Canton rallies in 5th to top Wellsboro, 16-11
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | April 25, 2022
The Wellsboro Varsity Softball team made up an earlier season postponed game with Canton on Saturday, April 23.
Wellsboro took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st, but Canton battled back in the bottom half of the inning with 5 runs to take their 1st lead of the afternoon. Both teams scored once in the 2nd, Wellsboro scored twice in the 3rd, with Canton plating 3 runs, and then the Lady Hornets went on a 4-0 run in the top of the 4th and 5th innings to retake the lead at 10-9. However, the Lady Warriors played 6 runs in the bottom of the 5th to go ahead by 5 runs to retake the lead at 15-10.
Both teams scored a run each in the 6th. Neither scored in the 7th.
Wellsboro mustered 13 hits on the day, led by junior Rylie Boyce, who went 2-for-3 and scored 2 runs. Junior Madaline Bordas and freshman Paige Logsdon were both 2-for-4 with runs scored, senior Emma Coolidge and junior Molly Ingerick with both 2-for-3 and scored twice, and senior Abbye Cavanaugh and freshman Alexandra Urena added solo hits. Boyce and Logsdon both saw time on the mound. Boyce threw 2 & 1/3 innings, allowing 9 runs (6 earned) on 8 hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Logsdon threw 2 & 2/3 innings, allowing 7 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits with 4 walks and a strikeout.
The loss drops the Lady Hornets to 3-8 (1-6 NTL Large School Division). The team is back in action this afternoon at home against Cowanesque Valley.
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.
