Hileman and Pennsbury blank Conwell-Egan
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. » What used to be for bragging rights in the entire area has now become the battle for bragging rights in Fairless Hills.
While the PennsburyConwell Egan softball series clearly isn’t what it used to be — remember when they used to play at night in front of big crowds in Lower Makefield? — Pennsbury sure wasn’t complaining after it beat the Eagles, 5-0, Friday.
Pennsbury (6-12), you see, is suffering through what very well may be its worst season ever and will not make the playoffs for the second time in three years. Still, a win is a win and senior Alyssa Hileman certainly looked in fine form by throwing a two-hitter and striking out five. Both of Conwell-Egan’s hits were
1. Northern Burlington
2. Robbinsville
3. Neshaminy
4. Burlington Township
5. Steinert
6. Lenape
7. Rancocas Valley
8. Cherokee
9. Notre Dame
10. Bordentown
11. Shawnee
12. West Windsor North
13. Delaware Valley
14. Seneca
15. Lawrenceville
16. Council Rock North
17. Truman
18. Bristol
19. West Windsor South
20. Hun
21. Hightstown
22. Pennsbury
23. Nottingham
24. Conwell-Egan
25. Bensalem
26. Moorestown (19-2) (17-1) (16-2) (15-1) (16-4) (12-4) (10-6) (14-6) (16-6) (12-8) (10-9) (14-3) (14-2) (10-7) (12-4) (11-6)
(9-8) (15-2) (13-7) (8-6) (11-6) (6-12) (10-9) (10-9) (6-10) (5-9)
singles by Emily Wang.
“Alyssa did a good job of hitting her spots today,” said veteran Pennsbury coach Frank McSherry. “And she did a good job of keeping her change up down.”
Conwell-Egan pitcher Amber Stansfield actually
27. New Egypt
28. Lawrence
29. Ewing
30. Cinnaminson
31. Delran
32. Maple Shade
33. Peddie
34. Westampton Tech
35. Riverside
36. Allentown
37. Hamilton
38. Palmyra
39. Florence
40. Doane Academy
40. Holy Cross
Saturday:
Dame.
Monday:
Notre Dame vs. Robbinsville and Steinert vs. West Windsor North in MCT semifinals; Northern Burlington at Rancocas Valley.
Prep state semifinals; Northern Burlington at Mt. St. Dominic; Council Rock South at Neshaminy. MCT championship. NJSIAA states; Neshaminy at Northern Burlington;
Notre Dame at Northern Burlington.
Tuesday:
West Windsor South at Notre
Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: HIGHLIGHT GAMES
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did a pretty good job herself by limiting Pennsbury to six hits, but the problem was four of them came in the same inning when Pennsbury pushed across five runs in the bottom of the fourth. After Sydney Jakimowicz slapped the first hit of the game, Carli Parsons also reached on a fielder’s choice. From there, Arden Rabiger, Casey Glynn (two RBIs) and Sierra Daly all drove in runs with singles to give Hileman more than enough runs than she would need.
While Pennsbury will finish up its season with two games next week, ConwellEgan will be headed to the playoffs and is a huge favorite to win the District 12 Class AA bracket. Barring a huge upset on either end, it would set up a ConwellEgan game vs. Bristol in the first round of the state tournament in early June. Conwell-Egan (10-9) 000 000 0 - 0 2 1 Pennsbury (6-12) 000 050 x - 5 6 1 WP-Hileman. LP-Stansfield. RBIs: Rabiger, Glynn 2, Daly. WW-PN 8, HOPEWELL 0 PLAINSBORO » Dellanie Sumanthiran hurled the shutout with four strikeouts. Julia Baber led the North attack with double and two RBIs. Jackie Pacifico and Kyra Musmanno also doubled.
Hopewell (2-17) 000 000 0 - 0 WW-PN (14-3) 303 101 x - 8 WP-Sumanthiran. LP-Long. 2B-Baber (WWN), K. Musmanno (WWN), Pacifico (WWN). 3B-Carroll (HV).
CR NORTH 8, TRUMAN 3 BRISTOL TWP, PA. » Playing much better of late, Rock North (11-6) got home runs from Julia Shields and Taylor Briggs to make a winner out of pitcher Lauren Begg. CR North (11-6) 004 004 0 - 8 10 2 Truman (9-8) 000 002 1 - 3 6 1 WP-Begg. LP-Carter. 2B-Begg (CRN), Booth (CRN). HR-Shields (CRN), Briggs (CRN).
LAWRENCEVILLE 15, NEW FOUNDATIONS 5 LAWRENCEVILLE » Ciara Hoover got the win and also doubled and homered along with Mackenzie Bunner. New Foundations 000 05 - 5 4 2 Lawrenceville (12-4) 244 32 - 15 17 1 WP-Hoover. LP-Waldron. 2B-Hoover, McGrath (L), Bunner (L), Balewitz (L). HR-Hoover, Bunner.