The Central Panthers earned another softball championship on Wednesday.

The Panthers downed Spring Grove 5-1 to capture the outright York-Adams League Division I championship.

Central (14-4 overall) finished the division season at 7-1, one game ahead of second-place South Western (6-2). It marks the third straight season that Central earned at least a share of the division crown. In 2006 and 2007, the Panthers shared the division championship with South Western.

In the victory over the Rockets, freshman pitcher Lauren Walker pitched a complete-game four-hitter. She struck out 12 with just three walks. Heather Wortman doubled for the winners.

For Spring Grove, Kayla Nell had three hits, including a double. Spring Grove dropped to 10-8 and 3-5 with the loss.
OTHER SOFTBALL
NEW OXFORD 9, WEST YORK 1: At New Oxford, Colonials' pitcher Leigh Roche checked the Bulldogs on four hits. Roche struck out seven and walked four, and the run she allowed was unearned. New Oxford benefited from six West York errors.

CUMBERLAND VALLEY 7, RED LION 6: At Red Lion, Maddie Sechrist, Megan Tyson and Brittany Meyerhoffer had two hits each for the Lions in a losing cause.

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