May 8, 2026 4 min read

In a strange, but interesting regular season finale, Avella played Aquinas Academy, the same team it’ll face next week in the first round of the WPIAL Class A baseball playoffs.

The Eagles hope they’ll get the same result as they did Friday when the two teams meet again.

Noah Kimberland had an RBI single, one of two hits for Avella on the day, and the Eagles (12-7) edged Aquinas Academy (10-6) in a 2-1 pitcher’s duel.

Bryce Wright, Chas Rush and Cam Ullom combined to pitch a five-hitter for the Eagles. They had nine strikeouts and only one walk between them.

Avella and Aquinas Academy play in the Class A first round, 4 p.m. Monday at Burkett Park.

West Greene 2, Geibel Catholic 0: Darren Knight pitched a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts as West Greene (3-16) concluded its season with a 2-0 victory over Geibel Catholic.

Knight allowed two hits and four walks. Dylan Hughes went 2-for-3 and drove in both of West Greene’s runs.

South Fayette 7, Allderdice 6: Bo Stover hit a sacrifice fly that scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth in a 7-6 win for South Fayette (11-9) over Allderdice Thursday night.

RJ Borgesi blasted a two-run homer for the Lions in the first and had an RBI single in the third.

Allderdice took a 6-4 lead in the fourth on RBI singles by Brendan Steccik and Niv Friedman.

Softball

Chartiers-Houston 7, West Allegheny 4: Lauren Rush, Seanna Riggle and Kiera Drilak had two hits apiece in a 7-4 win for Chartiers-Houston (17-2) over West Allegheny (12-4).

West Allegheny is a co-section champion in Class 5A.

Rush hit a solo homer in the sixth inning. Taryne Drilak had a two-run double, while Kiera Drilak and Riggle produced an RBI single each in a four-run first inning.

Trinity 11, Moon 1: Gabby Humphries struck out 10 over five shutout innings and Trinity (17-3) scored eight runs in the sixth to pull away for an 11-1 win over Moon (9-11).

Humphries did not allow a hit or a walk in her outing.

Nina Christy hit a two-run homer during the eight-run outburst. Alexa Zawacki plated two with a double and Charlotte Hinkler had an RBI single.

Maddie Ray belted a two-run homer to center field in the fourth, which increased the Hillers’ lead to 3-0.

Waynesburg 5, West Greene 2: Kalee Piper and Kolbi Rastoka homered for Waynesburg (8-11) in a 5-2 win over West Greene (12-7).

Piper hit a solo shot in the second inning and Rastoka had a two-run blast in the fifth.

Gina Tedrow struck out 10 in a complete game to earn the win.

West Greene took the lead, and scored their only 2 runs in the top of the third. Madelyn Rooberts reached with an infield single, stole second, and was driven in by Josie Mason. Mason scored later on a passed ball.

Yough 11, Charleroi 1: Kylee Fisher went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and drive in two runs, driving Yough (13-7) to a 11-1 win over Charleroi (5-12).

Payton Huweart doubled and tripled and Ariahna Blouse drove in Charleroi’s lone run.

Linescores

Baseball

Aquinas Academy 000 000 1 – 1 5 1

Avella 000 110 x – 2 2 0

W-Rush (0 walks, 4 strikeouts). L-Yohe (2 walks, 0 strikeouts).

West Greene 000 101 0 – 2 4 3

Geibel Catholic 000 000 0 – 0 2 0

W-Knight (4 walks, 11 strikeouts). L-Hixson (1 walk, 5 strikeouts). 2B-GC, Bechtold.

Thursday’s late game

Allderdice 200 400 0 – 6 8 1

South Fayette 202 201 x – 7 12 0

W-Urso (1 walk, 0 strikeouts). L-Machosky (1 walk, 3 strikeouts). 2B-Allderdice, Leventon. HR-SF, Borgesi

Softball

Moon 000 001 0 – 1 3 2

Trinity 001 208 x -11 9 1

W-Humphries (0 walks, 10 strikeouts). L-Sheffler (4 walks, 2 strikeouts). 2B-Trinity, Zawacki, Christy. HR-Trinity, Christy, Ray.

West Greene 002 000 0 – 2 5 0

Waynesburg 010 121 x – 5 6 1

W-Tedrow (2 walks, 10 strikeouts). L-Zimmerman (2 walks, 6 strikeouts). 2B-Waynesburg, Pester, Makel. HR-W, Piper, Rastoka.

Charleroi 000 010 – 1 5 3

Yough 111 062 – 11 14 0

W-Fisher (2 walks, 9 strikeouts). Brunner (0 walks, 6 strikeouts). 2B-Charleroi, Huweart. Yough, Smartnick, Fisher. 3B-Charleroi, Huweart. HR-Yough, Fisher.