Apr 20, 2023 3 min read

• Canon-McMillan scored two runs in the first inning and that was all the offense Austyn Winkleblech would need in the Big Macs’ 2-1 victory over Hempfield in Class 6A Section 2 play at Wild Things Park.

Mason Fixx and Cameron Russell had run-scoring singles to score Lucas Dantry and Andrew Kocan. 

Winkleblech did the rest in allowing just one run on Carson Shuglie’s solo homer in the second. Winkleblech had five strikeouts and three walks in throwing a complete game. 

The Spartans (7-2, 9-4) won the first two games of the series, but with Thursday’s victory, Canon-McMillan (6-3, 8-4) sits just one game back in the section standings. 

• Fort Cherry scored four runs in the fourth inning to pull away from Freedom in a 9-3 non-section triumph.

The Rangers (5-7) had a 4-3 lead after the third before adding four for a five-run cushion. The home team scored one run in the sixth.

Adam Wolfe had four RBI and two hits, while Ethan Faletto doubled. Luke Sweder knocked in three runs for Fort Cherry.

Owen Norman struck out and walk two in four innings of work to earn the win. 

• A four-run fifth inning propelled Waynesburg to a 5-0 non-section victory over visiting California.

The Raiders’ Mason Switalski pitched a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and two walks. 

Teammate Lincoln Pack had two hits, including a double, and drove in one run. Switalski had two base hits. 

Trent Stephenson added two hits, including a run-scoring single in the first. 

Aidan Lowden doubled for the Trojans (7-7).

The Raiders improved to 4-5.

• Frazier earned a non-section victory in walk-off fashion, 9-8.

The Commodores (5-6) scored the winning run on an error after the Rockets (3-9) battled back to tie the game in the top of the seventh.

Chase Fulmer had three of Frazier’s 11 hits, including two doubles, and he knocked in two runs. Teammate Dailan McManus tripled and had two RBI. 

Aidan Hardy and Eli Cernuska had two-hit days for the Commodores. 

Brock Alekson struck out five and didn’t walk a batter in earning the victory. 

John Woodward tripled as part of his three hits for the visitors. Teammates Deakyn Dehoet and Jaymison Robinson added two hits apiece. Robinson doubled and Dehoet tripled. 

• Bentworth and Mapletown were deadlocked heading into the fifth inning before the Bearcats’ offense started to click en route to an 11-2 triumph in non-section action.

Bentworth (7-6) scored three runs in the fifth, six in the sixth and one in the seventh. 

Jacob Burt struck out four and walked three in earning the win. Teammates Landon Urcho and Lucas Burt doubled. Ben Hayes tripled for the Bearcats.

A.J. Vanata tripled for the Maples (1-7). 

SOFTBALL

• Albert Gallatin scored 23 runs in the second inning for a 25-2 victory at Ringgold in Class 4A Section 2 play.

The Colonials’ Amber Wallace hit a three-run homer in the second and knocked in four runs. 

Emma Nolff doubled for the Rams (0-8, 1-10).