Mar 28, 2023 5 min read

High school baseball

Undefeated Carmichaels broke a tie by scoring five times in the fourth inning and went on to a 12-3 win over visiting Jefferson-Morgan for a sweep of the two-game Class A Section 1 series Tuesday.

Liam Lohr homered for the Mikes (2-0, 4-0). Aydan Adamson drove in three runs, including two in the Mikes’ big inning. Mason Lapana went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI.

Winning pitcher Patrick Holaren did not allow an earned run over six innings and struck out nine.

Jaymison Robinson had two hits for J-M (0-2, 1-3).

• Chartiers-Houston continued its hot start with a 7-5 win over Fort Cherry.

The win improved C-H to 4-0.

Ryan Opfer went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI to lead the Bucs’ attack. Paul Williams was 3-for-3 with a double and two runs.

The Bucs broke a 4-4 tie by scoring three times in the top of the seventh. Anthony Romano was the winning pitcher in relief.

Blake Sweder and Adam Wolfe each doubled for Fort Cherry.

• Bentworth stayed unbeaten and swept a two-game series with Washington by defeating the Prexies 10-4 in a Class 2A Section 1 game.

Landon Urcho went 2-for-3 and scored three runs to back the winning pitching of Christian May, who struck out seven over five innings.

Bentworth is 2-0 in the section and 4-4 overall.

• Beth-Center broke open a close game by scoring five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and defeating Frazier 9-3 in Class 2A Section 1.

The Bulldogs (2-0, 3-2) led 4-3 before their big inning. Ethan Varesko drove in three runs for B-C and Tyson Dingle had a double.

• Noah Demary hit a two-run tiebreaking single in the fifth inning that sent Greensburg Salem on to a 6-4 win over visiting Waynesburg and a sweep of the two-game series in Class 3A Section 4.

Alex VanSickle went 3-for-3 for Waynesburg (0-2, 0-3) and Lincoln Pack was 2-for-3 and had a three-run double that tied the score at 4-4 in the fourth inning.

• Kaden Hathaway and Matthew Smith combined on a four-hit shutout as Trinity blanked visiting Ringgold 4-0 in a non-section contest.

Hathaway struck out five over 4 2/3 innings and Smith got the final seven outs with 2 1/3 hitless innings of relief.

The Hillers used a pair of early two-run innings to give their pitchers some cushion. Smith went 2-for-3 with three RBI.

• Burgettstown scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth and one in the sixth to edge visiting Charleroi 3-2 and sweep the two-game series in Class 2A Section 1.

Charleroi (0-2, 1-2) led 1-0 before Burgettstown tied it on a fielder’s choice ground ball and gained the lead on a two-out passed ball. The Blue Devils (2-0, 2-0) added a key run in the sixth when Brodie Kuzior stole third base and scored on a wild pitch.

The run was important because Charleroi made it 3-2 in the seventh and had runners on first and third with one out. Reliever Eric Kovach ended the game by getting two strikeouts.

Tristan Roach had a double for Burgettstown. Jace Pacer had a two-bagger for Charleroi.

• Canon-McMillan shut out Peters Township, 2-0, in a non-section game for the first head coaching victory for C-M’s Brendon Steele.

This was the first career win on the mound for Canon-McMillan freshman M.J. Maurschak. Conner Helbling and Mason Fixx had hits for the Big Macs and Andrew Kocan drove in one of the two runs in the first inning for C-M (1-1). Austyn Winkleblech got the final four outs for a save.

Peters Township fell to 1-2.

• A six-run fourth inning paced Avella to an 8-1 win over West Greene in a Section 1 game in Class A.

Brian Martos knocked in four runs on two hits and Isaiah Braddock had three hits, scored twice and knocked in a run for the Eagles (2-0, 3-0). Martos held West Greene (0-2, 0-3) to three hits and struck out nine in six innings.

• Jantzen Durbin pitched a three-hit complete game and Cameron dames drove in three runs as McGuffey defeated Southmoreland 11-2 in a Class 3A Section 4 night game at Wild Things Park.

McGuffey 2-0, 3-0) swept the two-game series against the Scotties.

The Highlanders had a pair of three-run innings and a four-run sixth. Lincoln Johnson had a double and Jacob Ross scored three runs.

Durbin walked three and struck out six in a 100-pitch outing.