Lady Hornets avenge early season loss to Towanda
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 12, 2018
The Wellsboro Varsity Softball team avenged an early season loss to Towanda in a 12-3 win on Friday, May 11.
The Lady Hornets put together a 7-run first inning which include a 3-run home run by senior Kailee Clymer. Towanda put up a run in the top of the fourth to avoid the shutout, but Wellsboro's bats heated back up in the bottom half of the inning with 3 more runs.
Towanda scored 2 more runs in the top of the fifth and the Lady Hornets answered back with 2 more runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Freshman Kerrah Clymer was 2-for-2 with an RBI and triple, junior Hailey Neal was 2-for-3 with a double and 2 runs scored, sophomore Ryann Adams was 2-for-4 with a double and 2 runs scored, and senior Sydney Tremper, sophomore Rileigh Gerges, and freshman Jessa Lohr added the remaining hits.
Sophomore Cathryn Brought pitched a complete game for her sixth win of the season. In 7 innings of work, Brought scattered 6 hits, allowed 3 runs, and struck out 6 batters.
The win improves the Lady Hornets' record to 11-6 (11-3 NTL Large School Division), and is the team's 8th win in their last 9 games, including 5 in a row. The team will be back in action on Monday, May 14 at Loyalsock then travel to Wyalusing for their final regular season game on Wednesday, May 16.
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.
