Lady Hornets Fall 20-4 To Hughesville
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 10, 2024
Wellsboro suffered a 20-4 non-league loss to Hughesville in 5 innings on Thursday, May 9.
The Lady Spartans got to work quickly, scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st to take an early lead. Wellsboro answered back in the top of the 2nd with a run, scored by sophomore Tegan Del Rio, after she led off the inning with a base hit, cutting the lead to 2-1. Junior Madelynn Losinger drove in Del Rio with a base hit to right field.
Hughesville wasted little time adding more runs to the scoreboard with 5 in the 3rd, 11 in the 4th, and 2 more in the 5th.
Wellsboro scored their remaining 3 runs in the top of the 4th. Senior Caralyn Warner was hit by a pitch to start, then advanced to scoring position on a wild pitch and passed ball. Next at bat, sophomore LeAnna Fuentes scored Warner on a base knock, then later scored on a wild pitch. Losinger was also hit by a pitch in the next at bat and also scored.
Warner and Losinger both finished 1-for-2 at the plate and Del Rio and Fuentes were both 1-for-3.
Freshman Mazie Johnson started and threw the first 2 & 2/3 innings, allowing 7 runs (5 earned) on 5 hits with 3 walks. Junior Paige Logsdon threw an inning and a third, allowing 11 runs (4 earned) on 6 hits with 3 walks and a strikeout. Freshman Bailee Confer pitched the final inning, giving up 2 runs with 2 walks and a strikeout.
Wellsboro (4-12, 1-11 NTL Large School Division) travels to Williamson this afternoon.
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.
