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2-1 Valley View (23-3) vs. 7-2 Blackhawk (15-5)
When: Friday, 1:30 p.m.
Where: Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Field, Penn State University
Admission: Tickets can be purchased online through Hometown Ticketing. Visit piaa.org, click on the link and find the game you’d like to attend. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate for $10.
How they got here: District 2 champion Valley View defeated Northern Lebanon in the first round, 5-0, Archbishop Carroll in the quarterfinals, 2-0, and Pope John Paul II in the semifinals, 8-0. District 7 runner-up Blackhawk beat Punxsutawney in the first round, 12-7, Bonner-Prendie in the quarterfinals, 2-0, and Harbor Creek in the semifinals, 7-5.
Breakdown: Valley View rides an 11-game winning streak into the final and has nine consecutive shutouts. It has not allowed a run since the bottom of the fifth inning May 5 against Scranton Prep — a span of 59 innings. … Abbi Call is a big reason why. The Clemson University-bound senior took a perfect game into the seventh inning in the quarterfinals and settled for a one-hitter with 14 strikeouts. Call is 16-2 with a 2.02 ERA and 160 strikeouts. Offensively, she is batting .645 (40 for 62) with six doubles, 10 home runs, 26 runs and 36 RBIs. … Bryant commit Zoie Krupovich is batting .410 (34 for 83) with five doubles, four home runs, 26 runs and 24 RBIs. … Le Moyne commit Ella Swingle is batting .341 (28 for 82) with three doubles, four triples, one home run, 32 runs and 17 RBIs. … Sophomore Ashlan Palickar is batting .359 (28 for 78) with six doubles, one triple, two home runs, 20 runs and 20 RBIs. … Valley View, making its 15th PIAA appearance (23-11), won three state titles — Class 2A in 2000, Class 3A in 2013 and Class 4A last season. It also was Class 3A runner-up in 2012. … Blackhawk is making just its second PIAA appearance (4-1). Its first came last year. … In the District 7 final, Blackhawk had a 3-0 lead, but lost to Elizabeth Forward, 5-3. It has bounced back with three wins in the state playoffs. … Blackhawk’s five losses are by a total of nine runs. … Junior Eva Parris is batting .456 (31 for 68) with 10 doubles, one home run, 25 runs and 20 RBIs. … Senior outfielder Addy Ramer is batting .365 (27 for 74) with four doubles, one triple, four home runs, 29 RBIs and 25 runs. … Senior pitcher Kylie Prisuta has struck out 149 in 104.1 innings. She is batting .361 (22 for 61) with seven doubles, two home runs and 21 RBIs. … In the semifinal win over Harbor Creek, Prisuta hit a three-run home run and struck out nine. … Junior shortstop Brynn Hysong is batting .507 (37 for 73) with 26 runs, eight doubles and 22 RBIs. … Both teams are nicknamed the Cougars.
— Scott Walsh
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When: Friday, 1:30 p.m.
Where: Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Field, Penn State University
Admission: Tickets can be purchased online through Hometown Ticketing. Visit piaa.org, click on the link and find the game you’d like to attend. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate for $10.
How they got here: District 2 champion Valley View defeated Northern Lebanon in the first round, 5-0, Archbishop Carroll in the quarterfinals, 2-0, and Pope John Paul II in the semifinals, 8-0. District 7 runner-up Blackhawk beat Punxsutawney in the first round, 12-7, Bonner-Prendie in the quarterfinals, 2-0, and Harbor Creek in the semifinals, 7-5.
Breakdown: Valley View rides an 11-game winning streak into the final and has nine consecutive shutouts. It has not allowed a run since the bottom of the fifth inning May 5 against Scranton Prep — a span of 59 innings. … Abbi Call is a big reason why. The Clemson University-bound senior took a perfect game into the seventh inning in the quarterfinals and settled for a one-hitter with 14 strikeouts. Call is 16-2 with a 2.02 ERA and 160 strikeouts. Offensively, she is batting .645 (40 for 62) with six doubles, 10 home runs, 26 runs and 36 RBIs. … Bryant commit Zoie Krupovich is batting .410 (34 for 83) with five doubles, four home runs, 26 runs and 24 RBIs. … Le Moyne commit Ella Swingle is batting .341 (28 for 82) with three doubles, four triples, one home run, 32 runs and 17 RBIs. … Sophomore Ashlan Palickar is batting .359 (28 for 78) with six doubles, one triple, two home runs, 20 runs and 20 RBIs. … Valley View, making its 15th PIAA appearance (23-11), won three state titles — Class 2A in 2000, Class 3A in 2013 and Class 4A last season. It also was Class 3A runner-up in 2012. … Blackhawk is making just its second PIAA appearance (4-1). Its first came last year. … In the District 7 final, Blackhawk had a 3-0 lead, but lost to Elizabeth Forward, 5-3. It has bounced back with three wins in the state playoffs. … Blackhawk’s five losses are by a total of nine runs. … Junior Eva Parris is batting .456 (31 for 68) with 10 doubles, one home run, 25 runs and 20 RBIs. … Senior outfielder Addy Ramer is batting .365 (27 for 74) with four doubles, one triple, four home runs, 29 RBIs and 25 runs. … Senior pitcher Kylie Prisuta has struck out 149 in 104.1 innings. She is batting .361 (22 for 61) with seven doubles, two home runs and 21 RBIs. … In the semifinal win over Harbor Creek, Prisuta hit a three-run home run and struck out nine. … Junior shortstop Brynn Hysong is batting .507 (37 for 73) with 26 runs, eight doubles and 22 RBIs. … Both teams are nicknamed the Cougars.
— Scott Walsh
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