CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield Little League 9-10 All-Stars passed their first District 5 Northern Tier test with flying colors Saturday evening, scoring 10 runs in their first at-bat and trimmed Mountain Top 16-0 in four innings at McNamee Field.
Three Clearfield pitchers teamed up for a two-hitter with eight strikeouts.
Winner Dan Collins fanned four and allowed one hit and one walk in two innings. Jake Sorbera and Mike Ternoway followed him to the mound to complete the shutout.
Noah Rumsky’s three-run triple was the big blow in the first-inning outburst.
Collins had a perfect night at the plate with three hits, including a double and a triple, with two RBIs.
Sorbera drove in three runs with a single and a double.
Reese Wilson tripled and had three RBIs.
Clearfield advances to the quarterfinals against Four-Leaf Clover at Bigler Monday at 6 p.m.
CLEARFIELD — 16
Reese Wilson ss 1313, Jake Sorbera lf-3b-p-3b 2323, Matt Collins p-1b 3232, Noah Rumsky cf 4013, Mike Ternoway 1b-2b-p 3111, Josh Serena c 1100, John Gates c 1000, Wyatt Porter rf 0100, Jeremy Learish rf 1100, Parker Hoyt 3b 2000, Eli Glass 2b 1100, Matt Ryan 2b 0100, Ethan McGinniss lf 1100, Paul Kennedy lf 0100. TOTALS: 20 16 8 12.
MOUNTAIN TOP — 0
Levi Bisel c 2000, Cody Vozniak 2b-p-2b 2000, Seth Koleno ss 2000, Garrett Rigg 1b 1010, Rilee Bechdel cf-p-lf 2000, Matt Fye lf-p 1010, Jake Crestani p-2b-cf 1000, Nate Chambers 3b 1000, Nick Webb rf 1000. TOTALS: 13 0 2 0.
Score by Innings
Clearfield (10)33 0 – 16 8 1
Mountain Top 0 00 0 – 0 2 3
LOB – Clearfield 8; Mountain Top 2. 2B – Sorbera, Collins. 3B – Wilson, Collins, Rumsky. SB – Serena.
Pitching
Clearfield – Collins 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K; Sorbera 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K; Ternoway 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.
Mountain Top – Crestani 1/3 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K; Vozniak 1/3 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K; Bechdel 2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 1 K; Fye 1-1/3 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K.
W – Collins (1-0). L – Crestani.