SOFTBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 11, Boiling Springs 0: Kiersten Swain came within one batter of pitching a perfect game, yet still ended up with a no-hitter in the Blue Devils’ romp over the Bubblers in a Mid Penn Colonial game Thursday afternoon in Boiling Springs.

Kiersten Swain

Swain, a freshman, struck out 14 batters and did not walk any in her 6 innings of work. With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, a Bubblers’ batter hit a ground ball to third base that glanced off the fielder’s glove for an error.

“She was dialed in,” Greencastle coach Mark DeCarli said. “Her ball was moving and she was hitting her spots. She blew it past them and she also kept them off-balance.”

Swain(2-0) struck out the first 6 batters she faced, had at least 2 strikeouts in every inning but one and struck out the side in the first, second and sixth innings.

Meanwhile, the offense of the Blue Devils (9-2, 7-1 MPC) racked up 12 hits. Meadow Gambacurta was 3-for-4 with a home run (2-run shot in the sixth) and 3 RBIs, and Caroline Logsdon was 3-for-3 with a double. Kindal Rice went 2-for-3 with 2 runs batted in.

Avery Horst

BASEBALL
Boiling Springs 9, Greencastle-Antrim 3: The Blue Devils keep having trouble staying above .500, dropping a Mid Penn Colonial game to the Bubblers in a home contest Thursday afternoon.

Greencastle (6-6, 3-5 MPC) has not won or lost more than 2 games in a row this season.

The Blue Devils’ problem Thursday was handing out too many free bases. G-A pitchers issued 10 walks — including five with the bases loaded to bring in a run — and also hit 3 batters.

“We fought and battled at the plate and had eight hits against a decent pitcher,” Greencastle coach Eric Shaner said. “But we did strike out seven times and they kept getting walks and bloop hits.”

Avery Horst was 2-for-3 and drove in a run for G-A, Ryan Farrow and Jarek Szaflarski each went 1-for-3 with an RBI and Garrett Decker hit a double.

Conner Wright

BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Greencastle-Antrim 87, James Buchanan 63: The Rockets posted a 45-42 advantage on the track, but the Blue Devils dominated the field events (45-18) to earn a Mid Penn Colonial victory in Mercersburg on Thursday.

Greencastle (5-0, 5-0 MPC) won 5 events in the field — Owen Plum (114-5 in the discus), Sean Hoch (44-8 in the shot put), Conner Wright (151-10 in the javelin), Jordan Hunt (5-6 in the high jump) and Joseph Lofton (10-0 in the pole vault).

JB’s Ty Grove won the long jump (20-5.75) and triple jump (38-1.5).

On the track, the Blue Devils picked up first places in the 110 hurdles (Chase Davidson, 18.4), 1600 (Hayden Parks, 4:45), 800 (Parks, 2:15) and 3200 (Parks, 11:01).

For the Rockets, Austin McCoy won the 200 in 23.1, the 400 in 52.3 and anchored the winning 4 x 100 and 4 by 400 relay teams to wins. Elijah Toney-Williams took first in the 100 (11.5) and 300 hurdles (43.1).

Kadence Abbott

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Greencastle-Antrim 86, James Buchanan 64: The Blue Devils collected first place in 11 of the 18 events to hand the Rockets a Mid Penn Colonial defeat Thursday at Rocket Stadium.

Greencastle (5-0, 5-0 MPC) had a pair of double winners — Jaylynn Schmuck took first in the long jump (15-1.75) and the triple jump (32-1.5), while Claire Paci won the 1600 (5:43) and the 800 (2:35).

Also for G-A, Aqueelah Hogue took the 100 hurdles (17.6), Breanna Woodring won the 100 (13.4), Anna Sullivan hit the line first in the 400 (1:04), Kadence Abbott won the 300 hurdles (52.4), Bailey Hurley took the discus (116-2) and Lily Kauffman had the best javelin throw (94-3).

On the track for James Buchanan, Grace Egli won the 200 in 28.1 and Katelyn Clever finished first in the 3200. Lily Garbinski won the high jump (4-8), Green won the shot put (33-9) and Pence won the pole vault in 7-6.