Hornets finish rain-shortened game with CV
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 15, 2021
The Wellsboro Varsity Baseball team finished their rain-shortened game from two weeks ago with Cowanesque Valley, winning 16-7 on Friday, May 14 to qualify for the PIAA District IV playoffs.
"It was a good team win tonight," head coach Steve Adams said. "Our focus is where it needs to be."
The Hornets held a 9-7 lead as play resumed in the top of the 5th. After two scoreless innings the Hornets' offense exploded for 7 runs in the 7th top put the game away.
Wellsboro had 12 hits in the game, led by sophomore Cameron Brought going 3-for-4 with a double. Senior Kaeden Mann was 2-for-2 with 2 walks, a home run, 2 runs scored and 5 RBIs. Sophomore Conner Adams was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, junior Isaac Keane was 2-for-5, while sophomore Blake Hamblin, junior Darryn Callahan (triple), seniors Brock Hamblin and Zach Rowland, and junior Dylan Abernathy all added hits. Brought also drove in 3 runs while Adams, Callahan, and Brock Hamblin each drove in a run.
Keane and Brock Hamblin split time on the mound with Keane getting the win and Hamblin the save. Keane pitched 3 & 1/3 innings allowing 6 runs (4 earned) on 8 hits with 2 strikeouts. Hamblin finished off the game, allowing a run on 4 hits with a walk and 5 strikeouts.
The win improves the Hornets' record to 10-7 (9-4 NTL Large School Division). The team is back in action on Tuesday, May 18 at home with Troy for Senior Night.
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.
