Adeline Lutz singled home Caroline Holston with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Georgetown a dramatic 3-2 victory over New York in the Major League softball Mid-Atlantic Regional on Tuesday afternoon.

The Delaware state champions face New Jersey on Wednesday at 7 p.m. for the right to play Maryland in Thursday’s championship game.

The Maryland squad, which is 3-0 in the tourney, is from Delmar. Georgetown’s only loss so far was a 6-2 setback to New Jersey.

On Tuesday, New York tied the contest at 2-2 with a run in the top of the sixth before Georgetown answered with a run in the bottom of the inning.

Lutz (2-for-2, 2 runs), Makayla Eikenberry (2-for-3, 1 RBI) and Karly Kruger (1-for-2, 1 RBI) also sparked Georgetown’s nine-hit attack. Eikenberry was also the winning pitcher, throwing a four-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks.

Junior League

East Regional

Pennsylvania 11, MOT 3: The Delaware state champions were eliminated in the regional semeifinals on Tuesday in Orange, Conn.

Middletown finished with a record 3-3 in the tournament including a pair of losses to Pennsylvania.

Baseball

8-10 tournament

Canal 1, MOT 0: The District II champions edged Middletown in the first game of the state tournament on Tuesday night.

Canal will take on host Lewes on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the three-team, double-elimination tourney.

MOT will take on the loser of that contest on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Junior League

State tournament

Brandywine 10, Millsboro 9, 9 inn,: Brandywine rallied for the extra-inning victory to reach the state finals.

The District II champions will take on Camden-Wyoming on Wednesday at Milford at 7 p.m. If Brandywine wins, the two teams will play again on Thursday.

The state champion earns a spot in the East Regional in Freehold, N.J.

Field hockey

Two Henlopen players named to national team: Delmar High’s Josie Hollamon and Cape Henlopen grad Alia Marshall were both named to the 38-player U.S. Women’s National Team in field hockey.

The players on the squad will report for the first centralized training camp on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. Trainings and onboarding activities will take place all week through Aug. 4.

The USWNT will partake in the fourth season of the FIH Hockey Pro league, which begins Nov. 3, but won’t have their first contest until Feb. 17.

Athletes participated in the Senior NXC from July 17-22 at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center for four days of competition and two training days.

Marshall, 22, plays collegiately for NCAA Division I national champion Northwestern and has taken part in several international competitions. Hollamon will be a senior at Delmar in the fall.

Horse racing

DelPark’s Mooney to retire: John E. Mooney, the Executive Director of Racing at Delaware Park, announced on Tuesday that he will be retiring.

The long-time racing executive expects to step down from his post effective on Aug. 1. The seven-furlong turf course will be dedicated to him with a naming ceremony planned for Owners Day on Oct. 1.

“His career has been brilliant, and like everyone in the Delaware Park family, I am proud and thankful to have been a part it,” said Kevin DeLucia, Chief Financial Officer. “So much of what thoroughbred racing at Delaware Park is today has come from his leadership, guidance and experience over the last four decades.”

Mooney has been involved in racing in the Mid-Atlantic region for nearly 40 years. Shortly after Delaware Park was purchased and reopened by William Rickman, Sr., in 1984, Mooney was named general manager.

He was instrumental in keeping Delaware Park competitive in the 1980s and early 1990s with his innovative approach to the sport which included the introduction of the Twin Trifecta. In the summer of 1993, he left Delaware Park to take a similar post with the Maryland Jockey Club.

Mooney later headed up the drive to establish racing in Virginia as head of Maryland/Virginia Racing. That was the group that organized the opening and operation of Colonial Downs.

Mooney returned to Delaware Park as the Executive Director of Racing in the spring of 2008 at the request of William Rickman, Jr., where he remained.