DUBOIS – Confronted by above-average pitching for the third time in four days, the Clearfield Area High School softball team was dealt a 9-1 District 9 Northern Allegany League setback by DuBois Monday afternoon.
The Lady Bisons got to Carly Wallock for four singles, all in the fourth inning when Courtney Morgan drove in their lone run, and were held hitless by Brit Krise in the last two frames at the Highland Street Elementary School Field.
On Saturday, Central Mountain\’s Taylor Lesser spun a two-hitter to shut out the Lady Bisons 6-0 at Peddie Park in Lock Haven.
Janell Zalno and Julie Colesar singled off Lesser, who struck out four and walked one for the Lady Wildcats\’ nine win in 13 games.
\”We looked real good Saturday,\” Clearfield coach Bob Dixon said. \”We didn\’t play as well tonight, but Mackenzie Moore did throw out three people trying to steal.\”
Megan Butler, Julie and Suzie Colesar and Morgan recorded the hits against Wallock, who worked five innings for the victory. She fanned three and walked two, as did Krise in her mop-up role.
The Lady Beavers, 5-2 in the D9NAL and 7-4 overall, were led by Lorianne Barbey\’s three hits and three RBIs, Morgan Hanna\’s two hits and Lindsey Obremski\’s triple and three RBIs.
Freshman Andrea Butler was the losing pitcher in both games, allowing 17 hits and six earned runs. She struck out five and walked five.
Dixon learned over the weekend that promising freshman pitcher-centerfielder B.J. Bowman has a broken finger on her throwing hand and will miss the remainder of the season.
She was hit by a pitch Friday when the Lady Bisons were two-hit by Curwensville standout Holly Lansberry in a 5-0 loss to the undefeated Lady Tide.
\”We knew she was hurting right away, but she toughed it out and got a hit after that,\” Dixon said.
In five games, Bowman belted seven hits, including three home runs, a triple and a double, for a .531 average. She drove in seven runs.
Tristan Lewis, another freshman, will be called up from the junior varsity to give Butler a breather during the next three very busy weeks.
Clearfield, 1-7 with an 0-3 league mark, will host Bradford in a D9NAL game Wednesday and then go on the road to play St. Marys Thursday and Penns Valley Friday.
Penns Valley was added to the schedule when Hollidaysburg cancelled its game with the Lady Bisons due to a lack of players for Friday.
Monday\’s Game
CLEARFIELD — 1
Janell Zalno cf 3000, Carrie Harbold ph 1000, Melinda Owens ss 3100, Megan Butler 3010, Julie Colesar 1b 3010, Suzie Colesar lf 1010, Andrea Butler p 2000, Laura Jean Hill ph 1000, Courtney Morgan 2b 2011, Mackenzie Moore c 3000, Mia Keener rf 2000, Kaitlyn Adamson ph 1000. TOTALS: 25 1 4 1.
DUBOIS — 9
Alysha Lange cf 4110, Morgan Hanna 2b 2220, Lorianne Barbey c 4133, Meghan Brown ss 3000, Kailyn Angelo lf 2211, Brit Krise p 1000, Kirsten Wilcox 3b 3210, Lindsey Obremski 1b 3113, Carly Wallock p-lf 3011, Nicki Anderson dp 2000, Kista Tangren rf (flex) 0000. TOTALS: 27 9 10 8.
Score by Innings
Clearfield 000 100 0 – 1 4 3
DuBois 111 240 x – 9 10 0
Errors – A. Butler 2, Morgan. LOB – Clearfield 6; DuBois 7. 2B – Hanna. 3B – Obremski, Wallock. Sac – Hanna, Brown. CS – Lange, Brown 2 (by Moore).
Pitching
Clearfield – A. Butler 6 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K.
DuBois – Wallock 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K; Krise 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.
W – Wallock (5-3). L – A. Butler (1-5).
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Saturday\’s Game
CLEARFIELD — 0
Janell Zalno cf 3010, Melinda Owens ss 3000, Megan Butler 3b 3000, Julie Colesar 1b 3010, Suzie Colesar lf 3000, Andrea Butler p 1000, Courtney Morgan 2b 2000, Chantel Read c 1000, Carrie Harbold ph 1000, Mia Keener rf 2000. TOTALS: 22 0 2 0.
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN — 6
Taylor Lesser p 4110, Sara Hawksworth cf 4112, Heidi Shoemaker 1b 4110, Tiera Miller c 3110, Megan Rupert ss 3001, Brittany Kunes 3b 2010, Ashlyn Rickert rf 3010, Marisol Rhine lf 2110, Kailyn Smith 2b 3100. TOTALS: 28 6 7 3.
Score by Innings
Clearfield 000 000 0 – 0 2 2
Central Mountain 012 012 x – 6 7 0
Errors – Owens 2. PB – Read 3. DP – Central Mountain 1 (Rupert and Shoemaker). LOB – Clearfield 2; Central Mountain 6. 3B – Shoemaker. SB – Hawksworth, Rickert.
Pitching
Clearfield – A. Butler 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
Central Mountain – Lesser 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
W – Lesser (7-3). L – A. Butler (1-4)
