"Chris did a heck of a job for us," Franklin said. "He's a senior and a captain but he hasn't had a lot of action for us lately. He came in with runners on base and Poolesville leading 2-0 and got us out of it with the second and third outs. He threw strikes and changed pitches well. He's got nerves of steel."
The win moves Catoctin into the Class 1A semifinals on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at McCurdy Field in Frederick, Md., against the winner of the North Region, either Rising Sun or North East.
Catoctin tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth with the help of Chad Wolfe's two-run triple, a shot hit to dead center field fence some 452-feet away.
Jason Johnson went 3-for-3, including a double and an RBI. Kaleo struck out four.
"The law of averages evened out in the end," Franklin said.
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Poolesville 2011000-450
Eiker, Kaleo (1) and Ausherman; Ward, A. Howard (5) and P. Howard. WP - Kaleo. LP - A. Howard.
Goretti 5, Maret 4
WASHINGTON - Tim Kellinger's RBI triple in the top of the ninth inning pushed the Gaels into the championship game of the Maryland State Private Schools Tournament.
Goretti (18-9) won it off Frogs pitcher Steve Lyons, who was previously undefeated on the season. The Gaels sent the game into extra innings thanks to Trevor Cobb's diving catch in the bottom of the seventh.
Josh Staubs had three hits and an RBI, while Cobb, Phil Dorsey, Jamie Widmeyer and Paul Angelo all had two hits for Goretti, which plays in the title game Tuesday at Bullis Prep.
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Maret 200002000-472
Carter, Staubs. Morret Rosenbaum, Lyons (5), Neel. WP-Carter (6-2). LP- Lyons. HR-M: Jones (1st, none on).
Potomac 12, St. James 2
McLEAN, Va. - Ryan Wingerd had two hits and an RBI for St. James while John Gahan added an RBI for St. James (4-14) in its final game of the season.
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Potomac050124-12121
Nadeau, Murphy (3), Finland (5) and Gregg. Moyet and Wingerd. WP- Nadeau. LP- Moyet.
PREP SOFTBALL
S. Fulton 7, Tussey Mt. 2
SAXTON, Pa. - Candice Bard had three hits, Ashley Mallow had a double and a triple while Jenny Ligget and Bethany Mallott both had two hits for Southern Fulton (16-3) in a Sideling Hill League win.
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Tussey Mt. 0010001-242
True and Bard. Hann and Bernosky. WP-True (13-2). LP-Hann.
Chestnut Ridge 12 McConnellsburg 1
FISHERTOWN, Pa. - The Spartans struggled in their regular-season finale to finish 9-11.
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Chestnut 4206x-1271
Everetts and DeShong. Byers and Nugent. WP- Byers. LP-Everetts (9-10). HR-CR: Byers (4th, three on).
BOYS TENNIS
Jefferson ties for sixth
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Team scores from the West Virginia high school tennis tournament Friday:
Team scores: 1, (tie) Huntington, Wheeling Park, 11. 3, Parkersburg, 10. 4 (tie), Parkersburg South, Elkins, 4. 6 (tie), George Washington, Morgantown, Jefferson, 3. 9, Capital, 2. 10 (tie), East Fairmont, Hurricane, Keyser, Logan, 1. Not scoring: Cabell Midland, Fairmont Senior, Martinsburg, Ripley, Woodrow Wilson.
GIRLS TENNIS
Jefferson ties for third
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Team scores from the West Virginia high school tennis tournament Friday:
1, Parkersburg, 13. 2, South Charleston, 7. 3, Jefferson, 6. 4 (tie), Cabell Midland, Capital, Huntington, Wheeling Park, 5. 8 (tie), University, Woodrow Wilson, 3. 10 (tie), Brooke, George Washington, Hurricane, St. Albans. Not scoring: Buckhannon-Upshur, Elkins, Hedgesville, John Marshall, Keyser, Preston.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Shepherd stays alive
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Shepherd College used a late-inning explosion to defeat Mansfield (Pa.) 11-5 in the loser's bracket final to stay alive in the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional at Kutztown University.
Leading 3-1 going into the seventh, the Rams plated eight runs the rest of the way to advance to the title game today against Kutztown. Shepherd must beat Kutztown twice to advance to the College World Series.
