West Point, Yough Little League softball teams headed for showdown
It will be a Westmoreland County showdown at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Pennsylvania Little League Softball U-11 tournament at West Point.
Yough, which defeated Loyalsock, 6-1, and Greencastle-Antrim, 17-3, on Saturday will face returning state champion West Point.
The host defeated Greater Wyoming on Friday, 11-1.
Riley Miller tossed a one-hitter for West Point. She also had two hits including a double.
Laurel Howard went 3-for-3 including a two-run double in the third inning, while Ava Shipman also had three hits including a three-run home run in the first inning.
In Yough’s first win against Loyalsock, Sidney Bergman threw a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts. Kylee Odelli had two hits and Abbey Zuraw had two hits and three RBIs.
On Saturday, Yough’s Adoria Waldier hurled a two-hitter with nine strikeouts.
Kylee Fisher had three hits including a double and two RBIs.
In a loser’s bracket game, Loyalsock Township edged Greater Wyoming, 10-9, on a bases-loaded two-out walk-off walk.
Loyalsock faces Greencastle-Antrim at 4 p.m.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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