Notre Dame didn’t make it easy for North Warren but Jared Van Valkenburg’s five RBIs helped propel the Patriots over Notre Dame 13-5.
The Spartans of Notre Dame in East Stroudsburg jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning. The two teams had squared off earlier in the season with North Warren easily handling Notre Dame 10-0 so the early lead was a win in itself for the Spartans.
“We we’ve gotten better since then,” Notre Dame head coach Kevin Hezel. “We’re still making mistakes. Our issue is we got a team down and then we let them back in.”
The Pats answered quickly with two runs in the bottom of the third and then with five runs in the fourth.
North Warren had strong pitching from several underclassmen.
“Cooper Rosso got the start on the on the mound, did a good job, gave us three innings,” said North Warren head coach J.P. Palmer. Rosso struck out three during his appearance.
Owen Philhower, who picked up the win, came in for the fourth to pitch three, and Kevin Roof closed in the seventh.
“Owen came in and he’s always a competitor, and freshman Kevin Roof closed it out. So I can’t complain.”
Angelo Fluri, Brian Marsh and Etian Rivzani each notched three hits with Marsh knocking in three RBIs.
For the Spartans, Malcomb Naughton had two RBIs. Freshmen Matteo Antonucci and William Ferguson lead Notre Dame with two hits each. Naughton and Ferguson shared pitching duties with Naughton starting.
Joe brings decades of journalism experience to the Ridge View Echo, covering everything from local school boards to the U.S. Supreme Court. A former National Law Journal editor and Columbia Law School press officer, he now enjoys telling community stories in Blairstown, where he lives with his wife, Rose, and their two dachshunds.
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- Joe Phalon, Contributing Writerhttps://ridgeviewecho.com/author/joe-phalon-contributing-writer/
- Joe Phalon, Contributing Writerhttps://ridgeviewecho.com/author/joe-phalon-contributing-writer/
