Philipsburg-Osceola parlayed six Lady Bisons errors in the finals of the Mountaineer Tournament on Saturday afternoon and turned it into an 11-0 win in five innings, ending Clearfield's eight-game winning streak.

"It's a nice rivalry," said P-O head coach Jim Gonder. "A lot of these girls played summer ball together, and there's a lot of friendships there. They have some very good hitters, and (Clearfield pitcher Mandy Rowles) is a better pitcher than that. She does a nice job for them."

Rowles, who scattered four hits against Northern Cambria in Clearfield's first game, ran into problems early and often, as the Lady Mounties didn't take long to get on the scoreboard.

Lyndz Kephart and Mackenzie Wilson reached base after a strikeout opened the bottom of the first, and cleanup hitter Taylor Harpster began her monster game at the plate with a two-run double to deep left field.

Harpster finished the game with three hits and five RBIs.

"We did a nice job with our baserunning, and Taylor came through with a couple of clutch hits," Gonder said. "We had hitting from top to bottom, I thought. The girls did a nice job."

While the Lady Mounties were able to push some runs across against Rowles, pitcher Brittany Murphy was close to perfect.

Murphy only allowed one hit in the game, and Harpster quickly erased Alyssa Anderson by picking her off first base.

P-O put the game away in the third and took advantage of three Clearfield errors for a six-run inning.

Chasity Myers led the charge with a two-run double of her own, while Harpster, Chelsea Rex and Nikki Bumbarger each added an RBI.

Only one of the six runs against Rowles was earned.

"Once we started going bad, we just kept going," said Clearfield head coach Bob Dixon. "The wheels fell off and we got the wood laid to us. ... You can't make mistakes and expect to be in a ballgame with them. They're not going to let you because they're going to hammer you."

Murphy took care of the Clearfield bats in the fourth, and the P-O lineup took care of pushing more runs across to invoke the 10-run rule.

Harpster came up with a long, two-run single off the fence and Rex added a double, as the Lady Mounties added three more runs to set the final.

Murphy set Clearfield down in order once more, and faced the minimum batters in the game. The P-O hurler finished with seven strikeouts.

"She's not overpowering, but she hits her spots consistently, moves the ball in and out, up and down, and changes her speed," Dixon said of Murphy. "She's not going to bowl you over, but you've got to be ready for that pitch. If you get that one good pitch, you've got to hit it because you aren't going to get too many to hit."

P-O improved to 11-3 on the season, while Clearfield dipped to 8-3.

Both teams are back in action today, as the Lady Mounties travel to DuBois and the Lady Bisons host DuBois Central Catholic.

First Round
Philipsburg-Osceola 5,
Hollidaysburg 1
The Lady Mounties faced an early contest from Hollidaysburg in their tournament opener, as the Lady Tigers took a 1-0 lead into the third inning on a home run from Jackie Smith.

P-O responded with the tying run in the bottom of the inning, and then tacked on four more runs the next inning.

Harpster smacked a double for the Lady Mounties, who stole eight bases in the game. Kelsey Gonder paced the six-hit attack for P-O with two of her own, while Kephart scored twice.

Murphy picked up the win after allowing just the one hit in four innings of work. Gonder came in for the last three innings and allowed just a pair of hits. The P-O pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts.

Clearfield 5,
Northern Cambria 3
The Lady Bisons smacked 13 hits and scored all of their runs in the first three innings in a win over the Lady Colts.

Clearfield connected on nine hits through the first three innings, and then had trouble getting anything going the rest of the way.

Ashley Lias opened the scoring with an RBI double in the first and scored when Julie Colesar followed with the first of her four hits in the game.

Megan Butler and Anderson each had three-hit games for Clearfield, which also got an RBI single from Kenzie McGovern.

Rowles stymied the Northern Cambria bats with the exception of the third inning. The Lady Colts collected three of their four hits off Rowles in the stanza, and made it a 5-2 game.

