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PV Softball Falls in L-L League Opener in the sixth, an eight-run rally in the home half of the sixth ended the game. “It started off with an error, a couple of hits, another error and a couple of walks,” said Doug High, the Braves’ head coach. “You give up a few walks and commit a couple of errors, you are giving the other team too many batters in an inning. You are going to give up runs.” Emily Ammon scored two of the Braves’ runs, scoring one on a passed ball and scoring again after stroking a triple. “She was our leadoff hitter this year,” High said. “She is a smart base runner and also had quite a few stolen bases for us.” Looking back on the season in which the Braves finished 6-12, High pointed out the three starting seniors who
will be missed next year, including Ammon. “Camryn Bailey in right The season came to an end field was a consistent contribfor the Pequea Valley softball utor,” he said. “Hailey Yothers team as Section Two champion at first base had only one Lampeter-Strasburg erupted for error in the last two years. 12 runs late in the game to take She will be hard to replace.” a 15-4 decision over the Braves on Saturday, May 14. The Braves ended as the The Braves were coming off number 10 team in the District a non-league game with Three Class 3A power rankings Brandywine Heights from two - needing to finish in the top days earlier where the Bullets eight for district playoff qualifibeat the Braves 19-3 - a game cation. The Pioneers were the in which Carissa Mulder drove third-ranked team in Class 5A. in two runs and Olivia Clark “We could have played betdoubled to drive in one more. ter defense - that would have Through the first four frames helped a lot,” High said as a of the Lancaster-Lebanon look back on the 2022 camLeague playoff game at Lampaign. “Hopefully, we will be peter-Strasburg, the game was better next year.” tied 3-3. The Pioneers put up a TENNIS four-run fifth inning to make it Lancaster Catholic’s Con7-3. Though the Braves narnor Orr and George Brubaker rowed the lead to 7-4 with a run were at the top of the brackets. They did after all make up the number one seed at the District Three Class AA boys’ tennis doubles championships at the Hershey Racquet Club. Sawyer Helgeson and Peter Folga of Wyomissing were the second seed. Somewhere in there surely they had the third and fourth seeds. Wade Stoltzfus and Jazae Itegi also came into the doubles championships, which were held Friday and Saturday, May 13-14. The Pequea pair provided plenty of excitement to the very end, despite not being among the top seeds. For it was Itegi and Stoltzfus who ended up facing Brubaker and Orr in the finale Photo by Connor Hollinger on Saturday afternoon. Pequea Valley’s Carissa Mulder lays off the high pitch during an They won in straight sets 6at-bat in the Braves’ 19-3, nonleague loss to visiting Brandywine 1, 6-4, against Garrett Hann Heights on May 12.
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