May 3, 2024 2 min read

Starter Sofia Celaschi and reliever Lyla Brunner combined on an eight-hit shutout as Charleroi won at Peters Township 1-0 in a non-section game Friday.

Charleroi (12-4) scored the game’s only run in the top of the seventh inning when Madalynn Lancy dropped down a one-out squeeze bunt that scored Kaylee Sypolt, who had reached base on an error.

Celaschi pitched the first four innings, allowing four hits and two walks. She struck out three. Brunner followed with three innings to get the win.

Charleroi was limited to two hits by PT pitcher Lili Giulianelli. The Cougars’ Emma Stefanik had the game’s only extra-base hit, a double.

Brownsville 4, McGuffey 3

Zaydee Downer’s two-run double capped a four-run fifth inning and gave Brownsville a 4-3 win over host McGuffey in Class 3A Section 4.

McGuffey (7-3, 10-4) had entered with a four-game winning streak. Brownsville (3-7, 4-9) had lost five in a row.

McGuffey led 3-0 before Brownsville did all of its scoring in the fifth.

Winning pitcher Ava Clark struck out 11. She gave up a pair of doubles, to Kaylee Ward and losing pitcher Makenna Crothers.

Crothers struck out eight and did not walk a batter.

Seneca Valley 8, Canon-McMillan 0

Lexie Hames fired a no-hitter and belted a home run as Class 6A Section 1 co-leader Seneca Valley defeated Canon-McMillan, 8-0.

Hames struck out 15 and walked only one as Seneca Valley improved to 14-1 in section and 17-1 overall.

Canon-McMillan is 6-8, 6-8.