Apr 22, 2022 2 min read

Baseball

• Jack Kail drove in four runs and Peters Township scored in every inning after the third, including a five-run fourth to hammer defending state champion Bethel Park, 11-2, in a Class 5A game in Section 4.

Wes Parker homered, singled and knocked in two runs and Drew Ripepi had a double and two RBI for PT, which is perfect in the section at 6-0 and overall at 9-0.

This was the second straight win for Peters Township over BP. Peters Township won a 6-5 decision in nine innings Wednesday.

Parker pitched the final three shutout innings to pick up the win. He and starter Luke Markowski did not allow an extra-base hit.

PT took advantage of five errors by Bethel Park (4-2, 5-2).

•  McGuffey made two first inning runs hold up in defeating Southmoreland, 2-1, in a Class 3A game in Section 4.

Back-to-back RBI by Logan Carlisle and Austin Hall made it 2-0. Hall was outstanding on the mound for the Highlanders (2-4, 3-7), allowing five hits in seven innings. He struck out five and walked no one. Hall also tripled.

Southmoreland (4-1, 5-2) cut McGuffey’s lead in half by scoring an unearned run in the fourth inning.

• Greensburg Central Catholic hit five extra-base hits on the way to an 13-0 five-inning victory over Monessen in a Section 2 game in Class A.

Zach David hit two doubles, John Tropeano, Johnny Weigers and Brody Bothell each had one for GCC (4-2, 5-2). Weigers pitched five shutout innings, striking out six.

Dante DeFelices and Eli Covington had doubles for Monessen (2-4,  2-6).