SV, A-C Valley, Knoch stay hot on softball field
Seneca Valley scored five runs in the fourth inning to break the game open and went on to post an 11-3 softball victory Wednesday at Pine-Richland.
Kearson Wagner had two singles and three RBI, Maura Pasquale a double, single and two RBI to pace the Raiders (9-2, 6-2). Maddie Gross added two singles and an RBI.
Seneca Valley 030 500 3 — 11 11 3
Pine-Richland 000 003 0 — 3 7 3
W: Claire Zimmerman 5.1IP (3K, 1BB). L: Gabby Aughton 4IP (3K, 4BB).
Seneca Valley (9-2, 6-2): Kearson Wagner 2-1B 3-RBI, Maura Pasquale 1B 2B 2-RBI, Maddie Gross 2-1B RBI
Pine-Richland: Bailey Devinny 2B 1B 2-RBI, Kate Horrell 2-1B
Thursday: Seneca Valley at Norwin
A-C Valley 19, Union 8 — Emily Wetzel, Bayle Blauser, Kelsie Terwilliger and winning pitcher Sydnie Schmidt all homered for the Falcons (5-0).
A-C Valley 549 10x x — 19 18 2
Union 006 11x x — 8 6 4
W: Sydnie Schmidt 4.1IP (1K, 2BB). L: Sierra Salvo 4.1IP (4K, 0BB).
A-C Valley (5-0): Emily Wetzel HR 3B 2-R, Bayle Blauser 2-HR, Kelsie Terwilliger HR 2-RBI 3-R, Sydnie Schmidt HR 2-1B 5-RBI 2-R, Andrea Meals 2-2B 2-1B 4-R, Cami McNany 2B 1B 2-R RBI
Union: Kiera Zitzman HR 3-RBI, Sierra Salvo 2-1B 2-R
Thursday: Moniteau at A-C Valley
Knoch 14, Ambridge 1 — The Knights (8-0, 5-0) erupted for 11 runs in the third inning in cruising to this road win. Brynnae Coe had a three-run triple, Bailey Rickenbrode and Monica Gourley two-run singles during the frame.
Knoch 00(11) 03x x — 14 16 1
Ambridge 100 00x x — 1 4 2
W: Amanda Fischer 5IP (5K, 0BB). L: Ashley DeWeese 5IP (2K, 1BB).
Knoch (8-0, 5-0): Monica Gourley 3-1B, Quinn Hughes 3-1B, Marissa Melius 2-1B, Sophie Brandon 2-1B, Erin Luffy 2-1B, Bailey Rickenbrode 2-1B, Liv Vissari 1B, Brynnae Coe 3B
Ambridge: Alex Bupp 2-1B, Lexi Peters 2-1B
Thursday: Knoch at New Castle
Jamestown 4, Slippery Rock 3 — Julia Hart had three hits, including a two-run homer, for the Rockets in defeat. Jamestown used a three-run sixth to pull out the win.
Jamestown 010 003 0 — 4 6 0
Slippery Rock 012 000 0 — 3 7 3
W: Madison Hillard 7IP (3K, 0BB). L: Alex Frazier 1.2IP (1K, 1BB).
Jamestown: Danielle Ficeti 2-1BHattie Smith 1B RBI, Maya Floch 1B RBI
Slippery Rock: Taylor Balint 1B, Kinzie Miller 1B RBI, Julia Hart 2B HR 1B 2-RBI, Caitlin Kunsman 1B, Jordan Longdon 2B
Baseball
A late comeback fell short for Knoch in a 4-3 section loss at Highlands. Sean McGill had two hits and an RBI for the Knights (7-2, 3-2).
Jack Bartek and Isaac Roddy also knocked in runs in a losing cause.
Knoch 000 210 0 — 3 7 1
Highlands 220 000 x — 4 6 4
W: Gillette 5.2IP (2K, 0BB). L: Gavin Phillips 5IP (4K, 0BB).
Knoch (7-2, 3-2): Ethan Sloane 1B, Isaac Love 1B, Braden Tristani 1B,. Isaac Roddy 1B RBI, Jacj Bartek 1B RBI, Sean McGill 2-1B RBI
Thursday: Greensburg Salem at Knoch
Slippery Rock 11, Conneaut 1 — David Duffalo hit a three-run home run as the Rockets led 9-0 after three on the way to this region win in five innings.
Ian Balquist had four hits, including a double for the Rockets (6-1, 1-0).
Mason Hildebrand got the win in relief, striking out five in three innings.
Slippery Rock 333 02x x — 11 11 1
Conneaut 000 01x x — 1 2 3
W: Mason Hildebrand 3IP (5K, 1BB). L: Andrew McKalip 3IP (1K, 3BB).
Slippery Rock (6-1, 1-0): Ian Balquist 2B 3-1B, David Duffalo HR 3-RBI, Shane Thompson 2-1B
Thursday: Slippery Rock at West Middlesex
Moniteau 9, Redbank Valley 6 — Hunter Fitzingo went 4 for 5 with two doubles and a home run in this win for the Warriors.
Tyler McFadden added a double and three RBI.
Moniteau 004 301 1 — 9 12 2
Redbank Valley 000 213 0 — 6 11 2
W: Chance Nagy 5.2 IP (7K, 1BB). L: Martz 3.2 IP (4K, 3BB).
Moniteau: Hunter Fitzingo 1B 2-2B HR 2R 2RBI, Tyler McFadden 1B 2B R 3RBI, Lee DeMatteis 1B 2B 2RBI
Redbank Valley: Nick Smith 2B 3B R 2RBI, Brooks 3-1B R RBI
Boys Tennis
Trevor Bell won at No. 2 singles for Butler, but the Golden Tornado dropped a 4-1 decision to Hampton.
Hampton 4, Butler 1
Singles:Abheet Badrinath (H) def. Tyler Bell 6-0, 6-0; Trevor Bell (B) def. Peter Fung 6-4, 6-3; Chris Ference (H) def. Jake Steele 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: Peter Andrews-Alex Butch (H) dedf. Asa Errington-Jake Zangas 6-0, 6-1; Joey Cafaro-David Butler (H) def. Chris Zidek-Trevor Gahagan 3-6, 6-1, 6-3