PHILIPSBURG — McKenzie Burge celebrated Senior Day for the Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School softball team by driving in seven runs with four consecutive hits and Maggie Peck pitched a four-inning two-hitter as the Lady Mounties capped a perfect run to the Mountain League championship with a 15-0 Mercy Rule win over Clearfield Friday afternoon.
Victoria Ireland doubled for the Lady Bison, who finished 5-9 in the league.
Burge got the Lady Mounties on the board with an RBI single in the first inning, followed with a two-run single in the third and then had two key hits in the 10-run outburst that ended it in the bottom of the fourth.
Her single knocked in the first two runs and her two-out double chased home the last two runs for a walk-off win, P-O’s 14th in the league for a 17-2 record.
Chelsey Henry also had a big day at the plate with three hits, including a two-run home run in the third frame and a two-run single in the fourth.
Pinch-hitters Courtney Watson, Morgan Thompson and Annie Kost doubled across runs and Camryn Frank added an RBI single in the uprising.
Peck had six strikeouts while issuing two walks and hitting one batter.
The loss was charged to Raeleigh Redden, who allowed seven hits and five runs in three innings.
Only two of the runs surrendered by Erica Hanes in the fourth were earned.
Clearfield (6-10) will bring down the curtain on the regular season with four non-league games in as many days next week, beginning with a home encounter against Hollidaysburg Monday.
Mountain League final standings — Philipsburg-Osceola 14-0, Bald Eagle Area 12-2, Bellefonte 8-6, Central 8-6, Penns Valley 6-8, Clearfield 5-9, Huntingdon 3-11, Tyrone 0-14.
CLEARFIELD — 0
Brooke Cline ss 1000, Abby Fedder dp-lf-p 2000, Erica Hanes lf-p-lf 2000, Victoria Ireland 1b 1010, Devynn Ireland 1b 0000, Karlie Lewis cf 2000, Aspen Bishop cf 0000, Sierra Jones 3b 1010, Lauren Butler 2b 1000, Nikki Brossard c 1000, Macala Leigey rf 1000, Raeleigh Redden p (flex) 0000. TOTALS: 12 0 2 0.
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA — 15
Maggie Peck p 3310, Megan Bainey cf 2210, Annie Kost cf-ph 1111, McKenzie Burge 1b 4147, Haylee Hayward 3b 3100, Abby Showers ss 3100, Chelsey Henry lf 3134, Mackenzie Welker pr 0100, Jayde Burge rf 2010, Courtney Watson ph 1111, Hannah Thompson 2b 2000, Morgn Thompson ph 1111, Kylie Thal c 1100, Shawna Lumadue cr 0000, Camryn Frank ph 1111. TOTALS: 27 15 14 15.
Score by Innings
Clearfield                 000  0 –  0   2 3
Philipsburg-Osceola 104 (10) – 15Â 14Â 0
E – D. Ireland, Bishop, Jones. PB – Brossard. DP – Philipsburg-Osceola 1 (Peck, Showers and M. Burge). LOB – Clearfield 3, Philipsburg-Osceola 4. 2B – V. Ireland; Peck, Kost, M. Burge, Henry, Watson, M. Thompson. HR – Henry. SB – Cline, Jones; Peck, Bainey, Hayward, Lumadue. PO – Jones (by Thal).
Pitching
Clearfield – Redden 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K; Hanes 2/3 IP, 6 H, 10 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K; Fedder 0+ IP (faced 1 batter in 4th), 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.
HB – Redden 1 (Peck); Peck 1 (Jones).
W – Peck. L – Redden (6-9).
Lady Bison Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 3/24 | @ Central | 8 – 6 | 1 – 0 |
| 3/27 | HUNTINGDON | ppd. | 1 – 0 |
| 3/30 | @ Bellefonte | 2 – 11 | 1 – 1 |
| 4/01 | @ Huntingdon | 9 – 2 | 2 – 1 |
| 4/02 | @ Tyrone | 11 – 6 | 3 – 1 |
| 4/06 | @ Bald Eagle Area | 0 – 10 | 3 – 2 |
| 4/10 | @ Penns Valley | ppd. | 3 – 2 |
| 4/13 | PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA | 2 – 5 | 3 – 3 |
| 4/14 | @ Penns Valley | 2 – 7 | 3 – 4 |
| 4/16 | CENTRAL | 0 – 5 | 3 – 5 |
| 4/20 | CURWENSVILLE | ppd. | 3 – 5 |
| 4/21 | HUNTINGDON | 6 – 10 | 3 – 6 |
| 4/23 | BELLEFONTE | ppd. | 3 – 6 |
| 4/24 | BELLEFONTE | 10 – 7 | 4 – 6 |
| 4/27 | TYRONE | 12 – 2 | 5 – 6 |
| 4/30 | BALD EAGLE AREA | 3 – 13 | 5 – 7 |
| 5/01 | @ Punxsutawney | 1 – 8 | 5 – 8 |
| 5/04 | @ Glendale | 11 – 5 | 6 – 8 |
| 5/05 | PENNS VALLEY | 0 – 7 | 6 – 9 |
| 5/08 | @ Philipsburg-Osceola | 0 – 15 | 6 – 10 |
| 5/11 | HOLLIDAYSBURG | ||
| 5/12 | @ Altoona | ||
| 5/13 | CURWENSVILLE | ||
| 5/14 | BRADFORD |
