CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity softball team heads out on the road in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 state tournament with a semifinals game at Bordentown HS on Friday, May 25 at 4:00 p.m.
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Johnson-Bordentown is just about two hours and 15 minutes from the start of gametime.
Checking in from Bordentown High School, on site for the game.
Our starters for today are Nicole Cassano (ALJ) and Annabella Pisapia (BHS).
Jen Tinger steps up to the plate and we are officially underway.
Pisapia works a 1-2-3 inning to get through the inning and Bordentown is coming to bat.
Cassano works around a one-out single to get through the inning. Johnson and Bordentown are scoreless after one inning.
Pisapia with another 1-2-3 inning to get through the inning as we go to the bottom of the second inning.
Cassano works around a two-out single and gets through the inning. Johnson and Bordentown are scoreless after two innings.
Hannah Brogan with a double to lead off the inning.
Pisapia works around the leadoff double to get through the inning as we go to the bottom of the third inning.
Rachel Scranton leads off the inning with a single, goes to second on a sacrifice bunt and scores on a single from Pisapia to give Bordentown the 1-0 lead.
Johnson trails Bordentown 1-0 after three innings.
Nicole Cassano singles to right field with one out.
Megan Tinger comes through. A double to right field scores two to give Johnson a 2-1 lead.
Pisapia gets the final out to get through the inning as we go to the bottom of the fourth inning.
Cassano works around a leadoff walk and gets three straight outs to get through the inning. Johnson leads Bordentown 2-1 after four innings.
Sydney Tropeano singles to left field with one out.
Jen Tinger singles and there are runners at first and second with one out for Johnson.
Mackenzie Purcell works a walk to load the bases and Tropeano scores on an error to give Johnson a 3-1 lead.
Victoria Zatko singles up the middle, scoring two with a single. Johnson leads 5-1.
Lauren Donah follows it up with another single to add two more, it’s 7-1 Johnson.
Pisapia gets the final outs to get through the inning as we go to the bottom of the fifth inning.
Cassano works a 1-2-3 inning to get through the inning. Johnson leads Bordentown 7-1 after five innings.
Annabella Marino takes the mound for Bordentown and works a 1-2-3 inning to get through the inning as we go to the bottom of the sixth inning.
After a double and single, Noelle Gramlich singles to shallow right field to score two. Johnson leads Bordentown 7-3 after six innings.
Lauren Donah reaches on a fielder’s choice and Megan Tinger reaches on an error and there are runners at first and second with one out for Johnson.
We head to the bottom of the seventh inning.
Final: Johnson defeats Bordentown 7-3