Local roundup: Lady Falcons rally for section victory
Connellsville avenged a loss from earlier in the season to edge Trinity, 5-3, on Friday night in Section 4-5A play at Trinity Middle School’s softball facility.
The Lady Falcons (6-3, 10-9) avenged a 7-6 setback that occurred on April 9 against the Lady Hillers (7-3, 9-7). Connellsville had a 6-2 lead after the fifth inning, but Trinity scored three in the sixth and two in the seventh to rally for the win.
The Lady Falcons turned the tables on the home team Friday evening by scoring four runs in the sixth and one in the seventh for the triumph.
The Lady Hillers had a 2-0 lead entering the sixth, but Kaylee Roadman hit a bases-clearing double to right field that scored Molly Greenwalt, Cali Leichliter and Kalyn Cole for a 3-2 advantage.
Leichliter walked to lead off the inning before Cole was put on base intentionally and Greenwalt reached safely on a fielder’s choice to load the bases with one out.
Roadman scored when Rylee Dreves reached on an error for a 4-2 lead. Roadman had two hits.
Trinity cut the deficit to one with a run in the bottom of the sixth, but Leichliter hit a solo home run to left field in the seventh.
The Lady Hillers had runners at first and second with one out in the bottom of the frame, but Kendal King forced a groundout to second base and a pop-up to shortstop to end the threat, inning and game.
King allowed three earned runs on 10 hits over seven innings. She had three strikeouts and walked two.
Trinity’s Hanna Suhoski doubled and teammate Ally Krenzelak had two triples.
Waynesburg Central 8, California 0 — Gina Tedrow pitched a three-hit shutout in a Section 4-2A win for the Lady Raiders over the Lady Trojans.
Tedrow had 11 strikeouts and walked one to earn the victory in the pitching circle. Waynesburg (6-1, 9-4) scored two in the first inning, one in the second and five in the fourth.
Aidan Snider doubled for the Lady Raiders.
California’s Madyson Morton tripled.
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Ringgold 10, California 9 — The Rams rallied for a four-spot to edge the Trojans in walk-off fashion.
The non-section contest was tied at sixth entering the top of the seventh inning before the Trojans (5-7) scored three runs. Ringgold (7-8) responded with a four-spot and a walk-off win.
Andrew Sprinkle earned the pitching victory in relief.
Chase Shemansky, Chase Cicchitto and Eli Carpenter all doubled for California.
The Rams’ Gavin Angotti, Kennedy Nash and Alex Kolano had two hits apiece. Teammates Sam Allen (2) and Tyler Fisher (2) had multiple RBIs. Angotti knocked in a run.
Mount Pleasant 8, Belle Vernon 7 — The Leopards couldn’t quite pull off the rally in dropping a non-section game to the Vikings.
Belle Vernon (9-3) had a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning when Mount Pleasant (10-4) put up an eight-spot for a four-run advantage.
The Leopards scored one run in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Levin Hixon earned the pitching victory and Cole Chatfield the save. The Vikings’ Dane Firmstone doubled.
Connor Bergman and Nate Kostelnik doubled for Belle Vernon.
Carmichaels 10, Uniontown 0 — The Mikes’ Jase Zdravcky and Scottie Maskil combined for a four-hit shutout over six innings in non-section play.
Zdravcky earned the win after yielding two hits over the first four innings with three strikeouts and no walks. Maskil also allowed two hits with three strikeouts and no walks over two innings.
Robbie Wilson-Jones, Dillon Fisher and Jordan Davis doubled for Carmichaels (8-4).
Lucas Payton had two hits for the Red Raiders.