Nov 3, 2022 4 min read

Wild Things sign infielder

The Washington Wild Things announced Friday the signing of Abraham Sequera, an infielder who played his college ball at North Florida and spent this summer with Boise in the independent Pioneer League.

With Boise, Sequera hit .355 with two home runs, 38 RBI and 25 doubles in 46 games. He struck out only 28 times.

“He’s a good young player that provides versatility in a switch-hitting role, but more importantly it’s a much-needed rookie for that classification,” said Wild Things manager Tom Vaeth. “We look forward to seeing him compete in training camp.”

In five seasons at North Florida, Sequera batted .266 with 20 home runs and 99 RBI. He was a second-team all-Atlantic Sun pick in 2022 after hitting a career-best .307 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI.

In the NHL

Mikko Rantanen scored three goals in his native country and the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Friday night in the NHL’s second visit to Europe this year.

Cale Makar had a goal and an assist, Logan O’Connor and J.T. Compher also scored and Nathan MacKinnon contributed four assists for the Avalanche, who stopped a two-game skid.

Colorado blew a three-goal lead in its previous game, a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday, and allowed Columbus to tie it after taking a 3-0 advantage this time. But Rantanen put the Avs ahead for good in the third period with his second goal.

At the Meadows

Even by his lofty standards, Friday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows was a remarkable Friday for trainer Ron Burke: seven wins, including a sweep of the day’s $15,400 co-features with Seeyou At Thebeach and In Rock We Trust. Burke lost only one race in which his horse or horses went to post.

Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. piloted five of Burke’s winners while Dave Palone steered the other two.

Trinity Hall of Fame

Trinity High School will be inducting nine new members into the Trinity Sports Hall of Fame. The group will be inducted during ceremonies Friday, Nov. 25.

The inductees are Dan Burholder (wrestling), Richard Devore (footbal), Bill Haines (soccer), Alicia Hammond (soccer), Jason Rice (Contributor), Roland Taggart (wrestling), Ralph Littleberry (wrestling), Ashley Morran (softball) and the 2002 Wrestling Team.

Burkholder was a three-time PIAA placewinner and one-time champion. He was a two-time WPIAL champion and three-rime section champion.

Devore was a three-year letterman in football and two-year letterwinner in track. At Boston College, he was named “Most Improved Defensive Player” as a junior. He coached baseball and football at Trinity.

Haines played on the first Trinity soccer team and was captain and MVP as a senior. He was a two-year starter at Pitt and played professional soccer for the Pittsburgh Miners. He coached the first Trinity girls soccer team and made the playoffs that first year.

Hammond and Rachele Ault were the first two girls to play U.S. Cup Soccer. In 1986, Hammond was the first girl to ever play on the Trinity boys team and lettered. She was All-WPIAL in girls soccer in 1987.

Rice led Trinity West to a combined 14 championships across the three grade levels. He has 200-plus wins and no losing seasons.

Taggart was a PIAA, WPIAL and section wrestling champion in 1955. He was instrumental in starting the wrestling program at Streetsboro High School.

Morran hit 9 home runs, had 42 RBI, 42 runs and a slugging percentage of .566 in her last three years at Trinity. She broke the home run record and was named WPIAL Player of the Year. At Point Park, she hit .363 as a four-year starter. She broke the school’s home run record and was named NAIA Honorable Mention All-Amderica for three years.

Littleberry was a PIAA champion and runnerup his last two years at Trinity. He won two WPIAL and section titles.

The 2002 wrestling team had a 16-3 record and won the WPIAL Team Tournament title. The Hillers were the Eastern Area champion and the Midwest Classic champions. The Hillers were PIAA team runner-up.