CURWENSVILLE – Rylee Young made the most of Senior Day for the Curwensville Area High School girls softball team.
Young, one of six seniors honored before the battle with Elk County Catholic on Thursday afternoon, threw a three hit, complete game shutout that included nine strikeouts in the 4-0 victory.
Curwensville defeated the Lady Crusaders in St. Marys earlier this season, 10-6.
The Lady Tide picked up its first run in the bottom of the second inning as Emily Miller picked up a one out single to left field with Keisha Maines coming on as a pinch runner.
Teghan Jacobson followed with a single up the middle giving Curwensville runners at first and third with still one out.
Curwensville picked up the run when Maines came home on a fielder’s choice RBI by Camryn Richards.
Another two runs crossed the plate for the Lady Tide in the bottom of the third as Madison Bumbarger reached on an error and scored on a towering two out triple to dead center by Hannah Dixon, who then scored on a single by Haley McGarry making it 3-0 in favor of Curwensville.
The final run of the day came after Lady Tide first baseman Kayli Sedgwick reached base on a fielder’s choice.
With one out Ariel Zattoni was inserted as a pinch runner for Sedgwick and moved to third on a walk to Bumbarger and a single by Kaylee Harnett.
An ECC two out error by their shortstop led to the final run being scored by Zattoni.
Only one runner reached as far as third base for the Lady Bobcats, which happened in the top of the fourth frame.
Allen Leigey, Curwensville head coach, was thankful to finally see some clutch hitting, saying, “We did get some clutch hits today for the first time in awhile. Hannah’s (Dixon) triple and Haley’s (McGarry) single that brought Hannah home were huge today.”
About Young, Leigey commented, “The best way to describe Rylee (Young) is Rylee is just Rylee, she does her thing and today she was on top of her game from the circle.”
The Lady Tide, 11-9, now prepare for the District 9 Class “A” Playoffs that begin Monday. Curwensville, the six seed will travel to Clarion to play the three seeded Lady Bobcats starting at 4:30 pm.
Curwensville defeated Clarion in the season’s first game, on March 24, at home 3-1.
About the upcoming playoff opener, Leigey said, “Now we start to gear up for the playoffs that begin on Monday against Clarion. We feel if we play the way we know we can, then we will make some noise in the postseason. We just need to get our bats working some more and keep on producing.”
Besides Young, the five others recognized on Senior Day were Haley McGarry, Emily Miller, Teghan Jacobson, Kayli Sedgwick and Madison Bumbarger.
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC – 0
Brandi Clyde 1b 3010, Jenna Weisner 2b 3010, Josie Smith ss 3000, Emily Evers 3b 3000, Maggie Dinsmore dp 3000, Jenna LaBant rf 3000, Emily Wolf cf 2010, Sophie Viglione lf 2000, Rosina Nero c 2000, Michelle Gerber flex/p 0000, TOTALS – 24 0 3 0
CURWENSVILLE – 4
Kaylee Harnett ss 3010, Rylee Young p 3000, Hannah Dixon 3b 3111, Emily Miller dp 1010, Keisha Maines pr 0100, Teghan Jacobson 2b 3010, Camryn Richards rf 2001, Kelsie Bumbarger pr 0000, Kayli Sedgwick 1b 3000, Ariel Zattoni pr 0100, Madison Bumbarger cf 1100, Olivia McGarry ph 1000, Keisha Maines flex/lf 0000, TOTALS – 20 4 4 2
SCORE BY INNINGS: R H E
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 000 000 0 0 3 2
CURWENSVILLE 012 100 x 4 4 0
ERROR’S – Clyde, Smith LOB – ECC – 3 CURWENSVILLE – 6 3B – Dixon SB – Wolf, H. McGarry, Bumbarger DP – ECC HBP – Miller 2, Richards (all by Gerber)
PITCHING
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC – Gerber 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 HBP
CURWENSVILLE – Young 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
WP – Young (11-9) LP – Gerber
UMPIRES: Mike Hassan, Jim Pullman
Lady Tide Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 3/24 | CLARION | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| 4/04 | JOHNSONBURG | ppd. | 1 – 0 |
| 4/05 | JOHNSONBURG | 3 – 2 | 2 – 0 |
| 4/06 | @ Elk County Catholic | 10 – 6 | 3 – 0 |
| 4/09 | @ Moshannon Valley | ppd. | 3 – 0 |
| 4/11 | GLENDALE | ppd. | 3 – 0 |
| 4/13 | @ Purchase Line | 2 – 4 | 3 – 1 |
| 4/14 | KANE | 10 – 0 | 4 – 1 |
| 4/18 | @ Harmony | 4 – 1 | 5 – 1 |
| 4/19 | GLENDALE | 0 – 5 | 5 – 2 |
| 4/21 | BROCKWAY | 1 – 5 | 5 – 3 |
| 4/25 | PURCHASE LINE | 11 – 1 | 6 – 3 |
| 4/27 | @ Johnsonburg | 2 – 7 | 6 – 4 |
| 4/29 | @ DuBois Central Catholic | ppd. | 6 – 4 |
| 5/02 | ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC | ppd. | 6 – 4 |
| 5/04 | @ Sheffield | 5 – 0 | 7 – 4 |
| 5/04 | @ Sheffield | 12 – 0 | 8 – 4 |
| 5/05 | CLEARFIELD | 1 – 3 | 8 – 5 |
| 5/07 | @ DuBois Central Catholic | 0 – 10 | 8 – 6 |
| 5/09 | @ West Branch | 1 – 2 | 8 – 7 |
| 5/10 | @ Kane | 15 – 0 | 9 – 7 |
| 5/12 | DUBOIS CENTRAL CATH. | 0 – 4 | 9 – 8 |
| 5/16 | @ Moshannon Valley | 0 – 1 | 9 – 9 |
| 5/17 | @ Brockway | 7 – 2 | 10 – 9 |
| 5/19 | ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC | 4 – 0 | 11 – 9 |
| 5/23 | D9 A Playoffs | ||
| 5/23 | @ Clarion |