Simmons strikes out a record 17 in Tioga's win.

TIOGA CENTER, N.Y. - With his 17 strikeouts on Friday the Tigers' Peter Simmons wrote his name into the Tioga record book one more time.

This time it is a familiar name with which Simmons will share a record as his big performance tied his dad, Randy Simmons', single-game strikeout record set in the mid 1980s.

"It was absolutely one of the best pitching performances I think I have ever seen," Tioga coach Bob Seymour said. "To be honest, I'm keeping an eye on the pitch count because of the weather and he just seemed to be getting stronger as the game went on. During the game I'm not even counting strikeouts and he just said he wanted the shutout when he went out in the seventh. He still was under 100 pitches with 17 strikeouts. It was hard to find where he even went to three balls on anyone except the guy he walked in the fourth."

Simmons allowed back-to-back hits to start the game, then allowed one hit and one walk the rest of the way.

What made the performance more impressive is that it came against a solid Newark Valley team.

"Going into the game I was talking to the boys, they are 6-6 but they have been playing everyone tough," Seymour said. "They have been playing Edison tough. They have been playing Notre Dame tough. They have been playing Waverly tough. When Peter gives up two singles back-to-back you are thinking we are in for a dog fight. Then he strikes out the side and you could just see that it almost motivated him and got him going." Tioga scored four runs in the first and added six more in the third and fourth to pick up the win.

Parker Hendershot had a hit, scored two runs and had an RBI and Jesse Manuel had a hit and scored two runs.

Adam Layman had two triples, two runs scored and three RBI and Jake Evanek had a hit, two RBI and two runs scored.

Simmons had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI and Lucas Richardson had a hit and scored three runs.

Adam Zwierlein had a hit and a run and Gabe Hoose had two hits and scored two runs.

Marcus Ulrich had a double and Mitchell Taylor had two hits, an RBI and two runs scored.

Tioga is at Marathon on Monday.

Canton 12, CV 1

The Canton Warriors wrapped up the NTL, Division II baseball title on Friday with the win.

Canton has two games remaining and Sayre has one game left. Canton is a game up and won both head to head matchups.

Trevor Route had two home runs and Seth Robbins went 3-for-3 with a home run for Canton.

Route had five RBI, three hits and scored two runs and Robbins had an RBI and scored two runs.

Travis Butcher had two hits and scored two runs and Mason Moore had two hits, an RBI and two runs scored.

Tyler Cole had a hit and scored two runs and John Bowman had two hits, an RBI and a run scored.

Clayton Tymeson had a hit and an RBI and Bryce Cole scored a run, while Silas Binford had a hit and an RBI.

Tyler Cole struck out six and allowed three hits in three innings and Tymeson struck out four in two hitless innings.

Jace Bieser had a double and an RBI for CV, Matt Freeman and Chris Lingle had hits and Colton Vinluan scored runs.

Nevin Stiles struck out one in two innings and Freeman pitched three innings.

Mansfield 13, Wellsboro 1, 5 innings

The Tigers scored six runs in the first and five more in the third on their way to the win Friday.

Bryce Zaparzynski had four hits, with four RBI and two runs scored for Mansfield, including a double, and Jarrod Burd had three hits, with an RBI and a run scored.

Ryan Campbell scored a run and Kipp Hillson had three hits, with a double, three RBI and a run scored.

Nathan Tice had a hit and Zach Kriner scored a run.

J.P. Shaw had two hits, with a triple, an RBI and a run scored and Joel Whitteker had two hits, with a double, and three runs scored.

Carl Dinger scored a run and Brendon Hill had a hit, an RBI and a run scored.

Joe Allen had a hit and scored a run for Wellsboro and Johnny Rowland, Sam Moss and Alex Kozuharski had hits. Larry Walters had a double and Caleb Tennis had an RBI.

Burd struck out two in four innings for Mansfield and Brendon Holleran pitched an inning.

Allen struck out one in 2 1/3 innings and James Mundy struck out one in two innings for Wellsboro.

Towanda 4, Wyalusing 2, 9 innings

The Black Knights scored two in the ninth to pick up the win on Friday.

