May 5, 2018 7 min read

High school baseball

Ian Hess hit a two-run double, Zach Rohaley pitched a complete game and Canon-McMillan edged Peters Township 3-1 in a Class 6A Section 3 game between playoff-bound teams Saturday at Wild Things Park.

Canon-McMillan (9-3, 12-5) led 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth when Hess delivered a key two-run double. Peters Township (6-6, 9-9) avoided the shutout by scoring a run in the top of the seventh against Rohaley, who fired a three-hitter and struck out eight against one walk.

• Chartiers-Houston had a huge week in Section 1-AA but the Bucs ran out of steam against Steel Valley in a nonsection game, falling to the Ironmen 14-0 in five innings.

Steel Valley (9-5) led 5-0 before scoring nine times in the top of the fifth. The Ironmen had 11 hits, including five doubles. Alex Ligeros was 3-for-4 with two doubles.

Chartiers-Houston (10-7) had its four-game winning streak end as Steel Valley’s Mason haley threw a two-hitter.

• Josh Hoffman hit a home run and Belle Vernon scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to a 12-2 thumping of Elizabeth Forward in a six-inning Section 3-AAAA game.

The win moves Belle Vernon (10-4, 11-4) into a tie for second place in the section with West Mifflin.

Hoffman led the Leopards’ 12-hit attack, going 2-for-2 with a two-run homer and a double. Jordan Hartman, Joe Sabolek and Trevor Schrock also doubled.

Winning pitcher Max Gauden pitched 5 1/3 innings. EF (2-12, 5-14) had 10 hits but left 13 runners on base.

High school softball

Belle Vernon forged an early three-run lead and cruised to a 5-0 victory over host Frazier in a nonsection game.

Bailey Parshall threw a two-hit shutout to improve her record to 13-2. She struck out nine and walked only one.

Belle Vernon (15-2) led 3-0 after two innings and tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

Mekenzie Sokol had two hits, including a double, and drove in a run for the Leopards. Natalie French also doubled.

Frazier, the Section 3-AA champion, dropped to 11-5 as its four-game winning streak ended.

Women’s lacrosse

Washington & Jefferson’s quest for a third consecutive Ohio River Lacrosse Conference championship was ended by Transylvania, 21-2, in the conference title game Saturday.

The Presidents conclude the season with a 14-4 record.

W&J’s first goal came on a free position shot by Caroline Kallos at 19:59 of the first half. With the goal, Kallos passed Courtney Schrock for the most career goals in program history (201).

Transylvania closed the first half with four straight goals before shutting out the Presidents 9-0 in the second half.

College baseball

A 4-2, 10-inning comeback win in the opener preceded a 7-6 walk-off loss for Washington & Jefferson as it split a Presidents’ Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday to close the regular season.

With the score tied, 2-2, in the top of the 10th, Dan Trettel and Ryan Sciullo reached on consecutive singles and moved up on a groundout. Spencer Howell then gave W&J the lead with a two-run single to center field.

Winning pitcher Will Bowers improved his record to 4-0 with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Starter Bryce Schnattererly gave up two unearned runs over 7 2/3 innings.

Westminster (9-9, 15-14) built a 6-0 lead in the second game before W&J battled back and tied it 6-6 in the top of the ninth. The Titans won it with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth. Trettel hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning.

• Grove City swept a PAC doubleheader from Waynesburg, 10-2 and 15-6.

Tyler Reis hit a double in each game for Waynesburg (6-12, 10-22). Grove City is 8-10, 15-18.

• One day after sweeping a PSAC doubleheader from Indiana, California closed its season by splitting a twinbill against the Crimson Hawks. Cal won the opener 12-7 before dropping the series finale, 8-7.

Ben Maudie hit a home run and Eric Fairman was 3-for-4 with three RBI in the opener to lead Cal’s 14-hit attack, which supported pitchers Tyler Eritz and Bradyn Kail. The Vulcans (14-14, 26-20) scored nine runs in the fourth inning.

IUP led 6-1 after two innings in the second game but Cal battled back and tied the sc ore at 7-7 when Kristian Webb hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh. IUP (11-17, 16-28). IUP won the game in the bottom of the seventh on a bases-loaded single by Chris Eisel.

W&J to host PAC baseball tournament

Washington & Jefferson has earned the top seed and hosting rights for this week’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament.

The league’s four-team, double-elimination tournament will be held Thursday-Saturday at Ross Memorial.

Admission to all PAC Tournament contests is $5 for adults and $2 for students.

The opening game of the tournament will match second-seeded Thomas More (13-4, 19-7) against third-seeded Thiel (11-7, 15-21) Thursday at noon. It will be followed by W&J (16-2, 25-14-1) against fourth-seeded Saint Vincent (10-7, 14-9).

This is W&J’s second consecutive year serving as the league’s tournament host. The Presidents, led by 16th-year head coach Jeff Mountain, are making their 10th-straight tournament appearance. W&J won its 11th PAC title last year and has won seven league titles since 2004.

Hawaii coach calls out Oregon State

Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich called out Oregon State on social media for sending recruiting materials to his current players.

According to a post on Twitter , players received materials including invitations to the Beavers’ spring game. The packages were sent to the university.

“My apologies for our players not being able to attend your Spring game,” Rolovich wrote. “Ours was the same day, bad timing. Quick question, in the 203 years of coaching, none of you realized you couldn’t actively recruit another school’s players? Sent to campus?”

Oregon State is investigating the matter. Under NCAA rules, coaches and programs can’t actively recruit players who have already signed a letter of intent with another school.

Three Oregon State assistants, special teams coordinator Jake Cookus, wide receiver coach Kefense Hynson and defensive line coach Legi Suiaunoa, were assistants at Hawaii in recent years.

Bellew stops

former champ

Tony Bellew might have sent David Haye into retirement after stopping the former world heavyweight champion in the fifth round in a rematch in London on Saturday.

Bellew, a cruiserweight, knocked down Haye three times before the referee brought a stop to the fight, with Haye leaning on the ropes and apparently injured with an ankle problem.

“It didn’t feel that great in there tonight,” said the 37-year-old Haye, who insisted before the all-British fight he would retire if he didn’t beat Bellew comfortably. “I’ll have to review the tapes and see what went wrong.”

Bellew beat Haye in an 11th-round knockout in March 2017, but the victory came with an asterisk as Haye was clearly hampered by an Achilles injury sustained in the sixth round that night.

This time, Haye appeared to be struggling with a right ankle injury that flared up at the end of the third round, during which he was sent to the canvas twice by Bellew.

“David Haye is an amazing fighter,” Bellew said of his opponent, who was the WBA heavyweight champion in 2009 having previously been world champion at cruiserweight. “I was hurt in the fight. He is a crazy fighter … with his style, age is a factor.

“He’s a better fighter, a legend of the sport. I’m just happy I won against the odds.”

Bellew was in tears after the fight and said he dedicated the win to his late brother-in-law, who died last year.