Apr 18, 2019 3 min read

Jessica Rothka drove in Courtney Maimone with winning run in the fourth inning for Bentworth in a 2-1 victory over McGuffey in a Class 2A Section 3 game on Thursday.

Maimone walked to start the inning, stole second base and score on Rothka’s hit for the Bearcats (3-4, 6-7). Bentworth scored in the bottom of the first when Emily Snyder knocked in Savannah Adams with a single. Adams reached base on an error. Winning pitcher Leah Lindley struck out 12.

Shelly Dobrzynski struck out four for McGuffey (1-5, 1-6).

Carmichaels 12, Uniontown 0: Kylie Sinn did not allow a hit over seven innings of Carmichaels’ 12-0 victory over Uniontown in a non-section game.

Sinn struck out seven and walked one for the Mikes (9-3). Sinn also doubled and had a potential home run pulled back on a nice catch by the outfielder.

Emily Conklin and Mia Ranieri each drove in three runs and Emma Holaren had three hits and scored twice.

Uniontown fell to 0-7.

Canon-McMillan 11, Upper St. Clair 3: Canon-McMillan scored in every inning but one to rout Upper St. Clair, 11-3 in a Section 1 game in Class 6A.

Lindsay Schmidt homered twice and knocked in five runs for the Big Macs (6-3, 7-4). Grace Higgins homered, doubled and drove in two runs and Halley Freeman hit a two-run blast.

Haley Beardsley homered twice and drove in two runs for Upper St. Clair (5-4, 7-5).

Burgettstown 17, Avella 1: Aubrey Krivak homered, doubled and drove in five runs to pace Burgettstown to a 17-1 win in three innings over Avella in a Section 2-A game.

Krivak struck out six and did not walk a batter. Maddy Kozares and Lexi Stratus each drove in two runs for the Blue Devils (4-3, 5-7). Jordan Baronick scored three times. Bri Krynak scored four runs.

Emily Pollock had the only hit for Avella (0-4, 0-7).

Jefferson-Morgan 8, Monessen 3: Winning pitcher Cait Dugan doubled and drove in two runs to propel Jefferson-Morgan to an 8-3 win over Monessen in a Section 2-A game.

Dugan walked one and struck out seven for the Rockets (4-1, 5-3). Jasmine Demaske also doubled.

Grace Zizis and Sash Kenney each hit a double for Monessen (1-3, 1-6). Madison Telegraphis hit a solo home run.

Waynesburg 7, Brownsville 0: Meghan Braun fired a five-hit shutout and Rachel Elsenheimer belted a three-run homer as Waynesburg blanked host Brownsville 7-0 in Class 3A Section 3.

Elsenheimer’s home run gave Waynesburg (2-3, 5-4) a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning and the Raiders tacked on four more scores in the fifth.

That was more than enough offensive support for Braun, who struck out six and did not walk a batter.

Erin Fitch had a triple for Waynesburg. Emily Bohna doubled for Brownsville (0-8, 4-9).

California 7, Washington 2: Marlee Renner, Jordyn Cruse and Ashley Gush each had run-scoring singles that backed the winning pitching of Makayla Boda as California defeated Washington 7-2 in a non-section game.

California improved its record to 2-9. Washington is 1-4.