SOFTBALL
Chambersburg 5, Mifflin County 1: The Trojans had just one more hit than the Huskies (8-7), but Chambersburg made better use of them and earned a Mid Penn Commonwealth victory Wednesday afternoon at Norlo Park.
Malia Cramer
“Today is what is known as playing the next day after a trip to State College,” Trojan coach Chris Skultety said. “We came out a little sluggish and the cold, windy weather didn’t help. But we found a way to manufacture some runs and played solid defense again.”
Chambersburg (4-2, 2-2 MPC) scored a run in the first on Bree Paetow’s hit, a stolen base, a wild pitch and Karley Skultety’s sacrifice fly.
After Mifflin County (1-2, 1-2 MPC) tied the game, the Trojans made it 2-1 in the fourth. Malia Cramer walked, stole second, moved to third on a hit by Kori Leedy and scored on a double steal.
In the fifth, Paetow led off with a bunt single, stole second and scored on an error. Another error put runners at second and third and Cramer’s fielder’s choice grounder brought in the fourth run. In the fifth, Kendall Flory singled and was bunted to second by Erissa Varner. Paetow’s third hit scored Flory with the final run.
“We hit some shots early, but they made every play until those errors in the fifth,” Skultety said. “The girls are starting to settle into their roles, and the bottom of the lineup had some hits today, which was nice, because we’ll need them to get going to get where we want to go.”
Paetow was 3-for-4. Leedy pitched the first 6 innings and allowed 1 run on 6 hits, no walks and 6 K’s. Sanay Jones pitched a one-hit seventh with 2 strikeouts.
Skultety said, “Bree had a nice day at the plate, showing all of her hitting skills.”
Ryne Mills
BASEBALL
Mifflin County 4, Chambersburg 1: The Trojans committed 5 errors that led to 3 unearned runs for the Huskies in their Mid Penn Commonwealth victory on Wednesday afternoon at Greene Township Park.
Mifflin County scored a single run in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Ryne Mills started for Chambersburg (1-6, 0-4 MPC) and went 4.2 innings, giving up 5 hits, 4 walks, 1 earned run and 6 strikeouts. Jacob Pyne finished up with 2 hits and an unearned run allowed.
The Trojans scored their only run in the bottom of the seventh inning, when Evan Brown led off with a double to right field and Keaton Barclay followed with a base hit to right.
Brown was 2-for-3 for Chambersburg, which produced 7 hits, the same number the Huskies had. Mills was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks from the leadoff spot in the order.
Ben Stahl
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
State College 3, Chambersburg 0: The Trojans made the long trip to play the Little Lions on Tuesday evening and were handed a Mid Penn Commonwealth defeat.
The game scores were 25-16, 25-21 and 25-16.
For Chambersburg (3-3, 3-3 MPC), Ben Etter led with 10 kills and he and Clay Thompson each had 1 block kill. Joe Allison had an ace and Ben Stahl dug up 10 balls.
Trojan coach Evan Misal said, “Ben Stahl put on a very impressive display defensively. His incredible passing and phenomenal defense kept alive any chance we had to keep this match alive.”
Eli Keeler
BOYS TENNIS
Central Dauphin 5, Chambersburg 0: In a Mid Penn Commonwealth match on Tuesday afternoon at Norlo Park, the Rams won all five matches in straight sets.
Central Dauphin won 3 of the 5 matches by 6-0, 6-0 counts.
At No. 2 doubles, Eli Keeler and Nate Weis of the Trojans (1-6, 0-3 MPC) had a competitive match, dropping sets of 6-4 and 6-1. No. 1 singles player Ian Flores won two points in the his first set.
On Wednesday, Chambersburg traveled to Palmyra but was not able to finish the match due to rain.