HOWARD - After scoring 11 runs against Mount Union Tuesday, the Mifflin County Section 4 11-12-year old softball all-stars were back on the scoring trail against New Bethlehem Thursday.
But this time the eyes were focused on pitcher Laiken Turner.
Turner pitched five innings of no-hit softball in a 10-0, five-inning win over New Bethlehem to advance to the title game in Section 4. That game will feature Mifflin County against today's New Bethlehem-Mount Union winner Saturday at 1 p.m.
Turner went the distance and struck out six batters while allowing only three baserunners the entire game.
At the plate for Mifflin County, Turner had a three-hit performance while driving in one run. Maddie Amspacker and Hannah Kanagy each had a pair of RBI. Kanagy also doubled.
If Mifflin County wins Saturday it will advance to the state tournament which will be held in State College.
Little League
District 5
State College National 20, Big Valley 1
STATE COLLEGE - State College National dropped Big Valley, 20-1, in the semifinals of the District 5 10-11-year old tournament Thursday in State College.
This was Big Valley's first loss of the tournament. The locals started the tournament by taking down Mifflin County 7-5 on Saturday.
Big Valley will face the winner of Four Leaf and Penns Valley Saturday at 6 p.m. at a site to be determined.
Legion baseball
Winchester, Va. 10, Mifflin County 7
FREDERICK, Md. - Mifflin County's Legion baseball team battled the brutal heat and a strong pitching effort from Winchester, Va. in a 10-7 loss in the wood bat tournament Thursday.
Evan Pupo went 3 for 4 with a triple and a pair of RBI for Mifflin County. Cy Treaster and Isaac Strohecker, who took the loss for the locals, each had two hits. Treaster drove in a pair.
"We came out and scored some two-out runs for a change," Mifflin County coach Larry Wolfe said. "The problem was we got up to a 4-0 lead and then we didn't play well with the lead."
The locals scored four runs in the top of the second to charge out to a 4-0 lead. But Winchester came right back and scored a quartet of its own.
After the teams traded one run in the third, Mifflin County scored another two in the fourth to take a 7-5 lead heading into the later stages of the game.
But a three-run fifth and a two-run sixth from Winchester dropped Mifflin County in its first game of the tournament.
"The kids played better and this was just an all-around better game for us," Wolfe said. "I would have liked to win, but we certainly played better."
Mifflin County plays Mount Airy this afternoon.
