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High school baseball roundup: South Fayette wraps up playoff berth

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Richie Dell’s three-run home run highlighted a six-run fourth inning and sparked South Fayette to an 8-4 victory over North Hills in a Section 2 game in Class 5A Tuesday afternoon

The win assured South Fayette (5-5, 11-6) a berth in the WPIAL playoffs.

Ryan McGuire doubled, singled and knocked in two runs for the Lions. Mitch Dunay had a double and RBI. Joey Alcorn went 3-for-3, scored a run and brought home a run.

Aiden Knupsky had two doubles for North Hills (2-8, 3-14). Jordan Albright tripled.

Ringgold 6, Elizabeth Forward 1: Ringgold scored in each of the first three innings on the way to a 6-1 victory over Elizabeth Forward in a Section 3 game in Class 4A.

Chase Angotti singled and scored twice for the Rams (10-3, 11-5). He also picked up the win, striking out five.

EF is 7-6 and 10-7.

Washington 11-1, Southmoreland 5-11: Washington and Southmoreland split a doubleheader in Section 3 of Class AAA. Washington won the opener, 11-5, and dropped the second game, 11-1, in five innings.

In Game 1, Asa Charnik and Mario Griffin each had two-run singles for Wash High (1-10, 3-13). Winning pitcher Hunter Amos went 3-for-4 with a run.

In Game 2, Southmoreland (1-10, 3-13) took advantage of 10 walks by Wash High pitching. Anthony Govern struck out seven.

Brownsvillle 7, Burgettstown 5: D.J. Zimcosky doubled, tripled and drove in three runs to help Brownsville stop Burgettstown, 7-5, in a Section 1-AA game.

Austin Lincoski managed to score three runs without getting a hit. He walked twice and got on via a fielder’s choice for the Falcons (7-4, 11-4). Mike Petrock had a double and triple.

Nathan Klodowski went 3-for-5 with a run and RBI for Burgettstown (2-10, 4-12). Jackson LaRocka went 3-for-4 with a run.

Trinity 6, Carrick 0: Michael Parrish homered and drove in two runs to propel Trinity to a 6-0 win over Carrick in a Section 3 game in Class 5A.

Jared Watson had two doubles and drove in two for the playoff-bound Hillers (6-6, 10-10). Brandon Robaugh singled and scored twice.

Skyler Giannetti had two of the four hits for Carrick (1-9, 4-10).

Fort Cherry 14, Avella 1: A seven-run sixth inning sealed the deal for Fort Cherry in a 14-1 victory over Avella in a non-section game.

Ryan Craig went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI for Fort Cherry (9-8). Lane Miller added a double and RBI and Hunter Terpack went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI. Winning pitcher Blake McElhaney struck out five.

Chase McAlpine drove in the run for Avella (5-11).

West Greene 20, Mapletown 0: Corey Wise was the winning pitcher, hit a triple and drove in three runs as West Greene thumped Mapletown in three innings, 20-0, in a Class A Section 2 game.

West Greene (7-5, 11-7) scored 16 runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Pioneers then scored four in the second.

Joey Reed had three hits, including a double, for West Greene. Dalton Lucey had a pair of hits.

Mapletown falls to 1-10 in section play and 1-13 overall.

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