CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity softball team takes to their road against Pope John HS on Saturday, April 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the first matchup of the Cedar Grove Tournament.
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Johnson-Pope John is just about an hour and 20 minutes from the start of gametime.
Checking in from Cedar Grove High School, on site for the game.
Our starting pitchers for the first game are Nicole Cassano (ALJ) and Maddie Sacchiero (PJ).
Jen Tinger steps up to the plate and we are officially underway.
Saccherio works around a two-out double by Cassano and walk by Victoria Zatko to get out of the inning. Pope John coming to bat in the bottom of the first inning.
Emma Fernstrom reaches on a fielding error to lead off the inning.
Cassano works around the lead batter reaching the base and gets the final out. Johnson and Pope John are scoreless after one inning.
Saccherio works a 1-2-3 inning as we go to the bottom of the second inning.
Hailey O’Connor reaches on an error with one out.
Pope John has runners on first and second base with one out.
Bases are loaded with two outs following a walk.
Emma Fernstrom clears them with a double to deep left field and it’s 3-0 Pope John.
Johnson trails Pope John 3-0 after two innings.
Sydney Tropeano beats out a ground ball for an infield hit to start the inning.
Bases are now loaded with one out for Johnson.
Big inning for Johnson. Victoria Zatko drives home one with a single to make it 3-1. Lauren Donah follows with a two-run single to tie it 3-3 and Hannah Brogan’s two-run double makes it 5-3 Johnson as we go to the bottom of the second inning.
Cassano works a 1-2-3 bottom of the third inning. Johnson leads Pope John 5-3 after three innings.
Tropeano reaches on an error and scores on a throwing error and it’s 6-3 Johnson.
Pitching change for Pope John. Johnson has runners at first and second with no outs.
Jen Tinger comes home on a Victoria Zatko groundout and it’s 7-3 Johnson.
Pope John gets the final out as we go to the bottom of the fourth inning.
Maddie Sacherrio singles to right field to put one on with one out.
Cassano works around the one-out single and gets the final outs of the inning. Johnson leads Pope John 7-3 through four innings.
Pope John gets the final outs as we go to the bottom of the fifth inning.
Aura Rispoli singles to right field with two outs.
Cassano works around the two-out single to get out of the inning. Johnson leads Pope John 7-3 through five innings.
Pope John works around a two-out infield single as we go to the bottom of the sixth inning.
Jess Whittam leads off the inning with a triple.
A run comes in on a groundout and it’s now 7-4 Johnson.
Back-to-back infield singles and it’s runners at first and second with two outs.
Cassano gets a grounder back to the mound and the final out at first base. Johnson leads Pope John 7-4 after six innings.
Pope John works a 1-2-3 inning as we go to the bottom of the seventh inning.
Final: Johnson defeats Pope John 7-4