Baker, Wiss continue quest for perfection
Girls Lacrosse
WISSAHICKON 17, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 10 » Emma Baker led all scorers with 9 goals and also had two assists, four draw controls and one ground ball for the Trojans (17-0).
Abby DeGroat scored three goals with one assist and seven draw controls for Wiss.
Also for the Trojans, Lexi Hobson (two goals, one assist, five caused turnovers, three ground balls, five draw controls); Quinn Gaffey (two goals, two assists); Sophia Chiodo Ortiz (one goal, two caused turnovers); Haley Reed (three caused turnovers, one ground ball); Nora Ryan (four ground balls); Amanda Brecher (one interception, two caused turnovers, one ground ball and one assist); Alena Doll (one ground ball and one caused turnover); and Madeline Murphy (12 saves in goal) made key contributions.
Paige Gilbert had four goals for the Bucks. Also for West, Shelby Hahn had two goals, Jada Weinrich had one, Brooke Wassman scored two, and Weyer scored one.
DOCK 10, COLLEGIUM CHARTER 7 » Kenzie Derstine and Abbey Mellinger each scored three goals as the Pioneers picked up the win on Friday. Emma Kratz added two goals for Dock.
Baseball
SOUDERTON 3, PENNRIDGE 1 » Jacob Horton was strong on the mound for Souderton allowing one run on five hits over six innings while striking out nine. Gabe Rohrback pitched one inning in relief to earn the save. UPPER PERKIOMEN 6, UPPER MERION 5» The Indians seized victory in dramatic walk-off fashion Friday, thanks to Malachi Duka’s walk-off single at the end of the game that toppled the Vikings. The game was tied at five with Upper Perkiomen batting in the bottom of the eighth, when Duka (2-for-5) singled on a 3-2 count to score the winning run. The play made a winner of Evan Shade, UP’s third pitcher seeing action, who threw a one-hit eighth. Braden Rieg added a pair of hits and two RBI for UP.
Softball
METHACTON 9, PERKIOMEN VALLEY 0 » Caraline Newman, Tori Bockrath and Riley Kairer all went deep in the Warriors’ PAC Liberty win Friday. Kairer’s homer was a grand slam. Bockrath added a pair of doubles. Along with Methacton’s big bats, Paige Deal struck out seven and gave up two hits in six shutout innings for the win. UPPER PERKIOMEN 13, UPPER MERION 6 » Lily Dibble had a five-hit, 5-RBI day, highlighted by a homer, in powering the Indians to Friday’s PAC Frontier win. Dibble also picked up the win with five innings on the mound before Taylor Croak finished with two scorless frames. Dani Freer (3 RBI) added a homer and Sieerra Fretz (double) and Lynnsi Joyce both had three hits. BOYERTOWN 18, NORRISTOWN 8 » In a high-scoring PAC Liberty Division game Friday, Logan Black and Nicole Kratz each drove in three runs to lead the Bears past the Eagles. Kratz had a home run as part of her day at the plate. Boyertown also got considerable help on offense with Gianna Diruggieri (2-for-3) and Carlee Frantz (2-for-4) adding multiple hits and Alyx Morgan, Morgan Sauers and Rachel Moser each driving in two runs.
Boys Lacrosse
WISSAHICKON 9, PERK VALLEY 2 » The Wissahickon boys lacrosse team visited Perk Valley on Friday night with a first-round bye on the line for the Trojans. The game turned out to be a highly contested defensive battle in the first half with the Trojans holding a 2-0 lead at the break. The defense was stellar all night led by Jake Licata, Quinn Fonash, Joey Connolly, Ethan Glass, Alex Solomon and EJ Schreiner. Scott Pfeiffer was excellent in goal with 11 saves. Kyle Lehman led the offense with four goals and one assist. Jackson Intrieri had two goals and two assists. Brody Meyers, Schreiner and Matt Fritz all finished with one goal apiece and Dean Wolfe added one assist for Wiss.