Weatherly Area Softball Roundup Lady Wreckers win two behind vonFrisch

With Maddie vonFrisch on her game, the Weatherly Area girls’ softball team can be as tough as any around. On Saturday, the senior pitcher hurled a seveninning no-hitter as the Lady Wreckers blanked Executive Education Charter School 4-0 in non-league action in Weatherly.

Of the 21 outs recorded, vonFrisch struck out 17 batters and worked around three walks to keep the shutout intact. She was backed with errorless ball by her defense.

Offensively, the Lady Wreckers got all the runs they would need in a threerun first inning. Anna Bloom had a single and an RBI, while Juliette Bartel and vonFrisch added one single and one run scored apiece. their 13 runs were unearned.

Abby Weston singled. Hannah Zimerofsky had a single, a double and two runs for Nativity. Carly Brunn doubled and had two RBIs.

Kelly Michaels and Raynessa Paulino-Diaz both doubled for the Lady

Weatherly Area 9, Nativity 6 - Starring on offense Monday, vonFrisch doubled, tripled, scored twice and drove in two runs to power the Lady Wreckers to a Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover win over Nativity atop Lawton’s Hill in Pottsville.

Raynessa Paulino-Diaz added a triple, two runs and two RBIs for the Lady Wreckers (8-4 overall, 4-4 league). Rachel Roselund tripled and singled, Abby Binder also tripled, Anna Bloom singled twice, and

Find flowers at CCEEC hikes

Williams Valley 13, Weatherly Area 0Last week in Tower City, Williams Valley’s Quin Smeltz struck out 11 and walked one, pitching a threehit shutout over Weatherly in a Division II-III crossover game.

Sage Smeltz had a basesclearing triple, leading the Vikings’ 10-hit attack. They also took advantage of seven Weatherly errors, as eight of

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Naturalist Jeannie Carl of the Carbon County Environmental Education Center leads participants on an easy walk in search of early spring flowers, and other signs of seasonal change on the trails around the center, on Saturday, April 29, starting at 10 a.m.

Waterproof footwear is recommended.

The hike is free. Families are welcome.

For more information or to register, call 570-645-8597.

Wildflower Hike

On Saturday, May 13, the CCEEC will host a plant and wildflower hike, open to all ages and interest levels, beginning at 1 p.m. Volunteer Naturalist Michael Blacketter will lead the program along easy walking trails.

Early May is the perfect time to enjoy and view native trees, mosses and ferns. Several species of wildflowers will also be in bloom, and Blacketter will help participants find and identify them.

The program is free for members of the EEC, and a nominal donation is requested of non-members. Field guides and binoculars will be available on loan. The Center is located at the west end of Mauch Chunk Lake Park, along Lentz Trail just outside Jim Thorpe.

Waterproof footwear is recommended.

For more information or to register, please call 570-645-8597.

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