The final Northern Cambria run followed in the next inning on a solo home run.

Rowles struck out seven in the game and walked just one.

Championship Game
Clearfield-0
Luzier 2b 2000, Butler 3b 2000, Lias ss 2000, Rowles p 2000, J. Colesar 1b 2000, Anderson cf 2010, S. Colesar rf 1000, McGovern c 1000, Kovalick lf 1000. Totals: 15-0-1-0.

Philipsburg-Osceola-11
Gonder 3b 3000, Kephart lf 2310, Walstrom lf 0000, Wilson rf 3320, Coble rf 0000, Harpster c 3235, Confer 1b 3000, Graham 3b 0000, Myers 2b 3112, Rex dp 3121, Stout ss 2100, Bumbarger cf 2011, Tocimak cf 0000, Murphy (flex) p 0000. Totals: 24-11-10-9.

Score by Innings
Clearfield                      000   00-  0     1   6
P-O                              206   3x-11   10   0

Errors-Butler 2, McGovern, Lias, Rowles, Kovalick. LOB-Clearfield 0, P-O 3. 2B-Wilson, Harpster, Myers, Rex. SB-Kephart, Bumbarger, Stout. HBP-Kephart, Stout (by Rowles).

Pitching
Clearfield: Rowles-4 IP, 10 H, 11 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.
P-O: Murphy-5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO.

WP-Murphy (10-3). LP-Rowles (8-3).

First Round
Hollidaysburg-1
Lemus cf 3010, Claar 2b 2000, J. Smith p 3111, Griffith 1b 3000, Frederick c 3000, Fleck 3b 2000, Power rf 3010, Bettiny lf 3000, M. Smith ss 2000. Totals: 24-1-3-1.

Philipsburg-Osceola-5
Gonder 3b-p 4120, Kephart lf 3211, Wilson rf 2000, Tocimak rf 1000, Harpster c 3010, Confer 1b 2000, Myers 2b 2000, Coble ph 1000, Rex dp 1110, Graham 3b 1000, Stout ss 3000, Bumbarger cf 2111, Walstrom ph 1000, Murphy (flex) p 0000. Totals: 26-5-6-2.

Score by Innings
Hollidaysburg               100   000   0-1   3   3
P-O                             001   400   x-5   6   0

Errors-M. Smith 3. LOB-Hollidaysburg 2, P-O 7. 2B-Lemus, Harpster. HR-J. Smith. SB-Rex 3, Gonder 2, Kephart 2, Stout.

Pitching
Hollidaysburg: J. Smith-6 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 2 SO.
Clearfield: Murphy-4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO; Gonder-3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.

WP-Murphy (9-3). LP-J. Smith.

Clearfield-5
Luzier 2b 4110, Butler 3b 4131, Lias ss 4111, Rowles p 4000, J. Colesar 1b 4141, Harbold pr 0000, Anderson cf 4131, S. Colesar rf 3000, Morgan rf 1000, McGovern c 3011, Kovalick lf 3000. Totals: 34-5-13-5.

Northern Cambria-3
Maurer c 3111, Kollar p 3001, Sedlock rf 3000, Baker 1b 3000, Laurito 3b 2000, Ashurst dp 3000, Zernick cf 3000, Bobik 2b 2121, Paronish ss 2110, Sherry (flex) 0000. Totals: 24-3-4-3.

Score by Innings
Clearfield                      212   000   0-5   13   0
No. Cambria                002   100   0-3     4   3

Errors-Zernick, Paronish, Laurito. LOB-Clearfield 8, Northern Cambria 1. Clearfield. 2B-Lias, Anderson. 3B-Maurer. HR-Bobik. SB-Luzier, Butler. CS-Rowles (by Maurer).

Pitching
Clearfield: Rowles-7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO.
Northern Cambria: Kollar-7 IP, 13 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO.

WP-Rowles (8-2). LP-Kollar.