By Mike Zummo
The Montgomery, Wallkill Area and Town of Wallkill Little League softball teams have reached the finals in their respective brackets in the District 19 Major softball tournament.
They were all scheduled to play on Monday, and wins would put them in the championship bracket, which starts on Thursday. The Major softball championship games are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday at the home field of the highest remaining team.
Pine Bush was the only team not to advance and were scheduled to play in the consolation half of Bracket B this week. They will need two wins to get to the consolation portion of the championship bracket.
Major Softball
Bracket B
Montgomery 12, Middletown 6
Bellarose Cahill drove in six runs as Montgomery opened the tournament with a win over Middletown on Saturday. She hit an inside-the-park three-run home run in the fifth inning. She also drove in two with a double and one with a single.
Middletown tied the game with five runs in the bottom of the third inning, but Montgomery scored one run in the fourth inning and six more in the fifth to put the game away.
Otisville 15, Pine Bush 1
Otisville broke a 1-1 tie with eight runs in the fifth inning and added six more in the sixth inning as they routed Pine Bush in the Bracket B opener for both teams on Saturday at the Town of Newburgh.
The game started on Friday but was suspended until Saturday due to rain.
Sawyer Vellenga produced Pine Bush’s only run with a groundout.
Bracket C
Wallkill Area 23, Port Jervis-Eldred 0
It was a big day for the Wallkill Area as they scored 16 runs in the second inning to rout Port Jervis on Saturday.
Wallkill also scored seven runs in the first inning, as the game was called after Port Jervis-Eldred batted in the third inning due to the 10-run rule.
Bracket D
Town of Wallkill 15, Florida 0
The Town of Wallkill scored 12 runs in the first inning as they routed Florida in a game that was called after three innings due to the 10-run rule.
Florida was limited to one hit and made two errors.
The town of Wallkill scored 12 runs on seven hits. Florida aided them with two errors in the field.