Luke’s Games
High school baseball
Destin Weiser hit a hard ground ball to left field and Matt Whitfield scored from second base as Chartiers-Houston defeated Fort Cherry in eight innings, 6-5, to win its fourth straight Section 2-A game.
Whitfield was intentionally walked earlier in the inning and advanced to second on a flyout before scoring the winning run.
Chartiers-Houston (9-4, 10-6) had an opportunity to win the game in the bottom of the seventh inning when it had the bases loaded with no outs in a tied game but the Bucs failed to score. Weiser led C-H with three hits and three RBI. Jimmy Sadler also had a multi-hit game.
Fort Cherry (8-4, 8-4) took a 5-4 lead in the eighth after the Bucs committed an error. Blake McElhaney, Hunter Terpack and Mark Permigiani each had a pair of hits for the Rangers, who fall behind C-H to third place in the section standings.
• Trey Rohanna hit a home run, Luke Robinson pitched a strong game and Waynesburg had half of its eight hits in a seven-run seventh inning to defeat Washington, 9-3, in a Section 3-AAA game.
Rohanna’s three-run homer came after six of the first seven batters for Waynesburg (7-4, 7-4) reached base safely to start the inning. Rohanna went 2-for-4 with four RBI. Kyle Blasco hit a two-run double earlier in the inning for the Raiders. Robinson lasted 5 2/3 innings before reaching the 100-pitch limit, striking out seven and only surrendering one run.
Cooper Sharp had three hits and Jordan Swart went 2-for-4 with a double for Washington (3-9, 3-12).
• Frazier scored five unearned runs with two outs in the fourth inning to defeat California, 8-2, in a Section 1-AA game.
After the Trojans committed a two-run error, Frazier (3-8, 4-9) took full advantage of the inning being extended with four straight hits to score another three runs to take a 5-1 lead.
The top of the Commodores lineup caused California (8-5, 8-6) problems. The first three hitters for Frazier – Logan Kulikoski, JD Celaschi and Mason Kelly – combined to go 6-for-11 with three RBI and scored three times.
California starter Brandon Powell was the hard-luck loser after giving up the five unearned runs.
The result ended streaks for both teams. California, which moved into third place in the section, had its three-game winning streak ended. The Commodores, who is eliminated from playoff contention, stopped what would have been four straight losses.
High school softball
Jade Renner went 3-for-3, hit two doubles, drove in five runs and only surrendered one hit in the circle as West Greene defeated Avella in three innings, 17-0, in a Section 2-A game.
McKenna Lampe hit an inside-the-park grand slam and Madison Lampe had two hits, two RBI and scored three times to spark the rest of the lineup for West Greene (10-1, 14-3). Kaitlyn Rizor, Linzee Stover and Madison Renner also had a pair of hits for the Pioneers.
Mckena Cowden had the lone hit for Avella (2-9, 3-11).
In track and field
Waynesburg High School senior pole vaulter Will Behm has been waiting for competition the entire season. He finally got it and rose to the occasion.
Behm topped his personal best set at the Washington-Greene County Coaches Track Meet on April 21 by clearing 15-0 and winning the Baldwin Invitational. He outlasted Jono Pelusi of North Allegheny, the only other vaulter to exceed 14 feet, topping out at 14-6.
• South Fayette High School senior runner Rachel Helbling won the 400-meter dash at the Baldwin Invitational with a time of 56.86, which was nearly two seconds better than the second-place finisher.
Helbling, a University of Richmond recruit, also won the 400 run in last week’s South Fayette Invitational. She bettered that time by nearly a second and a half Friday.
College lacrosse
Caroline Kallos scored five goals to lead the Washington & Jefferson College women’s lacrosse team to an 18-6 victory over Saint Vincent in the Ohio River Lacrosse Conference semifinal game.
The win advances the Presidents to their third straight ORLC championship game at 1 p.m. tomorrow against top-seeded Transylvania at Pat Deacon Stadium in Lexington, Ky.
Rae LaRochelle returned to the lineup for W&J (14-3) to score four goals. She has scored at least three goals in all 14 matches she has played in this season.
Transylvania (17-1) defeated the Presidents 10-7 in early April.