Towanda tops Sayre; Wellsboro, Wyalusing, Mansfield get wins.

SAYRE - The Towanda Black Knights got a dominant pitching performance from Mason Roof and overcame a shaky game in the field to defeat the Redskins, 11-8.

Roof worked six innings, striking out 13 and walking none while allowing four hits. He hit three batters and allowed five runs, just one of them earned as the Black Knights had five errors defensively.

"I said to the kids afterwards, it was an ugly win, but an ugly win is better than a loss," Towanda coach Bill Sexton said. "We have to get more consistent in all aspects of the game.

"It was a really fine pitching effort by Mason. Four hits over six innings, strikes out 13 and doesn't walk anyone. We should have won comfortably. When a team gets four hits, they shouldn't score eight runs. But, I give credit to our kids. We kept scoring runs the whole night. We got 14 hits and we needed to get 14 hits to win the game. We scored in six of the seven innings and we had a chance to score in all of them. We left the bases loaded in the second."

With the win the Black Knights stay unbeaten in NTL East play, while Sayre suffers their third league loss of the season.

Zack Ripic worked one inning in relief, striking out two, walking three and allowing three runs, one earned.

Towanda took a 2-0 lead in the first as Brandon Dinelli doubled to right center and scored on a Ripic single and with two outs Ripic scored on an Austin Markel double.

Towanda made it 3-0 in the third as Roof led off with a single and stole second. Noah Huff came in to run and after Markel walked, Huff scored on an error off the bat of Nick Place.

Towanda made it 4-0 in the fourth as Casey Huff walked and stole second and moved to third on a groundout. After Ripic walked and an out was record, Markel singled home Huff.

Sayre cut the deficit to 4-1 after four, but Towanda added to the lead in the fifth as Grady Robinson singled and a sacrifice bunt by Sawyer Strope moved his pinch runner Noah Huff to second. A groundout moved him to third and he scored on a double by Casey Huff, and Huff scored from second on an error.

Down 6-1, Sayre had a four-run fifth to get back into the game.

Nate Williams started things with a single to right and Nick Skerpon doubled home Williams. Alex Lyons was hit by a pitch and Jared Donovan hit a fly ball which went as an error on the left fielder, allowing Skerpon and Lyons to score. An attempted pickoff throw got away and then the throw back in resulted in an error, allowing Donovan to score.

Towanda got two more in the sixth as Casey Huff singled and stole second with one out. After a second out, Place walked, Robinson singled home Roof and Strope reached on an error that allowed Place to score.

Towanda made it 11-5 in the top of the seventh as Casey Huff led off with a single and Dinelli reached on an error. Ripic singled home Huff and Roof singled home Dinelli. Ripic scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Tristan James.

In the bottom of the seventh Sayre got three runs, but that's where the rally ended. Cody Ketter walked and Williams walked, before Skerpon walked to load the bases. After a strikeout, a wild pitch allowed Ketter to score and an infield error allowed Williams to score. Skerpon scored on a fielder's choice.

Casey Huff had two hits, a stolen base, a double, an RBI and three runs scored for Towanda and Dinelli had a double and two runs scored. Ripic had two hits, two RBI and two runs scored and Roof had three hits, an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases.

Noah Huff scored two runs, Markel had two hits, two RBI and a double and James had an RBI, while Place had a urn scored. Robinson had three hits and an RBI and Dylan Bates had a hit.

Ketter scored a run and stole a base for Sayre, Williams had a hit and two runs scored and Skerpon had two hits, an RBI, a stolen base, a double and two runs scored.

Lyons had a double, an RBI and a run scored and Donovan and Joe Kozemko had runs scored.

Lyons pitched five innings, striking out six, walking five and allowing eight hits and six runs, four earned.

Sandon Beeman went one innings, struck out one, walked one and allowed two hits and two runs, one earned. Skerpon worked one inning, striking out two, walking none, allowing four hits and three runs, one earned.

Towanda is at Mansfield on Friday.

Wellsboro 13, Troy 7

The Green Hornets moved into a tie atop the NTL West standings with the win on Wednesday.

Wellsboro scored all 13 runs in the first three innings on the way to the win.

Matt Reese, Ben Shaw, and Brian Doty all had two hits for Wellsboro, with Dotty and Shaw getting doubles. Billy Sell also had a double for Wellsboro.

Cody Wolfe had a three-run home run for Troy and Lucas Havens scored two runs, while Zach Root had two runs scored, a hit and an RBI.

Tyler Hodge had a hit, Brandon Mattocks had a hit and an RBI and Jarod Mattocks scored a run.

Pat Herres got the win on the mound for Wellsboro, with Brandon Owlett and Thomas Johnston also pitching. Wolfe started for Troy and Lucas Havens, Justin Fitzwater and Chad Vermilya also pitched, combining for four strikeouts and 12 walks.

Wellsboro hosts Canton on Friday.

Wyalusing 7, NEB 2

WYALUSING - A seven-run third inning gave the Rams all the runs they would need on Wednesday.

Cody Pickett led the Rams at the plate getting two hits and scoring a run and Kyle Tinna had the other hit for the Rams.

Mitchell Pickett, Logan Hitchcock, Joey Champluvier, Andrew Pickett, Tinna, Kye Novak and Chad Johnson all scored runs in the game.

Northeast Bradford got a triple, an RBI and a run scored from Nate Gallagher and Brett Goodwin had a hit and a run scored.

Bill Franklin had an RBI and Jake Hottle and Dylan Chapman each had hits.

Suede Reed worked six innings on the mound, striking out five, walking four and allowing four hits and two runs, both earned. Dylan Otis worked one perfect inning of relief.

Jesse Stroud pitched two innings for the Panthers, allowing one hit and three walks, with one strikeout, allowing four runs, all earned.

Franklin pitched two innings, walking three, allowing one hit and two strikeouts and three runs, all earned. James Zajac pitched two shutout innings, striking out three and allowing one walk and one hit.

Mansfield 4, CV 3

Mansfield got two runs in bottom of the fifth to rally from a 3-2 deficit to get the win.

Taylor Hillson had a hit, an RBI and a run scored and Derek Burd and Logan Wise added hits, with Burd getting a double.

Jason DeHaven, Wise and Jeremy Wiles scored runs.

Sam Bohnert, Brendon Holleran and Hillson pitched for Mansfield, with Holleran getting the win and Hillson getting the save.

Brandon Whitsell went the distance on the mound for CV.

Mitchell Dent had a double for CV and Ryan Freeman had a hit and two runs scored.

Mansfield hosts Towanda on Friday.

Williamson 16, Galeton 1, 4 innings

Hunter Huyett was 3-for-4 with a double and a triple and Jordan Confer, Matt Gee and Curtis Heck all had two hits in the win.

Chad Shoemaker and Zack Brown pitched for Galeton, with Shoemaker taking the loss and Curtis Heck and Wade Tubbs pitched for Williamson, with Heck getting the win.

Williamson hosts Athens on Friday.

Williamson is 4-2 on the year.

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