The West Point 11U girls softball team is one victory away from clinching the league’s 38th state title.
Monday, the Luft twins, Jocelyn and Jayelyn, led West Point to a 9-1 victory against Williamsport in the semifinals at Wellsboro.
Jayelyn Luft twirled a one-hitter, striking out 12 and allowing one run. She helped her own cause by going 3 for 4.
Sister Jocelyn drove in five runs and had two hits, including a three-run inside-the-park homer in the first inning. She plated two more runs with a single in the fourth inning.
Morgan Maiers had two hits. West Point had nine hits.
West Point advances to the championship game 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Upper Perkiomen 6, Penn-Trafford 4 — If Penn-Trafford wants to win its second Pennsylvania Junior Legion state title in three seasons, it must battle back through the losers’ bracket.
Upper Perkiomen scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for the win.
Upper Perkiomen took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Penn-Trafford used four runs in the top of the sixth inning to snatch a 4-2 lead on RBI hits by Ethan Septak, Zach Feldman, Santino Selia and Braden Kane.
Colton Tyburski tripled and Logan Matrisch doubled for Penn-Trafford, which out-hit Upper Perkiomen, 10-7.
The winners took advantage of six walks. Dom Delio took the loss in relief of Ben Grabowski. Feldman and Ben Lenart had two hits each for Penn-Trafford.
Penn-Trafford faces Lower Southampton on Tuesday.
