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Middle School Hornets split with Mansfield, Troy
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | April 25, 2021
The Wellsboro Middle School Baseball team split a pair of game against North Penn-Mansfield and Troy on Saturday, April 24.
Wellsboro beat North Penn-Mansfield 11-6 and then fell to Troy, 12-5.
Against Mansfield, the Hornets scored 5 runs in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd, and a run in the 4th. Drayden McGee led Wellsboro at the plate going 2-for-3 with an RBI and 2 runs scored. Marek Mascho, Ryder Bowen, and Gabe Sprouse were all 2-for-3. Bowen scored 3 times and drove in 2 runs and Sprouse and Mascho both scored twice. Cameron Owlett added the Hornets other hit and had 3 RBIs.
Sprouse started and pitched 1 & 2/3 innings allowing 3 runs (2 earned) with 5 walks and 2 strikeouts. Lucas Cuneo pitched the final 2 & 1/3 innings and allowed 3 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 3 runs.
Against Troy, Wellsboro scored a run in the 1st, 3 in the 3rd and 1 in the 5th. Troy had two large innings, scoring 5 runs in the 3rd and 6 in 5th. The Hornets had 6 hits in the game coming from Will Gastrock, Bowen, Sprouse, McGee, John McConaghy, and Luke Rothermel. Bowen started a pitched 3 innings, giving up 6 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Dylan Copp pitched the remaining two innings, allowing 6 runs on 3 hits with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts.
Wellsboro (2-2) hosts Cowanesque Valley on Tuesday, April 27.
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Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
