Janney Clinches Clarion LL Softball Regular Season Championship (06/12/14)

(By Dave Constantino, Janney Manager)

 
Janney clinched the regular season little league softball championship, with a 12-4 victory over Farmers National Bank, Wednesday, at Weaver Park. The win moves Janney’s regular season record to 8-1 and clinches the regular season crown with three games remaining. Janney jumped out to a 9-0 lead after two innings and cruised to the rain-shortened victory, after 4 innings.

Nikki Shumaker had a triple and single for Janney. Kaitlyn Constantino, Kendall Dunn, and Brenna Campbell had singles for the victors. Farmers was led by Abby Himes two singles. Natalie Meyers, Karleigh Aaron, and Kate Priester-Murtha also singled for Farmers.

Kaitlyn Constantino handled the pitching duties for Janney. She threw all 4 innings giving up 5 hits, 2 walks, and striking out 7. Karleigh Aaron threw well, in pitching for Farmers, with 9 strike outs.

Janney also received several oustanding plays in the field. In the third inning, Johanna Suter made a great stop on a hard hit ball by Aaron, in holding Farmers to one run with 2 base runners. Later, in the top of the fourth, Janney made a great relay from centerfield to nail a runner at the plate. With a runner on second base and one out, Himes hit a single to centerfield. Janney centerfielder Sierra Brown charged the ball and hit the cutoff (Constantino), who then threw a strike to catcher Nikki Shumaker, to gun down the runner at the plate. Janney would get out of the innings giving up no runs.

We still have an interleague game at Emlenton, this Friday night, under the lights and three regular season games, to prepare for the season ending tournament on Saturday, June 28. I am extremely proud of these girls and what they have done up to this point. They have a tremendous work ethic and work hard during practices and games. They have been very consistent, night in and night out. We have received great pitching and catching, throughout the season and have played solid defense. We also hit the ball consistently, throughout the entire lineup. It has been an absolute pleasure coaching these young ladies.

 
(Thanks to Coach Constantino and congratulations to Janney on clinching the regular season championship!)