Apr 20, 2026 5 min read

West Greene kept its Class A Section 2 title hopes alive with a 10-1 win at Jefferson-Morgan on Monday.

The Pioneers improved to 7-2 in the section and 10-4 overall. J-M falls to 7-2, 10-3.

Winning pitcher Caitlin Whyte struck out four and overcame seven walks.

West Greene opened the scoring with a 4-run top of the first inning. Whyte, Kendra Tharp, Emmaline Beazell, and Josie Mason all singled to put the Pioneers up 2-0. Sammi Zimmerman plated two more runs with a two-out, two-run single.

West Greene tacked on two more runs in the 4th and stretched its lead to 8-0 in the sixth.

Katie Brudnock had a crisp single to plate the final 2 runs for West Greene.

Trinity 12, Bethel Park 5:

Maddie Ray and Kaylee Danneker combined on a five-hitter and Nina Christy went 3-for-3 as Trinity beat visiting Bethel Park 12-5 in Class 5A Section 4.

Denneker twirled the first three innings and did not allow an earned run. Ray finished with four innings of one-run ball. Ray helped her cause by going 2-for-3 with a triple.

Elora Friend also had a triple, and Emma Starr doubled and drove in a pair as Trinity improved to 7-3 in section and 12-3 overall.

Chartiers-Houston 19, Carlynton 0: Kiera Drilak and Seanna Riggle homered, Lauren Rush drove in four runs and Chartiers-Houston stayed undefeated Chartiers-Houston clinched at least a share of the Class 2A Section 3 title with a 19-0 win over Carlynton in three innings.

Taryne Drilak and Riggle combined on a one-hitter with seven strikeouts as the Bucs improved to 8-0 in the section and 14-0 overall.

Rush had a double, as did Brooklyn Hess, who drove in four runs and scored three times.

McGuffey 17, Steel Valley 2: Hannah Lesnock, the No. 9 hitter in McGuffey’s batting order, went 3-for-3 with a home run, double, seven RBI and three runs, powering the Highlanders to a 17-2 thumping of Steel Valley in Class 3A Section 3.

Maura Jonovich was 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI, Sidney Dobrzynski indeed three RBI and winning pitcher Miley Main did not allow an earned run for McGuffey (6-2, 6-3).

Upper St. Clair 7, South Fayette 2: Brooklyn Kemp tossed a four-hitter and Upper St. Clair scored three runs in the seventh inning to finish off a 7-2 win at South Fayette in Class 5A Section 3.

South Fayette (6-4, 7-7) remains a half game behind first-place Montour in the section.

Mapletown 22, Avella 9: Mapletown scored nine runs in the top of the seventh inning to complete a 22-9 win over Avella in Class A Section 2.

Makenna Lotspeich had two doubles, scored four times and drove in five for Mapletown (2-8, 3-9). Winning pitcher Cora Roberts struck out 10.

Avella’s Paisley Downey struck out 12.

OLSH 5, Burgettstown 2: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart scored five runs over a two-inning stretch and pitcher Sophia Wasko made sure they were enough as the Chargers beat Burgettstown 5-2 and tightened the race for second place in Class 2A Section 3.

OLSH broke up a scoreless game by scoring three runs in the fourth inning and added two in the fifth. Wasko scattered eight hits as OLSH moved to 5-3 in the section and 6-5 overall. Burgettstown fell to 6-3, 7-5.

The Blue Devils’ Madelina Guiddy went 3-for-3 with a double.

Elizabeth Forward 13, Belle Vernon 5: Winning pitcher Berlyn Holibaugh hit two home runs, Addy Nigut added a grand slam and Elizabeth Forward won the outright Class 4A Section 2 title with a 13-5 win over Belle Vernon.

EF is 11-0 in section and 12-1 overall.

Ava Jones was 3-for-4 with a home run, double and four RBI for Belle Vernon (5-7, 7-8). Addyson Newman also had three hits.

South Park 13, Charleroi 0: Sydney Sekely fired a two-hit shutout as undefeated South Park blanked Charleroi 13-0 in five innings in Class 3A Section 3.

London Latorre homered and Sekely went 4-for-4 with a double and three runs as the Eagles improved to 9-0 in section and 12-0 overall.

Brownsville 9, California 0: Ava Clark fired a one-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts, leading Brownsville to a 9-0 win over California in Class 2A Section 4.

Jordyn Davis homered for Brownsville (5-3, 7-4).

California’s lone hit was a single by Mia Klein.

Linescores

Bethel Park 004 100 0 – 5 5 4

Trinity 113 421 x – 12 11 1

W-Ray (1 walk, 5 strikeouts). L-Kuhn (2 walks, 0 strikeouts). 2B-BP, Spano 2, Roberts, Bitkowski. Trinity, Starr. 3B-Trinity, Friend, Ray.

Upper St. Clair 101 110 3 – 7 8 4

South Fayette 011 000 0 – 2 4 3

W-Kemp (1 walk, 6 strikeouts). L-Earley (2 walks, 5 strikeouts). 2B-USC, Demas, Schlecker, Eisinger. 3B-SF, Kelly, Bonacci.

South Park 214 51 – 13 17 0

Charleroi 000 00 – 0 2 1

W-Sekely (1 walk, 6 strikeouts). L-Brunner (3 walks, 4 strikeouts). 2B-SP, Kempton, Polk, Sekely. 3B-SP, Dubyak. HR-SP, Latorre.

West Greene 400 202 2 – 10 11 2

Jefferson-Morgan 000 001 0 – 1 3 1

W-Whyte (7 walks, 4 strikeouts). L-Bazzoli (5 walks, 5 strikeouts).

OLSH 000 320 0 – 5 6 2

Burgettstown 000 011 0 – 2 8 3

W-Wasko (0 walks, 3 strikeouts). L-Lehman (2 walks, 6 strikeouts). 2B-OLSH, Eshenbaugh. Burgettstown, Midler, Robinson, Giddy. 3B-Burgettstown, Guiddy.

Elizabeth Forward 303 114 1 – 13 18 0

Belle Vernon 103 000 1 – 5 9 1

W-Holibaugh (2 walks, 4 strikeouts). L-Crawford (2 walks, 0 strikeouts). 2B-EF, Evans. BV, Jones, Sypolt. HR-EF, Holibaugh 2, Nigut. BV, Jones.

Carlynton 000 – 0 1 2

Chartiers-Houston 9(10) – 19 11 0

W-T. Drilak (0 walks, 4 strikeouts). L-Chapman (3 walks, 0 strikeouts). 2B-C-H, Hess, Rush. HR-C-H, K. Drilak, Riggle.

California 000 000 0 – 0 1 4

Brownsville 241 020 x – 9 9 0

W-Clark (0 walks, 17 strikeouts). L-Lenkey (5 walks, 3 strikeouts). 2B-Brownsville, Clark, Rechichar, Ternitsky, Downer. 3B-BrownsLong. HR-Brownsville, Davis.

Steel Valley 101 – 2 2 2

McGuffey 23(12) – 17 14 2

W-Main (2 walks, 4 strikeouts). L-Grimm (4 walks, 3 strikeouts). 2B-McGuffey, Lesnock, Janovich. HR-McGuffey, Lesnock.

Mapletown 432 040 9 – 22 11 2

Avella 001 520 1 – 9 8 9

W-Roberts (5 walks, 10 strikeouts). L-Downey (12 walks, 12 strikeouts). 2B-Mapletown, Lotspeich 2.