West, East Baseball Wins Highlight Monday Sports

With the bases loaded with Lenape runners in the bottom of the seventh, Cherry Hill West sophomore Jeff Dixon stepped up and notched his first career save, inducing a game-ending double play to preserve the Lions’ 4-2 victory on the road Monday.

Dixon came on in relief of senior Will Allen, who allowed just seven hits in 6 1/3 innings of work in picking up his sixth pitching win of the season.

It wasn’t a banner day at the plate for either team—neither West nor Lenape managed an extra-base hit all afternoon, combining for 15 singles in the game.

West’s Brad Machinski was 3-for-4 to lead the Lions, who also got two hits each from A.J. Wright and A.J. Sohacki.

Cherry Hill East 9, Paul VI 3

The Cougars jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first inning, thanks to some patient play at the plate, and rode it all the way in to victory, limiting the Eagles to three runs on five hits on Joe Caprice’s pitching performance.

East loaded the bases on walks with just one out in the first, then drew two more walks—one by Zach Steinbock, one by Alex Kramer—to plate the team’s first two runs, before Mike Pierce drove in two more runs on a single.

The Cougars added another run in the second and four more in the fourth, including two runs on Kyle Bigley’s double that broke it wide open. Nick DiEva pitched a 1-2-3 seventh to finish it out.

Washington Township 14, Camden Catholic 4

The Irish got seven hits against Washington Township, but committed four errors and couldn’t stop the Minutemen, who scored four runs three straight innings to pull away for the win.

Softball

Lenape 5, West 3

The Lions got eight hits, including a double from Chelsea Holiday, but Lenape was relentless at the plate, piling up 12 hits en route to victory.

Paul VI 8, East 2

The Cougars took a 2-0 lead in the first and led 3-1 after three, but Paul VI turned it around in the fourth, scoring six runs on the way to the win.

Girls lacrosse

Shawnee 18, East 7

East’s Caitlin Delaney crept closer to the 200-goal mark for her career, scoring three to bring her total to 190, but the Cougars couldn’t match the high-powered Shawnee offense in the loss.

Boys volleyball

West 2, Paul VI 0

The Lions swept in two close sets, beating the Eagles, 25-19, 25-23.

Washington Township 2, East 0

The Minutemen put up a wall on defense, dropping 15 blocks on East to get the straight-set victory.