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<p>Connor Wagman and Jaden Shedlock combined to strike out 13 as Mountain Top defeated Back Mountain 2-0 Wednesday in the winners bracket final of the Section 5 Little League 8-10 Baseball tournament at the Mountain Top Little League.</p><p>Mountain Top will go for the title at 6 p.m. Friday. It will play the winner of Thursday&#8217;s elimination game between Back Mountain and Abington American. Abington American eliminated Green Ridge 16-6.</p><p>Wagman pitched 4.2 innings with nine strikeouts, leaving with the game scoreless. Shedlock fanned all four batters he faced for the victory.</p><p>Mountain Top&#8217;s Zach Stavich snapped the 0-0 tie with an RBI single in the top of the sixth. Shedlock and Chase Galella also had hits. Wagman finished 2-for-3 at the plate.</p><p>Back Mountain&#8217;s Dominick Zangardi pitched a complete game with 12 strikeouts. He was 1-for-3.</p><p><strong>SECTION 5</strong></p><p><strong>JUNIOR BASEBALL</strong></p><p><strong>Back Mountain 11, Carbondale 9</strong></p><p>Mitch Burgess was 4-for-5 as Back Mountain defeated Carbondale in the opening round of the tournament. Back Mountain will play Abington at 6 p.m. Thursday at Hilldale Park in Plains.</p><p>Jacob Seymour and Gary Weaver had two hits each for Back Mountain. Weaver took over on the mound in the sixth and finished the game to pick up the win.</p><p>Vince DePalma had three hits for Carbondale, which played Pittston at 3 p.m. Thursday at Hilldale. Pittston lost 14-2 to Abington in the other first-round game.</p><p><strong>PENNSYLVANIA STATE</strong></p><p><strong>8-10 SOFTBALL</strong></p><p><strong>Back Mountain 8, Avon Grove 4</strong></p><p>Kirsten Finarelli drove in three runs as Back Mountain advanced to the winners bracket final, where it will play South Williamsport at 8 p.m. Thursday at Christy Mathewson Little League in Fleetville.</p><p>Carolyn Comitz added three hits for Back Mountain. Pitcher Nina Barrouk was strong in the circle once again, recording 10 strikeouts.</p><style>
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Little League: Mountain Top edges Back Mountain in 8-10 sectionals