St. Marys Minor softball captures Section 1 crown
(WorldNews Sport)

COLUMBUS - The St. Marys and Northwestern Minor League All-Star softball teams met for the second time in three days at the Section 1 Tournament Saturday, and the two matchups couldn´t have been more different. The winner was the same though. St. Marys pulled out a hard-fought 2-1 victory in Thursday´s winners´ bracket finals before hammering the District 3 champs 13-3 in a full length game Saturday at the Corry Little League Complex to secure a trip to the state tournament in Wellsboro. Pitching ruled the first meeting, with St. Marys´ Avery Eckels and Northwestern´s Zoe Johnson each tossing complete-game one-hitters. Eckels struck out 11 in the win, while Johnson recorded seven `Ks.`...