High school softball: West Greene gives Simms his 300th career victory
Emmaline Beazell was on base four times and drove in three runs, helping West Greene to a 17-2 victory over host Avella in a Class A Section 2 softball game Tuesday that earned Pioneers coach Bill Simms his 300th career victory.
West Greene (8-2, 11-4) took advantage of 18 walks by Avella pitching.
West Greene was paced by Kendra Tharp’s three runs. Tharp, Caitlin Whyte, Rylee Yeager, and Madelyn Roberts each had 2 RBI.
Whyte was the winning pitcher, tossing a three-hitter.
Carmichaels 10, Charleroi 0: Bailey Barnyak twirled a one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, Kenlee Machesky drove in three runs and Carmichaels blanked visiting Charleroi 10-0 in a five-inning nonsection game.
Carys McConnell and Machesky, the Nos. 3 and 4 hitters in the Carmichaels lineup, went a combined 6-for-6 with five RBI and four extra-base hits. McConnell hits two triples and Machesky had a double and triple. Ke’Lani Chun hit a pair of doubles and Bentley Lukacs smacked a triple for the Mikes (9-3).
Charleroi (3-9) was held to one hit, a triple by Payton Huweart.
Canon-McMillan 11, Butler 1: Brooke Bumer struck out 10 and allowed only an unearned run as Canon-McMillan rolled over visiting Butler 11-1 in six innings in a Class 6A game.
Bummer allowed only five hits and had plenty of offensive support. Sophie Carl went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI, and Lyla Mowery hit two doubles and drove in three as the Big Macs moved to 5-6 in section and 6-6 overall.
University 4, Chartiers-Houston 3: University High out of Morgantown, W.Va., scored the game’s first three runs and held on to beat Chartiers-Houston 4-3 and hand the Bucs their first loss of the season.
University scored the game’s first run in the second inning and pushed the lead to 3-0 in the fifth. C-H (14-1) closed to within 3-2 in the sixth on RBI hits by Sydney English and Sophia Robinson.
University scored an insurance run in the top of the seventh on a two-out double by Olivia Masoner.
C-H’s Lauren Rush led off the bottom of the seventh with a home run.
Frazier 13, Waynesburg 2: Emma Essington drove in five runs as Frazier moved above the .500 mark with a 13-2 win in six innings over Waynesburg in Class 2A Section 4.
Essington went 3-for-3 with a home run, and Emme Travalena also had three hits including one of Frazier’s five doubles. The Commodores are 5-4 in section and 7-6 overall.
Gina Tedrow homered and Madi Price had two hits for Waynesburg (3-5, 6-6).
Linescores
West Greene 437 3 – 17 5 0
Avella 000 2 – 2 4 2
W-Whyte (0 walks, 5 strikeouts). L-Smith (18 walks, 4 strikeouts).
Charleroi 000 00 – 0 1 3
Carmichaels 303 4x – 10 11 0
W-Barnyak (1 walk, 10 strikeouts). L-Blouse (0 walks, 4 strikeouts). 2B-Carmichaels, Chun 2, Machesky. 3B-Charleroi, Huweaqrt. Carmichaels, McConnell 2, Lukacs.
Butler 001 000 – 1 5 1
Canon-McMillan 310 502 – 11 15 3
W-Bumer (2 walks, 10 strikeouts). L-Crouch (3 walks, 4 strikeouts). 2B-C-M, Mowery 2, Shirdon, Bummer, Tournay, Carl. 3B-C-M, Stonemark.
Waynesburg 000 11 – 2 8 3
Frazier 330 43 – 13 11 1
W-Hiles (3 walks, 5 strikeouts). L-Tedrow (1 walk, 9 strikeouts). 2B-Waynesburg, Piper. Frazier, Anderson, Essington, Travalena, Polkabla. HR-Waynesburg, Tedrow. Frazier, Essington.
University 010 020 1 – 4 6 0
Chartiers-Houston 000 002 1 – 3 9 3
W-Lehosit (4 walks, 5 strikeouts). L-T. Drilak (4 walks, 4 strikeouts). Sv-Campbell 0 walks, 0 strikeouts). 2B-University, Masoner, Elza. C-H, Riggle. HR-C-H, Rush.