CLASS AA
Johnsonburg 8, Port Allegany 0
JOHNSONBURG — Collin Porter wasn’t perfect Tuesday night, but he was as close to perfect as a starting pitcher can get.
Porter threw seven innings of no-hit ball, allowing just one baserunner via a walk, to lead the No. 1 Johnsonburg baseball team (19-0) over No. 8 Port Allegany (10-8) and into the District 9 Class AA semifinals.
Porter threw just 80 pitches while forcing eight strikeouts, five groundouts and seven flyouts over seven frames. The junior silenced a Port A offense that had scored 11 runs just a day earlier.
Porter helped himself at the plate with two hits and an RBI. Porter was one of five Ram batters to produce multiple hits, as Camron Marciniak, Ethan Wells and Dalton Stahli each had two hits, as well.
Jefferson Freeburg was a perfect 3-for-3 for Johnsonburg, while Wells and Stahli each drove in two runs.
Port A starting pitcher Sawyer Prince kept the Rams off the board until the fourth, when a trio of singles plated a pair of Johnsonburg runs. The Rams got two more in the next inning, aided by an outfield error, before breaking the game open with four runs in the sixth.
The Gators committed five errors in the game, a sharp contrast to the clean defensive outing they turned in against Keystone in the tournament’s first round.
Prince finished with six strikeouts and two walks while allowing six runs, four of them earned, over 5.1 innings pitched. He also drew a walk off of Porter, accounting for Port A’s only baserunner.
The Rams advance to Thursday’s semifinals, in which they will play No. 4 Moniteau.
AT JOHNSONBURG
R H E
Port Allegany 000 000 0 0 0 5
Johnsonburg 000 224 X 8 12 0
PA: Sawyer Prince (6 SO, 2 BB), Carter Moses (6) (1 SO) and Trey Ayers
Jburg: Collin Porter (8 SO, 1 BB) and Ethan Wells
Moniteau 13, Coudersport 3, 6 innings
BUTLER — Despite building a brief lead early in the game, eight defensive errors hindered No. 5 Coudersport (10-5) in its quarterfinal loss to No. 4 Moniteau (16-5).
The Falcons scored all three of their runs in a third inning that saw them take a 3-2 lead, but allowed three to Moniteau in the bottom half of the frame to quickly lose the pace.
Tanner Williams went 3-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBI for the Warriors, while Dawson Wallace and Brady Thompson added two hits each.
Thompson combined with Branson Carson for six quality innings on the mound. The duo combined for 10 strikeouts while conceding one walk. Carson killed any hope of a Coudy comeback with three-consecutive hitless innings to close the ballgame.
Jackson Glover went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI for Coudy. Starting pitcher A.J. Redmond struck out five batters over four innings, and just three of the eight runs he allowed were earned.
AT BUTLER
R H E
Coudersport 003 000 3 6 8
Moniteau 023 125 13 11 1
Coudy: A.J. Redmond (5 SO, 2 BB), Garrett Kellert (5) (2 SO, 3 BB), Derek Easton (6) (1 BB) and Ashton Huck
Moniteau: Brady Thompson (3 SO, 1 BB), Branson Carson (4) (7 SO) and Keagan Book
Kane 7, Redbank Valley 0
FAIRMOUNT CITY — Carson Whiteman struck out 18 batters over seven shutout innings to lead No. 6 Kane (12-7) over No. 3 Redbank Valley (14-5).
Whiteman allowed just five hits without conceding a walk, and went 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBI to lead Kane’s offense. Justin Peterson added two hits and an RBI for the Wolves, while Shane Ackley drew three walks and drove in a run.
Kane’s offense was keyed by a four-run third inning.
AT FAIRMOUNT CITY
R H E
Kane 004 100 2 7 8 1
Redbank Valley 000 000 0 0 5 3
Kane: Carson Whiteman (18 SO) and Bobby Rumcik
RBV: Bryson Bain (3 SO, 3 BB), Hudson Martz (3) (7 SO, 5 BB) and Tate Minich
CLASS A
Elk County Catholic 6, Clarion 1
CLARION — No. 6 Elk County Catholic (7-12) entered its Class A quarterfinal matchup against No. 3 Clarion (12-8) as the underdog.
Luckily for the Crusaders, however, Tommy Slay took the mound in an ECC uniform.
Slay threw six strong innings, striking out nine while walking four and scattering three hits, to lead ECC onto the semifinals.
Slay’s only allowed run came unearned, as a botched pick-off attempt at second base preceded a sacrifice fly by Cole Slaugenhoup. Slay threw 98 pitches through six innings, two short of the state-mandated 100-pitch limit.
Joe Tettis protected ECC’s five-run lead and shut the door on Clarion in the bottom of the seventh, striking out a batter while walking another.
Slay and Tettis were each at the center of ECC’s offensive production, as well, as Slay got the Crusaders on the board with an RBI single in the second.
After an RBI groundout by David Anderson gave ECC the lead in the second, Tettis delivered an RBI double in the third. Joey Geci’s two-run single later in the inning padded the visitors’ lead.
Slay finished 2-for-5 at the plate with an RBI, Tettis went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Geci went 3-for-4 while scoring a run and driving in three more.
Slaugenhoup countered Slay with three strikeouts, three walks and seven hits allowed over five innings pitched. Clarion made three defensive errors in the game that proved costly in allowing ECC innings to continue.
The Crusaders will face No. 2 Otto-Eldred (10-4) in Thursday’s semifinals.
AT CLARION
R H E
Elk Catholic 023 000 1 6 9 2
Clarion 100 000 0 1 3 3
ECC: Tommy Slay (9 SO, 4 BB), Joe Tettis (7) (1 SO, 1 BB) and Isaac Dellaquila
Clarion: Cole Slaugenhoup (3 SO, 3 BB), Tanner Miller (6) (1 SO, 1 BB)
