loss in its season opener.