Penn-Trafford Junior Legion reaches championship game
Penn-Trafford Junior Legion baseball team kept its championship hopes alive on Tuesday by defeating Lower Southampton, 9-3, in the state tournament at Berwick.
Penn-Trafford must defeat Upper Perkiomen twice Wednesday to earn the title. Upper Perkiomen defeated Penn-Trafford, 6-4, on Monday.
Upper Perkiomen reached the championship game by defeating Back Mountain, 12-2. Penn-Trafford is seeking its second title in three years.
Penn-Trafford took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back. Doubles by Ethan Septak and Logan Matrisch provided the runs.
Penn-Trafford, which out-hit Lower Southampton, 15-11, added two runs in the fourth inning and put the game away with three runs in the sixth inning.
Zach Feldman drove in two runs with a triple and a double. Matrisch had a double and a single, winning pitcher Braden Kane had a triple and single and Colton Tyburski and Dom Delio had two hits each.
Kane allowed nine hits and three runs (two earned) in five-plus innings. He struck out five. Evan Gigliotti allowed two hits and struck out two.
The first championship game begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday. A Penn-Trafford victory would force a second game.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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