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Tyler Yankosky struck out nine and allowed just five hits as Swoyersville defeated Quakertown 9-3 Wednesday at the American Legion Baseball state tournament in Boyertown.Yankosky helped his cause at the plate. going 2 for 5 with two RBI. Justin Montalvo and Austin Sienkiewicz added two RBI each. Swoyersville (2-0) plays again at 7 p.m. Thursday.Swoyersville jumped to a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Richard Sott singled to left with one out, stole second and moved to third on a groundout. He scored on a passed ball for a 1-0 lead. Yankosky later added a two-run double.Mark Baron brought home another run in the fourth in a sacrifice fly. Sott later crossed the plate on a single by Montalvo.Swoyersville took control in the eighth with four more runs. Sienkiewicz knocked in two with a single and eventually scored on Montalvo&#8217;s hit to left field. Montalvo made it 9-1 by scoring on an error.9-10 STATE SOFTBALLTunkhannock 4,Back Mountain 2Victoria Spaciano struck out six and went 2 for 3 at the plate in a losing effort as Back Mountain, which will play at 4 p.m. Thursday in an elimination bracket semifinal.Ella English, Madison Kerdesky, Brenna Hunt, Amber Zimmerman, Chlecie Strobel and Abby Beyer each had a hit for Back Mountain.Back Mountain took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and came back to tie it 2-2 in the fourth before Tunkhannock scored twice in the fifth inning.Kaya Hannon struck out nine for Tunkhannock while Ella McNeff had two hits and Sydney Huff had a single.STATE JUNIOR BASEBALLBack Mountain 9,Morrisville 5Frank Nockley earned the win in relief and had two doubles and three RBI to lead Back Mountain over Morrisville in a first-round game at Cranberry Little League.Todd Phillips had an RBI single and Sam Nocito had a single and an RBI for Back Mountain, which will play again 10 a.m. Friday.Ryan Lynch and Malik Thomas each had an RBI for Morrisville.9-10 STATE BASEBALLBack Mtn. American 13,Rostraver Twp. 2Back Mountain American scored 10 times in the fifth inning to keep its state title hopes alive.American will play an elimination bracket semifinal at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bradford Regional Little League field.Zack Paczewski struck out six over 5.2 innings for the win. Sam Barrouk got the final out of the game with a strikeout.Joey Peters led the hitting, going 2 for 4 with four RBI. Jude Nocito had a hit and three RBI. Barrouk (2 for 4, RBI), Paczewski (3 for 4), Nathan Hinsdale ( 2 for 4, RBI), Ryan Cuba (2 RBI) and Jack Leandri (1 for 1, run) also helped out offensively.American LegionSwoyersville 9, Quakertown 3Swoyersville`AB`R`H`BIJuMontalvo cf`5`1`2`2JoMontalvo lf`5`1`3`0Hogan c`4`1`2`0Yankosky p`5`0`2`2Bayo 2b`4`1`0`0Flanley 3b`5`2`3`0Baron 1b`3`0`0`1Sienkiewicz ss`4`1`1`2Sott rf`2`2`2`0Packer 1b`2`0`0`0Adamski p`0`0`0`0Totals`39`9`15`7Quakertown`AB`R`H`BIReed ss`4`1`1`0Bukavich cf`4`0`1`0Friday lf`3`0`0`0Besch 1b`4`1`1`0Morelock rf`3`0`0`0Guidos p`4`0`1`1Horst c`4`0`0`0Wooden 3b`1`0`0`0Lilley ph`1`0`0`0Pacella 3b`0`0`0`0Robison 2b`3`1`1`0Totals`31`3`5`1Swoyersville`003`200`040`&#8212;`9Quakertown`000`000`120` &#8211;`3DP - Swoyersville 2; Quakertown 1. LOB - Swoyersville 7; Quakertown 6. 2B - JoMontalvo; Yankosky 2. SAC &#8211; Baron. SF - Baron. SB - JuMontalvo; JoMontalvo 2; Hogan.; Flanley; Sott 2. CS - JuMontalvo; Flanley.Swoyersville&#8217;IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOYankosky (W)`8.0`5`3`1`3`9Adamski`1.0`0`0`0`1`1Quakertown&#8217;IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOGuidos (L)`6.1`12`5`5`1`0Morelock`2.2`3`4`3`1`1<style>
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Swoyersville downs Quakertown in American Legion state playoffs