Sunday, August 5, 2012 i Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 9 It was a great ride for the Bob Horlacher 9-10 year old softball team but a heartbreaking 3-2 de- feat to Canal of Delaware in the Eastern Regional Tournament on Wednesday was a bit hard to take. Canal’s Jules Kolek got a piece of a pitch thrown by Horlacher re- liever Hope Jones and, with two outs in the bottom of the sixth in- ning, drove home Mallory Weir and Kelsey Higgins with the ty- ing and winning runs in a game played in Old Forge. Sarah Traver, left, Josie Frisco, Danielle Krispin, and Sydney Faux, all of Tunkhannock, cheer on the Bob Horlacher 9-10 softball team. ~ 25 Bob Horlacher’s Sarah Kuderka looks back at first base after Bob Horlacher catcher Faith Jones catches a tailing fast ball. Jones’ pitch to Kolek was on the outside part of the plate and Kolek flicked the bat through the strike zone. The ball arced over first baseman Sarah Kuderka and fell in front of right fielder Erin Dunn just inches inside the right field fence. The perfectly-placed hit easily brought in the runners from sec- ond and third. Jones retired four of the first five batters she faced via strike- outs, pitching carefully around the pitch as Canal's Bella Hagen stands ready for a play. BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Bob Horlacher’s ride has heartbreaking end clean-up batter Weir. Higgins was down to her team’s final strike but forced a 14-pitch attack against Jones before earning a walk. Jones had 22 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings on the mound. Horlacher’s Faith Jones had two hits, giving her seven for the tournament. Horlacher was scheduled to play in the tournament’s third- place game Thursday afternoon.
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