Central snaps Frankford’s
37-game win streak

The Frankford High School baseball team has experienced plenty of success.
The Pioneers came into their May 1 contest against Central riding a 37-game Public League winning streak. In fact, their last loss occurred during the 2004 season, when they lost a regular-season game to Northeast. Prior to that, they hadn’t lost since the 2002 playoffs, dropping a semifinal game to the eventual champs, GAMP.
The Frankford team had won 79 of 81 games and three straight Public League championships.
A bid for a fourth straight title is still alive. But the Pioneers’ winning streak isn’t.
Behind the strong pitching of Northeast resident Jared Farbman, Central’s Lancers down the Pioneers, 5-4, in their May 1 Public League game.
Farbman went the distance, allowing just five hits and striking out six. He allowed three runs in the first inning, but settled down and allowed just one more in the fourth.
With the loss, Frankford fell to 10-1 on the season, still a game ahead of the 9-2 Lancers.

In other games
George Washington, 9, Thomas Edison, 0: Chris Phares fired a three-hit shutout and Sean Engelberg belted a pair of doubles to lead the Eagles’ May 1 triumph.
GAMP, 16, Abraham Lincoln, 6: The Railsplitters committed 12 errors and surrendered a 6-1 lead after two innings to fall in the May 1 Public League game.
Northeast, 13, Bok, 3: John Katein lifted a two-run homer in support of the Vikings, who jumped out to an 11-0 lead after the third inning on May 1.
Archbishop Wood, 11, Cardinal Dougherty, 3: The Cardinals fell to 0-9 after the Catholic League loss on May 1.
Conwell-Egan, 1, Father Judge, 0: Crusaders ace Matt Compton struck out seven and allowed just two hits, but lost the game because his squad managed just one hit in the May 1 loss.
North Catholic, 10, Bishop McDevitt, 9: Chris James scored a run in the top of the seventh on a Bobby Hopkins RBI ground-out to help the Falcons prevail on May 1.
La Salle, 5, Archbishop Ryan, 3: The Raiders kept it close against the Northern Division power before falling in the ninth inning.
Frankford, 4, Northeast, 0: Richard Jimenez drove in three runs, Ramon Reyes scored two runs and pitcher Edwin Burgos struck out 14 in a two-hit shutout, as the Pioneers defeated the Vikings on April 29.
North Catholic, 9, Delsea, 8: In the first round of a tournament held at Cherokee High School in South Jersey, the Falcons received extra-base hits from Ryan Nally, Chris Bonecourse, Derrick Estell and Adam Miller en route to the win on April 29.
Cherokee, 12, North Catholic, 0: In the finals of the April 29 tournament, the host team limited the Falcons to just two hits.
Holy Ghost Prep, 3, Archbishop Ryan, 2: John Ferdinand belted a triple for the Raiders in the April 29 non-league loss.

SOFTBALL
Central, 24, Frankford, 14: Fay Rogers belted a home run but the Pioneers committed six errors in the May 1 Public League loss.
Northeast, 13, Abraham Lincoln, 11: Natalie Billatla slammed a pair of doubles, including a two-run shot in the final inning, to make a winner of pitcher Lauren Klatcher on May 1.
Girls High, 11, George Washington, 1: The Eagles managed just two hits in the May 1 loss.
St. Hubert, 5, Delran, 4: Mary Hoch spun a four-hitter to help the Bambies win their first game of the Overbrook Tournament on April 29.
Overbrook, 2, St. Hubert, 0: The Bambies mustered just two hits in falling to the host team in the second round of the Overbrook Tournament.

GIRLS SOCCER
George Washington, 2, Franklin Towne Charter, 1: Melanie Gamble netted a pair of goals to lead Washington on May 1.
Central, 2, Northeast, 0: Jess Phillips and Ellen Kaufmann supplied the goals in the May 1 Lancers’ win.

NFL DRAFT
Three football players with local ties are about to begin their professional careers.
Frankford grad and Bloomsburg senior Jahri Evans was the only local player drafted. The 6-foot-4, 325-pound offensive lineman went to the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the NFL entry draft.
While Evans was the only player to get the call during the draft, two other players inked free-agent deals after the selection process was over.
Roman Catholic grad and Penn State senior defensive tackle Scott Paxon signed a free-agent contract with the Super Bowl champs, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The 6-foot-4, 282-pound defensive tackle is a Juniata native.
Also getting a free-agent deal was George Washington grad and current Lafayette senior Maurice Bennett, who signed with the Chicago Bears.
Bennett, a 5-foot-10, 240-pound linebacker, had 133 tackles, 13 tackles for losses, and seven sacks for the Leopards last year. ••