Cranberry Advances to District 9 Class AA Title Game with 8-5 Win over Johnsonburg

| May 26, 2016

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SENECA, Pa. – Andrea Watson had three hits and two RBIs to lead second-seeded Cranberry to an 8-5 win over third-seeded Johnsonburg in the District 9 Class AA semifinals at Cranberry.

Watson, who was 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored, singled and scored in a three-run first inning that put the Berries up 3-0, a lead they never relinquished.

Cranberry, which also got a pair of hits from Malliah Schreck, including a two-run single in the first, added a four-spot in the fourth that put it ahead 8-2.

Watson had a two-run single in the fourth, while both her and Schreck, who also had a single in the inning and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, scored the other two runs.

Libby Kiefer added a 2-for-4 day with two RBIs for the Berries, while Tori Flinspach was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Trailing by six with just three at-bats left, Johnsonburg tried to rally cutting the lead to 8-4 on a two-run single by Lindsey Kocjancic in the fifth and then getting an RBI double by Skylar Sherry with two outs in the sixth.

Kocjancic, who was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, added a two-out single in the seventh, but Ashton Watts popped up ending the game.

Sherry added a single to her double and was 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI.

Sarah Barcinas got the win going seven innings allowing five runs, three earned, on eight hits and six walks while striking out six.

Hannah Park took the loss allowing eight runs, six earned, on 10 hits and five walks while striking out one in six innings.

Cranberry (16-3) will take on top-seeded and two-time defending champion Moniteau in the title game at a time, date and place to be announced.

Johnsonburg finished the year 13-7.


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