vonFrisch, Michaels named Schuylkill Softball All-Stars

Weatherly Area players

Maddie vonFrisch and Kelly Michaels have been named to the 2023 Schuylkill Softball Coaches Association

All-Star Team, selected by the league’s coaches. The players were to be honored Wednesday evening prior to the Schuylkill League softball championship game at Blue Mountain’s Patton Field.

An overall all-league team was chosen, with vonFrisch named honorable mention at pitcher. The senior was a first team selection at pitcher on the Division III team, with Michaels chosen first team infield on the D-III team, which is as follows:

Pitcher - Morgan Kelly, Marian, jr.

Pitcher - Madisyn vonFrisch, Weatherly Area, sr.

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Catcher - Mikayla Yuricheck, Panther Valley, jr.

INF - Jackie Guth, Marian, sr.

INF - Malina Letcher, Marian, fr.

INF - Kelly Michaels, Weatherly Area, sr.

INF - Alise Heisey, Marian, sr.

OF - Gracie Gallagher, Marian, jr.

OF - Hannah DeAngelo, Shenandoah Valley, jr.

OF - Julia Meiss, Marian, jr.

Utility - Emma Lewandowski, Mahanoy Area, sr.

Wreckers fall to Minersville

Corey Wank led a 14-hit Minersville attack with three singles and drove in two runs as the Miners downed the visiting Wreckers 15-0 in a three-inning Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover baseball game last week. Connor Beck, Brock Polinsky, Cade Schultz and Evan Schultz each added two hits for Minersville (8-10, 5-8 league), which scored eight runs in the first inning.

A.J. Halford earned his first varsity pitching victory by allowing just one hit and striking out five.

Dylan Buck singled for Weatherly (3-15, 1-12).

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Weatherly Softball Roundup

Lady Wreckers gearing up for postseason

The Weatherly Area girls’ softball team continued to sharpen its skills for the upcoming playoffs with a busy late-season schedule. A recap from the past week follows: of the seventh before three straight walks and a hit batsman tied the game at 20.

Weatherly Area 20, Lincoln Leadership 5Winning pitcher Kameran Strohl drove in five runs, and Maddie vonFrisch and Ava Sahaida knocked in four each, leading the Lady Wreckers to the fourinning non-league victory over Lincoln Leadership on Saturday. Strohl and vonFrisch ripped a double and two singles each. Kelly Michaels had a triple and two singles, while Rachel Rosenlund stroked three singles and scored four runs for Weatherly.

Strohl worked a complete game in the circle, allowing two hits and striking out four.

The Lady Wreckers led 19-11 going to the bottom of the fifth inning before Keera Brennan sparked a sevenrun rally for Minersville with a grand slam. Brennan and Olivia Kopinetz both had six RBIs for Minersville.

Kelly Michaels led Weatherly Area with four hits, including a triple, and drove in six runs. Raynessa Paulino-Diaz went 4-for-6 with a double and two RBIs; Madison vonFrisch drove in four runs in a 3-for-5 afternoon; and Anna Bloom tagged a home run among her three hits and drove in a pair. Adrianna Dotzel was 3-for-4 with a double and four runs scored, and Juliette Bartel scored three times.

Minersville 21, Weatherly Area 20 - In a wild Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover game last Wednesday, Minersville’s Ava Long came home on a wild pitch to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Miners held off the visiting Lady Wreckers. Long entered the game to courtesy run for Lauren Hertz, who was the winning pitcher for Minersville.

Averee Horoschak doubled with one out in the bottom

Lourdes Regional 6, Weatherly Area 2 - On Monday, Lourdes scored three in the top of the first inning on its way to the Division II-III game in Weatherly.

Kelly Michaels, Ava Sahaida and Abby Teodorescu each singled for the Lady Wreckers (12-7). Maddie vonFrisch struck out 12 batters in the circle, allowing just six hits. Weatherly committed five errors.