JV holds on to win after late Conestoga Valley comeback falls short, 11-7
by Adam Gegg · Published · Updated
JV looked to continue their winning ways against the visiting Conestoga Valley Buckskins JV team on Wednesday afternoon. The offense, as it has in many of the JV games this season, got off to a hot start to give the Blue Streaks an early lead.
Results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Township JV | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| Conestoga Valley JV | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
In the first inning, Ryan Flury walked, Dylan King doubled, and Evan Clark tripled to give MT an early 1-0 lead. They added to their lead in 2nd inning when JT Weaver walked and scored on a Michael Heckman single to left field. Conestoga Valley took a 3-2 lead off of Heckman, who was pitching for Township, in the 3rd inning after a series of hits led to a few runs crossing the plate.
Township jumped back on top in their half of the 3rd after a ground ball from Fisher Druck allowed King and Clark to score on an error. Two batters later, Ben Shenosky doubled to bring Druck home from 3rd and extend the MT lead to 5-3. Heckman singled again to make it 6-3 as Max Proulx crossed the plate. CV tacked on another run in the 4th to keep it close at 6-4.
The JV Blue Streaks blew the score open in the bottom of the 4th with a Proulx single, Shenosky triple, and Heckman double. JT Weaver was given an 11-4 lead as he replaced Heckman on the mound and he controlled the 5th and 6th innings to keep the score 11-4. CV snagged three runs in the top of the 7th before they were retired and Township picked up the 11-7 victory.
Township JV is now 8-1 on the season.