In the ninth number eight hitter Shane Martin led off with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. Troy Pierce walked. A Keegan Kisner sacrifice bunt attempt retired Martin at third and put Pierce on second and Kisner on first and Ethan Barto walked to load the bases, before Nick Place hit a two-run single to left center.

Dylan Bates pitched seven innings, striking out eight and Tristan James got the win, striking out two and allowing one hit in two innings.

"The way this season has gone, it's nice to get a win anytime you can," Towanda coach Bill Sexton said. "I thought we played pretty well tonight. The two errors didn't bite us like they bit us in the past. I thought Bates pitched a very fine ball game. It was a hot night, he kept his pitch count down and got seven innings, which I wasn't expecting. It was nice to have someone like James to come in and close it out for us.

"Place has had a big year for us and he came up big tonight and drove in those two runs in the ninth."

Place had two hits, with a double, two RBI and a run scored and Bates had two hits, an RBI and a stolen base.

James had a hit and an RBI and Barto had a hit.

Tyler Bidlack and Martin each had hits and Kisner and Pierce scored runs.

Wyalusing scored runs in the first and second to go up 2-0. In the fourth Place hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout by Bates and scored on a James groundout.

In the sixth Towanda tied the game as Barto walked, Place was hit by a pitch and Bates singled home Barto.

Dylan Otis had two hits, and an RBI for Wyalusing and Isaac Bennett had a hit and an RBI.

Holdan Hitchcock had a hit and scored a run and Dawson Otis, Alex Dake and Ridge Williams had hits. Eli Bennett had a hit and scored a run.

Dylan Otis started and struck out two and Devon Carr and Isaac Bennett pitched.

Towanda is at Sayre at 9 a.m. today.

NEB 11, Williamson 9

The Panthers jumped out to a 9-1 lead before Williamson had a seven-run sixth on Friday. The Panthers then extended the lead in the bottom of the sixth as they got the win.

Brian Horton had three hits, with three RBI and two runs scored and Garret Smith had two hits, with a double and a run scored.

Aaron Pifer had two hits, with a double, two RBI and two runs scored and David Ford had a hit and scored two runs.

Tyler Emick had two hits, with a triple, three RBI and a run scored and Hunter Condusta had a hit and scored a run.

Nate Watkins scored two runs and Derek Newman had a hit and two RBI.

Bryan Ford struck out three in 5 2/3 innings and Jobe Leiser, Nate Chilson and Adam Ford pitched. Ford got the save, striking out two in 2/3 of an inning.

Jon Daley scored a run for Williamson and Hunter Sackett scored two runs.

Chase Austin and Jake Rice each had two-run singles and Rice scored a run.

Anthony Bastian scored a run and Daltyn Confer and Matt Learn each had a hit and scored a run and Collin Heilbrun scored a run.

Confer started and Learn struck out five in four innings.

NEB hosts Mountain View at 10 a.m. today.

Waverly 20, Odessa-Montour 4

The Wolverines got three hits, with three RBI, a triple and three runs scored from Mike Girolamo and D.J. Myers had a hit.

Peyton Miller had two hits, an RBI, two runs scored and a double and Mason Salsman had two hits, with two RBI and two runs scored.

Zak Gingerich had a hit, two RBI and two runs scored and Zac Saxon had a double, two RBI and two runs scored.

Nate Bennett had two hits, with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored and Josh Knolles had two hits, with two runs scored and an RBI.

Kyle Kinsley had a hit, an RBI and two runs scored and Collin Traub had a hit and scored two runs and Gavin Bennett scored a run.

Saxon struck out two in three two-hit innings on the mound and Kinsley, Girolamo and Traub pitched, striking out five between them.

Notre Dame 9, SVE 3

Cam Reid had two hits, with a double, and two runs scored and Matt Smith scored a run in the win.

Matt LaBadie had a hit, an RBI and a run scored and Nate Snavely had two hits, with a triple, three RBI and a run scored.

Louie Clearwater had a hit and Gary Raupers had a hit, an RBI and a run scored.

Dan Sterns had two hits and an RBI and Collin Mustico scored a run for Notre Dame.

Kyle Minchin, LaBadie and Ben Cook pitched for Notre Dame, Cook struck out four in 5 2/3 innings.

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