The game was the completion of the contest suspended due to darkness on April 21 with the score tied at 4-4 after 10 innings.

Athens put the pressure on Wellsboro Monday, scoring on a sac fly after loading the bases with a pair of walks and a Hornet miscue on a Wildcat bunt. 

In the home half of the 11th, freshman Gage Baltzley led off with a single, followed by a strikeout for the first .. and lone .. out of the frame.

Freshman Maddon Mascho drew a pinch-hit walk after going down 0-2 and taking four straight balls and sophomore Reed Richardson came in to run before sophomore Griffin Morral took three straight balls, watched strike one and walked to load the bases for Wellsboro. 

Sophomore Gabe Cuneo drew a walk on a full count to score Baltzley and tie the game at 5-all, followed by senior Marek Mascho also working the Athens’ hurler to a full count and taking ball four to score Richardson and earn the walk-off win for the Hornets. 

Back on April 21st, Athens went up 2-0 after three scoreless innings and added two more runs in the top of the sixth.

Wellsboro made it a one-run game in the bottom of the sixth when Marek Mascho singled, juniors Coen Tennis and Max Mascho walked to load the bases, Baltzley walked to scored Marek Mascho, sophomore Kody Enck was hit by a pitch to score Tennis and Max Mascho scored on a passed ball.

In the bottom of the seventh, Marek Mascho delivered a one-out, solo home run to tie it up at 4-4 and send the game into extra innings. The game was suspended due to darkness at the completion of the 10th inning.

Max Mascho earned the win for Wellsboro, after having started the game and going four innings and pitching the final inning on Monday for a final line of five innings pitched, three runs allowed (1 earned) on two Athens’ base hits and five walks with 10 strikeouts. 

Junior Syler Pietrzyk pitched five innings and gave up two unearned runs on three hits and four walks with five Ks and Baltzley pitched the 10th inning back in April, striking out the Athens’ side.

Marek Mascho led the Hornets at the plate with a home run and a single, two RBI, two runs scored and drawing the game-ending walk. 

Baltzley had a hit, an RBI and a run scored, Tennis had a hit and scored, senior Cameron Owlett had a hit, Cuneo and Enck each had an RBI and Max Mascho and Richardson each scored a run.

With the win, Wellsboro improves to 16-2 overall, 14-1 in the NTL and 9-1 in the large school division with their lone league loss coming to Athens back on April 12th. 

Athens, now 16-3 overall, 13-1 in the NTL and 8-1 in the large school, plays Troy on Tuesday. A win by Athens would make them and the Hornets co-champs while a Trojan victory would give Wellsboro the title outright. 

The Hornets have one regular season game remaining, Wednesday at non-league Hughesville.