May 8, 2018 4 min read

Senior Karlie Clark pitched a five-hit shutout as Section 2-AAAA champion Yough defeated Belle Vernon, 2-0, Tuesday afternoon.

Yough (12-0, 15-3) finished the section schedule undefeated by combining Clark’s shutout with run-scoring hits from the bottom of the Cougars’ lineup. Yough scratched out single runs in the second and sixth innings against Belle Vernon pitcher Bailey Parshall, who also threw a five-hitter.

Parshall struck out eight and did not issue a walk. Clark struck out two and walked four. Clark walked Parshall, the Leopards’ leadoff hitter, four times.

Yough took a 1-0 lead in the second on a RBI bunt single by Hannah Bach. Kayley Westerman made with 2-0 with a two-out run-scoring double in the sixth.

Mekenzie Sokol had two of Belle Vernon’s five hits. The Leopards finished 9-3 in section and are 16-3 overall.

• Monessen’s Dana Vatakis had quite the afternoon in the Greyhounds’ 25-0 victory over California that clinched a share of the Section 2-A title for the Greyhounds.

Vatakis, the Greyhounds’ senior pitcher, threw a three-inning perfect game, striking out seven of the nine batters she faced. At the plate, Vatakis’ day was equally impressive as she went 5-for-5 with four extra-base hits, four runs and five RBI as Monessen improved to 11-1 in section and 12-2 overall. The Greyhounds shared the section title with West Greene.

Monessen scored 13 runs in the first inning and 11 more in the second against California (1-11, 2-12).

Mattie Telegraphis went 4-for-4 with a double and five RBI, Destiny Habeck was 4-for-5 with a triple and two doubles and Hannah Yorty hit a home run for Monessen, which had 29 hits.

• Ella Brookman homered, Kasey Scears had three hits and Kaci Alderson drove in four runs as playoff-bound Chartiers-Houston rolled over Freedom 14-1 in five innings, in a nonsection game.

Chartiers-Houston (14-2) led 7-0 after two innings and scored seven more times in the fourth. Freedom (7-6), which has qualified for the playoffs in Class AAA, was held to five hits by Kaitlyn Dittrich and Brookman.

Scears was 3-for-3 with a double and three runs, and Jaylese Lombardi scored three times for the Bucs.

• Charleroi was awarded a forfeit victory over Beth-Center in a nonsection game after the teams played to a 6-6 standoff through nine innings.

According to Charleroi coach Trey Tilghman, Beth-Center coach Don Crile was upset with a call on the third out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Bulldogs refused to continue the game. Charleroi was then awarded a forfeit victory.

Sam Mavilla had a double for Charleroi. Mavilla, Emily Bauer, Phoebe Wentzell and Lexi Perry each had two hits for the Cougars (2-10). Mackenzie Crile had a double and Paige Moore contributed two singles for the Bulldogs (3-11).

• Winning pitcher Mara Iagnemma doubled and drove in two runs to help South Fayette down Keystone Oaks, 8-2, in a Section 2 game in Class 5A.

The Lions (3-9, 6-12) got a double, two singles, an RBI and 2 runs from Lauren Bennett. Delaney Ging went 2-for-4 with an RBI and 2 runs scored. Iagnemma struck out 8 and walked 1.

Abby Clasper tripled and drove in 2 runs for KO (4-8, 7-9).

• Jade Renner tossed a three-hitter and struck out 11 during West Greene’s 9-0 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a Section 2-A game.

The Pioneers finished as co-champions with Monessen in the section. J-M fell to 3-8 in the section and 4-8 overall.

Jade Renner and McKenna Lampe each had a double for the Pioneers (11-1, 15-4). Madison Renner and Lexie Mooney each hit solo home runs for West Greene.

• Emma Holaren smacked three of Carmichaels’ five doubles and the Mikes used a pair of five-run innings to defeat Mapletown 12-2 in five innings in Section 2-A.

Winning pitcher Kylie Sinn twirled a four-hitter and Carmichaels (8-4, 12-6) overcame a 2-0 deficit by scoring five times in the second and five more in the fifth to end the game.

Sinn helped her own cause with a double and Shelbee McCann also had a double for the Mikes.

Sara Chory hit a triple and Kailey Stover doubled for Mapletown (5-7, 7-7).

• Trinity concluded its Class 5A Section 2 schedule with a 12-1 victory over host Ringgold.

Bailey Bell hit a home run, Payton Barr, Cam Meier and Emma Morgan each doubled and Bayleigh McCullough had two singles in support of winning pitcher Regan perry, who fired a five-hitter.

Trinity improved to 8-4 in section and 12-7 overall. Ringgold is 3-9, 4-9.