SECTION 3 LITTLE LEAGUE (SOFTBALL): ATHENS MINORS DROP TWO GAMES AT SECTIONAL TOURNEY (2024-07-15)

Valley Sports Report
MILL HALL, Pa. — Despite out-hitting both opponents, Athens posted an 0-2 record in the Section 3 Little League Minors Division softball tournament.

Athens dropped an 11-4 decision to District 13 champ Selinsgrove Saturday, and lost 8-2 to District 12 champ Clinton County Monday.

Selinsgrove 11, Athens 4
Selinsgrove scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning to erase a one-run deficit on its way to an 11-4 win over Athens in the opening game of the Section 3 tournament.

Athens scored a run in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead, then scored three more runs in the third to take a brief 4-3 lead.

Athens outhit Selinsgrove, 5-3. Both teams drew 13 base on balls, but Selinsgrove took better advantage of the free passes.

Molly McGrath doubled and singled, and had three RBI to pace Athens’ offense, while Terrianna Orshal singled and knocked in one run, Sadie Wanck singled and scored one run, Lindsey Ahern added a single, and Amelia Archibald, Livia Powers and Ava Rhodes each crossed the plate once.

McGrath fanned 10 in five innings in the circle for Athens.

Clinton County 8, Athens 2
Athens scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but that was all the offense it could muster in an 8-2 loss to Clinton County in the three-team tournament.

Molly McGrath laced an RBI single to put Athens up 1-0, and Terrianna Orshal scored on a passed ball to make it 2-0.

Clinton County closed the gap to 2-1 with a run in the home half of the first inning, took a 3-2 lead with two runs in the second inning, and put the game away with five runs in the fifth inning.

McGrath singled and drove in one run, while Lindsey Ahern, Nora Morales, and Milah Garrison each added a single to account for Athens’ four hits, and Orshal, and Amelia Archibald each scored one run.

McGrath allowed just two hits, and struck out 13 in the circle for Athens.

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