Young Lady Hornets Start Season Off 1-3
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | April 18, 2024
Wellsboro's Junior High Softball team started their season off at 1-3, splitting a doubleheader with Williamson on April 15 and dropping a doubleheader to Cowanesque Valley on April 17.
The Lady Hornets took game one against Williamson, winning 17-2. Genevieve Fleming and Haylie Smith led the team with 2 hits apiece, while Hannah Taylor, Adelyn Frantz, Delaney Morral, Teagan Novinger, Lacie Brutsman, and Rylee Coolidge added solo hits. Fleming pitched a complete game, striking out six.
In game two Williamson shut out Wellsboro, 11-0. Emaleigh Hamblin led Wellsboro with 3 hits while Madalynn Flannery added a single hit. Smith pitched the full game, striking out six in the loss.
Against Cowanesque Valley the Indians edged out the young Lady Hornets 6-5 in a pitchers dual in the first game. Fleming recorded a pair of hits in the game and Novinger also added a hit. Fleming also pitched the full game, striking out 8.
In game two, Smith and Cabella Hazelton recorded hits in CV's 5-3 win. Smith pitched a complete game with 3 strikeouts.
Wellsboro (1-3) hosts Canton on Monday.
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.
