SOFTBALL
Greencastle-Antrim 11, East Pennsboro 1: Kiersten Swain fired a 2-hitter and the offense compiled 13 hits as the Blue Devils ripped the Panthers in a rainy non-league game Tuesday afternoon.

Makayla Jerin

Greencastle finished 15-3 in the regular season and was the co-champion of the Mid Penn Colonial Division along with Northern York. The Blue Devils, because they are ranked No. 4 in the District 3 Class 5A power rankings to No. 5 for Northern, will represent the Colonial in the Mid Penn playoffs.

The Mid Penn playoffs will be held Thursday. G-A will take on Commonwealth champion Cumberland Valley in a semifinal game at 4 p.m. at Mechanicsburg, while Mechanicsburg (Keystone) will face Trinity (Capital) at 4 p.m. at CV. The winners play at 7 at CV for the league title.

Swain walked 3 and struck out 8 and the only run she allowed in 6 innings was unearned.

“She did a great job,” Greencastle coach Mark DeCarli said. “We don’t usually like playing in the rain, but today we hit the ball pretty well.”

Makayla Jerin went 3-for-4 and knocked in 2 runs to lead the offense, while Caroline Logsdon and Meadow Gambacurta both had 2 hits and 2 RBIs.

Also for the Blue Devils, Kaidyn Zimmerman and Bailey Leckron each had a pair of hits, Alexis Jones had 2 RBIs and Zhen Reuter, Kylie Kerns and Leckron each knocked in a run.

The Blue Devils will host a District 3 first-round playoff game on Monday. Pairings will be announced before the weekend.

BASEBALL
Greencastle-Antrim at East Pennsboro: The Blue Devils needed to come up with a win over the Panthers and hope it was enough to push them into the District 3 Class 5A playoffs.

Unfortunately, G-A never had a chance. Rain started early and never let up and the game had to be ended by the umpires.

Greencastle finished the season with a 10-8 record. It is ranked No. 17 in the District 3 power rankings and the top 16 qualify for the playoffs.