Hornets fall to Shikellamy, 3-2
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 13, 2017
The Wellsboro Varsity Baseball team dropped a 3-2 game to Shikellamy on Friday, May 12.
Wellsboro took an early lead with a run in the top of the first but the Braves tied the game up in the bottom of the second. The score remained 1-1 until the bottom of the fifth when Shikellamy added two runs of take a 3-1 lead.
The Hornets had an opportunity for a seventh inning comeback, and nearly pulled it off with a run, but came up short for the second time this week.
Juniors Caleb Tennis and Dalton Prough led the Hornets at the plate going 2-for-4, junior Johnny Rowland, sophomore Cam Tennis, and freshmen Billy Lechler and Carson Davis were all 1-for-3, and sophomore Taynton Repard was 1-for-2. Prough and Cam Tennis scored Wellsboro's runs and Davis had an RBI.
The loss drops the Hornets to 9-9 (9-6 NTL Large School Division). The team will be back in action on Monday, May 15 against Danville.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
