12U Travel Team: Head Coach: Mark
Gery 215.453.8060 Deep Run 12U Travel Softball team is looking for one
more experienced player to fill out their roster. Pitching experience
would be a plus. Contact Mark Gery at geryfamily@comcast.net
for information.
14U
Travel Team: Head Coach: Darryl
Ryder 215.589.9774
Travel
Highlights
Deep
Run 10U Travel Wins 2009 USSSA "B" State Championship - Deep Run
10U Travel Softball team ended their season winning their second tournament in
a row.
This is the first Deep Run Softball team in history to win the State Tournament.
The tournament was held at Deep Run where the locals went 2 and 1 on Saturday
to earn the 2nd seed. The girls beat the Montgomery Thunder and the NSPL Rebels
while losing to the Lehigh Valley Flames. Briana Gery threw a 1 hitter against
the Rebels striking out 9 in 4 innings. Tori Muredda lead the offense with a triple,
knocking in 2 runs, and a single. Julia Helbling went 2 for 3 knocking in 2 runs.
The Lightning's 3rd game of the day was against the Montgomery Thunder. Alessandra
Messina pitched a 1 hitter striking out 8 in 3 innings. The Lightning mercy ruled
the Thunder in 3 innings. Krista Yerk, Liv Campbell, and Kristina Posner each
had 2 hits a piece. In addition, getting hits were Jess Heckler, Messina and Jovanna
Hartnett. On Sunday the semi final game pitted the Lightning against the Rebels.
Messina lead the Lightning to a 7 to 3 victory, pitching a 2 hitter and going
3 for 3 at the plate.
Front
left to right- Briana Gery, Ana Vitantonio, Alessandra Messina, Kristina Posner,
Cassie Tessier.Middle left to right- Julia Helbling, Jess Heckler, Meghan Johnson,
and Tori MureddaStanding left to right- Jovanna Hartnett, Liv Campbell, and Krista
Yerk
Gery knocked in 2 runs while scoring 2 herself. Also, scoring runs were Posner,
Campbell, Heckler and Messina. Hartnett, Messina's battery mate, caught a great
game. The Lightning faced the Lehigh Valley Flames in the finals. Deep Run got
on the score board in the 1st inning. Campbell, singled and stole 2nd, 3rd and
home to make the score 1 to nothing. Gery struck out 4 batters in the 1st two
innings to keep the score 1 to 0 after 2 innings. In the 3rd inning, Posner and
Campbell walked, Helbling followed with a single to knock in 2 runs. Messina then
singled to knock in Helbling to make the score 4 to 0. The Flames battled back
with 3 runs in the 3rd to make the score 4 to 3. The locals exploded with 5 runs
in the 4th. Muredda walked, Ana Vitantonio laid down a perfect bunt and Posner
walked, 3 singles in a row by Campbell, Gery and Helbling and a two strike bunt
by Cassie Tessier made the score 9 to 3. After the Flames scored 1 run in the
4th, to make the score 9 to 4, Deep Run's defense shut them down the rest of the
way. In the 7th inning the Flames went down 1, 2,3. Jess Heckler made a sliding
catch in right field. Gery then struck out the next batter for the 2nd out. Messina
ended the game with catch of a pop up at short. For the Tournament the offense
was lead by Campbell (7-13), Messina (7-12), Helbling (4-10) and Posner (4-10).
The defense was lead by pitching of Messina and Gery, the catching of Campbell
and Hartnett. Great plays in the field by Heckler, Meg Johnson, and Tessier.
16U
Lady Lightning - 16U Lady Lightning finished their season with a 34-18 record
with 2 tournament championships and 3 third place finishes.
Members of the team include Corrine Stiles, Jess Youk, Lexi
Detweiler, Jordan Villella, Sarah Parcell, Justyna Pepkowski, Rachel Ryder, Ashley
Ferrante, Megan Martin, Salina Allebach, Tara Canning. Hannah Campbell and Rachel
Policare
Deep
Run 10U Travel Softball Team traveled to Clark, New Jersey and brought home the
Championship - It was their 3rd trip to a
championship game this year and 1st win.
Saturday,
in the seeding round, Deep Run won 2 and lost 1. That record earned them the 5th
seed. All the girls contributed. Tori Muredda turned a double play when she caught
a pop up behind 2nd and stepped on the bag to double up the runner. Briana Gery
got both wins on the mound giving up only 4 runs. Olivia Campbell and Julia Helbling
went for 8 for 12 and 7 for 11 respectively to lead the offense. In Sunday's 1st
game the offense came alive as Deep Run pounded out 15 hits. The girls got revenge
on the team that beat them on Saturday. Multiple hits by Kristina Posner, Campbell,
Helbling, Cassie Tessier, and 3 hits by Gery led the charge. Krista Yerk drove
in the final 2 runs with a double. Gery struck out 14 batters in 6 innings to
shut down the Plainfield All Stars. The final score was 11 to 2. The semifinal
game against Bridgewater turned into a pitching dual. Alessandra Messina went
4 innings striking out 7 batters for the win. Gery came in for the final 2 innings
for the save. The Bridgewater team was the number 1 seed and Deep Run sent them
home.
front
row, left to right. Ana Vitantonio,Tori Muredda, Briana Gery, Kristina Posner,
Alessandra Messina. 2nd row left to right. Jovanna Hartnett, Liv Campbell, Meghan
Johnson, Julia Helbling, Krista Yerk, Cassie Tessier. Back row left to right.
Mark Gery, Tony Helbling and Scott Campbell.
Defensive highlights were Yerk throwing a runner out at 3rd from left field and
Campbell throwing a runner out at 3rd from 1st base. The winning run came in the
4th inning when Tessier walked. She was sacrificed to 2nd and stole 3rd. Jovanna
Hartnett laid down a bunt to score Tessier. Final score was 2 to 1. The Championship
game was against the Colonia Cyclones. Deep Run turned to "small ball"
to neutralize the speed of the Cyclones' pitcher. Meghan Johnson went 2 for 2
and scored 2 runs. Johnson put 2 bunts on the Chalk at the 3rd base line. Campbell
had a clutch hit knocking in Ana Vitantonio and Johnson in the 3rd inning. She
was then hit home when Gery got a single. Campbell knocked in Johnson in the 5th
to end the scoring. Gery pitched a no hitter to shut down the Cyclones striking
out 9. Final score 5 to 3. For the tournament, the Lightning's offense was lead
by Campbell 9 for 15, Helbling 7 for 14, Johnson 4 for 8 and Gery 8 for 20. The
defense was lead by the pitching of Gery who went 4 and 0, earning her Tournament
MVP.
Deep
Run Sports Complex Field Map 
