O-R games
SOFTBALL
• Ava Zubovic drove in five runs as Belle Vernon downed Greensburg Salem, 11-1, in Class 4A Section 2 play at Greensburg.
Zubovic and teammate Maren Metikosh each hit a home run. The Leopards’ Lexi Daniels tripled. Gracie Sokol and Olivia Kolowitz doubled for Belle Vernon. Kolowitz had two RBI for the Leopards (3-0, 6-1).
Talia Ross was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and five walks.
• Connellsville scored four runs in the top of the first, but Trinity countered with six and added four in the second and nine in the fourth for a 19-4 triumph in Class 5A Section 4 action.
The Hillers’ Hanna Suhoski had three hits, including two doubles, and five RBI. Teammates Addy Agnew, Madison Argo, Kristina Bozek, Finley Hohn and Mirranda Rinehart doubled.
Agnew and Bozek had two RBI apiece.
Taylor Dunn earned the pitching victory for Trinity (1-0, 5-1).
• Makenna Crothers homered, knocked in three runs and was the winning pitcher in McGuffey’s 6-2 victory over Seton LaSalle in Class 3A Section 4 play.
Crothers had five strikeouts and walked one. The Highlanders’ Julia Barr hit a solo homer and scored twice.
Katie Grimm had three hits (two doubles) for McGuffey (1-0, 3-1).
• Mapletown cut the deficit to three in the fourth inning, but West Greene came back with two runs in the fifth and five in the sixth for a 13-3 win in Class 1A Section 2 play.
The Pioneers’ Payton Gilbert was the winning pitcher and striking out seven and walking one.
West Greene’s Taylor Karvan had three singles, one double and two RBI. Lexi Six had three hits and an RBI for the Pioneers (2-0, 5-3). Ali Goodwin (3 singles, 1 RBI) and Lilly Melodia (1 single, 1 double, 2 RBI) had multiple hits for the visitors.
Treslee Weston knocked in two of the Maples’ three runs and had two base hits. Alexis Perry singled twice for Mapletown (2-1, 3-4).
• Jefferson-Morgan scored three runs in the first and cruised to a 10-0 home victory over Avella in Class 1A Section 2 play.
The Rockets’ Ava Wood had three hits, with one being a home run. Teammate Addie Larkin tripled.
Payton Faraber had two doubles and singled for the home team. Danica Grainey and Addyson Teagarden doubled for Jefferson-Morgan (2-1, 3-2).
Kayla Larkin won in the circle after striking out eight and walking one.
Katie Dryer doubled for the Eagles (0-3, 1-4).
• Canon-McMillan’s Brooke Bumer allowed just two runs on four hits, but Hempfield’s Riley Miller pitched a one-hitter in the Spartans’ 2-0 victory in a Class 6A Section 1 game at Hempfield.
Miller knocked in both runs with a single in the first and double in the third. She had 12 strikeouts and no walks in seven innings.
Bumer had two strikeouts and walked five.
Kiersten Williams singled for the Big Macs (0-3, 0-3) in the fifth.
BASEBALL
• California scored six runs in both the first and fifth innings in a 14-1 Class 1A Section 1 victory at Jefferson-Morgan.
The Trojans’ Ricky Lawson was 3-for-3 with a home run, double and five RBI. Aidan Lowden had two hits, including a double, for California (3-0, 3-3). Chase Cicchitto had two hits for the visitors.
Caden Monticelli was the winning pitcher after yielding one run on five hits in four innings.
Mason Sisler had two hits for the Rockets (0-3, 1-4).
• Ben Shields fired a two-hit shutout in Charleroi’s 6-0 triumph over Beth-Center in Class 2A Section 1 action.
Shields struck out 14 and walked one in seven innings.
Ethan Hadsell connected for a two-run double in the third, as the Cougars (1-2, 2-2) built their lead to six. Teammate Nico Rongaus had two RBI.