Thursday, April 24, 2014

Wednesday's softball roundup: Uh, isn't this sport supposed to be all about the pitching?

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FROM KEITH GROLLER


Another batch of games in area softball on Wednesday and another crazy list of scores.
Remember the days when this sport had nothing but 3-2, 2-1 and 1-0 games?
Uh, those days are gone.
Maybe it's the crazy weather, maybe it's the more powerful bats, maybe it's hitting coaches or maybe it's simply that there's not enough good pitching and defense.
I don't know.
But the six games played on Wednesday in the LVC, Colonial and MVC had an average of 19.5 runs per game.
In five of the six games, the winning team reached double digits.
And in the one that where the winning didn't hit double figures, 13 runs were still scored.
Here's a recap:
LEHIGH VALLEY CONFERENCE
Easton 18, Central Catholic 9 -- This one not only featured 27 runs, 29 hits, and 9 errors. For the Red Rovers: Emily Stanililous 3-4, 4 R; Alexa Barry 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBIs; Gianna Solomon 4-5, 4 R, 2 RBIs; Maegen Kavanagh 3-4.
COLONIAL LEAGUE
Saucon Valley 13, Notre Dame 0 -- After a number of agonizing numbers in what has been become a frustrating year for the Panthers, they made the Crusaders pay. Arastina Barry 3-4; Elyssa Okken 3-3 2 3Bs; Gianna Jones 3-3 3B.
Pen Argyl 18, Bangor 2 -- What an up and down for the Slaters, who suffered a tough loss to Catty on Monday, bounced back with a big win over Southern Lehigh on Tuesday and then get crushed here by their rivals. Green Knights make a statement with a grand slam.
MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE
Lehighton 7, PM East 6 -- The Indians rallied from deficits of 5-1 and 6-5. Cammi Nalesnik 2-3, R.
Stroudsburg 29, Pocono Mountain West 0 -- The less said, the better on a game like this. Katherine Liedberg 3-4, 3B; Madison Pizzo 3-4, 3B.
Pleasant Valley 14, ES North 1 -- No information available.
LVC STANDINGS
WEST DIVISION
Team            LVC    Overall
Emmaus       5-3        7-4
Allen             2-5        3-6
CCHS           1-6        1-8
Dieruff           0-6        0-9
NORTH DIVISION
Parkland       8-0        10-0
Northampton  6-2        9-2
Nazareth        3-3        7-3
Whitehall       1-6        4-6
EAST DIVISION
Liberty           7-1       8-1
Becahi           5-2       7-3
Freedom        3-4       6-5
Easton           2-5       6-6
COLONIAL LEAGUE
NORTH DIVISION
Team                CL    Overall
Catasauqua      9-1    10-1
Pen Argyl         9-1    10-3
Bangor             7-4    8-4
No. Lehigh        5-4    5-6
Northwestern     5-5    6-6
Palmerton         3-6    7-6
SOUTH DIVISION
So. Lehigh        6-2     6-3
Salisbury          6-5     7-6
Wilson             4-5      5-5
Palisades         3-6     4-7
Saucon Valley   2-8    2-10
Notre Dame      0-12    0-13
MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE
Team               MVC   Overall
Pleasant Valley   6-0    7-2
Stroudsburg        5-1    7-2
Lehighton           4-2    5-6
PM East            1-4     3-6
ES South           1-4     1-8
PM West            0-2    2-4
ES North            0-4     1-6


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