Lady Hornets Fall To Athens In Doubleheader
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | April 27, 2024 | Photo courtesy Lance Larcom/ntwsportsreport.com
Wellsboro suffered a doubleheader loss to Athens on Friday, April 26.
Athens took the first game 18-0 in three innings and won the second game 15-0 in 3 innings.
In game one, the Lady Wildcats scored 8 runs in the first inning, added 9 in the 2nd, and scored their final run in the 3rd.
The Lady Hornets were held to just one hit in the game, a single by freshman Bailee Confer.
Freshman Mazie Johnson pitched the entire game, giving up 10 hits and 4 walks while striking out two.
In the second game Athens again took the early lead, scoring 7 runs in the 1st and then 8 in the third.
Athens' Maddie Hiley threw a complete-game, no-hitter.
The losses drop Wellsboro to 2-8 overall and 1-8 in the NTL Large School Division. The team is back in action at St. John Neumann later 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.
