DUBOIS – Freshman Sami Jo Kirk turned in an auspicious pitching debut and DuBois broke up a tight District 9 Northern Allegany League Big School Division scrap with 11 runs in the fourth inning to pin a 12-0 loss on Clearfield in scholastic softball action at the Highland Park Elementary School Field Thursday.
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Kirk limited the Lady Bisons to two hits while striking out six and walking one in the District 9 Northern Allegany League Big School Division opener for both teams.
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The game, which also counted in the Central Penn League, was halted after Clearfield (0-2) batted in the top of the fifth because of the Mercy Rule.
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Janell Zalno doubled and Suzie Colesar singled for the only Lady Bison safeties.
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DuBois, coming off an 11-5 non-league loss to District 6 Class AA power Philipsburg-Osceola a night earlier, got on the board in the lower third when Kirsten Wilcox singled and Carly Wallock tripled.
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The Lady Bisons turned a groundout into a double play when Wallock tried to score on third baseman Mia Keener’s throw to first. Colesar cut her down at the plate, Chantel Read applying the tag.
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“Then the wheels came off,” Clearfield coach Bob Dixon said. “We didn’t do anything right in the fourth inning.”
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The Lady Beavers did, mixing six of their nine hits off Andrea Butler with four walks, a hit batsman and three Lady Bison errors.
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Wilcox was the big gun with a two-run homer and a two-run single.
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Butler, who pitched seven innings against State College Wednesday, threw 73 pitches during the long DuBois rally.
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“Andrea was really struggling and they hit some real shots,” Dixon said. “It wasn’t a good night.
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The Lady Bisons are booked for three games in as many days next week.
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They have a home D9NAL Big School Division game against Bradford sandwiched between trips to Hollidaysburg Wednesday and Altoona Friday for CPL contests.
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See pictures of the game at: http://www.ladybisonsports.org/lbsSBall040110.html
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CLEARFIELD — 0
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Andrea Butler p 3000, Janell Zalno lf 2010, B.J. Bowman cf 2000, Suzie Colesar 1b 2010, Melinda Owens ss 1000, Mia Keener 3b 2000, Rachel Cordon 2b 2000, Chantel Read c 2000, Lindsey Samsel rf 2000. TOTALS: 18 0 2 0.
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DUBOIS — 12
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Kirsten Wilcox cf 3234, Carly Wallock lf 4121, Morgan Hanna 2b 3110, Lindsay Obremski c 1000, Kristina Torretti ph 0100, Kailyn Angelo ph 0100, Meghan Brown ss 2110, Morgan Marchiori 1b 2211, Sami Jo Kirk p 1200, Krista Tangren dp 1101, Ashley Whitehouse 3b (flex) 1011, Taylor Maholtz rf 2000, Danielle Malmgren rf 0000. TOTALS: 20 12 9 8.
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Score by Innings
Clearfield   000   0 0 –  0 2 4Â
DuBois       001 (11)x – 12 9 1
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Errors – Zalno 2, Colesar, Samsel; Brown. PB – Read 1; Obremski 1. DP- Clearfield (Keener, Colesar and Read). LOB – Clearfield 4; DuBois 5. 2B – Zalno; Wallock D. T -Wallock, Hanna. Wilcox HR. Sac – Brown. SB – Wilcox.Â
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Pitching
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Clearfield – Butler 4 IP, 8 H, 12 R, 8 ER, 5 BB, 3 K.
DuBois – Kirk 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K.
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HB – Butler 1 (Tangren). WP – Butler 2; Kirk 1.
W – Kirk (1-0). L – Butler (0-2).