Mary Beth Sadow's single to right with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in the game's only run as Palisades edged Saucon Valley 1-0 in the District 11 3A softball semifinals at Pates Park on Tuesday night.
The win sends the Pirates (19-5) on to the district final for the third year in a row. They will play Southern Lehigh -- a 2-1 winner over Pottsville on Tuesday -- at 6 p.m. Thursday back at Pates Park.
Palisades won the 2008 district title, but lost to Becahi in last year's championship game.
Krista Morrone, coming off a 1-hitter with 21 strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Wilson in last week's quarterfinals, pitched seven more scoreless innings for the win. She allowed five hits, walked none and struck out 13.
Saucon Valley senior Colleen Garrity matched Morrone through six innings, but in the seventh an error at shortstop on Sam Sherrard's grounder started the game-winning rally. Taylor Rundatz followed with a single to left. The runners moved up on a wild pitch.
Morrone was then walked intentionally to load the bases. Sadow, a senior headed to West Chester, ripped a 2-1 pitch down the line in right.
It would have gone for at least a double and two runs, but one was all that Palisades needed to advance to the finals.
"We've been playing some exciting games lately," said Palisades coach Michelle Borzok. "Krista pitched another great game and worked her way out of some sticky situations. Krista has pitched well all year, but she has stepped it up a notch in the playoffs and that's what you need."
Palisades beat Southern Lehigh 6-1 and 4-2 during the regular season.
Saucon Valley closed out a 15-7 season under first-year coach Robyn Savitske, a former Panthers star who was hired just a week before the start of the season.
FROM KEITH GROLLER
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