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13 Hits Highlight Solanco’s Win Over CV
ball team has regrouped and is focused on qualifying for the post-season. They have The baseball team picked collected four straight wins, up its second win of the seatwo via shutout. They curson last Monday, May 2 with rently sit second in Section a 13-hit effort at Conestoga Two at 8-4 behind L-S (9-2) Valley, the third-place team with two league games left, L-S in Section Two at 4-2 (6-9 and E-town. overall). Playing three games in five “We had a season-high with days, Solanco topped E-town hits,” said head coach John 12-8 on April 28th and the Girvin. “We actually hit well following afternoon defeated in our 11-3 Friday night loss Ephrata, 7-1. to Ephrata, finishing with “We fell behind 4-0 against nine. We had a little too much Etown but battled back,” said air under the ball that night head coach Brett Miller. “The with six fly balls caught by the windy conditions created right fielder and two by center havoc for both squads. We field. But we’re moving in the were just fortunate enough to right direction.” make more plays than they The Mules led from start did. It was a team effort.” to finish against the Bucks. Solanco trailed 4-1 in the After a one run first, Solanco first, 6-4 in the second and 8-7 loaded the bases in the secafter four complete. They ond when Joey Underwood made their move with a fivebeat out a bunt, Avery Jacobrun fifth and held on for the sen reached on a misplayed win. A two run double from bunt and Brayden Herr folKendal Janssen and Holly lowed with a walk. Blake Grube’s two run homer highCheyney, who went 2-3, lighted the inning. Janssen pushed the first run in with a was the big hitter of the day base hit and Nate Harnish with two doubles, a triple and added a two run double. Herr seven RBIs. made it 5-0, scoring on a Anna Sexton picked up the throwing error to the cutoff. win in the circle with six Kody Moyer’s base hit in strikeouts and three walks. the fifth plated Dillon Dean Against Ephrata on Friday, who doubled. Jacobsen’s Solanco gained all the fielder’s choice pushed in momentum they needed with Moyer and Herr’s sac fly put a five run fourth inning. The the Mules in front 8-0. hosts scored the first two “Of course, we have to runs that inning on passed make things exciting,” said balls. Josie Janssen and MarGirvin. “They had three legitilee Haupt followed with backmate hits in the bottom half, to-back run scoring doubles but we committed two errors while Grube’s (3-4, 2RBI) base and just like that it’s 8-4.” hit made it 6-0. Both teams traded single runs over the final 2.5 innings. Solanco finished with 16 hits on the day. Sexton recorded a seasonhigh 14 strikeouts against a single walk and scattered four hits. “It kept the streak alive,” said Miller of never losing on his birthday. Last Monday, May 2, Solanco pounded out 18 hits, including a 4-4 effort by Emily Sims, scored 11 runs in the third inning and crushed CV 15-0, this coming after a 2-0 thriller over the Bucks on April 4. “They had a couple errors and a couple walks and we had timely hitting around that,” said Miller. photo by Mona Steinhauer Sexton tossed a two-hitter In Friday night’s 11-3 loss to the Ephrata Mountaineers, Solanco’s with 11 strikeouts. Ty Burger bunts for a base hit in the sixth inning. BY MONA STEINHAUER
Kaden Strong relieved Ty Burger, who had not given up a hit through the fourth inning, in the sixth. CV greeted Strong with a pair of singles and a RBI double. “With two on and two out, Avery made a game-saving catch in right field to end the inning,” Girvin pointed out. Austin Wenger’s two run single in the seventh, along with Cheyney’s run scoring base hit, pushed the lead to 11-6. Strong struck out the side in the seventh, retiring the 3rd, 4th, and 5th hitters in the CV lineup. “Blake has really been hitting well,” said Girvin. “He was up five times, walked twice had two singles and hit a lineout.” Against Ephrata Friday night, April 30, a two out single by Harnish gave the Mules an early lead. Unfortunately, a five run fourth by the Mounts was too much to overcome. “That inning was really the difference,” said Girvin. “Take that away, it’s a 6-3 game. We did have opportunities.” Solanco tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the third when Wenger’s delayed steal allowed Herr to scamper home. Ephrata got two back in the bottom half and broke things open with that five-run fourth. Cheyney’s full count single plated Solanco’s last run in the fifth inning. SOFTBALL After a string of four straight losses midway through the season, the soft-
photo by Mona Steinhauer
In Ephrata Friday night, Solanco’s Kaden Strong beats the throw home to catcher Coy Schwanger in a Section Two victory by the Mounts. for more photos visit www.townlively.com
TRACK The boys’ track team, with a 92.5 - 57.5 win over visiting Garden Spot last Monday, May 2 finds itself in a tie for second place in Section Two. Both L-S and Solanco sit at 4-1 behind undefeated Ephrata. The Mules showed their strength in the field against the Spartans with a 48.5 14.5 advantage. Elijah Reimold led sweeps in both the pole vault (Brian Coleman-2nd, Braden Burger- 3rd) and long jump (Noah Baber2nd, Josiah Forren- 3rd) and finished second behind Baber in the high jump. Also in the jumps, Trent McDowell, who led a sweep in the 110 hurdles (Garrett Grove-2nd, Caleb Fuller- 3rd) and was second in the 300’s, and Trenten Henry went 2-3 in the triple. Braden Caldwell led the throwers with a first in the shot and second in the discus
while John Sankus added thirds in both events. Brian Coleman won the javelin and Connor Smith finished second, just one inch behind. Relays highlighted the track events with Solanco winning two of three. Curtis Hills, Joey Hartigan, Wyatt Tomison, who was second in the 800, and Jimmy Hartigan opened the meet with a 4x800 relay win while Jonathan Morales, Forren, Michael Banguna and Riley Ford were tops in the 4x100. Ford, who was second in the 100, and Banguna went on to finish second and third in the 200. Anthony Solis-Morales rounded out the victors with the top time in the 3200. The girls’ team fell to 1-3 with a hard-fought 87-63 loss to the Spartans. Hannah Wood, Katie Urbine and Emma Housekeeper each won two events to spark the scoring. Wood
commanded both the shot and discus with teammate Martha Weaver adding seconds. The pair finished second and third, respectively, in the javelin. Urbine continued her mastery of the pole vault with a winning 12-2 vault and claimed the 100 dash as well. She was also third in the triple jump. Housekeeper raced to victory in the open 400 and the 200 and settled for third in the 100. Other winners included Emily Powl in the 800, Emma Baxter in the 3200 and Olianna Oravitz in the long jump. At Millersville on Saturday, April 30th, Urbine, Oravitz, Carly Rose and Housekeeper set a new school record in the 4x100 with a 50.63, breaking the old record of 50.8 set by Jodi Emling, Bridget Merrick, Tammy Peters and Michelle Spitko set in 1988.
photo by Mona Steinhauer
Solanco’s Blake Cheyney takes the throw at second base as Ephrata’s Owen Zimmerman slides into the bag in Friday’s 11-3 loss to the Mounts.
