Apr 26, 2021 5 min read

McGuffey clinched at least a share of the title in Class 3A Section 4 with a 12-2 thumping of Brownsville Monday night at Wild Things Park.

The Highlanders are 7-0 in the section and 9-2 overall. Brownsville is in second place at 4-3 and 5-6. McGuffey can win the outright section title with a win today at Brownsville.

The Highlanders jumped on Brownsville by scoring five runs in both the first and second innings. Luke Wagner doubled and drove in three, and Kyle Brookman had two hits, including a double, and a pair of RBI. Jake Orr and Brock Wallace also doubled.

Orr was the winning pitcher, scattering five hits and striking out five.

• Class 2A Section 1 leader Carmichaels remained undefeated in the league with a 10-1 victory at Frazier.

Drake Long and Dylan Rohrer combined on a two-hitter and Gavin Pratt belted a two-run homer in the top of the seventh. Pratt, Long, Rohrer and Zack Hillsman each drove in two runs as the Mikes improved to 5-0 in section and 9-1 overall.

Long pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing one unearned run. He struck out eight, walked two and hit five batters.

• Lorenzo Glasser and Eli Callaway combined on a three-hit shutout as Ringgold blanked Elizabeth Forward 4-0 in Class 4A Section 3, snapping the Warriors’ four-game winning streak.

Gianni Cantini went 3-for-3 with a run and two RBI for Ringgold (2-5, 6-7) and Hunter Mamie had a double, the only extra-base hit in the game.

Glasser went six innings, allowing three hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out eight. Callaway got the final three outs, two on strikeouts.

EF slipped to 3-2 in section and 5-2 overall.

• Thomas Jefferson broke a tie by scoring six times in the bottom of the fifth and defeated Trinity 9-2 in Class 5A Section 4.

Winning pitcher Chase Lautner allowed four hits and two unearned runs over six innings. Trinity (0-5, 3-7) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, scoring one run on a throwing error and the second on an RBI double by Ben Hardy.

Marco Gambino’s one-out RBI double gave TJ (2-3, 3-6) a 3-2 lead in the fifth.

• Chase Krewson went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, and Tyler Pitzer struck out 10 over six innings as South Fayette rolled over visiting North Hills 10-1 in Class 5A Section 3.

The Lions (5-2, 11-2) remain one game out of first place in the section.

Krewson had a double and two singles to lead SF at the plate. A.J. Bryan doubled and drove in two runs.

• Bryce Bedilion drove in five runs and Owen Maddich struck out six in seven scoreless innings as Jefferson-Morgan shut down Bishop Canevin 7-0 in a Section 2-A game.

Bedilion hit two doubles and a triple as J-M (4-1, 6-4) broke the game open with three runs in the fourth. Maddich didn’t walk a batter and gave up just four hits.

• Vinny Martin hit two doubles, scored three times and drove in three runs as Yough downed Waynesburg 12-2 in a Section 4 game in Class 3A.

Ryan Lubovinsky and Sean Royer drove in a pair of runs for Yough (3-4, 3-6),

Lincoln Pack tripled, singled and scored for Waynesburg (2-5, 2-7).

• Phil Fox struck out 10 and walked one as Hempfield shut out Canon-McMillan 4-0 in Section 2 of Class 6A.

Christian Zilli went 3-for-4 with an RBI, Fox singled and scored twice and Jayson Jacob singled and scored for Hempfield (5-3, 8-5).

The top half of the Canon-McMillan (2-5, 4-9) lineup went 2-for-17.

• Charleroi scored eight runs over the final two innings to scorch Southmoreland 11-5 in a Section 4 game in Class 3A.

Charleroi (1-6, 3-7) scored the runs on seven singles and eight walks. Tyler O’Neil and Colton Palonder each drove in two runs.

Losing pitcher Anthony Govern struck out nine, doubled, tripled and scored twice for the Scotties (3-5, 5-6).

• California overcame a late six-run deficit and defeated host Washington 9-7 in eight innings in a Class 2A Section 1 game.

Washington (1-3, 3-3) led 6-1 after two innings and 7-1 after five. But California (5-2, 8-3) scored three times in both the sixth and seventh innings to force extras. The Trojans took advantage of three errors by Washington in the seventh. The Prexies committed seven errors in the game, leading to five unearned runs.

California scored in the eighth on run-scoring singles by Fred Conard and Kris Weston.

Connor Vig was the winning pitcher and Brody Conner pitched the bottom of the eighth for a save.

Nick Blanchette, David Lutes, Steven Patterson and Michael Shallcross all doubled for Wash High.

• John Baronick tossed four shutout innings and Brodie Kuzior doubled and had two RBI as Burgettstown smashed Clairton 15-0 in a four-inning game in Class 2A Section 4.

Baronick struck out four and allowed just one hit for the Blue Devils (5-2, 7-3). Nate Klodowski singled, walked three times, drove in two and scored three times. Burgettstown took advantage of 10 walks and four hits batsmen.

• Class A Section 2 leader Greensburg Central Catholic used a 20-hit attack to win at Mapletown, 17-8

GCC (7-0, 9-1) trailed 6-3 after two innings and 6-5 in the fourth before scoring 12 runs over the final four frames. Alex Miller homered and drove in five and Max Kallop went 4-for-6 with two triples to lead the Centurions.

Aiden Delansky and Landan Stevenson doubled for Mapletown (0-5, 0-6).